The New Pictures

Adventure. From Jack London's story of the Solomon Islands this story was stripped and put on reels. A girl lands in the Islands, gets into the management of a plantation, is kidnapped, survives a native mutiny, marries her partner. Pauline Starke is the lady, Tom Moore the partner. Their history is all melodrama of the normal type, well done and entertaining.

Code of the West. Zane Grey is the prominent name they pinned to this production. To tell his story, they hired Owen Moore, Constance Bennett and a forest fire. Twirling this combination on a fairly familiar Western axis, they revealed an hour or so of highly satisfactory amusement. Miss Bennett plays the Broadway cabaret girl transplanted abruptly to the Western hills. Her lipstick and her silks are misunderstood by the conventional natives. But they go to her cowboy's head and he marries her by force. Their stormy honeymoon is completely surrounded by a forest fire through which they stumble to understanding and happiness.

The Fool. They go at this God vs. the Devil narrative very seriously. The good man, who happens to be a minister, triumphs over the bad man. The poor profit by much charity in the course of things, and much morality is on parade. The play of the same name ran hundreds of performances in Manhattan and on the road. Therefore the theme must be of widespread interest. Though Edmund Lowe and his associates act intelligently, the pulse of the picture beats dully.

Proud Flesh. The burlesque idea is gaining favor. Again the old-fashioned melodrama of the Spanish senorita, the laborer lover, the angry Spanish suitor is prepared. Its general age and weight are ridiculed. Eleanor Boardman, Harrison Ford and others are involved. Such productions are the cinema's saving sense of humor.

His Supreme Moment. A title like this will pack them into the cinema theatre, people say. Certain types of minds would walk a mile to stay away from it. Unfortunately, these latter lose. With Blanche Sweet acting her exceptional best, the entertainment is a better than average sample. She plays an actress with whom a man in the audience falls in love. Off they go to South America, where she poses as his sister. Intrigue, native rising and a final happiness unravel. Two stretches of brilliant color film help considerably.