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...living room is frescoed with portraits of famed prizefighters. The princely guest room contains a double-size reinforced iron bed for Primo. In the adjoining bathroom is his own tub, made by welding two ordinary tubs together. An electric icebox and electric oven are in the kitchen where leathery Mama Giobanna Carnera last week was sweating heroically over enormous meals for her son and his suite...
...sounds are formed Annie would let Helen put her fingers on her lips, inside her mouth, "sometimes far down in her throat." That Annie is no mean voice-trainer may be judged by the fact (vouched for by Authoress Braddy) that she taught her dog Sieglinde to say "Mama...
...York, has been keeping her daughter in Europe in the belief that her mother is a fancy lady, of the haut monde. It goes without saying that the daughter has to come home, suddenly: she is about to be married, and the old Count wants to look over mama before he exudes the paternal blessing. By dint of the efforts of a sentimental gambler, a role which, to speak euphemistically, is interpreted by Warren William, the old apple seller is ensconsced in an apartment, and given quite an air of savoir faire and other little spices. The lunacy winds...
...Mama Loves Papa (Paramount). A timid little clerk (Charles Ruggles) who loves making puns like "sanctuary much" which his fat wife (Mary Boland) fails to appreciate, appears at his office one morning dressed in a cutaway coat. This is because his wife has been lecturing him on the advantages of fine feathers; his employer takes it for granted that he has a funeral to go to, gives him the day off. The clerk goes for a stroll in the park, gets mistaken for the playground commissioner, then accidentally gets the job. He keeps it until he finds out that...
...acting is better than the ordinary run of these pictures with Jean Hershelt taking first prize as Papa Hoffman. Louise Dresser in the role of Mama Hoffman is the only actress to do a good job, but most of the supporting actors. George E. Stone and Richard Arlen especially, are adequate...