New Pictures

Paris (Charles Ray). The French government has a legitimate grievance against the movie makers. To the American millions who see the world from the screen of the local cinema palace, Paris has become an absurdity. Only one thing happens. Chivalrous Americans infest Montmartre rescuing poor Apache girls from the dance dives. A girl has no chance to lead a decent life of shame in Paris any more, if we are to believe the movies. It always turns out that she was not really leading a bad life after all. It seems that a Parisian girl is not safe from Americans, no matter what she does. Charles Ray is good under the circumstances.

The Unknown Soldier (Marguerite de la Motte). Shattering bad taste of the studios has rushed in on the peaceful memories of the Unknown Soldier and committed another atrocity. The popularity of The Big Parade has led to imitative competition. Thus far none have been able to compete, least of all this one. Striking similarity to The Big Parade is noticeable. Three young men march off to war. The girl seeks her fiance among thousands of marching troops. A doughboy is killed by German machine guns. In the final scene the girl is watching the Unknown Soldier ceremony when her boy romps up to explain that he was only wounded after all.