Judge — June 18, 1927 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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breathlessly out on the roof-top, I heard a voice wail, “no, not that” and rushed over to the side, only to see a body go hurtling to the pavement. The usher had paid the penalty. The lieutenant looked at me sadly and wiped away a furtive tear. “He owed me ten dollars,” he said simply. WE were greatly interested in the of the Art opening Cinema League's little theater, but despite the thunderous ap- plause of the most highly dressed movie audience y » have ever seen, the opening program was a dis- tinct disappointment. There were several interesting morsels pre- sented, including a color proc worked out by Maude Adams in the Eastman Film Laboratories, and a silhouette study, but there was not enough meat on the menu for a full meal. The main picture, a Russian productio “The Legend of the Bear’s Wedding” might have re- lieved the famine had it not been utterly absurd and_ ridiculously archaic in every department. It dealt with the ultra-modern theme of pre-natal influence and gave us the sinister thought that accord- Ss a ing to the Russians there was probably more to the Goldylocks fable than appeared in the fairy books. The film dealt with the story of a persecuted wife who was attacked by a bear during a hunt and who was presented with a son possessing the body of a man and the soul of a bear. Now, we ask you. We once attended a Methodist revival in West Vir- ginia and heard an evangelist tell in dead seriousness how a certain woman who dared to ride a train on Sunday was given a son who grew up to be a dissolute brake- man, but we thought better of the Russians. As W. M. H. has often pointed out in this column, the little movie theater organizations have showed the only real promise of intelligent cinematic exposition in this country, but the Art Cinema League will have to do a better before they earn their title. Po Bed To a Jewish ex-Service man an acquaintance remarked: “So you were in the Army, Ikey “Oh, I vas in the Army,” was the proud response. “Did you get a commission?” “No; only my vages!” —Tir Birs i TRA Hit AM Doc, it must be awkward when you get a hurry call and have tire troubl “Yes, it would be, but, you see, 1 don't dare to take any chances; I use Kelly- Spring fields.” ADV. 21 comicbooks.com