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...Bavarian village of Bayreuth there lies dying of old age the widow of the late great Wilhelm Richard Wagner. Among the neighbors an air of secrecy pervades regarding her condition. She is rarely rational-that much is known. And on warm, sunshiny days she may sometimes be seen lying on a balcony over-looking the garden and Wagner's grave...
When not engrossed in the performance of these, he gets off some well-timed bits of acting. The scene most worthy of mention is the superbly theatrical moment between Lowell Sherman as the Bavarian Emperor and Barrymore, as the Soldier of Fortune, just before the battle. Sherman, an ever-popular villain does his few bits to perfection as usual. Marion Nixon looks much better in a white wig than otherwise, but is mostly rather ineffectual. The historical background and supporting casts are worked out well. All in all, the picture is worth a long car-ride...
...came for his operation and the insertion of the silver tube. But the doctor did not operate, instead gave Fürlein an electric shock which cured him. When he came apologetically to say goodbye to the Whistlers, their congratulations were forced; they never afterward spoke of him. The Bavarian died, very slowly. The Prussian died quickly, during an operation. The Westphalian boy and the Englishman were healed; by the time the Englishman was exchanged they did not want to leave each other...
German leaders tried hard to find a successor last week. At Schorfheide, his Bavarian shooting lodge, grizzled old President von Hindenburg quietly celebrated his 82nd birthday. An aide brought news of Stresemann's death. President von Hindenburg rushed back to Berlin. Preceding him was a telegram...
...Royal Scandal (German). Nobody in the little Bavarian town had noticed Frau Jugo until her drawers fell down one day in front of a church. As a partial result of this event her husband inexplicably received a medal from the local prince. Although the comedy is at times heavy and overplayed, in the approved Teutonic manner, it is at other times genuinely funny. Best shots: how a Bavarian Babbitt behaves in his office...