Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1923, Page 5

~ AMUSE POLI'S—“Thumbs Down.” | ¢ outstanding achievement of “Thumbs Down,” the admirably acted viclodrama by Myron C. Fagan which ned the season at Poll'es last even- s the emotional punch that is yut into a production of generally ex- citing incidents by Sve MacManamy us Florence Sheridan, the heéroine of ihe story. The big Scene is that in wwhich the girl is compelled to confess t €he fired a shot belféved to have caused the death of her foster father, | 1\-'v~mlnem' member of a bootlegging ing. The work of Mies MacManamy in | that scene is motable for the revela- on by tone, faclal expression, bear- ng and writhing of the hands, but ot overdrawn, of the agony produced conflicting emotions as she is ques- {ioned about incidents in which her aver has taken the blame and ac- 4pted arrest as a means of saving or from dlsgrace. Depiction of a consitive personality under such try- £ circumstances 18 vivid and true to life, and the strain upon capable act- 78 _powers {s evident. Others who hare in the convincing reprs nta- i¥on of the third degrce are Howard Tang, an actor of known ability, as Jamea Cantwell, district attorney, the veal villain of the play, and “Jack™ » er as Judge Richard Fowler, the ctual parent of the girl, although is unaware of that fact at the Judge Fowler is 0 the foster barent of the girl's lover, Larry tim Fowler, played by John Marston. Mr, | Dwyer's fi hecause he page here, d began his ished work is of interest was formerly a Senate a pupil of Mansfield stage career in this o play has for its backsground a resentation of the activities of boot- gers, but the interest rests upon iman incidents which are entirely part from relation to any form of isiness. It is full of action, quick hifting scenes and a_series of ur- ses, the biggest of which comes 15t before the final curtain, The wets d the drys are impartiaily rapped the drawing of the haracters, al- 10Ugh it {s to be observed that the c clement {8 introduced through medium of the latter. From the ge standpolnt there is merit in the §¢ that all the members of the large t share in the working out of the #tory. The chief dramatic clement is “he mystery eurrounding the origin ~f the shot that killea Emmett She an. Harvey Hays, as Sheridan, repre ents a vigorous and resourceful vil- ain, and appears frequently. His a n® 18 good, but the question oceca- nally arlses whether a man who years has enjoyed great wealth participation in the underworld d not have acquired a polish bis experiences. Another good of acting is nnary as Officer M hrewd, ambitio lam J. Townshend, Billy Camp, | ive-wire sp but in cality government épy, adds much to pleasurable character of the per- formance. ~Thais Lawton, as Virginia #heridan, the mother, gives reality to { °r part. and J. Hammond Dailey, as Samuel 'Hart, sents an amusing | ricature of the uncompromising nsor of the morals of others. The play will be given the ‘re- y k, with matinees urday. STRAND—Leona La Mar. Lebna La The Girl With a who has been fea- tured as a headliner several times be- fore in this city, tops an entertaining deville program at the Strand week, and proves as mystifying ever. Miss La Mar appears blindfol. ©d, and quickly and accurately an propounded to her policeman. on Thursday and also include in “The Road of a vehicle well suited to § ;'a revue of song and dance fea- | ring Evelyn Phillips a al skit, “Concord ¥y Nick . and a juggling act nd com, a farcify picture, 1 Ben ‘i:l_“i the leading roles, provid nieasing half hour'6f fun. Photoplays. The Ambassador. To insure the completeness detail of Crandall's new Am Theater at 18th street and Columbia road upon Thursday night of this weel, when tie beautiful addition to the Capital's list of amuscment places is scheduled to open, Thomas W. Lamb, one of the foremost theater architects and engincers in. th Unlted States, under whose supé ston the Ambassador has been de- gned and constructed, has arrived $5 Disney Hats 1ten page, and the audie {genial surroundings. jture from { mounted. | MENT'S in Washington to take*-pérsonal charge of the flnal rounding up of the work which has been in progress for many menths. METROPOLITAN—“Main ‘Street.” The picturization of “Main Street,” Sinclair Lewls' famous book, which was shown for the first time locally at the Meotropolitan yesterday, may be disappointing to thosp who ex- pected a literal portrayal of the chronicled events. - And yet there is @ subtle humor in this silver-shept version that was lacking in the writ- ce sees a bit of fun poked slyly at Carol Kennicott, the Idealistic heroine, as well as af the typical, narrow Main streetors, ' The opening, scene, instead of in- troducing Carol as the librarian, tired of her work after three years of it, presents her as an established artisi With her beautiful studio peopled the cultured and artistic of the city, That was her dream in the story, but the quick action of the film realizes her ambitions at the outset. The shock upon her arrival at Gopher Prairie is consequently greater, and her mental sphere even further sep- arated from that of the inhabitants. Her plans of uplift are more daring, for while she thinks and plans in the book, she acts in the film, and