El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-25
SIR HERB. TREE
IN 4 GREAT PLAY
cold Folks at Home" Star
ring Great English Actor,
at Grecian Today.

The following is the complete criti-
cism from the New York Mail This is
& genuine criticism and not specially
prepared press matter issued from film
studios The Old Folks at Home"
will be shown at the Grecian today and
tomorrow GreciarR patrons are es-
becially asked TO read the following
and IL might be mentioned. that this
picture is one OF the three placed in
the New York Nails honor roll-a
mark Of distinction accorded TO but
few pictures
"THE Old FOLKS At HONIE.g
An Intensely Dramatic Film From Book
by Rupert Hughes.
Reviewed by Frederick " Eath for
the New York Mail
4 Its just about as easy a task to
paint a word picture OF this film that
would be at ali commensurate 10 the
worth OF the film as Il would be to
convince a German that the allies viii
win the war. For this Is one Of those
AsTarc good pictures where good points
Ere found in such abundance that al
though YOU feel ITS merit at heart you
can't express Jhdr feel adequately.
even with a book of synonyms at your
service The nearest We can come to
lymnInE its praises with any degree
OF fairness is TO imagine all of the
highly complimentary adlectiVes that
might be written with the 20 letters
on our typewriter as being placed side
by side in this review, and let IL go at
II we had any idea that the picture
public was unaware OF the fact that
The Old Folks at Home" was written
by rupert hughes ana mat 1t IS con-
coded to be not only the greatest writ
ing Of this great American writer. but
one OF the greatest of all American
novels. we would state IL in this para
graph a 6 matter Of information But
so many thousands of copies OF this
story have been tear-stained by i'm
questionable readers that II We're su-
.ferfluous 10 dwell on the book as "A
Sook- As a film II gains in the telling.
partly because the Fine Arts director
who scerarioiZed the story did his work
in A workmanship-like manner ana
with a degree Of accuracy and film
intuition so TO speak. attained by but
few adaptarOrS- The result is that one
can view the picture and recognize IL
as coming from the pen of Rupert
Hughes Then, too, the photOplay is
remark able for its aracteriZations-
delicate. restrained. natural. true TO
.kleir prototypes Of the book.
Sir Herbert BeerbOhm Tree becomes
James Colburn without any trouble
He gives TO the screen one Of the best
zcharacc erlZa -IOnS the writer has seen
5lI IS . masterpiece OF acting Jose
nLine CroWell as Mrs Colburn. Elmer
|3ifton as the son are others whose
acting eurhuSes the spectator Mildred
Harris In a small part IS decidedly
pretty anu rs lI.LAfte s-N she IS aLLl a.
tive. happy combination. and one
that makes US wish for her early re-
turn TO the screen
RevertinE TO the director. his work
Is especially commenda bic. because It
Is so perfect as to detail i Is pointed
in such a way as TO bring out every
bit Of pathoS and vet be relieved in
S.rmittently by clever touches
C~Another point u be commended IS
Tho quotations from the original story.
because they are Rupert Hughes truth,
Couched IN his aiEhtforward man
ner- one feels that more Of them might
very easily have been used to good
advantage
The Old Folks at Home'-consid-
cred as a drama and not as a mere
''vehicle-iS a phot0plav that ranks as Z
one OF the few really big feature pro- I
auctions OF the year--Adv.