Cinema: The New Pictures Sep. 3, 1923

The Cheat. The spectacle of a hot iron sinking into the white contours of Pola Negri's left shoulder- blade should be 50¢ worth to anybody. If it isn't there is little else in the picture to make up the deficit. Pola starts out in Paris, where she makes two errors of judgment. She incurs the displeasure of a nasty old Hindu; she marries an American newspaper man. The latter's salary, served as a double portion, Pola finds unsatisfactory nourishment. The Hindu re-enters and trouble begins.

Where the North Begins. Just as all children are...

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