Life — May 20, 1926 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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“Beverly of Graustark” HE good old Law of Adjustment is still working, even in Holly- wood. For whenever Syd Chap- lin puts Marion Davies retaliates by on skirts, putting on trousers, and thus the balance is maintained Miss Davies should wear trousers oftener; they affect. her favorably improving not only her appearance, but le. When elaborately in Poirct, her whole attitu dressed win or Tapp models, Miss Davies (to me) in- sufferable. When dressed as a hoy— and this is usually the severest. test that any actress can face—she assumes an appreciable degre of attractiveness ; more than that, she displays the talents of an adroit comedienne. “Beverly Graustar when Marion Davies changes from mas- feminine looks impersonator Indeed, in of culine to her attire, one upon as a female who is not particularly convincing— which constitutes a remarkable tribute to her ability to wear pants. HILE Miss Davies is a fresh young prince. appearing as “Beverly of Graustark” is a sprightly and amusing picture tral, it becomes appallingly dull It serves to demonstrate the enor- superiority of “ When she goes back ir 9 neu- dreary, obvious and Phe mous Merry we Sitenr DRAMA some Nis Widow” over all other productions of this type; for where Erich von Stro- heim furnished both fantastic romance and muscular drama in large quantities, Sidney Franklin has failed to furnish more than a modicum of either, Perhaps it isn’t all Mr. Franklin's fault. Perhaps director can do much with a Marion Davies picture, in view of the excessive emphasis which must be placed on the s\ “Mlle. Modiste” HE, Beautiful, Sorely Tempted but Pure Mannequin now leads the Rising Young District Attorney and the Royal } Mounted Police- man by a small margin, and the way no orthwest things are going, she should increase her plurality substantially within the next few weeks. The latest Beautiful, Sorely Tempted but Pure Mannequin is that princess o° dreams, Corinne Griffith, who plays what corresponds to Fritzi Schefi's old réle in the movie version of “Mlle, Modiste.” Miss Griffith is lovely to look upon, she wears clothes to perfec- tion, and she can act pretty well; what more could one ask? Well, I for one could ask for an intelligent and mod- rately original but I've been pleading for that for years now and nobody seems to pa “Mile, Modist story, any attention, is played as broad Cc. B. De Mille's latest—a_pictorially effective but rather involved drama of the Rus- revolution A Social Celebrity. Adolphe Men- jou as a barber who poses as a count; directed (only passably) by Mal St. Clair That's My Baby. The Volga Boatman. A_helter-skelter comedy, with Douglas MacLean. less good than usual. The Devil’s Circus. Trite circus stuff, beautifully photographed. For Heaven's Sake. Harold Li as a missionary on the lower and very fi Recent Developments The Flaming Frontier. Just an- other epic. Kiki. Norma Talmadge tries too hard The Blind Goddess. Expert indoor melodrama. The Untamed Lady. Gloria Swan- son as a two-fisted he-girl who lives and learns, The New Klondike. The mild but pleasant story of a ball-player in Flor- ida, with Thomas Meighan as such. The Torrent. Greta Garbo in an orgy of red-hot Spanish love. Fascinating Youth, Somewhere in the vicinity of zero. comedy, interrupted by a vast number of wise-cracking subtitles, some of which are funny and all of which are laborious. Willard Louis is very good of those misunderstood American Paris; Norman Kerry, . is just plain awful as one mill the he There Griffith disrobes plains that orphans of F ires in Miss > money, but she ex- the is one scene in which he is doing it for ce. Another Bulletin HE attention of those who are in- terested in the Great American Movie is called to the following docu- ment, which emanates from John Held, Jr ‘ou no doubt recall the Colc Film Company whose trade line is, it's a COLOSSAL picture, it's BIG. Wi We there has been a huge merger. are now called ‘Colossal-Lavish- Epic, Inc.," and our slogan now is, ‘If it's. a COLOSSAL-LAVISH-EPIC picture, it's BI R. “The officers of the new company are as follows: Sol Colossal, president; Max Lavish, president; Moe Stupend- ous, president; Mae Epic, president, and John Held, Jr., Chief of Production. “This is to announce our first pro- duction in which, during the big emo- tional scene, it isn’t raining.” R. E. Sherwood. La Boheme. Gilbert do not hit it off very Lillian Gish and John well to- gether, Irene. Another triumphant manne. quin. This time it is Colleen Moore Mare Nostrum. A submarine war picture from Rex Ingram. The Bat. Mystery melodrama which isn't so_very mysterious Ben-Hur. A_ twenty-five-ring cus, featuring the dawn of Christ ) The Black Pirate, Moana, The Merry Widow, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Stella Dallas and The Big Parade. These are all on the “excep: tional” list. comicbooks.com