Judge — April 6, 1929 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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a % a © : 4 dUMC dinirers vy I hadn't been half killed by a crowd of I who tried to tear a piece from Lupe V tume when she appeared in person, singing with at a local theatre, and if T hadn't been so fortunate as to have been blessed with a parent who dancing could keep the neighbors up until all hours with her ng. and make them like it, T wouldn't be so sore But I beseech the promoters, relatives, and friends of Miss Velez to wrap up her music and mark it “Not to be opened until Christmas—1t She may be a xood actress, but from her work in “The Wolf Song” and in her latest picture “Lady of the Pavements”, she is nothing but a hoping, wistful slip of a girl who some day wants to study Voice. Maybe the trouble is due to the fact that Jesse Lasky used to play a trombone. 1 wouldn't be sur- prised some day to sce a masterpicce showing us the xreat executive blowing himself into esoteric Wall Street circles. inbering the movie that opened the atre (“God Gave Me ‘Twenty Cents”, [believe it was) we might temporarily name yramount it “Sliding to Paradise’. What I'm driving at is that I'd rather hear Jesse ind his trombone than sit through another one of Miss Velez’s nasal efforts at (1) singi: bing, (3) loving, with one throat ope can't do it, Miss Velez Outside of the singing, “Lady of the Pavements” re still operatin wan “Love Conquers all”. e, (2) sob tion. You is just horrible. The movies the old Victorian sl I appreciate, go under ‘That, t to scenes such which delineate sophisticated society women uttering words and con ducting themselves in intrigues bevend the most sor did conjecture of a Hollywood waitress. Any w may bem ind low, but the woman of Lady of the vements” is just a tabloid headline. isn't news, but I ol as we are given in’ this picture, nan society JUDGE WG T=MOVIES By ) PARE LORENTZ : vA The scene I mention is the old thriller in which the heroine is humiliated hefore hundreds of distinguished id then turns to (a wuests, ¢ ) rip off her clothing and defy society, (b) claim that love is stronger than blue bleed. ‘This time it was variation (b). There is noth- ing to recommend ” the title. ly of the Pavements” except of having actors musicians, why not have musicians Thus, we could have Heiftitz, Rachmaninoff! and similar headliners playing and then discovering, after six easy les- sons, that they had Talent, and play the theme song for little Abie, and Rosic, and the boys at the gas house during the rest of the picture. It wouldn't be difficult to listen to those gentlemen, In all Richard Barthelmess has a very pleasing voice. Hell never be taken into Grand Opera, but it’s od parlor tenor, As such, I don't sce why the producers don’t let him keep it where it belongs. He is a splendid actor, but in Weary River” he is called upon to sing the title song not less than ten times, and I defy anybody short of John McCormack to sing “Weary River” ten times and make vou like it. The story has moments of reality but sermons, lectures from the wise old | er ap of the present movie vog to be trying to be actors? char- fairness warden, theme songs, fe the production dull I would like to repeat, (because you'll forget it if you see the movic) that Barthelmess is of the best actors in’ the It's too bad his employers discovered he could sing. Personally, LT hope he works up a few card tricks for them, Phere are before we leave. theme songs, theme songs, make and tiresome. movies. 1 few miscellaneous items to take up The last shot in “Weary River” is stolen from Buster Keaton’s (Continued on page 31) The Movie Guide -Dane and Arthur is comedy this ‘A Woman ef Affairs" —We rescind our ditty eracks of Garbo, Big Brotherly Love"”—Fun io prison be n Daze and Arthur. The Canary Murder Case—Dull murder talkie ase of Lena Smith” —Fatraordinarily ‘and better capped by “Lady of the “The Dummy" —A little chikt makes St. Petersburg” —The Russian “tnterterence””—Splendid cast handi« “Ban in the (roa Mask" —Fartanks —"“Sies of the Fathers Jans again. ing de hes ery james ae “Shadows of Fear—Sordit, aod gripping Freneb picture. “Redskin —Dis makes a surprisingly “Weary River*—In this issue. Photography and “Welt Song” — Awful bof the novel. “Wolf of Wall Street*”—Bogey tale. comicbooks.com |