Judge — July 4, 1931 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE JPUVGING HEM ov L$ By PARE LORENTZ tere have been half a dozen matic without the subtle drama enced traveler and able camera-man, professional exploring and travel tions of Director Melford, but with Robert Flaherty. With the aid of r pictures in town this season and his help you almost feel the sharp tive actors, they produced a_ film, without exception the boring — sting of the wind and hear the con- Tabu,” which for sheer | and, in some p matter stant grinding of the ice floes. Ithink never been surpassed in the his- how e you will find “The Viking’ dra- tory of the movie industry. A young gun-by matic a show as you have seen in college man went to Labrador and \ no audience that has paid hard cash many a day Newfoundland, and with the aid of can work itself into a lather over pi native actors, a famous old bluenose tures entitled “Here we took the boat” Qevenat years ago a cameraman skipper, good camera-men and an able and “at this point Herr Professor ‘7 went down to the timber ridges of d “The Viking’- Smiltz was almost bitten by a poison- — North Carolina and assembled a sem ie a picture ous snake, one of the few times this professioi cast of actors. He ya day. April a white man has almost been a football player who was work bitten by this kind of poisonous a lumber eamp and found some intelli- can’t give you the costs of these snake.” The Germans have made far — gent hill people and proceeded to film shows, but it is significant to me and away the best scientific short sub- a simple, primitive show called “Stark — that the strength of them was pictures, jects for the screen. For one thing, Love. I do not know how much not imported Broadway or Piccadilly they make better pictures than any — money it cost, but it cost several hun- nd actresses, not re-write men, 4 other people in the world. For an- dred thousand dol eliness Dr, produc startling and dr you will see in n rs less than ¢ pie- agents and surly dramatists. It other, they do not bore us with repeti- ture called “The Night Angel”—a re- George Jean Nathan pre- tious shots and MeNameed pep ks cent talking picture which went al- on the side. most to the million mark, which was , distinguished by some of the most ob long to live. It seems to me that resupiceo at the start, I was fur- vious and cheap Broadway acting you long as men with taste and a sense of icious of a picture called — ever have seen and which had nothir beauty ns who will ung Yale man to do with American or Czechoslo: give up Hollywood salaries and un- who produced the picture lost his life kian life. “Stark Love” was a good — dergo hardships for the fun of making when The Viking blew up, as you movie—the gorg nd pictures, and as long as the Rus in our brave little sheet not igo, that the movies have not ous hill country ans probably will remember. I did not the simple people in the show were anda few of our men can find homely f know before I saw the show that he enough for the capable director. He people who do not crave salaries and r already had completed one print of needed no court historian or no dis- fame to act for them, as long as these his production and that he was killed tinguished visiting playwrights to help things happen, if only occasionally, i iy when he went back to Newfoundland him. The late F. W. Murnau went — so long will pictures be exciting and j 3 to re-take some of the scenes. Aware to the South Seas with an experi- important. | Ki of the tragic background of the pic- ing the young man had many real friends in the city, I was afraid the picture itself would be more of a fragment. obit than a real show. I was entirely wrong. i rorce Metrorp, a_ professional director, must have enjoyed ma he Viking.” Young Varick rissell, the producer, obviously un- derstood and enjoyed the respect of the hardy sealers and hunters of the North country. “The Viking” i beautiful, stark and exciting. As a pic- ture it is as well directed and photo- graphed as the best Hollywood shows of the season, The ice, the hardships of the sealers would have been dra- i ture and res picture called “Chances,” taken from the Hamilton Gibbs novel, is not better or worse than the book, which is to say it is lousy. Here we have two of those very British officers who are brothers and who are in love with one girl. They go off to war in Rolls-Royce, and after the nanc brother has discovered that his pl boy brother has wooed and completely won the girl (who sneaked up near the trenches to drive a general around in the same Rolls-Royce), he gets himself shot. Douglas Fairbs Jr., and Rose Hobart are just as dull as the dialogue, wh is just about as dull as an economist’s essay on retrenchment, Recommended “City Lighter tt you did not see it the first time, take a > “City Streets"—Some good dialogue and a superb piece of acting by Sylvia Sydney. “The Front Page”—The bi ‘ est directed picture of the ason. “Le Milllon”—Another Fr ture with Americ than we have # neh pics better the ti “The Smiting Licatenaat®- s cauple of good-looking girls an Sallter all pot to toed use by Labitces, “The Viking™—An exciting story, of seal hunting off the Coast of Labrador. comicbooks.com