Judge — April 28, 1928 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE e) Uw GING m= MOVIES BY PARE LORINZ The Movie Guide I [ Laxavon's pictures (Teeo- performance daily shows) ue great American Boy, Har- are going down grade | yaina™” OM Mother lore giving un old Lloyd, has turned out an- rapidly. His latest one, Mother Mackree” (Titnes Syuare)—Sull an-| other money-maker in “Speedy,” “The Chaser,” is old-fashioned | fay, siem © mate the Birth Control outkt : pergeegeran and while it has nothing that technically and as awkwardly “Sunrise.” See it wherever it stands out as distinctive or orig produced as a pre-war Mack Sen- ‘Street Angd” (Globe)—To be reviewed next nal, it moves smooth nd swift : week P nett comedy. Fantasy must be Trai of 9S" (Astor)~Or, a ove spectator put] LY So that it may entertain: you. strong indeed to be entertaining it, the Trial of "98 irst as a cab driver and then for long intervals, and Langdon ao ee ees! as the motorman of an old horse and his wistful gestures do not atin” Mr. Larmmele's oo} cat, Lloyd demonstrates his fa- wear well with no support except tnibut Col War miliar camera technique as he a series of vulgar gags. The pic- (Continuons shows only) drives hell bent for election ture has the cheap merit of a tab- “The Chaser.” Reviewed in this ineue. through New York trattic. These loid newspaper version of Peter | (Ti (ire (Seorve)Charle Cuazli's Wt) Sequences become dull in places. Pan. E | “Ladies? Night ino Turkish Bath.” Reviewed but he has woven enough of a It is significant that Langdon | i9 8 ‘sue plot into the story and has sup has directed his two ree ic ae of De Contant Oe lied a few new gags at such in- _ . ues two recent pic “The Last Command (Express)—Emil Jannings i a Tew new gage alosuch, im tures, “Three's a Crowd” and still doing hia stuf tervals that the entire perform- “The Chaser,” because both of with Willa tases Highly amusing, ance holds up in good shape. It them have been marked by vul- sepom* (Loew's Seventh Avey-| iS not his best picture, but it will Q, “Sadie Thomper (Loew's ib gar, cheap sequences, “There | Miss Swantoo's best efurt do for mild entertainment. : y “Speedy” (Rivoli)—Reviewed in this issue. were several things in “Three's a i cnaelicaag ; 4 - a Skyscrapers.” Reviewed in this issue | Crowd” that were in exceedingly | “CNicvscnvrga’ Held’ out pron bad taste, and in this last attempt es | tece whieh “tt fai Kate Pian there are more than a few comic phediee! eae: kes : ae : but you will find it a better than strip ideas. Personally, I enjoy verage movie. Following the the helpless, bewildered person- and a producing company with a curre ee movie dad. for e ality of the little man, and I be- few imaginative executives to [TiN ON OM ve his character lends itself help him. nd a movie company tl s mt t m ne rt ro st sily to the wh . with imaginative executives would vee, | fon ih ° Tine for which the movie is 7 be as unique as a Boy Scout sham WOFKErs, ane for the frst time a medium, but he needs a director battle in Chi (Continued on page 31) “Dorothy, how dare you light your ciga- rette without first giving your grandmother Princeton Atumnus—IVhat luck! I recog- a@ light!” nize that bird as a Harvard graduate! comicbooks.com