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

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JUDGE IN DN <a o--" movie first HE ie fi ig as evolved into a Broadway in- night h stitution. At one time mov- ies used to try to slink into town unobserved but now that Carl Van Vechten, et al,, have discovered that the movie is a_ struggling Art the movie first night has be- come a manifestation quite an gous to John Roach Straton’s current forecast of the Judge- ment Day. The first night movie audience can be roughly classified into three groups: the Trade; the Friends; and the Press. The first group is predominated by the grubby little fellows in un- certain evening dress whom you will see bumping around the lobby looking like so many black and white pouter pigeons. Their conversation is entirely statisti- cal and never under five figures. NL GANG THe MIO BY PARE LORENZ (— The Movie Guide “The Big Parade"—It still retains the highest rank in the war gallery. “The Cat and the Canary’ (Colony)—Reviewed in this issue. “Chang” (Broadway)—A thrilling animal pic- | ture. “Garden of Allah” ( and a good dancing girl tes in this slow picture. asey)—Desert scenery the only worth while King of Kings" (Gaiety)—Palestine out of Hallyweod by Mer De Mille “Lea Miserables! (Central)—Slow dull French picture proving that truth crushed to earth, ete. in about ninety reels. “Metropolis” (Uptown)—The German archi- tectural thriller. Another good one. “Old San_ Francisco” (Warners)—Happy to say that this is still the worst picture in town. “The Patent Leather Kid (Globe)—An ob- noxious war film, despite the presence of Richard Barthelmess. rice for Ladies"—A neat and deft Menjou e of head-waiting on the Continent. Very yenth_ Heater” young actress, Janet evening worth while. m Harris)—A glorious nor, will make your “Stark Lore" (Walton)—Sex instinct in them ve acting and good. “Wings” (Crit ion)—A very good picture of war in the air. “ Underworld’—A convincing crook thriller out of Chicago, worth seeing. “The Way of All Flesh” (Rialto)—Emil Jannings does well by his first American picture. The cousins and the sisters and the aunts of the movie producers really bring color and variety to the first night and make it worth while. They take their openings seriously and while Papa may Albert, black trou- sers and a colored shirt neatly topped with an August half-price sale straw hat, and Mamma may stick a tiara on top of the per- manent that looks like Wool- worth’s Yuletide set of Christ- mas decorations, still and all they bring the right deference, the proper adulation that should at- tend a virgin offering of the great art. They block the aisles hours before the curtain rises and fold their arms and wait in humble complacency for a sight of a movie star or of Uncle Benny, who makes the stars. (Continued on page 26) wear a Prince comicbooks.com