Judge — June 29, 1929 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE \ Ser) = \ \ _/ 4 © jars Hollywood out of its movies are in’ for a long year. almost totally committed te talkin’ movies, and the follow and talent heen a few talking movies nies are - Smaller ones are sequiously as quickly as their money Whik with genuine and mievie allow there have merit, there are difficulties that prevent — the cing anything but a mecha of time te yo into any prolor cussion of their future. meehanical talking cal toy it is dl eritios! dis. se qany urtistic fron 4 Waste Following the success of “The Jazz Singer” the vitted sh of the decade's vaudeville and musical comedy stage with amp Man.” “My Man, Singing Fool, producers have ¢ themselves te giving us the worst 1 Rain “Innocents of Paris,” “The nd the more recent “Honky Tonk.” tions based on the story of the clown with the breaking heart. Not only is the plot thin arid trite but the singers and out to put them over have just repe which they been carning th past ten or fifteen wears slices of old hams. how are sound prod n-shouters sent ted old r living wets in for the no effort to help the camera or regard the picture studio as a platform requiring a different technique smoke-filled night club or the Palace st he Coc othe xt Broadway “On extravaganzas. with Broadway knows, the attraction of an Earl Carroll, Shubert) or White musieal show is that it gives us plenty of gals with plenty of flesh. Occasionally a Redgers-Hart com bination turns out a pleasing piece of Cook or an Ed Wynn may turn up with some comedy. For the most part the jokes taken from Judge and Life, the es from anybody, and the show depends upon its color, its movement, and its well-turned ankles to make the corn-fed boys have they have made than a With the As anybody familiar "and movieized stag main ordinary Geo! music, or a nuine in town fora week plank down eleven dollars for two hours of entertainment As the can do little turned ankle except: plo the dull hoens-pocus of movie toward showing a well sgraph it. a photograph of A omusical comedy plot be comes the epitome of dull entertainment It can only give a second-hand version of such aimless rompings © people who have never seen a musical comedy. There are probably enough of those unfortunates to pay dividends for several vears for the big s, but it eliminates the movie as an attraction for those sour souls who have seen musieal comedies and who have seen enough, There have been a few less meretricious attempts atinaking the talking movie prove sometl “ALDI.” “Gentlemen of the “Madame Xv and “Bull- dog Alibi “Gentlemen of the canse of a sup cast; “Madame X” because of the talented Ruth Chatterton, and “Bulldog Drum mond” because of Ronald Colman and a director with an astonishi skill Was an earnest attempt at a serie tion, and it Press.” Drummond” are worth seein: heeause it is a moving picture, Press” be- “Inter- 5 produc and sense of charm, ference” Was innocuous because of its actionless ind unsuitable movie plot. If the musical comedy make probably shall be den anythir »yproaching the worth of this handful of talking movies. Tam curious to understand why the flooding their theatres with the most ancient sort of twaddle. IT have yet to hear a man or woman speak favorably of the talking movies. If the curiosity and the mythical public tires of the r squawkings of the new movies, the pro ducers may be forced to Meantime, pull up movies money we However, producers are wears away growing-] vive us some real meat. t chair and sit down to a good That's to be the main dish for months to come. (Continued on page 31) The Movie Guide “A Man's Man™—I> “Bulldog Drummond” teithantly” ¢ The t talking movies: with “Eternal Love’ — Joho Narrymore an F Hearts In Dixie" — \!-< Gentlemen Press™ 1 actors plot i comicbooks.com