Life — January 12, 1922 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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(The regular Silent Drama department will be found on page 24.) DON’T TELL EVERYTHING (Paramount) —Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson and Elliott Dexter in a pseudo-satiric comedy about sex and allied subjects. R. S. V. P. (First National)—Charles Ray is way off form, JUDGMENT (World)—A foreign production with a fine dramatic punch, The scenes are laid in England at the time when Bloody Mary was wielding a mean axe. FOOTFALLS (Fox)—An_ uninspired inter- pretation of a grimly dramatic story. MY BOY (First National)—Little Jackie Coogan duplicates the astounding performance that he made in “The Kid.” Everyone should see this picture, and should bring his children and his grandparents along. GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD (Para- mount)—The devious practices of two benevo- lent crooks who find it difficult to avoid honesty. There are some very funny sub-titles. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (Fox)—Extensive of King Solomon’s Court, the Syrian Desert and Betty Blythe. THE OLD NEST (Goldwyn)—Rupert Hughes pulls out the tremolo stop and almost wrecks the organ A PRINCE THERE WAS (Paramount)— Thoma: eighan, assisted by an unusually tal- ented little girl, provides some pleasing enter- tainment in an inconsequentially sentimental picture OUR MUTUAL FRIEND (Wid Gunning)— It seems that this is not a Swedish production, after all, but a Danish one. This detail, how- ever, does not affect the fine quality of its act- the weakness of its plot structure. SHEIK (Paramount)—A good Western irama, with all the cowboys dressed up as LOTUS EATER (First National)— rrymore lends his profile and his repu- tation to a weird fantasy which is good, but which might be better. THE THREE MUSKETEERS (United Art- ists) Marvelous! FOR REVIEW NEXT WEEK—“The_ Little Minister,” “Rent Free,” “Pardon my French” and three Pola Negri pictures. Le ys po Who’s Who? Ss (| |) Si Dis 27 NERVOUS AMERICANS By Paul von Boeckmann Lecturer and Author of numerous books and treatises on Mental and Physical Energy, Respiration, Psychology, and Nerve Culture We are the most “high strung” people on Earth. The average American is a bundle of nerves, ever ready to spring into action, mentally and physically. The rest- less energy of Americans is proverbial. We may well be proud of our alert, active, and sensitive nerves, as they indi- cate the highest state of civilization, cour- age, ambition, and force of character, but this high nerve tension has not been with- out its grave dangers and serious conse- quences. Neurologists agree that we are more subject to nervous disorders than any other nation. Our “Mile a Minute Life” is tearing our nerves to shreds and we are deteriorating into a nation of Neurasthe- nics. 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