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...Senator LaFollette was ill with a cold at his home in Washington. The country hardly noted the fact. Then swiftly came a bulletin telling of his death from angina pectoris complicated by bronchial asthma and pneumonia. Only that and the event had passed, like the flicker of a cinema film...
...favorable situation having been created by Lord Lee, a memorandum was sent to Premier Baldwin pointing out that England alone has 4,000 cinema theatres with a weekly audience of 20,000,000, while less than 5% of the films shown are British, the remainder being mainly American. An inquiry into the film trade was demanded, it being charged that many of the present productions were inferior, unpatriotic, psychologically unhealthy. The memorandum was signed by Lords Burnham, Carson, Dawson, Newton, Riddell; Robert Bridges, poet; Thomas Hardy, novelist; J. R. Clynes, Sir Sidney Lee, Gordon Selfridge, department store man; Mrs. Philip...
...White Monkey. Barbara La Marr is one of those inexplicable personages of the cinema who do not seem to belong. She is not beautiful and certainly not a good actress. Why they placed her in this film translation of Mr. Galsworthy's story remains a mystery. Most of the other characters are miscast-if you like them to stick to the originals. For those who have not read Mr. Galsworthy, and really are not just sure who he is, the picture may serve. Are Parents People? The week's cheers must be devoted to this discussion of divorce...
...dropped abruptly into Drusilla's lap. She began to collect babies. An attempt to break the will and prove her incompetent was launched by attorneys of a disinherited son. The plaintive appeal of Mary Carr makes her a good Drusilla; Most of the babies are good actors. The film makes a big play for laughter and tears and gets a moderate return...
...king; discovers oil on the village outskirts; goes broke; and is forced to devise a water spout on the oil strike to puff values for his stock. Through it all he is, of course, quite honest. Lila Lee is the lady he marries. While scarcely a classic, the film is the best Air. Meighan has manufactured in some time. (See also BUSINESS & FINANCE...