Monday, Dec. 07, 1925
The New Pictures
Hogan's Alley. Warner Bros, have a habit of turning out a boiling melodrama starring Monte Blue every now and then--which is too often.
Irish Luck. Thomas Meighan went to Ireland and. photographed most of the notable landmarks-- Blarney Stone and all. The landmarks are interesting and the surrounding scenery is unusually beautiful. He worked in a story about a New York policeman who went back to the old country and took up with a handsome woman of the nobility. The whole is fairly favorable diversion.
The Beautiful City. Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Gish are a remarkably popular couple, and this picture will probably be ap- proved. Mr. Barthelmess plays a poor flower vender in Manhattan-- which is the beautiful city. He goes to jail to shield his larcenous brother. Miss Gish is an Irish girl. You can fit in the rest of the pieces yourself.
The Only Thing. When Elinor Glyn rolls up her sleeves and goes at one of those mythical kingdom stories, you can pretty well figure out what is going to happen. The hero is going to save the Princess from marrying the nasty old king. There is going to be a revolution and ultimate happiness. And so it is. Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel, plus the somehow inevitable fascination of this romantic pattern, make a pretty entertaining picture.