New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-25
Star Has Plot to Work
with in RiaItO'S Film
Feature
MISS CLARK SEEN
AS "SNOW WHITE"
Charms on Strand Screen
-VaIeSka Suratt Gives
Up "Vamping'

prctentious iu matter OF plots than
any Of Douglas Fairbanks previous
comedies
Sans plot. sans setting. sans every
thing, Fairbanks would be an enter
tainment in himself. The whimsical
manner in which he takes the audience
INTO his confidence at once and pro
ceeds 10 have good time with them
never ceases to charm. But in The
Americana" the inimitable Fairbanks
has real plot TO work with. and while
u does not give him quite so many
opportunities TO ride on the tops OF
motor cars and underneath freight cars
as is his wont, he can and does night
twelve Paragonisns singlc-handed ana
lick en-, too.
Baze Derringer. a young American
mining engineer. has p chance 10 60 10
Psragonia in the interest OF a mining
company. The first thing Blaze does
is TO voice the question which Was IN
the minds OF tho spectators, Nv here
is Paragonia?" When u - pointed
out 20 him on the map he replies that
il is too far away from Brooklyn ana
refuses 10 20. On his way out OF me
office. however, he encounters inc
daughter Of Paragonia's President ana
Immediately makes up his nina "
visit her country. Moving picture
heroes. even humorous ones me
Douglas Fairbanks. fall IN love 10
quickly. and a glance from An eye wen
directed. can change the whole coutS7
Of their lives. IL
II was so with Blaze Derringer. lie
visited Patagonia and he got right INTO
the thick OF revolution. VI course
everything had 10 turn out righI LOT
the hero. although he WAS hghtlns
against such heavy odds. Ihose Whonl
lie could not beat into submission nc
outwitted. and he finally rescued 'he
Precedent from prison and married the
The play is we'll cast. and any one
who ever has visited South America
will Immediately recognize the types
OF officers. soldiers and servants. lhey
are the sort which always shrug 'neir
shoulders and say "Manana.' ,
Alma Reubens. the girl. has little 10
do save look pretty, and she does TINS
Nine. Jenny Dufau sang Una X ;..
POGO Fa." from "The Barber OF seviiie'
and Gounod's ave Maria The over
ture was "Tho Merry Wives Of Wind
scr" On the musical programme was
an organ solo by DR.. A. u. konyh.
variations Of "Carnival in Venice, py
Vincent Bach. and wine. Woman ana
Song" waltz by the orchestra. Inc
usual educational films were shown
"Do Won believe in fairies" If you
do not YOU will be a convert alter you
have seen Marguerite Clark in SNOW
White" AT the Strand. She could MAKE
me believe anything that IS, almost
ANYTHING. for IL would be difficult Tor
nor 10 make me believe That she was
veil. more than ten in her latest plct-
ure She has the face, form and man
nor Of child. 1t is art 10 the nth de-
cree when the illusion IS as perfect as
Hiss Clark has made II. She IS Tiny,
dainty sprite-likc and ingenious and
as beautiful as all fairy prlncesses
must be.
Every one knows the story OF snow
White and how she was prosecuted by
a wicked stepmother and Sent III we
kitchen TO do q scullery MAIDS "orA'
The wicked stepmother mad the coop
or.tion Of the witch Hex, who longed
for Snow Whites heart to compete
hair tonic with which she hoped 20
produce fine hirsute adorhmeh' vi
TOP Of her bald pate.
cnov, White decides to keep her own
lj,tio heart. however. and instead she
ends tho heart of q wild pig. When
tbis is used i'm the hair tonic II. not IN,
naturally. produces pigtails, and Ola
Hex cries: "A pigs heart grew lhis
hair and can prove II. =.
Tho seven little dwarfs are one o.
tho most entertaining features OF the
nicture. They are so tiny that they are
onlv about half AZ tell as Miss Clark
Beautiful Snow White finally marries
tbo hrave Prince Florimond and ives
bannilv ever after. The picture wa
PRODUCED under the personal direction
Of Winthrop Ames.
Valeska Suratt should never return
90 The WAYS Of the vampire. She
,,ro,os that she can do better things
N "The Victim" the feature At the
Academy for the first four days OF the
week. .L;or
Miss Suratt starts out as a cashier
10 EMAIL restaurant. and Il was
revolation to see her IN regulation
cashiers clothes. One fancied that she
would have PLAYED the part IN a blsck
velvet gown and dangling earrings.
She did nothing Of the sort. Later she
became maid. and wore white cap
end anron after the accepted style, ano
vhen she was dispossessed she went
g,;tb q shawl over her head; which only
GOES 20 show that real artst VIII
sacrifice anything for her arts SAKE.
Ruth is Handicapped from the start
r;,b father who is wanted by the 20
lie. and when he is caught. though
entireiv innocent. she is involved and
forced 10 serve term IN prison.
,.o;i Is drsvn over what must have
bcen an unpleasant experience for RUTH
snd sbe emerges. resolved TO travel the
strait and marrow. A..
Along about the third reel MISS
Suratt cried. "You must give me
cborco 20 wear some fine gowns IN
which my soul dclighteth." so they
brorght OUT a nice, kind. rich doctor
for her to marry. And then the
clothes which she worel Solomon IN
All his glory never had such turs, mats
or earrings. and then crash
She L. recognized by a detective and
blackmailed. Ruth is accused OF inur-
6ering him, but her father confesses
everything on his deathbed, and Ruth
goes back to her good, kind doctor. who
never has doubted her Miss Suratt
should stick to sympathetic roles. She
is much nicer when she does not vsmp.
II. L.
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