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Douglas Fairbanks, as the thief who becomes a prince, is at his best. In "Robin Hood" one was conscious that Doug was acting a good part; in this Arabian Nights fantasy one is not aware that he is acting at all. And in the same way, one is not conscious of the impossibility of the multitude of mysterious and magic occurrences which are continually taking place. Every trick known to photographic art is used, and so skillfully used that the most extraordinary events seem perfectly natural. Elton Thomas, the author, has chosen a number of incidents from the Arabian Nights...
...filled with information, treated with a saving grace of humor. The writer lists the best pictures within the period covered by his book, as follows : Nanook of the North, Grandma's Boy, Blood and Sand, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Eternal Flame, Shadows, Oliver Twist, Robin Hood, Peg o' My Heart, When Knighthood Was in Flower, Driven, The Pilgrim, Down to the Sea in Ships, The Covered Wagon, Hollywood, Merry-Go-Round. These Mr. Sherwood adduces to show that the film industry can produce works of art. To each he gives a compact critical survey, a short recital...
These friendly concerns are: Kirkman & Son (soap), The Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., Washburn-Crosby Co. (flour), The Champion Spark Plug Co., The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., The Sun Oil Co., The Hood Rubber Co., The Ajax Rubber Co,, The Ward Baking Co., The Dodge Brothers Co., Gulf Refining Co., Standard Oil Co. of New York, The Texas Co. (oil), The Fleischmann Co. (yeast...
...historical novel has performed an enormous service to the study of history," he said, "and the moving picture has still greater opportunities to link the facts of history to the environment and atmosphere of the epoch. The acrobatic portrait of the old English hero in the moving-picture, Robin Hood,' is the type of danger which the moving-picture industry runs...
...American Radiator Building, New York, by Raymond M. Hood...