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Best current pictures arranged (A) according to merit, (B) according to the money they made last week:

(A) The Doctor's Secret: One-hour version of Sir James M. Barrie's half-hour play made vocally effective by Ruth Chatterton. The Shopworn Angel: A chorus girl and a soldier, without a happy ending. The Wolf of Wall Street: Artificial but exciting melodrama of human stock and bondage. The Case of Lena-Smith: An Austrian servant-girl does not wince nor cry aloud. The Wind proves that Lillian Gish is still the best picture actress.

(B) A Woman of Affairs ($58,000, Chicago, Chicago); The Shopworn Angel ($23,000, Seattle, Seattle); Scarlet Seas ($22,000, Century, Baltimore); Abie's Irish Rose ($18,000, Loew's State, Syracuse).