New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-08
Fond Hearts Subsidiary
to the Play of the
Elements.
SCENIC BEAUTY
OVER-EMPHASlZED
Willard Mack, as the Hero, Sails
the South Seas and is
Wrecked.
By HAYWOOD BROUN.

There is much in common between
Thomas Ince. the moving picture man.
and Quincy. the furniture dealer II
the Maxine Elliott Theatre. In Va
ehelps play Mrs. Quincy complains
that her hu band cares more for sticks
and stones than he does for people.
We have been watching Mr. lnce for
several weeks and we are convinced
that he is ever so much more interested
in rain storms and mountains 'nan De
is in heroes or heroines.
As p movie fan we protest RAM
rain. 20 away is our cry. Fond hearts
are more than mountain chains and a
story more moving than the wrati Oh
all the elements.
aloha or is lnce's contribution ms
week to the Triangle pictures az 'le
Vrickerbocker Theatre. It is n beanU-
rpI film. The storm at sea is one OF
the most magnificent scenes which we
have observed in q moving picture the
atre. There IS also volcanic eruption
and number Of artistic views 81 oeach
and mountain top. There is very little
storv Though a hero make love WIN
o,,cr 50 much distinction Il IS dlihcult
for an audi zee TO watch HIM II ne IS
set to wooing on the crater OF vol
canO. -, ,
Producers OF spoken plays know. e
srv rate some Of them do, that II Is
nossible TO bury play under scenery
Whom the eve and the ear are So IN
competition hearing and sight are pom
Unmarried. 4 , moving picture appear
only TO the eye. but even with sIhgle
sense employed the process OF wac" .l.s
q picture involves ection. ne 'ye
COO everything on the screen, but not
with the same intensity. Part oil
nicfure must claim the attention al me
evnonse Of ne rest. People liner
tban things carry n the story Ind' IN
our opfniou. things should always
suhordin ted % people in a picture.
0istinctly this is not alw' ys the ca G,
0A1ob. Oe1 is cited as a1 example 81
scoric over-enphasis on account OF JUS
o,ra.t beauty. The background OF every
eco- il so attractive that the Iore-
crornd suffe-s. The person VINO comes
ov,av Il. m the picture Will proDaDly
ro,,cr,her much more distinctly that Et
,o,,. ,nao.,ifcent storm than that lac
,,.atcboG 4 successful criminal lawyer
win South Sea Island princess, deser'
her and win her back again.
In Taskv's Carmen" one OF the mos
successful films Of the season. tae
heroine dies with nothing but plan
wooden gate behind her. In the ?
y,l ere Carmen finds the fatal card
background is merely blackness' Inc
Effectiveness Of such scenes ought 20 q
brought 10 the attention OF those TO
drcers who return TO ma re with suci
er+busiaem that they forget TO trihs
alone their heroes and their heroln~s.
Willard Mack plays the part OF l)avlo
trormor tho hero I'm aloha De- LeaV-
inc fancee behind he goes a-salilne
10 tho South Seas and IS wrecked. lie
caves Polvnesian princess from 3. 1ol-
cano and lives with her until he heara
"tbe call Of the tame" and returns 70
America. I-a arrives just m time 10
ind that the girl he loved has been ma
ried To another man. In fact, he -e
Thorn coming out Of church. Returning
"a the island some time later he hnds
tbat the South Sea princess 10 stu
mining for him. The motto seems To
That the less women know the better
lillian Cish is seen in her first pict-
ure since "The Birth Of Nation.
Rozsila Dolly Is fea.-red IN her sup
norf I'm "The Lily and the Rose The
new Griffith play gives Miss Gish a
cbanca 10 do some effective acting, but
the he story is Of no great merit. Miss
n is The lily and Miss Dolly a very
seductive rose Of a dancer. Moving
picture audiences are essentially mo--,9g-
qmous and nay resent the fact that
the heroine has 10 marry twice before
She chooses the right man.
Tire two farcos of the week which ..'e
more or less along conventional lines
are "a Janitor's Wife's Template -
with Fred Mace, and THE Village
Scandal" with Raymond Hitchcock and
Roscoe Arbuckle.