Judge — October 19, 1929 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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ne life of th to be about thr strain. William Haine: stick humor to his work in * first movies. Since then he material, and his work goes thr bored delivery. or entertaining in virtue is silence. I HAVE re} admitted th the compa of the most aml Artists. “Alibi quette.” And now they picce of work with a writer, ister to the sales man. to bed-time stories, the isusuall romance. when the boys did not s the stod were pleasing exceptions. has matched his scenarios. as you'll fi “Speedway” is an inane story about his mechanic. Ernest Torren anything with his happy-ending role. and Haines — and an Americ igh his old routine with a very tired and There is nothing fresh, diverting, — they any part of the movie. Its only ney stepmother hh Bulldog Drummond have done another splendid di: Three the overwhelming wealth of available mate movie company usually crushes all spontancity and life from its productions simply because a director, so-called feature } nothing but an extravaganz Stage adaptations suffer a great loss of — I cong life by the time they emerge from the movie factory. Consequently, you seldom sce satire, ga in any movie. There have rm to be morality of a profession: Raymond Griffith’ satires, JUDGE average Hollywood actor seems “Three Live Ghosts” hi a » years, Few have survived the — good story, and an experienced dirt en more brought a good slap- important, it has a spontaneous air th refresh The Smart Set’ and his | ing in a movie theatre as a horse-] in Congress. has been given wretched Three English stage veterans give as good a show ace-driver and = MeN is hard put to do with three veter. who h re de out of the p: If Mr. Zu by — failed to domin. Live Ghosts.” Despite heaving incidents; there il, the or a Lupe Limited by the censors the Leicester robbery. .amid-Victorian I advise you to sec ty, or charm king life with “Ty starving te death, “Hungarian Rhapsedy"—\ silent and tearing German productis “Cock-Eyed Werld”—Cheap, vulgar 4 repetitious. The Hettentot”— Old-fash sing, with Edward Ever The Movie Guide “Bulldog Drummond” —See it, by oll “Hollywood Revue” —\ collecti« very tad vaudeville acts, “Hallelujah” —The one super tempt of the talkies et Girt” Nothing to fight over, “Paris Bound" —Srart and amusing. but an amable and well-knit show, The best thing the ne to date. silent. e Beery din the movie aughton and Claude ns. ¢ lost their identity through the confusion of the War Off he graspir -Beryl Mercer—might have stepped es of Dickens, and Director Freeland came close to giving us Cruikshank illustrations. or needs a teacher for his acting school, tedly offered myself for sale to the I advise him to send for Miss Mercer. Rest movies—at a price, of course, and have flat-footedly intelligent and wonderfully t my present honesty is motive necessity. Since the offer has been ignored I sec no As a matter of fal reason why I should continue the practice of ignoring y scene in which she worked. » the poses of the old silent gods, missed fully a t able merits of the big companies. For the lines and half the business t one thing, three of the best talking movies, and one — worked too fast for them, ce been made by United Even the love scenes were satisfactory. Joan Ben- nd “Co- nett gave a well-mannered performance, and the ue perversely avoided any of those chest- wasn’t even a theme song clez chanting through her teeth at her ire. As in “Bulidog ged his suspense and his a to work with everybody from the min- — really get excited at the Armistice celebration, and Anyway, I did, duction very partial to war or robbery. “Three Live Ghosts.” And atulate United Artists for turning out such consistent and superior work during the past year. been exceptions. times TT" past month has presented absolutely nothing worth while in the little movi reformer, The “Piccadilly” and ‘Pusher-in-th Magnificent Flirt’ two of the vear worth a balcony and, the best of the talkies, “Bulldog Drummond,” hope of the movie of the Beryl Mercer, Charles Allister. The story deals a cockney, a gentleman. :. According to report. z, drunken, rabbitty cock- ained, amusing, she never onec sudience, used to the long ird of ause the veterans Drummond” the director nso well you will nd I'm not theatres. In fact. were the only admission. The only future seems to be slowly “The Great Gabbe”—Very dull “Three Live Ghosts”—In this issue Joman- Trap” — Another crook movie, th a good cast “The Woman Lies*—A superb cast and s good story. Worth while.