Judge — July 21, 1928 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE | UD GING TEMOVIES ©) 7 By ‘SPARE LORENTZ Nt | FT knew any good stories, it would be much more been titled “Larry the Lane | entertaining to relate them here and now rather State House.’ Dist | than te movies that zor, From Stirrup to irding the usual love stors show you what ror this adaptation p tough toto pive vou a review 0 Cossacks were, but even) Mr marked with nothing « wrvs the amusing. (It’s warm these days, so if you're Gilbert's flashing eves and the twitehing eyebrows of and do not care to y further, you can't say 1 Mr. Torrence failed to pat this over with very much didn’t warn you of a ba However, vou will tind it is better: pre A movie executive t) ¢ brains (in itself an item: sented of the wh t tained to me that movie re week, which we will now take up. vany of the others L saw this worthy of resp views (a baneh of young upstarts to by | funn endeay to ma t higher standard for So THING must be done about this so-callec | the cinema than dramatic eritics establish for the th: edy tear So far our only consolation is tre. Disre ny that point (as it has nothing to (hat no br has thought of putting f with th er tnore workinen who may or five men ona te hho would be as monstrous poke a fin tl in fabric of iusion er asa piccolo quintet. ited by the seresn than handle the materials behind However, Beery and Hatton thoroughly satiate our the footlights, making it a dithceult j ie that doesn't a rn sadistic desire hin indeed r stupid entertainment. ‘Their Latest d°The Big Killing out a me some angle ha ubator is a thing eal | note to jar or irritate you into a state of sem un attempted burlesque of “Tolable David" at consciousness. Wl the other mountain pictures of that type. ‘Ter There was the tithe writer for “The Cossacks.” rible. Just terr ere is no use even trying to The story was “adapted” fro Tolstoy's title was ret from a two-for-a-qu Tolstoy's novel: ie, be constructive in face of such stupidity. It's ye Constructive anyway, but you Land the story was tuken against the rules r Western azine. He know a story is as artificial as a hand-painted back ricks mad t no sooner would the head at tive ever, some excellent ho: cach other ov ind tumble drop if the central characters ¢ | picture entertainin 5 imute tek tery sted in the cavorting equestrians — wards you beec int ya barrel of ter J in the way of a than a title would be inserted with the inevitable con- brilliant bit of fun meanwhile clusion, “and over all was God.” It was a very The point about these lady is that they have never cheap effeet. yet shown anythin tor depends (Note: Miss Smith has that appeared eighteen mon on the in the background upon which an article se columns — they play to create the humor. They come out befor: Wl titles in the camera in trick make-ups and then proceed to order to enjoy a movie, We'll have to start all over turn loose pantomime that wouldn't be worth nthe country. They'r: Srnest Torrence gives Join Gilbert able support, not funny, and they can't act. Honest, Mr. Lasky. but the story just doesn’t click. It might b which declared it was necessary to i gain.) day in any burlesque house ray (Continued on page 29) The Movie Guide “The Lion and the Mo: aa Program uous “The Hawk's Nest! —[teviewe! ia this | 1 The Big Killing’ — Reviews! H eel . ot the P | a ai v dud poet he Patsy” — Marion Davis comicbooks.com