Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-13

comedy hit in Dance Madness one
better. is a side splitting filmization
of f. Hugh Herbert's novel of the
same name, relating the trials and
tribulations thath beset a pair of
clippers (played by Nagel and Edith
Roberts,) in their attempt to escape
an angry father and battery of traf-
fic policemen in the face OF such OBJ
stacles as misplaced identity, a lost
baby saddled upon them-and q col
lie dog that proves Nemesis.
The new Metro Goodwin Mayer
feature is essentially a Whimsical
comedy-but it is staged in set
ting of thrills, such as a wild race
Of the clippers with a small army of
motorcycle policemen through the
traffic, q desperate leap from an
apartment window to a careening
taxi inwhich Nagel shows his skill
as an athlete, an dother swift NOV
ing incidentalS.
The cast of the new picture is
notable, including, besides the two
principals, such players as George
Fawcett, Gwen Lee, Phillips Smalley.
Eddie Gribbon, Gertrude Bennett,
Elmo Billings. Billy Engle and others
of note.
Final Two Days
The story of a man who blundered
from failure to fame and fortune is
a fit subject for moving picture COM
edy, especially if the leading char
acter is portrayed by w. c. Fields.
Fields plays the title role in Para.
mounts latest farce, SOS Your Old
Man." Whether he be the speaker
| or the person addressed,-no one
seems to know which,-the story
concerns itself with a GlaZier who
| invents an unbreakable glass and
| then proceeds to market it.
! If you've never laughed before,
here's where you acquire a brand
new habit. Fields with his unbreaN-
able windshield provides more fun
than a circus. You'll howl on seeing
him test the glass as he drives his
] fiivver head-on into a stout tree.
YOU'LL scream as he demonstrates II
| to group of sceptical delegates at
Ia convention. And Manager Will
I Hanson of the Opera House, at which
SOS Your Old Man" will be seen on
Friday and Saturday. states that he
will not be responsible Cor anyone
! who insists on rolling out of their
seats.
Alice Joyce and Charles Rogers
are featured in this hilarious comedy.
The remarkable story of a dog
who reverts to the primitive, is the
theme of Flaming Fury" an f. b.
| o. production starring Ranger"
which will also be on the last two
i days program. From the pet of the
| isolated settlement in the Hudson
Bay country, the dog becomes it's
scourge and menace, and terrifies all
the inhabitants for miles around,
who live in perpetual dread of what
the mad animal will do next. How
ever, the love for his old master fl
nally wins over his reversion to the
| wild, and he eventually goes back
to the little cabin and becomes once
again the beloved pet. His life as
an outcast is filled with thrills and
forms the main part of the story.
The picture was made under the eX-
cellent direction of James Hogan,
and the cast includes Charles Della
ney. Betty May, Boris Karloff and
Eddy Chandler. The story is an
original by Ewart Adamson, who
also wrote the continuity.
The long-awaited Patheserial
1.-THE Fighting Marine" starring
Gene Tunney, ex-Devil Dog, mem
Der of the American Legion and
'ioe''y "oiShI SdetihPIoil VI tHe Wotlu
gets under way Friday at the Opera
House, with the showing of Episode
One.
, Right after the title and credits,
the story moves along in a rapid
! fire manner. Dick harrington (Genc
Tunney) receives a reportorial as
signment which sends him to the of
flee of q lawyer who has advertised
for an ex-Marine, Legionnaire, and
boxer. Dick has to fight his way