Life — April 15, 1926 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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“The Barrier” HIE day of the BIG, GRIPPING DRAMA has IR , definitely Rex Beach's story, Barrie therefi shows traces of the mold that clings so pei old stuff. It is one tales, in which bearded men, blizzards tt ther for and glacier terly incredible girl. All the old properties in “The Barrier Northwest f a sweet, innocent and ut- are present at the usual Royal Policeman in “The Barrier,” two and some tr Thes of reality ruff, ve a sem! » characters which are not real. mately The love ettably describably “The New Klondike” THOUGH the pot “The New Klondike” is credited to Ring dner, T doubt that Niles, Mic a hand in the preparat which obtrudes itself at re frequent intervals, is in- sappy. uthor L. poet of xd gray had the gi much of nm of vides Meigh does rookie. ple hy an is excellent, ginal in conc nt entertains the role of a ment ; Paul Kelly ] Lardnerian | “Behind the Front” | MY friends and acquamtances have been bothering me greatly of late y with the question, “How did you like “Behind the Front’? T have been com pelled to admit that I was ill with bitur urch the week “Behind the wn in Nev ly redeemir ures: while the the plot. “The New Klondike” is a ple to catch up rial of “The Barrier” is archaic, nposite of all the Meighan pictur with it since then, the treatment is commendably modern. —with the hero, misunderstood and t I have heard endless it, | For one thing, I have seldom seen more turnit at the finish with a however; every gag that is perpe | bea hy. The direct: which flouts the er and — by Wallace Beery or Raymond Ha Geo: d to be a cam makes every one rich (including Mr. — has been described to me in the minutest man himself), has devised sea scenes, Lardner) detail. One of these days I shipboard scenes, forest and m The scene is Florida, and the cover the picture itself, scenes that are models of pi cipal character a wh al n Picture P. on cellence in composition and t player. Otherwise, the formut: look it in that atmospheric rightness which is same one that saw servic It must be good. hard to label Leading Citizen,” “Old ‘Home Week R. Recent Developments The Untamed Lady. Gloria Swan- La Boheme. Lillian Gish, John Gil- Oh, What a Nurse! Syd Chaplin in son as a modern shrew. and Vidor all ‘dc the — variotts antics The Bat. A few thrills and quite a ng thing Memory Lane. William Haines and number of laughs—but not up to the Mare Nostrum. Rex In 's i l-town version of “The a play beautiful production of Ibaiez’s I nice, too. Fascinating Youth. The novel The Black Bird, A trip through students of the Paramount Sc Dancing Mothers. Just about what — Limehouse with Lon Chaney the Charleston for seven reels you'd expect Mannequin. Fannie’s worst play The First Year. Matt Moore Three Faces East. Effective spy Hands Up. Raymond Griffith in an Kathryn Perry crossing the preliminary — melodrama harking back to the “great” — extremely adr nedy of the Civil hurdles of marri (as it is sometimes called) w var. Miss Brewster's Millions. The | What Happened to Jone The Vanishing American. Beaut story of a young lady who just couldn't ald Denny in all sorts of farcical com- — ful and impressive but tainted with the I get rid of her money, with Bebe Dan- plications old ham, t iels doing the spending The Grand Duchess and Ben-Hur. ¢ sweetest love story The Cave Man. A fast and amus- Waiter. Another flip comedy ever told—and just about the most ex- ing farce, directed by Lewis Milestone. Lubitsch manner, with Florenc pensive. Irene. Colleen Moore as a manne- and Adolphe Menjou The Black Pirate, Moana, The quin. with a fash yw in color. Partners Again. The feeblest eff Merry Widow, Stella Dallas, Lady The Torrent. A t of Potash and Perlmutter. Windermere’: F and The Big love which serves to introduce The Song and Dance Man. Ut- Parade—this * list is growir Garbo. terly innocuous, bigger. comicbooks.com