New Films

The Flaming Frontier is one of the pictures which have been and will be advertised with all the super-adjectives at the picture man's command. It is a monster special massed around Custer's last stand. It helps history out by providing a survivor of this noted massacre, providing further a girl for this survivor. It is a very fine, utterly virile western picture that never just gets round to being great.

Kiki. Norma Talmadge has seized upon the extraordinary stage success so long the exclusive property of Lenore Ulric. Miss Talmadge makes that lovely rowdy even purer and more wholesome than she was on the stage, more so than she ever could have been in her native Paris. Little matters of plausibility, however, cannot be cited as adverse criticism of slapstick comedy, for such Kiki has become and as such it is eminently entertaining.

The Blind Goddess. Probably every cinema sets out more or less seriously to accomplish its purpose. Authors, directors 'and actors must believe in their product. The fact that this product is so often ridiculous does not alter matters. If a film does not prosper they can say it was far too subtle for the masses; if it does they can say it was Art. All of which is a preliminary to saying that The Blind Goddess does accomplish its purpose. It is a murder melodrama with the guilty one convicted via dictaphone. This sounds like any cinema; the film is however one in which purpose and execution match.

For Heaven's Sake. Harold Lloyd's films are simply matters of comparison. All of them are funny and some of them are funnier than others. This one tells the adventures of a rich young man who. in trying to shed a few millions, found himself promoting a mission for down-and-outers. Mr. Lloyd has done better pictures; there are only three or four comedians that could possibly do as good a one as this.

The Night Cry. There has never yet been a dog film that had a sensible plot. This one is the usual string of improbabilities pieced together to give Rin-Tin-Tin a chance. He, as a sheep dog, is accused of murdering baby lambs. Out of this cruel situation he extricates himself satisfactorily and (if you like Rin-Tin-Tin) entertainingly.