Evening star., 1929-11-25
METROPOLITAN II, H
Harold Lloyd in
"WelcOme Danger"

"WelcOme Danger" his. latest
tirely in silence before he became con-
vinced of the permanent virtue of dia-
logue and sound. now offers welcome
Danger" at the Metropolitan this week,
as his testimonial to the worthineSs of
talking pictures. 1t cost him heavily
to re-make the work, and he was one
OF the last to give in, but he did so
finally without reservation. The result,
happily, is such as to delight his old
clients and surely to win him new ones.
Welcome Danger" though a long
picture, moves at such clip that 1t
was even by the first Sunday showing
drawing standeeS in great number.
Word of success of this caliber spreads
quickly; information in advance of its
coming has for several weeks tantalized
the enthusiasm Of those who like their
cinema gay. The realization now salts
f1es every promise, even the tinctured
outbursts of the publicity deacons.
With voice. light and almost diff
dent in timbre. that fits his be-spec-
tacled image. Lloyd has packed wei
come Danger" with every device of
pantomime, gag and giddy tomfoolery
in his kit The real triumph is that
the dialogue does not slow down the
tempo of action. Quite to the con-
trary, the yelling and bowling and
boisterous wit occasionally from a
black screen and in completely dark
ened theater) are fitted as admirably
to the plot as the best screechie tailors
In the game can manage.
This plot: it is about young botanist
engaged by the San Francisco police to
unraVel a dope and murder tangle IN
Chinatown. He Is the son of q former
grand old man of the force and, botaniSt
or not, the responsibility is upon him
to fulfill the traditions of chip of the
old block. Through lucky accident,
mad tenacity of purpose, melee of
calamitles and Spooky adventures, the
lad eventually nails the wretch who is
behind all the mischief. A romance is
tied in of course, furnishing an ap-
propriate thread of love through the
whole fracas. 1t is all vein of rich
gold for Lloyd-a talkie debut of gen.
uine brilliance
A Paramount newSreel and music
spliced into odd moments bolster up the
Metropolitan's running time, but from
the r. 8. v. p. onward It Is Harolds
party. r. O. o.
EOY sunny Side Up," when an
va nounced as Fox attraction,
sunny was not billed as musical pic
Side ture, but now that it is in its
Up" second week, and large part
tai is singing and whistling I'm a
Dreamer" "Pinking Petals Turn on
the Heat" and "A Talking Picture of
YOU" this rSyiewer is inclined to place
it among the musical hits of the season.
OF course, there is a story with Janet
Gayncr and Charles Farrell playing the
leading roles, but we can pass this with
little attention. Janet is Cinderella OF
the slums; Charles is immensely wealthy
ne Of q ThnTn
an incident of love at first sight, and all
that sort Of thing. And the final fade
out is constructed along the lines Of all
model movies, with an echo of wedding
bells in the distance, clutch, sigh
and the real troubles just starting.
1t must be that the sound pictures
are running longer than usual, for this
weeks stage show, Rhythm" is cut
short. But the production is well up to
the standard Of the Fanchon g. Marco
ideas. George Lyons, a harpiSt, per-
forms. and there are two pairs of dane
ers. Master Fisher offers his usual piano
stunt. and the Georgia Lane dancing
girls add a colorful bit. The house or
chestra is featured, and the Movietone
News gives flashes with noise. c. e. N.
EARLE oTAs AS Fo,wa1d Its name pasf mpnes' en
"The For. the screen this week at
ward Pass" the Earle, offers plenty
of foot ball. but not a
great deal more. 1t is First National
talking picture, the cast headed by
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Loretta
Young.
The possibilities of the college pic
ture which depends almost entirely on
the hero scoring the deciding touch
down just as the final whistle blows
appear to have been pretty well ex-
Ilausted. This, at least, was the im-
preston gained from the apparent re-
action of the balcony audience at the
Earle Saturday afternoon. Most OF
them had evidently seen foot ball games
before; and when Quarterback Marty
in the person of young Fairbanks, goes
into the big game of the year and for
ward passes old Sanford to two touch
downs and victory in the last three
minutes of play, he gets the "raZz
berry" although his efforts possibly
were deserving Of something better.
The picture is built around Mart!
and Loretta Young as Patsy, the colieg'
vsmp. Marty, who has never been II
love, decides to give up foot ball afte
being banged around in few hare
games. Seeing that he is in danger O.
losing his star, the Coach goes to Pats.
and promises her box on the 50-yart
line il she can persuade Marty to COM
back to the team. Patsy trims he
sails and goes after him with sucl
vigCr that Cupid's' work is easy. Mart.
reicins the team, and prospects for tn
big game are bright. Just before tn
S-me starts however, he discovers hol
1atsy got that box, His playing ]