The New Pictures

The Fortune Hunter. Funnyman Syd Chaplin is never nearly so funny as his famed brother. What with his wide grin and his rapid trotting motion, he seldom cuts a solemn figure on the screen. Herein, first trying to marry a rich beautiful girl for money he is aided by the grace, charm and beauty of Helene Costello (sister to the famed Dolores). Later, trying to marry a poor, blonde girl for love, he is obstructed by Clara Horton, a horrible ingenue.

On Your Toes presents Reginald Denny, first as a young dancing master, the career his grandmother had picked out for him, then as a vigorous and successful pugilist. Noted for his winning personality, Actor Denny supplies the expected climax by whacking a fake heavyweight champion and winning his title. Waving his hands and, to indicate annoyance, his ears, Actor Denny is pleasantly absurd.

The Gateway of the Moon. A little half-caste girl in the brackish underbrush of Bolivia falls in love with a British engineer, name of Arthur Wyatt. Far from shy, she immediately and as constantly as possible enwraps his torso with her physical charms. Finally, he is content to stay enwrapped.

A miscast half-caste, Dolores del Rio, shaking her sex-appeal in all directions, presses vigorously through the plot and against Walter Pidgeon the leading man. To her able acting in What Price Glory, such a specialized performance is a disappointing sequel. Nonetheless, it is sufficient to give an otherwise almost worthless picture some value beyond the pornographic.