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...Parachute Jumper" concerns a smuggling ring. Although the plot is inane, and although the dialogue is filled with Minsky wisecracks, it may amuse the non-critical. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is the noble youngster who will fly licuor across the Canadian border, but when he finds that he has been unknowingly carrying dope in the plane, he thinks of the children who will be corrupted, of mothers, and especially of a ten year jail sentence. Bette Davis as the heroine acts as well as ever, and as seductively. She will fade even more rapidly than Marlene Dietrich if the directors persist...
...Freshmen and Sophomores by a brief judgment scrawled below the mark on the back of a weekly theme, nor even in the tri-weekly 20-minute conference. In these conferences, as in the readings of themes during the lectures hours, the criticism is mostly on the subject matter and plot, and little on the technique of the writer. This is satisfactory for students aiming at earning a living writing short stories for the Saturday Evening Post, but it will not breed mature and polished writers. On the whole the standard of work produced in this course is much lower than...
...result that some of the minor roles, notably that of Kate, are neglected. Exceedingly competent acting on the part of James Gleason, who plays Lefty, Thomas' assistant, and on the part of Una Merkel, who portrays the fickle femininity of the story, is enough to save the rather weak plot and the overemphasis on Mr. Tracy. The photography contains nothing unusual, except for the introduction of a former Pathe News version of Soviets parading. In general, the picture leaves an impression of a rather taut young man who talks unendingly, and of a succession of pretty girls. It is entertaining...
There is no plot that the reviewer could discover in "Hi-de-ho." A very pleasing devil was running about and his domain seemed to be peopled with most agreeable dancers and singers. The most extravagantly successful act of the show was a prison orchestration by Bruce Johnson's Washboard Serenaders. The positively incredible way this group could make music go mad almost drove the audience into a frenzy. Your reviewer distinctly counted three women who actually jumped at least six inches out of their seats during one of the rendition. Also peppy was Sandy and his band. While scientific...
Directors should know by this time that young ladies with tendencies toward bow-leggedness and elephantiatic feet do not appear to best advantage in 1923 dancing costumes. Irene Dunne's acting is, however, limited chiefly by the pedicular plot. Phillips Holmes's rank insipidity is outdone only by the performance of the young soldier. Who is not even listed in the program. The only beam of light is supplied by Lionel Atwill, who partially alleviates the mediocrity of "The Secret of Madame Blanche...