Monday, Jul. 02, 1928
Chart
Admission to cinema entertainment in the U. S. varies between $3.30 and lof4 depending on the age of the film and the amount of rococo in the theatre. Whatever the price, those who pay may well feel the need of a chart.
FOR FUN LOVERS SPEEDY (Harold Lloyd), THE PATSY (Marion Davies), CHICKEN A LA KING (Ford Sterling), THE CIRCUS (Charles Chaplin), THE GAUCHO (Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez).
SPECTACULAR
THE TRAIL OF '98 (Dolores Del Rio on the "fantom" screen), WINGS (Clara Bow and Charles Rogers), THE STRANGE CASE OF CAPTAIN RAMPER (Paul Wegener), THE LAST COMMAND (Emil Jannings).
DRAMATIC
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (Conrad Veidt), TEMPEST (John Barrymore), RAMONA (Dolores Del Rio), SADIE THOMPSON (Gloria Swanson and Lionel Barrymore), THE CROWD (Eleanor Boardman, directed by King Vidor).
UNDERWORLD RACKET THE DRAG NET (George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent), LADIES OF THE MOB (Clara Bow and Richard Arlen). These two cinemae were written by Oliver H. P. Garrett, onetime crack reporter of the New York World.
FOREIGN INVASION CARMEN (Spanish, Raquel Meller), DAWN (English, Sybil Thorndike), BERLIN: THE SYMPHONY OF A BIG CITY (German, no plot, no subtitles, no stars), THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (Russian, the Soviet triumphant).
FOR LOVING PAIRS
GLORIOUS BETSY (Dolores Costello and Conrad Nagel), STREET ANGEL (Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell), ACROSS TO SINGAPORE (Joan Crawford and Ramon Novarro, also Ernest Torrence for relief work).
TO BE AVOIDED
THE PLAY GIRL, THE MAD HOUR, A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN, BURNING DAYLIGHT, FLYING ROMEOS, and others.