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...Director David Wark Griffith knew the patois of the cinema 15 years ago, but with his Abraham Lincoln of last year he revealed that he has not bothered to keep up with the times. The Struggle, written by Anita Loos and John Emerson, acted by Hal Skelly and Zita Johann, is a shiftless and pitiably stupid homily which, esthetically and financially, should be an embarrassment to all concerned. Its story-of a steel-worker who takes to tippling and ends up with a case of delirium tremens in a thunderstorm-is really no story at all. The dialog is atrocious...
...reeking restaurants, in crowded tenement rooms she listened to the voices of revolution. Soon she joined in. She made many friends. Johann Most, fiery anarchist editor, became her idol. She had lovers?Alexander Berkman, her lifelong comrade and "Fedya." She began to study labor history and improve her English. She made speeches. It was not long before radicals all over the U. S. knew Emma Goldman; the police knew...
...capitalist-in-charge, Henry Clay Frick. With Emma's blessing he went to Pittsburgh, shot Mr. Frick three times, but unsuccessfully, and went to jail for 14 years. His attempt canonized Berkman in Emma's eyes, set an untarnishable halo round his head. When her former guide & friend Johann Most made slighting remarks about Berkman, Emma horsewhipped him publicly. Her fiery spirit was housed in a fiery body: in love she took her only vacations from the Cause. After Berkman came Ed Brady, Hippolyte Havel, Ben Reitman. She was very willing to take Berkman back when his prison term...
...delicacy of presentation so typical of his work, is never submerged. In fact this very seriousness acts as a foil to the witticisms of John El dredge, who puts on a most delightful performance in his minor part. The characters in this eternal triangle, are played by Zeta Johann, Glenn Andres, and Harvey Stephens, all of whom render excellent interpretations, although Miss Johann stands out particularly. Her surprising mobility of expression combined with a good voice make her a most convincing actress...
...Budapest, Johann Schmidt, wealthy merchant, returned from a trip to Vienna, found a young man in his luxurious bed, clad in Herr Schmidt's luxurious pajamas, reading one of Herr Schmidt's books of philosophy. Herr Schmidt summoned police, who charged young Ferdinand Kovany with many housebreakings. Housebreaker Kovany's story: He had lost his good job. had to give up his fine apartment, now lived by casual work. Without rest he could not work. In a hard bed he could not res:. So each night he broke into a big house, slept in a soft...