before she has been many days In the new town displays her artistic plan for a new mRIn street to the gathered villagers. Her ardor damped in this first” effort, she tries again, seeking Lo uplift the people by a rcading from a Chinese poem. Again meeting fail- she turns her efforts to the stag- ing of a novel winter carnival, but disaster once more follows in the wake of her plans, She tells her husband, dector, that she wants to give him a broader outlook upon life, to teach Bim the value of selt-sacrifice. And at the moment she says this the phone tinkles and he is called to an isolated farm, with all the fury of a Minne- Sota blizzard to traverse. Carol, act- ing on a whim, goes with him, and realizes for the first time how much her husband could teach her of self- sacrifice. _In the end she admits herself beaten in her efforts to uplift the town, but decides that she can find happiness with her husband in spite of urcon- the town Florence Vidor glves such a sym- pathetic interpretation of the role of Carol that the audlence overlooks her frailty. She is vitally human, and her struggle against the bigoted ideas of the town {s strangely appealing, even in_its hopelessness. Monte Blue gives an equally effec- tive portrayal of Will Kennicott, but the majority of the supporting char- acters are caricatured, and look as had been borrowed from a stard-ple comed: “High Life.” a Mermaid production: a Pathe news film and a_concert over- ari” complcte the pro- gram. PALACE—“The Eternal Struggle.” Some womeh are born that men may fight over them, be they beau- tiful or homely, sweet tempered or selfish; and some men are born for women to fall in.love with, be they worthy or unworthy. -The combina- tion of a girl for whom many men fight and a man not worth the affec- tions of any woman is the outstand: ing feature of “The: Eternal Strug. gle,” a Reginald Barker production {nr Metro, offered this week at the a The film_ story has been adapted from “The Law Bringers,” a novel by C. B. Lancaster, dealing with law and order as enforced by the roval north- west mounted police. Pierre Grange keeps a saloon at Grey Wolf Landing a trading post in the Canadian north west. Pierre’s motherless daughter, | Andree, is at once the joy of his life | and the very bane of ‘his existence. | She is a_tomboy, bubbling over with ! the happiness of youth. The men in her father's saloon fight over her later two members of the northwest mounted fight over her; and then, when she i§ a refugee from justice two. men in the arctic region come to a fistic encounter because of her. Other. men use ir m ns and foul to win the favor of this benullfull little bit of femininity, and all the} while her heart to Bucky O'Hara of t unworthy though he ls. One of the beautiful bits of the play is the friendship of O'Hara and ergt. Neil Tempest, also of the royal mounted, and sincerely in love with Andree. ' When he learns that 3ucky fs only trifiing with Andree he confesses his own love and Bucky proves his friendship by promising to stop his attentions to Andree. He keeps his promise, but he has won the heart of the little French-Cana- dian girl, and when she demands an explanatfon complications arise. Other complications arise also, and a murder is committed in such cir- true nort| ins cumstances as_to throw _suspicion upon Andree. She flees to the arctic, HE EVENING and this chift in ihe loeation oftars opportunity for showing some od the beaytiful scenery of the great novth- west of the American hemisphers. The trailing: of Andree by the.fa- mous mounted police and the long journey back to the trading post with the prisoner make 3 thrilling and:in- teresting _story, developing nmew angles in the character of O'Hara, and Tempest, as they are put to tests almost beyond endurance. I The cast includes Barle Willlams as Sergt. Nell Tempest, Pat O'Malley as Bucky O'Hara, Rene Adoree’ as Andree, and Josef Swickard as her father. George Kuwa 1s~good as Wo Ling, and Wallace Beery is the usual viilain in the role of Baroda Ducane. Barbara LaMarr is cast in the minor role of Camlilie Lenoir. A Fox educational film picturizing the gold fish industry s extremely entertaining, and the comedy offer- ing is one of those delightful animal and fowl features in which no human appears. Topics of the day and the Pathe News complete the program. RIALTO—"Drifting” and ‘“Back Stage.” It is difficult to get up much en- thusiasm about the double bill offered at the Rialto this week. —“Back Stage,” one of the Hal Roach come- dies with a “gang” of unusually clever .children is good .but not strikingly eo. “Farina,” the little colored girl of the gang, 15 featured and does her part very well, but the entire picture_is too long-drawn-out to have the &nap and Intdrest that these comedies usually possess. M. Roach conceived an exceedingly fun ny idea when he originated tho gaus and pictured them in many of the ludicrous_ doings _natural to child- hood, and somo of their previous of- ferings have been so funny that the entirq audienco has shrieked with laughte: ack Stage, is not of this caliber. S The other feature of the bill is a much-scenariorized version-of “Drift- ing.” The play as first produced on the speaking stage with Alice Brady was an_interesting and well written