Judge — August 20, 1927 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE i arturre” is an old German “Fadl and Furious" —Then, children, the Prince | to the German UFA company — | n released several years won the ile race ani the giel. that the two directors who have ago by UFA and dug up atcowa oo eh distinguished themselves in this | because of the growing popularity “A Million Bid’—But, of course, the movies | “inanner: Herr Lubitsch and Herr of Emil Jannings in this country. oe ee alan. Reel et kelp recone Murnau, came from their organ- | But don’t pay any attention to se on ‘ing y 2 5 See Mr. Wu''—A slow, tedious picture with Lon these annoying comme nts. See Chaney doing his best under the circumstances. the picture. Molitre’s play is Nout bt ict —Fron Tews tocaze © | “7D wenve Manes Ove” is taken translated into a most charming beauty aod ferme in ve OU TOE seek I from the stage y is picture. Emil Jannings, as Tar- rowed second-hand Russian actors a blood-and-thunder, what-price- tuffe, is one of the blowziest, shou npapmen and: Etinor glory picture well done. As the psalm-red imagine —a_ seventeenth century ° z “Singed"—Blanche Sweet as an oil-promotia : 7, Elmer Gantry marvelously done} gigitclub hostess. Bad titles but excellent pictur Ernest Torrence —and Director Murnau has _re- “The Unknown—Lon Chaney as an armless his swashbuckling tained the play’s fine spi satire in the movie. the play and we see the wife re- ee ea en Mary Pickford, for instance, but buffed by the long awaited hus- Metropolis, Mr. Gilbert did do right well, band who, during his travels, has | jfawn*"!rhe Way of cy ei re everything considered. been converted by Tartuffe. As all really great. The story is the What Price this wife who is forced to seduce | | Glory theme of the two hard- Tartuffe in order to prove his hypocrisy to her husband, Lily Dagover (really) does right well. The prologue and epilogue are well handled and the settings are great. If “Tar- tuffe”’ is shown in your neigh- borhood, by all means sce it. It is a delight to see a picture which treats the subject of sex accurately yet gracefully in- stead of in the catch - as - catch- n Hollywood nner, and it is a high tribute ding friars you can Movie Guide “Camille"—At the risk of being called stubborn, we still label this one “bad. “Crime and Punishment’’—Slow but interesting picture of Russians taking their murders seriously. | and the Murphys"—Tenement Trish | . For the old ladies over 40, if any | Irene Rich being an unappreciated | “The Poor Nut"—Rotten, ization. Believe it or not, a convine- dull-witted bu wonder. Gr and go “The Whirlwind of Jo in the great war? A terrible picture irit of “Time to low | bY some big stra “The groom was dressed in the conventional black.” buckaroo sailing the high seas, —And what did you friend, Mr. John C | a bit miscast. It would ha After a concise prologue the Preferred List | better had the part been play picture plunges into the action of is t big-knuckled is splendid. As “rgeant Quirt iilbert seemed ve been od pping fellow like boiled babies who meet in divers fore ports and declare that they can out drink, out fight, and so on each other, and they finally end uy as | rival bootleggers for the New York trade. They are forced — | to abduct a | young lady of fashion and her boy frie nd and ry-chested sons of the sea drink from the bottle and shoot each other up, she naturally falls in love with (Continued on | page 29) | comicbooks.com