Judge — June 2, 1928 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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JUD GE ed ( wt Vt ome months ago I became so bewildered and sick- S ened with the celluloid Hollywood menu I collected all my dour theories in a neat knap- sack and hiked to the office of Dr. A. A. Brill, one of the most learned as well as courteous psychologists in the country. I felt that the backbone of the nation was developing gangrene from the constant imposi- tion of such rot as is concocted by Messrs. Zukor and his confréres and that no civilization could long remain sturdy with a majority of its inhabitants having their perceptions of life, love, hate and im- mortality perpetually gassed by the lethal stench belching from the Golden Coast studios. Dr. Brill denied everything. He said, in part, that no matter how lacking in artistic proportion, the movies did no harm to the morons who support them, and that one could only take away from a movie what he needed. If then, as a normal active person, you read this column with any idea of following its guidance to entertainment, you will limit your movie attendance to the comedies and newsreels and about cight per cent of the feature pictures. If it happens you are the father and mother of cighteen children, the sole support of an alcoholic grandfather, that you ha third mortgage on the home, and believe that woman is God's greatest work of art, then it is possible you may find some needed consolation in movies such : O course, it is not all grief. is Buster ton, for instance, and his picture “Steam- boat Bill. Jr.” made the week livable. Of course, if one were to live up to the title of critic it would be possible to say “well, here's another bum comedy, full of slap-stick falls, with a sappy love story, and a big opportunity all shot—the whole Mississippi to By = PARE LORENTZ G THE MOVE io 9 work with, including « stories, complete set of Mark Tw all you get is a couple of good sequences but 1 still have a spark of gratit seeing Mr. Lasky's “Fifty-Fifty I felt like sending Mr. Keaton a fan note thanking him for a few minutes of real enjoyment. I enjoy Keaton’s pictures thoroughly, and while his latest production does include such old favorites as a tornado which blows houses and trees on the frozen head of our hero and a wide-eyed heroine who peers into the camera with the angelic expression of a child anticipating a great big stocking full of goodies from Santa Claus, it also has several bits of pantomime n Ernest Torrence and Buster Keaton which are sheer amusement. You may be bored at the long in! Is during which the blank- faced hero slides across the Mississippi delta on on r, bu yin the haberdashery where ird-boiled old river pilot, buys his coll - son a hat. worth the price of admission, WwW Hays, the oily movie czar, has again talked the French government into accepting Ameri- can pictures at the ratio of six to one. That is, for every picture the French movie companies produce. six American jewels may be offered to the public. It has been rumored t further qualification was made in that the American government agreed to take back one college boy for every thousand dollars spent for American pictures by the French, And yet there are people who claim the generous ri betwe That scene alone is French are a [= seems some of the directors wandered away from the mahogany interiors of the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer studios and discovered that Chaplin had a big (Continued on page 23) The Movi rion of the Magnificent View joey. Well worth sreing ercelten wor Hugo's (Two-performance only shows. Consult daily papers for changes in theatres) “Aabie’s trish Rose” (44th Street) — Based on the life of Chri + Colum bus “Four Seas” (Ciaiety)—Mother love in Bavaria and just about as sickly as any thing that has slipped away from Holly- Wim in weeks. papers “Glorious Betsy” (Warner's) —Accord- ing to the Napoleon was a mamen! (Continuous shows only. Programs ww oo ‘ally change Saturdays) “The Man Whe Loughs” (Ce=tral)— _“*Cireus Rockies” Revie This one is not worth $2.20 but it is an issue. (C.:terion) According to the Lindbergh got to Paris ie Guide lyn) —The director this. Not pl thelew the b tremely good. ‘The Last Comma: Emil Jannings in a fair pi “Fitty-fitty GieL” Reviews! in this “Ramona™ (Rivoli issue next week “Steamboat Bil, I.” (Hialto)—Re “The Gauche” ( 6, Brooklyn) — F hs h hes the spirit ed: The Smart ympsen,” “Dressed to The Cues” “The Patsy” (1 Marine Davies wet and Rayridge)— Set,” sleeves and Kati.” comicbooks.com