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Best current pictures arranged (A) according to merit (B) according to the money they are making:

(A) The Wind: Lillian Gish on the prairies. Shadows of Fear: Crime and decay of a Zola heroine. Show People: Marion Davies making comedy-making comedy. While the City Sleeps: Lon Chancy is the man with the nickel badge. White Shadows in the South Seas: Still Hawaii. The Singing Fool: For people who have no radio.

(B) The Singing Fool (records all over); Show People ($33,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles, with Hearst boosting); Lilac Time ($18,000, Saenger, New Orleans);...

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