Judge — March 10, 1928 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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hand of the clock, the steel and granite Robot warrens belching their squirming cargo into the narrow strects of the city, per- spiring masses of flesh Sceking relief under the white glare of lights at Coney; these are things to delight the imagination of a modern artist, and Vidor turns the cold eye of the camera on this barren spectacle with breath- taking results. The story of “The Crowd” is simple and moving. ‘The boy-who- was-going-to-be-President —— sub- scribes to a clerk’s life, enters upon married life and lives in a two-room - and - bath apartment sm that he is different, that he is going to be somebody. with a vigorous e He escapes the real- ity of his futile existence with this delusion until the death of his child beats him into. submis- sion. The weak point of the story is” presen here—down and out, he comes back with a glowing burst of courage that makes him a heroic figure. th like a slap in the face, the dire tor shows him once more caught up by the mob, laughing and gig- gling and crowing to the monoto- nous beat of the crowd's pulse. His re eneration ¥ nd his family’s charac- ter too sympathetic to dismiss so summarily their lives, but this inconsistent conclusion is not im- portant enough to dull the bril- liance of the picture. I heartily recommend “The Crowd” as 1s too con- vineing a worth seeing. “Er—Jlarvis, bring up the gramophone. singing in my bath this morning.” Yur fickle movie public evi- dently has been seerctly eat- nuxated iron these past months and has discarded — the bright-ceyed tango artists for the big bluif sca-going fellows who take their fun where they find it. “A Girl in Every other one of those productions where two old-fashioned Sea dogs try to out-drink, out-fight and out-ete, cach other in’ various and sundry ports in the world This particular presentation is funny at times, and made pleas ant by a neat array of new faces and figures. Port” is an Paramount advertised aka Chance” w so I slipped in to see the prize movie People such as I keep confidence men healthy and well-fed. Judge—The jury havin; quitted you of the he amy, you are free to leave the court and go home. Prison hank you, your Honor, but I want to be on the safe side—which home? —Betrast Evenino TevecraPit OISZY DELS She calls her ol? man Brigham, because he he such Young Judge pays $5 for ¢ ne printed T don't feel up to Hemonise ADERSHIP is the chief aim and ambition of every healthy child. In play, leader- ship usually means fastest or first. Youthful feet never travel faster than on Rollfasts. Give your child a pair. Then you'll see pure joy, for Rollfasts are the speediest, safest roller skates built today. Rollfasts run very easily-enable the child to attain high speed with safety. Rollfast speed is due to the use of big quarter-inch ball-bearings in each wheel. Children can skate for hours without tiring. Rollfasts are easily controlled. They brake quickly, and are built closely to the ground like a modern automobile, for safety’s sake. Rollfast roller skates have a ented Special Flexible Reinforcement that enables each skate to flex or “give” freely. Buteven fully extended, a Rollfast Skate cannot buckle or bend out of shape. Rollfasts are made to last. They are heavily nickel-plate id can be ex. tended to fitany size shoe. Sold where ever sporting goods, toys, hardware or bicycles are sold. D.P HARRIS HDW. & MFG. CO. D. P. larris Building New York, N.Y, comicbooks.com