piece of work, The action was logle al, the dramatic moments vivid and the Chinese proverbs which furnished many of the witty lines were as clever as the lines of @ George Arliss 1, T'X% a_motion picture, “Drifting” is something entirely different. Where Miss Brady made Cassie Cook an im- pulsive, warm-hearted girl in a hardened shell of sophistication, Pris- cilla Dean makes Cassle a calculat- ing, mature woman of the world. Charles Richman made Capt. Jarvis & great man pulled down to the depths by insidious oplum, who forces his way back through his patriotism. Matt More is simply the usual motion cture mining engineer in immac- ulate polo clothes, while he saunters around a mine in a wild part of hina. Wallace Berry and Anna May ‘Wong give fine characterizations that stand out vividly in the pictu The photography of “Drittin; cellent. The pictures of the streets of Shanghai and the little village in a distant part of China show careful thought for detail and atmosphere. The night scenes when the village 13 burnt are very well done. The news reel and an orchestral program of two numbers from Deli- bes’ ballet “Coppella” complete the bill. bill. COLUMBIA—"Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife.” When Ina_Claire brought “Blue- beard’s Sth Wife"” to Washington, the play was trying out for a metro- politan runm, and necessity for re- hearsal deprived the public of a full week of this delightful by Savior, which ceased to v starring vehicle for Miss fore it could return. The Col is more generous, and in running the film a second week is affording the admirers of Gloria Swanson an oppor tunity to admire the gorgeous gowns and elaborate sets which have been | provided to fill in the outline of the story which AL Saveoir might ha aifficulty in recognizing in its new and wonderful gui It §s useless, ho T, to discuss the Makes Kryptok Bi-focal Lenses Claflin Optical Co. .55 3i City Club _Blds, il pays to buy a fine felt Hat They naturally look better—you’ll see the difference the rich trimmings add—and the fine workmanship keeps them looking “fine”— $8 Grosners - The House of Kuppenheimer Good Clothes , Stetson Hats STAR i | ! O f WASHINGTON, screen shadows. The viewpoints of stage manager and film director are 80 far removed that comparisons are indeed "odious, but the story of the modern “IBuebeard” lends itself to the less limited scope of the camera. and consequently we find an_embeilish- ment at every point which the foot- light version could not have fur- nished. These scenic and sartorial additions do not detract from the in- terest.of the narrative, and those. who. have seen the play can witness the film without any shoclk to the memo- ries of .the finesse with which Miss Claire carried the situation. Paul Weigel s the scheming Mar- quis de Briac, who replenishes his depleted purse by arranging a_mar- riage between his daughter Monna to John Brandon, a wealthy American who has married and divorced seven wives and still dares to take an eighth. ~ Robert Agnew portrays- the part of Albert Marceau, utilized b3 Monna as a lash to her husband jealousy, and the epirit of comedy in Wwhich ho interprets the.part disarms criticism of the scene where he has been planted by Monna as a final climax to her course of Instruction to' Mr. Bluebeard. Hun#ey Gordon plays this latter part with distinction. The supplemental features are_of more than average interest. Ben Turpin_shows us some of th. falls of a Big City”; the news filn has a splendid “shot” of the glant dirigiblo, monarch of the skies, | dwarfing the skyscrapers of New | York city, and the-Fox educational photo eraphically explaing things about the business of raising gold- fish which wiil be new to many. | In the music program Mr. Brusilof plays the intermezzo from “Caval leriu Rusticana” and the orche.tr: follows with the “Rusty Can-0 Blue CRANDALL'S——“Playing It Wild.” “Playing It Wild” at Crandail’s this weck, brings back the cowboy here of the screen that was familiar when motion-picture industry infancy. The story concerr adventurs and romgnce of a young cowpuncher who, dontrary to the usual practice, brings law and order into a small western town. The hero wins the village newspaper in a card | game and uses it as his chicf weapon in a fight against the lawless ele- ments in town. The play gives in splendid detail the -4 Seeing Is D. ¢, MONDAY. customs and characteristios of the | becomes entansted .in a mystesious The hero final- | murder, love . of the beautiful | works {ip to a strange and unexpect- ed climax of i old days in the west. ly wins the daughter of the former owner of the paper. The role of herolne is taken by Edith Johnson. Plenty of excite- ment abounds in the picture, and tense moments help to make the show an enterteining one. A Stan Laurel comedy, “The Pest,” which is very laughable, and pipe organ selections help. to complete a pleasing bill. CENTRAL—“Modern Marriage.” The famous team of Francls X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne returned to Washington pletures yesterday at the Central for the first three days of | this week in a highly emotional and romantic melodrama, such as’ these popular stars are eminently fitted to portray. 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