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...whispered query of the garrulous lady who came in during the prison scene, sat down behind your reviewer and with a sigh asked if this picture had anything to do with Dante's Inferno, the work of newcomer Robert Donta as Edmund Danta was refreshingly outstanding. Elissa Landi is as beautiful as ever though not very much in evidence...
...Great Flirtation (Paramount). A Hungarian actor (Adolphe Menjou), unduly proud of his ability, boasts that he could not play badly if he tried. He marries an actress (Elissa Landi), is jealous of her, sneers at her mediocre mummery. In New York, when through a ruse she has a chance to make a hit. Menjou tries to spoil the play by "mugging." His wife deserts him for a young playwright. Menjou disappears, grows nobly poor and seedy. Wobbling between comedy and sentiment, The Great Flirtation is a raised eyebrow, uncertain and unalluring. Typical shot: the last, in which Menjou and Landi...
...Candlelight," the other picture, features Elissa Landi, and Paul Lukas in a high-society comedy scramble. Elissa is not at her best, but she is bearable. The plot is intricate, one you can puzzle out for yourselves; it involves maids and butlers taking the place of their mistresses and masters, while the masters and mistresses live in sin, and while the butlers and maids think each other other than they seem; it's a good picture...
...angry husband bangs his way in upon Prince Alfred's philanderings. When the singer escapes, the Prince decides to retreat temporarily to his villa in Monte Carlo. He sends Josef ahead with his crested luggage. On the train Josef meets a lady's maid named Marie (Elissa Landi) who is also traveling with crested luggage. Each mistakes the other's social position. In Monte Carlo Josef yearns for Marie, invites her over when his employer is out. In she flounces in her mistress's gown, squeals "Whatever mahst you think ahv me!," shows little...
...Masquerader," University--A pleasant romance starring Ronald Colman and Elissa Landi. The other feature, "The Narrow Corner," contains an excellent bit of character portray al by Dudley Digges. Last...