Judge — September 22, 1928 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE are living such a radio-like existence, gazine fiction and cheap drama steal the es off today’s paper and serve them up as tomorrow's art. A heavywe his engagement hit champion announces and fifteen minutes later a typewriter is busy plugging out a tabloid novel of “From Prize Ring to Parlor Car” or “From the Gutter to the Altar,” in fifteen easy lessons. All you need to do to become eligible for the lecture platform or a doctor of litt. degree is to shove an old lady off a ship and save her, or shove her off and thumb your nose at her, and then write your experience of “How It Feels to Shove an Old Lady Off Ship! This, however, is not an attempt at a prize-winning essay on modern fiction, but an explanation that the movie “Submarine” takes its chief dramatic incident from the story of the ill-fated S-+, sunk some months ago, with all members of the crew lost. Despite some very trite moments, virtue of its subject, is an interestir pmarine,” by gmovie. Ithasa peculiar convincing quality for the most part, and ex- cept for one uny mable scene, when the director, the cast, and the producers just let down all at once and break into a mammy song, it is 4 convincing por- trayal of the lackadaisical, robust existence of the he big scene occurs when the submarine is rammed and sent to the bottom, with barely a ghost of ach: for help. It is during this action that Direc- tor Capra slipped and fell into : tears but, ignoring this disgustingly mawkish scene and accepting that which is good as one must do with the movies, Capra plays the conception of this terri- fying way of death for all it is worth. The picture the s cell filled with crawling, sweating men gasping for breath, hopelessly trapped, will give you a grim realization of what might have taken place within the hull of the unfortunate S-. shoal of glycerine By Loe : PARE LORENTZ (.) x9 fy ry) The action turns on a woman, the smoking car con- ception of a sailor's wife, and here again the pro- ducers of “Submarine” did a cheap trick, considering the cost of the production. ‘They took the idea of the node of the story from the Fox picture Girl in Every Port,” which was produced some time ago. In this movie a gob has a habit of identifying his women with his own brand of garters, thus enabling his amorous but less fortunate buddy who follows in his path to ascertain how many port belles have known his charms, This gaudy idea is the dramatic turning point of “Submarine,” and it does seem that a fifteen- minute huddle on the part of the scenario writers could have produced some incident that would not e been a direct steal from another n picture. The movie producers have developed another nasty habit w 1 [call to the attention of Bishop Hays, LT suggest that he get his squad of vice crusaders out with their lilac atomizers and spray this habit off the screen. I think “Wings” director mouth of pictur was the first picture in which a ve a close-up of blood spurting out of the 1 wounded man. Since then, every flying nd now “Submarine,” has had one or two revolting shots of bloody-mouthed young men. No matter whether the sh fing ed his ear or his little er, the modern director will have his wound spouting blood in front of the camera, and it is very crude and unpleasant. ente The subject matter of “Submarine” is interest ing cnough to carry it over its rough spots, and al though I don’t remember sec her be lady by the name of Dorothy Rev 3 dle of a casually married sailor's wife in a manner that should be highly satisfactory to anybody except, pos- sibly, a casually married sailor's wife. young (Continued on page 28) The Movie Guide “The Red Dance (Gite) usual Ruwian release from Hol Dolores Del Rio is the tucked behind ber ears, b has to offer )—Reautiful acting by on Proderick be white man's civilization in the Paciti “The Smart Set" The last movi 1 f William Haines that was at Polo and collegiate pe: “Steamboat Bill, Jr." Buster Keaton worst is funnier than the ordinary “The Patsy.” Another entertaining — comalian. One very good scene with Fr- miy, with credit going to Marioa hould be worth a vos ad King Vidor, the dirretor comicbooks.com