Abstract

Films

This article presents information on two motion pictures. Regarding the motion picture "The Taming of the Shrew," the author says, it is to be regretted that in carrying out his interesting experiment actor Douglas Fairbanks made no attempt to use some of the excellent material in the play for a more original and more cinematic treatment of the dialogue. Fairbanks's adaptation is merely a silent picture of the conventional pattern with the sub-titles spoken by the actors instead of being read by the audience. Artist Rudy Vallee is an unassuming young man with a pleasant voice, and in the motion picture "The Vagabond Lover," he gives his admirers what they long for, a succession of songs to the accompaniment of a jazz band which makes their hearts melt and fills their beings with a glow of romance.