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Died. John Tiller, 71, famed English coach of numberless dancing units of "Tiller girls," who cavort upon the revue stages of the U. S. and Europe; in New York, of asthma. Mr. Tiller revolutionized chorus dancing; established numerous dancing schools, from which 25,000 girls have graduated; was the author of an English law protecting dancing children from exploitation; supplied "Tiller Girls" to the Follies Bergère, the Ziegfeld Follies...
...four things: that no amount of grease paint will make Colleen Moore look very much older than, say, 30; that Ben Lyon and Phyllis Haver are both of the genus stuffed shirt and may as well resign themselves to that fate; that Wallace Beery can play a stolid soil-tiller to the last grunt; that Director Charles Brabin bent carefully over his knitting of deft acting into homely, racy atmosphere, until the final quarter of this film; then Director Brabin dropped the needles and cried: "Paste up the rest...
...again wisely limited his coryphees to intoning their lyrics clearly rather than blurring their point in the yelp of the usual song. Therefore the chorus scores one of the spontaneous hits of the performance by boldly asserting its reasons for not being one of the ubiquitous troupes of Tiller girls...
Lupino Lane and Ann Pennington in a sprightly Bimini dance, with the Tiller girls kicking higher than ever...
...course, there is the customary sumptuous offering of girls, arrayed and arranged with all the extravagant care of a window display. There are tuneful revivals by Irving Fisher of Victor Herbert hits, including the quaint march of the soldiers from Babes in Toyland, and novelties such as the Tiller Girls dancing skilfully in prosphorescent lights as they skip rope?while one makes private bets as to whether the ropes will snarl up. But the general feeling is that Ziegfeld could present a somewhat better show, if Will Rogers would...