Judge — January 19, 1929 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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Prospective Farier-ty-Law (hopefully) you have an interest in your father’s business? Atoy (lanqucdly Not the Judging the Movies Continued from pac factory that goes communistic ugainst the wishes of the old president, and the fall and rise of fortune concomitant with the new régime. Arter “Give and Take” I forti- +4 fied myself with a glass of milk and wandering along the gay white way noticed a familiar exhibition of spotlights in front of the Rivoli. I hastened over, and sure enough it was a movie opening. Locating an usher, I told him I had just heard about it, and with no delay and great consideration he worked = me through the crowd to a comfort- able seat. he theme song had been written by Irving Berlin, so we heard it played fourteen or fifteen times, just so we could get the hang of it I presume, and then the new movie, “Awakening,” was presented. “Awakening” presented some excellent direction, beautiful pho- tography and sound acting. It was a finished job, with no rough places. But I wouldn't give a nickel to see it simply because all this effort, all this time and money, was expended to elaborate the most used and familiar movie story: how love comes to the wicked young man who had never before “met an innocent girl. Vilna Banky is very lovely in all her close-ups, Louis Wolheim is excellently ferocious, as usual, but the main situation is so old, so threadbare, it made all the ex- cellent care seem an atrocious T understand that —Sketcu Book your umbrella?” “T forgot it.” nt to close it.” don’t like le it, old sport? waste of skill and talent. Besides the theme, the locale was Alsace during the war, and I think you'll agree it is time the movie com panies declared an armistice with Alsace and its quaint farmhouses, rter seeing “Awakening” you'll understand what) an excellent job was done in “The River” with a diff ation, and, for the ent love situ ovies, a novel one. M ' Virginia Davis, of Phila- AVE delphia, calls me any num ber of interesting names and en lightens me to the fact that: “You insulted Charles Rodgers, the best actor on the screen, by say- ing ‘he chooses to call himself Buddy.’ He doesn’t choose to call himself that at all—it was a childhood nickname and it just stayed with him because it suited him. So there!” For all of which I'm ver grateful to Miss Davis. He mey be “Buddy” to any number of young ladies, but he is anything else to this department. Translations of Scotchograms in This Issue PAGE 2s You say you had to have the doctor just the thing and you PAGE 29. You will do as I want you to or rm you out right There ny a slip ‘twixt the make hay while Tur Visrror (having trussed up the head of the house)—I aving you like this. What about a little soda with —Hvenonrist EDWARD LANGER PRINTING CO, INC., JAMAICA, . T. comicbooks.com