Judge — July 5, 1930 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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j JUDGE eA WGING THM ov IL & By PARE LORENTZ rt is common knowlec ut while “Rough Romance” was Home,’ a tribute from the Publix com book critic always is just so much time wasted, I real- pany and the Paramount company to pointed poet, t a ize that the movies are showmen to Rear Adm Richard Byrd. (At critic is a soured failure with a trunk the world and that this particular least the title said it was a tribute.) full of unproduced 4 sand that a show was not intended for the portion A’ sobbing voice announced via the movie critic starts his yapping the of the population of the world that film that Byrd was on his way home day he is fired from Hollywood. In reads, writes, or talks in words of two and that there could be no sleep for contradiction to this accepted theory, syllables. So [ went to see a movie — the patriotic until he had at last really allow ine to make a true confession. called “Beau Bandit.” I immediately touched foot 1 This morning I got off a train after thought I had gone back to the same — soil, A male a week of rest and fat living. I felt’ theatre because the dialogue sounded “Bac more than pleased with myself after familiar. However, I soon found that show a hearty meal; it was a cool morning, — there was some difference in the story, tice parade and the Byrd camp in the and I was in duty bound to do noth- although [ assure you the dialogue Antarctic. The words went “Here's ing except visit a few movie houses fits both pictures. In “Beau Bandit,” to you, Richard Byrd, and we are and then stroll leisurely home and re- Rod La Roeque, who has a peculiar proud of you, and we are glad that port on them, I felt truly sorry for ay of filtering words slowly through — you ar 4 less fortunate workers of the city. I his strong, handsome teeth, is none — try, to actually considered myself lucky. other tha gain on old Ameri chorus then sang a so: Home,” while the — mo 1 some odd shots of the Armis- home, a 1 proud of our coun- r something like that. that old) English hero, After this inspiring tribute, and a First I went to see a movie called Robin Hood. He not only rescues the handsome thing it is, too, on the part “Rough Romance.” After the first girl he loves, but he gives her boy of Paramount, to go to all that trou- | few minutes I felt sure I had seen it friend money, You couldn't” ask — ble, there another two-reel thing before, and after a while I realized © much more of a bandit. called “J "or something like that. | that it was exactly like one of the A fat man, supposed to be a profes- | first movies ever made in this coun- BY this time it was high noon. The — sor, came out and played what was | try. Perhaps you saw it. It was a wind had died down short film turned out by Griffith with hot. [got something to cat and then after he had finished a lot of none other than Lillian Gish as the sterted out again. This time I went looking young musicians pl: little Nell of the lumber camp, who to sce a thing c: ‘The Bad One,” trot. About this time I got is loved silently but strongly by and it more th: ade up for the — attack of indige: Lionel Barrymore. The city sucker wasted morning. Unfortunately I got the theatre. I can’t tell you what the comes to the lumber camp and eyes in the theatre just in time to catch other short subjects were, as I got the little mountain flower with no all the short two-reel entertainment. hack just in time to see the beginning good purpose in mind, although Nell’s First there was a thing called “Back of “The Bad One.” pale blue, innocent eyes fail to read For thirty minutes there i the evil message in his red orbs. He carries her aw Lionel and the boys follow down the river, and right 4d Py “All Quiet On the Western Front”—A wins in the end. heavy, gruesome pageant that retai “Rough Romance” differs slightly poee athe sim: cy of t from the original version of this Neil of the lumbe * Story in that there is a log jam. There also is dialogue, dit was supposed to be a classic pic nd nothing to this movie except a sparring match between Dolores Del Rio and Ed- mund Lowe. He is a sailor and she is a water-front r. (But don’t jump to conclusions—she dances for the sailors merely to support an old ndmother and three uncles.) After a few feeble rounds of this sparring, Recommended “Applause —Bec only i ting ths and after a few minutes I knew where “The Devil's Hol Smart and the characters suddenly fall desper- that came from—the producer has Wellsdirectty jshortsat anise ately in love—just like that. On their merely used the old sub-titles. In- Slaleeae maken hin edanrel cia wedding day a sailor, who had formed stead of waiting for ten minutes, as seeing. : the wrong impression of Miss Del Rio was necessary in the old day for the ajgarnePe! Bad a sioeté Sad after seeing her do a a: in a one- title to be read aloud to the children, the best acti the characters now speak right out. “Old and New" However, the words the Maggy “Surely you can't love you, hing suit, comes to her room bearing gifts. He attacks her—Mr. Lowe hits and kills him. After this the plot becomes compli- cated. There is a prison, and the (Continued on page 31) e Eisenstein, same, 7 “Shadow of the Law"—Simple and ac- curate melodrama, with — intelligent direction, you comicbooks.com