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...German-Austrian-Russian border, when all of Europe was aflame. What happens to a beautiful Russian girl who sacrifices everything to serve her country in the only way she knew how and the cross-roads she comes to when love crosses her path forms the plot of the picture. The cast includes Fay Wray, Nils Asther, Edward, Arnold, Noah Beery, John Miljan, Vince Barnett and Rollo Lloyd...
...plot works around the romance of a young couple played by Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor with philosopher comedian Rogers as backstage manager. Miss. Venable does an excellent piece of work in her most important part to date and Mr. Taylor succeeds in looking pleasant even if not very much is found...
...been said that casting Richard Barthelmess as the Indian chief justifies the name of the Indian chief justifies the name of this movie without considering the plot. The film, although founded upon a real issue in the problems of the administration of the Indian Reservations, is worked into the usual melodramatic show with whizzing motorcycles, howling savages, and pistol shots fired at close range...
What should a woman do when her husband begins to desert her for a showgirl? There are many attempted solutions to this problem which provides the plot for "Journal of a Crime" at the Paramount and Fenway Theatres. Ruth Chatterton could be expected to appear only in that drama where the solution was "a desperate act." It is not fitting that she should adopt the simple formula of Dorothy Dix--"give your husband a little something to worry about." Miss Chatterton seizes a solution that would command the hearty approval of Oswald Spengler--she pulls the trigger on her rival...
...other half of the Paramount-Fenway program is "The Last Round-Up," based on Zane Grey's "Border Legion." It would be easy to criticize the plot and the "acting" of the hatchet-faced lass and the Arrow-collar youth who take the leads and whom Paramount Pictures attempt to introduce as "Stars of the future," but to do this alone would give an unfair impression of the presentation. There is action, hard-riding, good scenery, fast shooting, and here and there a hard right to the jaw. Insofar as "The Last Round-Up" is a step back...