Citations

Best current pictures arranged (A) according to merit (B) according to the money they are making:

(A) The Wind: Lillian Gish on the prairies. Shadows of Fear: Crime and decay of a Zola heroine. Show People: Marion Davies making comedy-making comedy. While the City Sleeps: Lon Chancy is the man with the nickel badge. White Shadows in the South Seas: Still Hawaii. The Singing Fool: For people who have no radio.

(B) The Singing Fool (records all over); Show People ($33,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles, with Hearst boosting); Lilac Time ($18,000, Saenger, New Orleans); Wings ($15,000, Eckel, Syracuse).

Past citations still current: Dry Martini, Excess Baggage, The Night Watch, Kriemhild's Revenge, The Patriot, The Crowd, His Private Life.