San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20

life without a modicum of gushes?
hat. indeed!
However. i maintain that Harold
Pyd is, in what he puts into pic
res. the typical great. ordinary
ierican beau. l say say that with
fp conviction after seeing him max
his new film. He makes love (not
earnest, of course, since his heart
pngs to his lovely wife, Mildred
His) as if it were a pleasure instead
a tragedy.
pne might expect day on the set
h Lloyd to disclose n melee of aero
les, bathos. swift-moving episodes
thing and everything except pro-
cted wooing. But such. and lots
it, is exactly what,I saw.
his picture, as yet unnamed. deals
kely with the Affections of brides
lilly visited upon a young honey
bning couple, Lloyd and Miss Rails
he cameras were grinding away at
I'D returning home with an armful
groceries and a turkey won at a
lie. His bride, the delectable Joby-
who halls from Tennessee, was
ing herself into his arms in gurgly
bsports.
he had to do a good deal of hurl-
for as they stand embraced, the
els young brother uses the groom's
as a target for his pea-shooter.
peas, to be photographed, had to
Re Lloyd's face just so. The throw
aim was poor. Consequently the
had to enact the scene some twen-
lines.
arold beamed just as fondly and
ped his lady just as spontaneously
twentieth time as the first. He
patience-one attribute Of the
t common American lover.
nd tactfulness, the pleasant word
he right time-the ability TO kid
girls along Another splendid trait
he great American lover.
young man who can break every
in the decalog, defy his mother
kill Mia Naldi, as he did in "The
Commandment" and yet retain
ympathy of the just and unjust in
Sc audiences-such a young man.
La ROGUE, is bound to be one of
screens anointed.
ID has the gift. Why it should so
have been overlooked for impor-
roles. especially since he has been
he stage since boyhood and in
for years. is one of those mys-
BY which producers move, their
ORG to nerform
ROGUE. has had q secure niche.
work has been sound. He has
studio favorite. But with his
rmance as the bad brother in
De Miles big opus he suddenly
d into the vanguard of movie
most talked about. He has ex-
consuming curiosity among wom-
Women critics and interviewers,
helm set the style in leading men. !
aving over him.
b takes it quite calmly with his |
grin, which is neither fatuous
ynical, as if to say, Lets laugh |
bff together"
that is his characteristic man.
IF screen as we'll as on. A re-
to take himself too. seriously.
that he might be considered |
entimental, a proper self-esteem
never becomes pompOas, a
generous. but disciplined ego.
ROGUE is one of Hollywood's |
eligible young bachelors. But
10 boulevardier. No f1p. He
/ parade himself at the cafes, at |
ach. on the links. His name isn't |
"a about with pseudo-romance.
YES unostentatiously with his
and sister.
knows the value of keeping
hing of ones vital nature always
erye, of being somewhat inscrut-
He has built his actors tech
upon that discernment. In ''The
commandments" he pointed out.
OF his aeting was with back TO
mera so that he had left for the
lramatic spots sufficient en-
full impact. of your powers"
s, "should be reserved for the
occasions of life and play-act-
i frittered away. For ordinary
ms. keep something back" The
ion. that. of the long distance
rather than the Splinter. And
n Rocque's steady plugging has
aced by that philosophy. I'm
lily. too, it has been responsible
" appreciation of his full tai
ok James Cruze less than five
to make the most important
of his life-Cruze of Famous
-Lasky who Is accounted Holly
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