POWER
starring William Boyd and Alan Hale
MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE
September, 1928

Proceeding on the theory that what's worth doing once is worth doing again and again, Pathé has made another picture patterned after "Skyscraper," with that same rough, tough and comical pair, William Boyd and Alan Hale. Again these two swing precariously on girders, and there's a title about their being the flower of Young American Manhood, which someone ought to resent. This time their dizzy, dangerous profession has nothing whatever to do with the story, but is put in, presumably, just for the sake of imitation and a few gasps. William and Alan duplicate their "Skyscraper" roles. They are friendly enemies, rival Romeos, just two big overgrown boys kidding back and forth. The plot consists merely of the fact that they both woo the same girl, and both are micely stung by her at a cost of two thousand dollars per capita. Alan Hale has a chance to remind us that he was once a hoofer and is still light on his feet in spite of excess poundage. A picture of extremely light banter, mildly amusing.


POWER
starring William Boyd and Alan Hale
PHOTOPLAY
September, 1928

This picture is classed as one of the best of the month for no particular reason except that it keeps you laughing throughout.

Bill Boyd again appears as a humanly humorous smart aleck, which seems to be the type the publc demands of him. This time Boyd and Alan Hale are teamed as "two-fisted workers on both dams and feminine hearts." They swing back and forth over the higheest dam in the world, without the bat of an eye, but when the girl "looking for 'clucks' with loose jack" comes to town, they fall like weaklings, and are both duped by the same gold-digger.

Jacqueline Logan very capably plays this girl of "Quaker mien and crafty heart." There are thrilling fights and near-accidents, but the picture is essentially a comedy.


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