Judge — January 1, 1927 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE JUDGING ‘re MOVILS* Mortis man “The Big Parade” —Shows no let-up. “Ben Hur"—Bang-up chariot race. | ] “Moana of the South Seas” —Idyllic. “The Black Pirate’—Doug | “For Hearen's Sake" —Lloyd laughter {loma of the South Se “The Road to Mandalay Gilda’s wiggles © photography that I have seen Oe er eee eee after all, is not a human being but | N on the screen can surpass that “Nd! Gey” Good Balsh fla. merely a stereotyped conception of | of “Faust.” The UFA camera- “Battling Buller” —Buster on triumphs. the arch villain. Having only one | man under the direction of F. W. “Beau Geste”—Exciting hokum, motivation, no matter what he turns | Murnau, has combined all the tricks on tere acy comely: his hand to, he is hopelessly cireum- | of his trade with a feeling for color “The Strong Man”—Harry Langdon ditt scribed in the matter of emotions and | and form that strikes one dumb. And “Sparrows — Mother M rigidly limiting, therefore, to the quite on a par with its setting is the “One Minute to Play" —T! alloping Ghost actor who would interpret him. performance of Camilla Horn, as “The Campus Flirt’ —Bebe wing the race. Jannings’s talents, like his person, | Marguerite, It seems incredible that | riage! OM" Bene Morse dumps 8) eed a Jot more room—the whole | this should be her first picture, so “The Treasure” field of the human psyche. The utterly charming and so desperately mee tee | tragic she appears. Lillian Gish “Kid Boots” Ed | never did a finer thing in all her com- devil is better off in the person of a antor is good smaller, more dapper and much more {s""—Medioere Menjou limited artist, like Menjou, for in- ; he Better ‘Ule”—Old. Bill himself. p ively long career than this The Magician" —Well photographed bosh stance, | child's first dip into Gethsemane “London” Poor British fla. But for once I was disappointed in Deen ee MRE ake Calieed Te things in “Old Tronsides™ de- Emil Jannings. As Mephisto he — | t acrobat serve loud cheers—the photog- | seems a bit elephantine and becomes Laser sme rd Sale Mac eae raphy and the performance of Wal- at times deliberately clownish. This ‘orerer After” —Musl lace . Of course, with such sets a laug i s expense U patage””Vandevillainous. aterial as btieed ships gets a laugh, but at the expense of ate” Neuen, sat material “as full-rigged ships and that instinctive respect that one “Potembin’’—-Amazing ancient naval battles to play with should always feel for the devil. As aya Price Glory?” — Pietorially great there is not much excuse for a poor — | a matter of fact, the rdle is not big Tea Ooi Aaeteo clases “picture.” But “Old Tronsi enough for Jannings. The devil, (Continued on page 28) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I | | Cave FLaprpEr—Aw, we've been good pals, Eric—don’t get sentimental and spoil everything! i | comicbooks.com