The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-28
Frederick
At The Lyric
Wed. and:Thufs.
Gives Great Charaeterizations In the
Famous Players Production
1.-THE Spider"

It is no violation of screen secrets
to tell the fact that the scenes in
the Famous Players production, The
Spider, in which Pauline Frederick
is starred at the Lyric theater, were
not taken in the sequence in which
they appear in the play. Nor is 1t an
aspersion upon the superb ability Of
Miss Frederick TO say that the pho
Geographic arrangement was due to
the stars own request.
The solution CT the fact lies in
Miss Frederick's playing two totally
different roles In the production, the
one notorious Partisan beauty, the
other her innocent little daughter
whom she deserted when mere
babe, in order to shar ethe fortunes
of a dissolute nobleman. So great is
the sincerity and the power which
Miss Frederick puts into her acting,
and so lasting is the spell Of her own
imagination upon the star that, when
she worked herself up to the psyche
logical point at which she portrays
the cynical, heart sore woman of the
world, 1t is hours before she can as
sumo the happy, light hearted ingep.
uousness Of the younger and less SO.
phisticated girl.
Conversely, II she is playing Joan,
the girl, she cannot instantly change
to Valerie, the woman. So 1t was
that when she read the script of The
Spider, Miss Frederick declared that
she cold do her best work II she
were permitted to concentrate upon
first the one character and then the
other, and since the two never meet
upon the scree nthe suggestion was
easily agreed to by her director.
There is little doubt that the wis
dom Of the director in making this
concession to Miss Frederick will
be apparent at once to everyone who
sees this Paramount Picture at the
Lyric theater for in 1t the star per-
forms miracles Of character interpre-
tation and Of dramatic portrayal.
When she was declared by the critics
to have surpassed Mrs. Leslie Cart
er in Zaza, and to have outshone Ma.
zimova in Bella Donna, 1t seemed
that there was little left for this
gifted woman to accomplish, but
The Spider stands as a monument to
her versatile genius.
In The Spider, Valerie st. Cyr Is
living in comparative peace with
Count Du Poissy, having abandoned
her infant daughter to run away with
the nobleman. In order to avenge a
rebuff which she receives at the
hands Of an artist, she unwittingly
assists in placing her own daughter
in the hands OF the profligate count.
Whe nshe discovers the identity of
Joan and attempts to save her, Va
lerie finds that her daughter has stab
bed and killed Du Poissy. AS she
hears the gendarmes coming she
makes her momentous decision and,
Selling the dagger she declares that
she committed the crims. 1t is the
only reparation that she can make
to her abandoned daughter and Va.
lerie finds in this great sacrifice
solace for all the heartache that she
has endured ever since the siren call
of the counts gold lured her from
the helpless babe she loved.
The cast, which has been gathered
in support Of Miss Frederick includes
Frank Losee, Thomas Holding and
other distinguished players.
Miss Frederick will be seen in The
Spider, at the Lyric Theater, We'd
nesday and Thursday, March 20 and
30.