The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1926, Page 11

THE BLACK PIRATE. Yo-ho-ho, what a bunch of athletic pirates sit on a dead man’s chest in this picture! Never did a more vil- lainous crew board the peaceful mer- chantman than that headed by Doug- las Fairbanks, the Black Pirate. Never was the crew such carbon copies of their leader as this one. They raid -ships, swear blue streaks, fight, gam ble and carouse in fashion, fitting the most blood-thirsty novel of the bue- caneers, Douglas Fairbanks does all thé flashy unbelievable things that lit- tle boys dream of—and that bucca- neers no doubt wished that they could have done, And his crew of Black Pirates does them Hke their leader. It is a pirate picture all right, but in Fairbanks’ style. Here’s the romantic Spanish Maine of the boys’ adventure stories—treas- ure chests in secret hiding, raiding ships, climbing the rigging, duels, vil lains, heroes, lovely heroine—yo-ho-ho, what a bunch of hokum! : The spirit of the picture (showing at the Roosevelt) is a gay one. No pretense at honesty, of course. It Claims none. It asks you to believe the things you believed when you were a kid. And Douglas Fairbanks adds a touch or two to romance with spark- ling athletic feats that Will thrill a small boy down to his shoe tops. He makes a handsome, swash-buckling hero. He moves the picture along in jolly, if unreal, fashion. The story itself is "eally punk. Too cheap, in -fact, for a Fairbanks picture. We ex- pect more from this fellow. So there you are! The whole thing is done in natural colors and heightens the ‘effect of romantic adventure. There are scenes of pirates swarming on a ship from deck to rigging that are quite splendid. There are many features that put “The Black Pirate” ‘somewhat above” the average: The story itself, however, gets the picture nowhere. Maybe you'll like ft You may, tf you don’t go expecting very much. THE SLUMS OF BERLIN. , After seeing such splendid films as “Passion,” “Cabinet of Doctor Cali- gari’ and “Variety” you may have come to the conclusion the Germans can turn out no bad pictures. If you are under this impression by all means avoid seeing “The Slums‘ of Berlin” (Die Verrufenen). This picture (show- ing at the Randolph) has all the worst features of the worst American films plus a few American bad films never thought of. The photography fs bad. It is redolent of the old burlesque shows and (maybe mine is @ perverted preference!) it is worth having. And brother, this lady can put over a jazz song as nobody else/‘it is now in fts fifth month at the| Join the Pioneers can. Ted Lewis, the ancient jazz king is also in it. So’s his old orchestra. The erchestra is better. But the crowd seemed to like his ancient hokum end maybe my reactions are due to having seen this fellow so often since childhood. He doesn’t seem to have changed since then either. Lester Al- len, the third star on the bill is even less my idea of a clever comic, But the music is lively. The danc- ing is above the average. The Ab dertina Rasch girls are an able troupe and edd much to the evening's per- A PEEK EACH WEEK AT MOTION PICTURES By PAULINE SCHULMAN. 3 ye seme ROSENWALD, head of a big mail order house, says the “coun- try 1s splendidly prosperous.” Do I agree with him? Of course I do, Why, for twelve long years I have been working fin the factories of the cities of New York sewing dresses for those ladies who spend their winters in Miami, Florida, and their summers surely not in New York City, as is my fate. And yet whenever spring comes and birds begin their old and new songs familiar to me from the old country days my heart begins to weep within me. Many a time.did I attempt to leave the city and the factory and get away, away somewhere fn the for- ests and fields. But dresses were to be made and IT never had enough money saved up to leave. But how different it is today! Not only is the country, according to Jullus Rosen- The story fs rotten. The acting 18 |..14, “prosperous,” but I, too, am sim- worse (yes, brother, European acting, |no.1y° prosperous. No longer am I toot). The preachy moralistic tone Of |, the city for the summer sweating the whole thing will make you sick|,..5 in the factory, as was the case to your stomach. for twelve long years, for now am I A tew scenes of the slum proletariat | |. .4aq away in the country, disport- (actual scenes, so they say) are not |i. myself among the beautiful fruit ~ The —— — a orchards. I think Marlboro is -a washwoman splen - |“dandy” place. To offset these two things were all I os te sank ok & tie change on the bad features we mentioned, and agg ee eis ei pes the business of telling us that begause | "tant work were not oufficient to god go ordained it such conditions ex-} ~ ; Mari ist. The conclusions of the film are maintain me for the summer at Mari- boro, tho my expenses were less than to the effect that love, brotherli- 33 : week: ta tant ales dee: tly ness(?), Kindness and charity would ‘ trou if viated by my pitched tent. Yet when do away with this blight on humanity. ecie: sinats > th etn’ one new Such fs the fertilizer they dish out in arthebin ae and get {% for dr this film. As a& ae a the Iand of equal opportunities those viewer pointedly characterize ‘| willing to work can always earn a “Horses!” livelihood. Hence I turned to cherry A DOZEN IN BRIEF “Eagle of the Sea%—J. G. says: “Not bad!” ‘ - cents a day. My boss considered me the “champion” tn this profession, az this is a piecework profession. But no matter how intense the rush thé 90 cents.a-day could not ba, and has not as yet been, broken, You are probably anxious to learn wherein lies this here prosperity. But wait a minute, to be sure the cherries are gone. But a new crop hag arisen Man—Falrly funny, Strong 4 Barry Langdon. (Nor- The thanks to shore), weeds now and am paid by the hour at a rate of 30 cents. Well, here is where prozperity, together with $2.40 a day comes in. Isn’t this sufficient to indicate that not only is the “coun- try splendidly prosperous,” but that I Mare Nostrum—Remember we warn- ed you: You'll waste your money! _ Tin Gods—Yes and no and maybe. Across the Pacific — Over there they*d never stand fer this stuff. The Passaic Strike—It will stiffen your spine and quicken your blood. wl » rs * for the spinal column. A Weekly. "| for th: ‘Hurrah! “The Country Is Prosperous” stooping posture, one arm, or the elbow rather, supported by the knee, and with the other hand one must de the weeding and hand over the lanky uprooted parasites to the supported hand, until a sizable bunch is accumu- lated, whence it goes to the heap. The throwing of this bunch of weeds to the rising heap is an excellent substi- tute for ball playing. Had I known about this splendid exercise when I worked as governess I surely would have advised the lady of the house to indulge in ft, for she always endeavored to work up an ap- petite, but without success, Those who can benefit by ory Intest discovery are 200-pound women who patronize the “swell” boarding houses, especially those who are busily en- gaged in playing cards and sitting in the rockers worrying about both the quality of the next meal and the man- ner they will consume same. Théy console themselves by cursing those “damn cloakmakers out on strike,” who “never have enough. No matter how much money you give them, they always want more and more.” Of course these “damm” workers spoil the vacation of such ladies as well as their appetites. But I am willing to help them, let them but come to Marlboro and pull weeds, and they surely will benefit by it a great deal, As for the strikers, if they would but read the New York Tribune their consequent enlightenment about the prevalent prosperity in this coun- try would convince them that they are not starving. It seems that Mr, Rosenwald, the birds and myself are the only ones who know of this remarkable “pros- perity-" But why did not the masses try to discover whether this is true? When I was told that girls cannot do any work on a farm I convinced my- self that this was a fallacy. “Why shouldn't a girl be able to:werkien.a farm,” I asked, “when she can sit in the factory and work as men do; when on strike be clubbed by the police as men are, and be beaten by the hired |gangsters as men are? Then, if that —weeds. My boss gave me the op- |is the case,” said I, “she will be able portunity to advamce. I am pulling to do farm work as well.”” The birds surely know of the exist- ing “prosperity.” They do not have to wait for Mr. Rosenwald to tell it to them via the New York Tribune, know how to help themselves, As only the masses do not know how and what to do, they have to learn their state from Mr. Rosenwald, who came to inform President Coolidge about the wave of “splendid pros- One must remain all the time fm a perity” sweeping the country, THE TINY W/ORKER Honorary Editors, The Young Pioneers of Grand Rapitis Jahnny Red, Assistant. Saturday, November 13, 1926 Special! No. 25 EXTRA! HERE IS THE STORY By Anna Kulesha, Sec’y Grand Rapids Pioneers, Our Pioneers were organized last January. Now we have 45 members and we're not dead There Stove raved all over the place. “Get either. Watch us in “Le Mafre’s Affairs.” There are nn Movine Aowocpipe down" Sohany [5% “ate coins & also « €vod many worse. It is tune-|fium. The teach- | Red advised. “This tsaue ta all writ~ the map vee ful, la p od, includes pe-| ers are also told to -~ for me by the little Reds of Grand ; agp meer oi york fill the children’s Dids. “yr + hee tay oa ft. Itsthe |How | Became A 'y Iadi d—Sophie Tucker. heads with bunk. te By coy have to write a sin- Pioneer Woods Theatre it ts likely to be there eas xeete the a few more months before New York a. EVERY’ LETTER IN TH CLASS STRUGGLE By Peter Kelley One of the Pio- will gee ft. Chicago lifes it. Maybe| HEY TINY REDS By NYDIA BARKEN neers bn me to “ = one of the meet- Yooboot , ings. I thought it ae vail P t& for Pioneers, a bunch of young was’ Rood. Next go many seg me ey had a so- fine things from | 7 %& for L I. D. to protest workers” | cial meeting and Grond - 9 ae pag og ye lad a good that we have erganize, the right thing to me. I should like to leave out. But do, to be an organizer these things too. other little Reds all over the coun- / try. heed. WILL APPEAR IN DECEMBER, -_— N's for “nuts” who should thiffe so B ts for “editor,” we'd all Ike to be, RK also for elections, good we can see. ” R is for rights, that all workers need, 8 ts for strikes that all capitalists a or some other kind of officer. The Plo- neers teach things ie Wathh: om as they really are. Keep it up Petey, you will surely be fine organ!zer some dayl ee IDS. eaten aa". lala sie Pantene J | | |