Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1928 — Page 7
[APRIL 9, 1928,
LLOYD’S LATEST IS STRONG ON PLOT H. B. Warner in ‘Sorre! and Son” Gives Very Powerful Characterization of a Father's Love for His Son Now at Loew's Palace. ! BY WALTER D. HICKMAN Harold Lloyd's latest, “Speedy,” is stronger on plot and action than Individual comedy. Lloyd has tried his hand of turning out a lengthy movie, strong on plot and action and employing hundreds of people, instead of centering all attention upon himself. The name of this comedian is gold at any box office and the people are “sold” on “Speedy” even before they get there.
It is going to be interesting to study the reaction of the audience to this new type of Harold Lloyd
fun. The story gets under way before we see Lloyd. The plot of the story is concerned with the efforts of a bunch of men in New York to force an old man to give up the franchise [ to the last horse! street care in New j York. Lloyd is in J love with the J granddaughter of the old man who : owns the horse j driven street car.
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In this story, Lloyd is an expert in being kicked out of one job and landing into another. His greatest weakness is baseball and he is a ■ wild man gone even wilder when a big game is one. We first sec Lloyd. as a soda shaker in a New York store while a big game is going on. Lloyd develops his own method of getting the returns and letting the rest of the help find out the score without the boss getting wise. Lloyd holds this job for a few hours until; he is sent as a messenger to the, boss’ house to deliver a bunch of j flowers. He is told to get the flowers to the house by a certain hour or “not to return.” And he i doesn’t. The way Lloyd misplaces the flowers is one of the comedy tricks of the picture. Much attention is given to Lloyd and his sweetheart spending a Sunday at Coney Island. Lot of this fun is mechanical as it is furnished by the attractions. Lloyd’s efforts to keep his new suit clean is one of the comedy laughs of this part of the movie. Personally, I think that the Coney Island scenes are too long.’ j On the next day, Lloyd gets a job | as a taxi driver and this part of the j movie is the funniest of all. He runs into bad luck all the time. The director pulled a master stroke when he introduces Babe Ruth, himself, | as one of the passengers in Lloyd's j taxi. And the “Babe” is given one of the wildest taxi rides he has ever i had. This part of the comedy will J give baseball fans a corking good i closeup of the favorite of the dia-. rnonds. . I The second half of “Speedy ’ is; concerned with Lloyds efforts of preventing a bunch of crooks to ■ cause the owner of the horse stiee„ | car to give up the franchise. This part of the movie may prop- j erly be called spectacular comedy j as many people are engaged in a j great fight- The comedy of this part of the story is unique as a| bunch of old men get up an army to fight the tough guys who want to wreck the street car. Here is unusual comedy and something that is entirely new. One of the wildest scenes ever j filmed is when Lloyd drives the old street car through the streets of > New York. This sure is a thriller. Am sure that you will agree with. me that “Speedy” is anew type ot a comedy-spectacular fun instead of j individual comedy. The picture is i interesting from a standpoint of [ structure as it is developed upon the basis of legitimate fun. Charlie Davis this we§k is direct- 1 ing his orchestra through “Steps and Steppers.” A prima donna. Ilomay Bailey, is given an opportunity in song. The chorus is made j up of the Manhattan Steppers, six men and six women. Glenn and Jenkins and Charley Huey are others completing the list of artists in this revue. “Speedy” and the stage revue are now on view at the Indiana. “SORRELL AND SON” IS MIGHTY GOOD MOVIE Here is a picture where love forms the basis for the plot. This is the ' love of a father -for his son. A man who silently accepts fate so that his , son may rise far in the world. It is seldom that the films have tried to depict such a love. It has been hinted at and a bit shown here and there, but in “Sorrell and Son” a full-fledged love is shown. A love great enough to put the mother into the background. In this respect the picture is strong. This love came about naturally enough when Dora Sorrell left her husband, Stephen, just as he came back from the war, a captain with the military cross. She left Kit, the son, to shift for himself, and his father, in trying to get work, kept no secrets from his son, and took him into his heart. Sorrell takes the place of porter in a small inn. He is noticed by Thomas Roland and given a place as second porter at Roland’s Inn. He rises to porter. In the meantime the son has gone to school and finally graduated. He is to study then under Dr. Orange, the greatest surgeon in England. He is acclaimed the greatest brain specialist by performing a very delicate operation. Then marries the daughter of Thomas Roland. He gives his father an overdose of a drug to put him out of his misery as his health fails. The picture from a standpoint of action moves rather slowly. There is enough drama in it however to keep interest from lagging. ~ A picture of the operating room of an English hospital furnished some very good background. This also has some very good educational qualities, as a scene of this kind is rather rare. H. B. Warner takes the part of Captain Sorrell. His work is very good. His characterization, especially as an old man. is exceptional, both in its vividness and silent qualities. Dora Sorrell is played by Anna Q. Nilsson. She has the part of a flighty mother. A small part, and. fairly well done. Mickey Mc-B-Cau plays Kit as a, child, I think
