Judge — August 27, 1927 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE JUDGING THe MIO VES uz Dramatic Department has at once discovered and denounced the movie pro- logue (August 20th issue JupGe). In his usual thorough manner Mr. George Jean Nathan reviewed this form of entertainment and re- marked among other things that: “The movie prologues are the last words in entertainment banality Mr. Nathan also said that movie audiences did not accept the pro- logues cheerfully, but merely put up with them, Mr. Nathan is most correct in his exorcism of the movie pro logue. (It is very hot to start a Serious Discussion, I know, but it’s not my fault that the dra- matic department picked on the movies.) But I have a feeling that instead of taking up for movie audiences, Mr. Nathan could spend his time more profit- ably writing essays on voice cul- ture. As a matter of identification: Who goes to the movies? Rox advertise 6,200 seats and the vater is filled several times a If you will stand by the BY WARE LORENTZ Later Efforts Camille" —This is almost as bad a picture as in Francisco.” rime and Punishment” at the novel, Slow and heavy “Callahans and the Murphys"—Livery stable diversion, “Fast and Furiow posed to be Universal scenario writer. —Reginald Denny is sup- funny actor, 1 suspect the “ King of Kings.”—As you probably know, for | the sake of humanity. “Lonesome Ladies"—An anaemic attem cleverness. pt at “Manpower”. e valley on aking dam and 4 Million Bid" “Camille.” ‘War veteran Richard Dis : a e by plugging the . Great stuff. as bad as — Practically “Mr. Wu"—A tedious Chinese thing with Lon Chaney. “Madame Pompadour'—Dorothy Gish in a British picture that makes you feel proud of Hollywood, “Painting the Town'"—Young hick inventor makes Follies girl and fire chief under a barrage of wise-cracking sub-titles. Terrible. “Rolled Stocking’.""—Undergraduate life con- vineingly played by young cast. Worth seeing. inged"”—Sub-titles spoiling what amatic picture at times, “The Unknown"—Lon Chaney does funny things with his toes. Good if you don’t mind tha N. B.—"Old San Francisco” is too awful to be listed here. Preferred List “The General,” “Long Pants," “Time to Love,” Wedding Bills,” the only recent good comedy. “Chang,” hy Beloved Rogue, —A Russian attempt doors some evening you can get a fairly accurate estimate of the charac er of that 6,200. The ma- , of them are small wage- who know nothing of good books, music, or literature, and care We'll say, five thousand come under this cate- gory. (I wonder who told the Dramatic Department about movie prologues?) You will find also a goodly num- ber of suburbanites who belong to that great class of people in this country who have the movie habit, just as they have the cigarette habit. They are often nauseated by the hooey they see, because Hollywood has to aim at the five thousand group, but they go two or three nights a week simply because they are restless and mis- erable in their modern apartment and have nowhere else to go. These people have seen decent entertainment on the screen at rare intervals—most of them be- lieve the movies will improve, when they think about the mat- ter at all. Very roughly, a thou- (Continued on page 32) earners less. If I don’t have the rottenest luck! FisnermMan—aA mile from home! comicbooks.com