Judge — September 7, 1929 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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a AN") Seanad JUDGE JILDVDGWG crenn photography, an excellent cast, and good S music combine to make the “Hungarian Rhap sody” a satisfactory show. It also brings a tear to the eyes of those who wistfully recall the silent movies. A German picture, it has no dialogue. ‘The plot is the néither new nor startling story of a Hussar who vainly woos a girl of the soil, but is illus- trated with such beautiful photography you do not mind. And what plot you have is nicely timed, and directed with a firm hand. I recommend it as avery pleasing entertainment. s 17 was taken from a weak play you could expect little from “Fast Lif It starts off with a bang—one of those flaming-youth cocktail partic And, while I have growled enviously at the bac- chanalian capers of these Hollywood youths, some of their antics still leave me confused,hund reds of movies notwithstanding. For one thing, there is always a saxophone-player in the party. For another, the necking takes place in the middle of the floor, period- ically disturbed by all fifty couples leaping to their fect and dashing into a mad dance. Somehow, it should seem evil, but it always appears sad and sweet tome. One saxophone-player and one necking-party might be something else again, but fifty mad flaming youths never get over in the movies as being anything but fifty supers earning a good dinner. “Fast L constantly disappointing. After a prolonged necking scene a young couple up and go to bed. The audience sat forward with a grim hope that at last a movie was going to get somewhere. But no—we are then told that they are secretly mar- ried. To offset this, a murder comes along. The following big scene is in the governor's chamber, where a committee seeks a repric We are told the boy is to be killed in ten minutes, whereupon cach member of the committee rises slowly to his feet, salutes the governor, and proceeds to deliver a speech on justice and mercy, the younger generation, the home, and the church. The governor's son then confesses that he is the murderer. The condemned escapes from the death room—(how, we do not know—even the newspaper men shown standing re THE MOV UES? »re the chair rush in five minutes later and ask What happened ?"). ‘The murderer commits suicide, and all is well. Besides the most awful dialogue ever put on a film, the story of “Fast Life” plays tag with logic with no good result. No jury could ever give man a first degree verdict for defending his wife from a drunken house-breaker. And the condemned man could not be released from the death cell and let out of every corridor by the warden without some- body suspecting that there was something wrong. It will be impossible for you to gag through those specches on the younger generation so I advise you to give up the few good moments furnished by Doug- Jas Fairbanks Jr. and Chester Morris. They did as well as they could with the material they had— that is, nothing at all. I went to see “The Hollywood Revue” because P heard Buster Keaton was in it. Don't let that mis- lead you. Advertised as a revue, it is nothing but an claborate advertising ballyhoo of the various. stars in the company. Depending upon a blind fan love, the producers felt it was not necessary to give their stars something to do or music to sing. Consequently the “Hollywood Revue” is just about as dull as a newsreel of Hollywood society entering Grauman’s Chinese theatre. With every opportunity in the world, the producers turned to the revue form, with its blackout curta its master of ceremonies, and its chorus girl table: so that colorless, tuncless, and motionless, they suc- ceed in cramming more minutes of sheer boredom in one movie than you will find in many a day. Stay away from it. “Tue Wrecker” is old-fashioned and slow, but it does prove that the British are learning how to photographs A so-called mystery movie, it deals with the story of a train-wrecker and some of the shots of locomotives piling up are very good. It is not worth seeing, but it is worth noting that the dogged British at last have learned how to make movies, an art they have been long in mastering. The Movie Guide “AMIDE —The second-best talkie to date “Mysterious Or. Fa Manchu’—A good “Bulldog Drummond” —The b-st mystery show. “The Cock: Wortd"—With Vice “Piceadilly”—A superb British silent tor MeLagien. Bawdy and cheap, film, “Hungarian Rhapsody” —In this imur. “Hollywood Rewwe"—In this issue. “Fast Life”—In this issue “River ot Romance” —A very pleasing “Say It With Sor ammingsayeltietoanioticeidare Al Selon tabycat “Street Gir"—The best musical com — #28. edy talkie, “The Wrecker” —In this isve —Soany Boy and to each other comicbooks.com