| that he is much better than Nils Asther who takes the part of the | grown Kit. • Mary Nolan has the part of Molly Roland. Mary is made stronger as a woman than as a girl when the part is taken by Betsy Ann Hisle. This is a good picture, with the scene laid in England. On the stage are Wells and Brady. These two are blues singers, and good ones at that. The man in the boat plays some “hot” tunes on the “uke” and the claHhet. Buck and Bubbles have been held over. Buck plays several classical numbers as writte nand then jazzes them up. They also have a dance contest with Teddy Joyce and a boy who is dressed as a usher. Dusty Rhoads sings “I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now.” He also sings in a comedy skit with Teddy Joyce. This is ’cleverly done, but Joyce spoils it by going into a dance right away. Olivette sings several comedy songs and does a novelty dance. The chorus has a toe dance number along with the regular dances. Emil Seidel, conducting the overture, and an organ solo with three novelties to it complete the program. At Loew’s Palace. (By the Observer.) a tt a LOVE STORY A SONG PLUGGER He was only a song-plugger and she was a dancing teacher, but they met one day in the street, each in pursuit of their respective occupations. And then he wrote a song, and she sang it, and they both collected. And the name of the song was “Thanks for the Buggy Ride,” as is the name of the picture that depicts the trials and tribulations of an author of popular songs and ballads. Glenn Tryon was Joe Hill, the song writer, and little Mary Jones
kept <sn her feet teaching boys to dance. Laura La Plante is cast as Mary Jones. Joe had a partner in the person of Bill Butem, Le Moran. The picture is of those simple little comedy affairs where the right boy meets the right girl and they finally get together and dream dreams of future hap p i ness. The j
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comedy is good, and the plot is good. Laura makes a sweet little dancing teacher and Glenn Tryon a good song-plugger. The other feature picture on the bill is “A Woman’s Way.” This picture is laid in Paris and concerns the affairs of Liane, a cabaret singer, and Tony Durant, a very rich American. Liane Beryl/has a friend, one Jean Beribi, who is a thief. The plot of the story hinges around these three. The American tries to make the girl, who has the name of “The Frozen Flame,” fall in love with him, and the thief wants her, too. Complications arise, and to save the man she loves Liane tries to shift the blame to herself. Margaret Livingston has the part of Liane. To me she fails to live up to her name, the frozen flame. She is a very natural flame, blowing here and there at the will of the winds. Warner Baxter has the part of Tony. He does a very fair piece of work here. The high lights of the picture are some scenes that seem to be Paris. There are a few shots of Jean climbing around the roof tops of Paris and the police after him, that are good. These and the escape
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Verdict of the Movies INDIANA—“Speedy,” Harold Lloyd’s latest, is mighty strong on plot and introduces anew comedy form of entertainment to the screen, known as spectacular comedy. APOLLO—“Soft Living” is just a light little story of how a man tames his bride. ISlS—"What Price Glory” is a fine picturization of a big stage play. LOEW’S PALACE —“Sorrell & Son” is a great characterization of a father’s love for his, son, and the lengths that he will go to make a great man of him. OHIO —“Thanks for the Buggy Ride” is good comedy. The other feature of the bill is “A Woman's Way,” with the scene laid in Pai’is. A fair picture.
that Jean has from the French prison island, Devil’s Island. Comedies and newsreels complete the program. At the Ohio. (By the Observer.) tt tt tt A HUSBAND SURE TAMES HIS WIFE If there is a moral to “Soft Living” it is to be found in a warning to gold diggers that they should never permit their future husbands to learn that they are marrying him for alimony. In “Soft Living,” we see Madge Bellamy cast as one of the ultra
gold diggers who marries a nice young chap just to get his money through the divorce courts. Hubby decides that he will tame his wife, because he really loves her. So he takes her to his forest cabin and there the wife soon learns her lesson. One of the comedy scenes is where the wife decides to take
Madge Bellamy a bath. The water j is first heated on a stove and then j poured into a barrel which acts like j a showerbath. Things go wrong j when some liquid stove polish falls! into the water. The bride certainly | changes her complexion as well as! her temper. Then the bride’s man- j ager in her money making scheme arrives at the cabin and she .proposes to make love to her friend's j husband. This opens the eyes of the ! little golddigger. And the bride, who has been kissless up to this time, learns the value of a kiss from her husband’s lips. Happy ending. Miss Bellamy is not called upon to do any great acting, but she is cute even when in bad temper. Others in the cast include John Mack Brown, Mary Duncan, Olive Tell and Henry Kolker. Buddy Kelly, who is well known as being a member of the gang in Our Gang comedies, is making personal appearances this week as a singing violinist. The bill has a little novelty film
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