Life — May 31, 1929 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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Movies (Continued from Page 21) effort in a very bad production. Miss Loy takes the part of Nubi, a Gypsy girl who is protected from a murder- ous lover by a ban ei family and repays the kindness by vamping every man in the household. One of the weapons used by Myrna in her con- quests is an enjoyable singing voice. Miss Loy plays her part with such flippant humor that you can almost imagine she is laughing at the rest of the cast, as well she might. Both in this picture and “The Desert Song” Miss Loy displays unusual ability in dialect roles, a talent that gives promise of steady work in the talkies for this clever young lady. There is also a bouquet due Nich- olas Soussanin who makes a definite impression in his two brief appear- ances as Nubi’s hard-boiled Gypsy lover. Other than the work of these two characters “The Squall” might have been put on by the Elks Club of Mani- towoc. It is one of the worst. “Eternal Love” Despite the combined efforts of Ernst Lubitsch and John Barrymore, “Eternal Love” is nothing more than just another movie. The story tells how a pair of lovers in a small Swiss village are kept apart during life by adverse circumstances, but finally find a happy reunion in death. For some reason we could not get into the spirit of the thing, so we sat unmoved and even a trifle bored as Mr. Barrymore and his leading lady, Camilla Horn, walked right smack into the middle of an avalanche. In this film Mr. Barrymore follows the adenoid school of acting and keeps his mouth open during most of the evening. Just why John goes around with his chin hanging loose is inex- plainable unless he had a bad cold and couldn’t breathe through his nose. The effect is more unattractive. The best feature of the picture is the photography which includes some excellent’ mountain scenes. Miss Ca- milla Horn also contributes pictorial quality with her striking blond beauty, and one shot which shows her face peering through a window pane is as lovely a thing as‘we have seen in a long time. Mona Rica 1s convincing as the vamp of the Swiss village, and Hobart Bosworth plays up to his usual re- liable form as the village priest. Considered in its entirety, “Eternal Love” is not entertaining enough to Merit your patronage. Life ANADA~ an Old World Near at Hand H*: could you guess that a short train journey would take you to a land where the horse is still king, and the big family dog lends a paw to the family work? It is there to the north, where the great St. Law- rence sweeps beyond the rampart City of Quebec, to meet theLaurentian Moun- tains at the mouth of the mysterious Saguenay. Land of vivid, warm sunshine; of quaint, gabled cottages, pink, blue and yellow; of homespun-clad habitants, living theirquiet, happy lives as they didcenturiesgoneby. You will enjoy visiting this vacation paradise, espec- ially so when you travel upon the fast, luxurious vessels of the largest and oldest fresh water trans- portation company in the world. You will have an opportunity to stop over in Montreal, the metropolis of Canada, and at Quebec, the only walled city north of Mexico. IMPORTANT: Our ships sail from the head of the Great Lakes down the St, Lawrence River, through the Saguenay Canyon, nearly 2000 miles of beauty and grandeur. The river varies from roaring rapids to a vast expanse of blue water 18 miles wide. Steamers may be boarded at Lewiston, Rochester, Duluth or Detroit in the U.S.A., or at Queens- ton, Toronto, Montreal or Quebec in Canada, Send for illustrated Booklet, Map and Guide. For fullinformation, rates and reservations,apply CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES 715 VICTORIA SQUARE - + MONTREAL SoM Agents in the Principal Cities of the United States and Canada, or your own Tourist Agent comicbooks.com