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Before getting into any complications it is necessary to make it clear that this reviewer is tremendously prejudiced toward Janet Gaynor: which amounts to the fact that he overlooks her faults unblushingly and emphasises her virtues. With that as a premise it is possible to go on and say that "High Society Blues" is a thoroughly enjoyable picture...
...dancing girls issue from two huge shoes; there is a baby carriage big enough to hold a dozen squallers at a time, and a birthday cake that dwarfs the actors. The story involves short vaudeville acts by such stars as Ann Pennington, Tom Patricola, Warner Baxter, Charles Farrell, Janet Gaynor, George Olsen, J. Harold Murray. They put on a benefit performance-no worse than most of the cinema minstrel shows released recently-this time arranged for the destitute skipper of a showboat. Best shots: a riverboat swinging into a Mississippi wharf; a train racing along the Hudson River...
...letter of advice from V. I. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko, co-director of the Moscow Art Theatre. Excerpts: ". . . The Americans do not like artificiality, even though it may be beautiful. Sincerity in feelings comes foremost. Look at their charming cinema actresses - Lillian Gish (my favorite) ; Greta Garbo, the charming Janet Gaynor. Any overacting is quite out of the question! ... Do not be in a hurry to get rich. Do not be influenced by those who ring in your ears promises of hundreds of thousands. Be kind. Americans do not like evil and capricious people...
...opened the first Fox studio in Hollywood. _ It was Mr. Sheehan who boomed Fox Films from a production standpoint, his first great success being What Price Glory? Other Fox-Sheehan successes included Seventh Heaven, Four Sons, Street Angel. Among cinemactors discovered by Mr. Sheehan are Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Victor McLaglen...
...fought in the Spanish American War (as private, then corporal in the 202nd regment). His first job was reporting for the Buffalo Courier. Later he went to Manhattan, was police reporter for the New York Evening World. During the administration of Mayor William J. Gaynor he was secretary to the Fire Commissioner and later to the Police Commissioner. He joined Cineman Fox on Jan.1...