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...Yugoslavian version the prodigal's mother and sister did the murder, the mother hanged herself, the sister threw herself into a well. The A. P. dispatch, however, added one new bit of journalistic invention: "The 10,000 dinars will pay for a triple funeral...
...which defeated Bonaparte at Waterloo. Physically, of course, he does not come up to the heroic proportions with which we have mentally endowed the great general, and when he totteringly asseverates that he is "a soldier, not a politician," we somehow assume that Disraeli is indulging in a charming bit of modesty. The real Wellington would have been less adept in saluting the sophisticated ladies of the French court, less solicitious about the brewing of his tea, perhaps more brusque and profane at the council table. And then a soldier must be a man who is willing to throw thousands...
...contend but he produces two especially tickling scenes. The age-old struggle of the male against the female for the bathroom mirror is most laughably portrayed by Mr. Fields and there is a sequence in which he reveals the vain attempt of an harassed husband to secure a bit of rest a mid the confusions of the back porch. It's a film which is worth seeing, but Mr. Fields deserves better...
...vehicle for Greta Garbo's statuesque soul-struggles "The Painted Vell" is effective, but as film drama it's rather slow about getting things done and rather naively melodramatic. The Cambridge sophisticates should get quite a bit of fun laughing at the serious sequences, of which there are one or two really priceless ones. Garbo is her usual self--some seem to like it but this corner is still convinced that the only interesting thing about her is her popularity an apparent triumph of publicity department machinations. Robert Marshal continues to be the capable English...
...give Bill Gray an occasional rest, and to frighten the enemy, both of which he does to perfection. High scorer on last year's yearlings was Byron Moser, now subbing at forward. He has a deadly eye for the basket when shooting well, but is a bit light for League work. Mason, nominally a guard, is now being employed as man of all work...