Life — January 29, 1925 — page 34: what you’re looking at

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LIFE Take the famous cure. Then—back for the re- maining dates on the social calendar—vigor- ous—alive and ready to really enjoy events. The HOMESTEAD Christian ScAndersen, Resident Mgr. HotSprings Virginia piece a, Winter Ss on Request. The Definition of a Boob In America: Anybody who invests in oil stock. Anybody who doesn’t invest in oil stock. In France: A man shh! shh! In gland: A writer who refuses to visit the United States to lecture. In Italy: Anybody who uses a fork on spaghetti. In in: Alfonso XIII. In Russia: Anybody who believes he was fed, clothed and happy under the rule of the Romanoffs. In Norway: A Swede. In Sweden: A Norwegian In Germany: A small boy. Correct spelling “Bub’ AW. whose wife— THE CAT'S MEOW Life and Letters (Continued from page 23) It is the story of young Dick Malory’s ambition’s overleaping itself, and falling for financial adjustment into the family circle. The effect of all this upon his wife, his sister and his in-laws makes good reading, and gives Mrs. Flandrau another chance at the social background of a North-Midwestern city, a field which she seems to have chosen for her own. She has not succeeded so well as in “Being Respectable,” but there is more drama in “Entranced.” The trag- edy which is hinted at throughout the story doesn’t quite come off, as it wouldn't in real lif I suppose every well-regulated family contains at least one member who should have committed suicide and didn't. But I don’t by any means suppose that every potential sui- cide has a good—and rich!—Samaritan like Butch Leflers to save him from disgrace. The people in “Entranced” are al- most too commonplace. The table talk at their dinner parties would have driven most of us to the river long be- fore we had chances to become ab- sconders. And yet they are undeniably drawn from the life. You can tell that from Mrs, Robinson, who, although an extravagant woman, saved stray scraps of paper for memoranda. And from Uncle Twing’s wife, who “never laughed except at things which were not funny, or believed anything except what was not so.” “Joserpn Putitzer, His Lire anno * by Don C. Scitz (Simon & Schuster), makes the great publisher a much easier man to have worked for than did the reminiscences of one of his secretaries, Alleyne Ireland, which came out a few seasons ago. Mr. Seitz was closely associated with Mr. Pu- litzer for eighteen years, but he has walked back several paces with his cam- cra so as to get in more of the scenery against which his subject moved. The result is not only the record of a dynamic personality, but also a re of American journalism and_ politics since 1868 Baird Leonard. A New Name for Poetry At the conclusion of the Primary Language Class the teacher announced that the subject of the next would be Poetry, and then asked: “Can any one tell me what poet! Little Chester immediately rais hand, and upon being recognized, said: “Poetry is chickens.” lesson Dorothy (viewing the crowds at Southern resort): Doesn't anybody stay home to take care of the furnaces? WTWROOP WALLENDECE CRAWFORD COMPANY, NEW YORK Recent Developments (¢ (The regular Silent Drama depart- ment will be found on page 26.) .Peter Pan. (Paramount)—Betty Bronson makes good in a lovely repro- duction of Barrie’s play. Husbands and Lovers. (First No- tional) —A_ mildly adroit comedy oi marital difficulties, with Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone and (yes—you've guessed it) Lew Cody. So Big. (Mirst National) —Althoug Colleen Moore makes a heroic attempt to fulfill the intent of Edna Ferber’s story, the continuity writer lets down, This is a sorry counterfcit of something genuine Greed. (Metro - Go gedy of Von Stroheim into a picture tually deserves the hackneyed adjective, “gripping.” Tongues of Flame. (Paramount) —Thomas Meighan on an Indian reser- vation—even worse than) = Thomas Meighan in Alaska. North of 36, (Paramount)—An ef fective reflection of the old cattle coun- try, but not nearly so important as “The Covered Wagon.” Romola. (Metro-Goldwyn) —Lillian Gish, some Ita’ scenery and a terribly dull story Inez from Hollywood. (First Na- tional)—More sentimental whitewash for_the film stars. The Salvation Hunters. (Unite Artists) —A frightful rtistic pictur with some good acting, some striking composition and almost no action. So This Is Marriage. (Metro- Goldwyn) —Cheap. Classmates. (First National)— Richard Barthelmess is excellent in a West Point story that harks back to the good old days of Frank Merriwell. Argentine Love. (Paramount)— Dirty work below the equator. The Fast Set. 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