New Pictures: Jul. 18, 1927

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The Circus Ace. Tom Mix and

his horse, Tony, do their stuff once again, this time for the reluctant heart of a circus queen. Amongst other adventures possible in the woolly West, they break jail, lasso the girl off the back of a runaway elephant, write "I love you" into a wooden fence with bullets. The sheepish grin, buoyant acrobatics, baffled villain are on hand as usual. All in all, a good Tom Mixture.

Naughty but Nice (Colleen Moore). Naughty, because she fibs to the headmistress of her "ritzy" finishing school and gets herself locked up at a houseparty with the wrong man; nice, because she tailors her hair, retains her respectability. Also dumb.

Streets of Sorrow. Here is a German film, about which, in the interests of international good will, the less said the better. The locale is Vienna; time, post-War period; heroine, a daughter of the poor but honest; villain, a son of the rich but rancid. Result: booby, bosh and hokum. Fast and Furious (Reginald Denny). If a young man has had an arm broken, a skull cracked, a spine dislocated in an automobile accident and happens, therefore, to be so panicky that the mere squawk of a klaxon sends him scurrying up a tree, could anything at all ever persuade him to drive a racing car? Answer: Only a heroine with an entrancing figure, like Cinemactress Barbara Worth, who appears opposite Reginald Denny in an amusing automobile film that runs smoothly enough with standard equipment.

Dearie (Irene Rich). The lengths to which the U. S. Mother will go in order to send a fatherless son through college are herein demonstrated by the heroine, who sacrifices herself as a night club entertainer. When the manchild, on vacation, discovers the Hot Momma's occupation, he excoriates, then shoots her—although the latter action is represented as accidental. Such violence leads to remorse and eventual reconciliation between widow and mite. The better element in the audience, however, is likely to remain rueful.