Judge, 1927-07-02 · page 21 of 36
Judge — July 2, 1927 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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This page features Pare Lorentz's column reviewing recent films. The cartoon below illustrates a comedic scene from an unnamed film—showing figures with ladders beneath a building, captioned "The elopement of the Janitor's daughter," suggesting slapstick humor involving an escape or dramatic exit. The text critiques contemporary movies with sharp sarcasm. Lorentz mocks "The Heart of Salome" as so poorly made it belongs in rural schoolhouses alongside outdated Spanish-American War footage. He dismisses a modernized Salome story as "rotten," involving a Parisian woman, a cruel Russian nobleman blackmailer, and a romantic American—ending with her ordering the lover killed. The reviews segregate films into "Common Stock" (mediocre) and "Preferred Stock" (better quality), rating movies by Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and W.C. Fields. "The Sunset Derby" receives surprising praise for simple country entertainment, particularly highlighting a three-year-old horse ("Queen") as the film's best performer—a backhanded compliment suggesting human actors were outshone.
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JUDGE JUDG wouxp like to suggest to Mr. I Fox, the producer of “The Heart of Salome,” that he quictly gather together all. the extant reels of that picture and ship them out to rural schools like Ward-Belmont and Harvard, where the children still when the cowboys gallop around the corral just in time to beat off the Indians, because the photog- cheer raphy, sub-titles and acting are worthy of Spanish-American War days. A crude variation of the old story of Uncle Herod and Salome, it is rotten. The modern Salome, a Parisian lady, is in the power of a crooel Russian nobleman, Count Boris (in reality a bl mailer), and she steals some v able plans for him, only to learn that she has unwittingly robbed her young Americaine lovaire. He discovers it and scorns her, she orders him killed (see title), and the picture ends virtuously with & Pare Lorem, Common Stock “The Potters" —W. C. Fields worth seeing ever The Kid Brother" comedian, When a Man Lor salesman stopped at the f Music Master"—Leave your old rel “The General’ —Buster Ke “The Red Mill” —Nothing but su “Low's Greatest Mistake’ —The whole ake -You know the answer “Blind Alleys"—An interrupted honeymoon “Let It Rain"—M and collegiat ‘he Rough Riders" —Good for reminiscence ide, Kelly, Slide —Better take your b He. —Harold LI still a goo! It seems the traveling s"—Wet—but Menjou “White Gold” — “Casey at the Bat” — poem: “Children of Divorce" —Ail right for s night Out, Reilly""—Two-fisted Dix again. ot as bad as you think. jeak sister. hful but very impotent. committing slow Chinese “The Heart of Salome “The Whirlwind of Y “The Sunset Derby’ Preferred Stock “Stark Lore''—Realism that is realism. Mtropolis"—Marvelous photography. Don't Pollock's titles. ‘ang"’—Splendid jun The Belowd. Rogue’ le picture. arrymore does a good liert of the Soil" Old-fashioned but very crets of a So Cultured German produc Coura, G the MOVII : a duel, a fist fight and a weddi I suppose the only thing we consider that we never the subject up in the first pl charitable just to bro can do here is a broken spirit of a dyspeptic movie de- *ORTUNATELY for the partment, “The Sunset Derby” was just a good old-fashioned movie. Just hosses, simple country fun, and love, with the hosses taking all the prizes. In fact, the best acting we have seen in the cinema for months was given by a young threc-year old whose name was unfortund ately not on the program. Queen, the sereen name of the charming actress of whom we were speak- ing, easily outplayed young and Mary Astor, the juveniles. She Collier two first ap- peared in a pin-stripe blanket, her ankles neatly swathed in band- ages, and immediately won my (Continued on page 28) starred The elopement of the Janitor’s daughter. 19 comicbooks.com