New Pictures

The Dancer of Paris. This is Michael Arlen's first work to appear in the movies and the first major work of his unblessed by his uncanny flair for titles. It sounds just like a movie, and indeed it proves to be just that. It is about a girl (Dorothy Mackaill) who tries to make an Englishman jealous by dancing with all the gigolos in Europe. In the process she meets and quite succumbs to Conway Tearle.

The Devil's Circus. What happens when a little girl is seduced by a lion tamer is here discussed. The circus queen loved the lion tamer and stirred up a horrid row. Norma Shearer, the girl, manages to make an average film fair entertainment.

The Crown of Lies. The supply of Balkan kingdom plays seems limitless, and as long as we must have them reproduced it is just as well that there are people like Pola Negri to perform. In this one she is a girl in a Manhattan theatrical boarding house who abruptly finds herself Queen of Sylvania.

Bride of the Storm is a pretty bad melodrama about a girl who was stranded on a distant reef inhabited by horrible men with bad ideas. She is rescued by a lovely young lieutenant, and none too soon you may be sure. Dolores Costello, loveliest and latest discovery among actresses, is wasted in the part.