Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 12, 1923

His Children's Children. The director was confronted (in Author Arthur Train's novel of the same name), with several sets of characters of cardinal importance. Instead of passing them around, carved into neat portions, he simply jabbed aimlessly at the huge platter of plot. Accordingly the audience are rather famished at the feast. There is no central thread to keep the incidents in line.

David Copperfield. School teachers should be particularly interested in this production of the Dickens novel. The producers have managed to touch the pulse of the author's intention, have beat their...

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