New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-30
JAPANESE STAR
SEEN AT STRAND
.Heir to the Hoorah" Is
Weeks Film Feature
at Broadway

eth, Soul Of Kura San" is at the
"a Theatre this week. Sessue
s...kawa did not believe Kura San
pa. soul: he did not believe, either
-. Anne willOughby had one. The
.,;.nee disagreed with him in the
-, instance. and agreed with him
..lr partially in the case OF the
Ia lady who taught him the error
I,is ways. If Anne Willoughby had
.oul IL was not a soul above cream
~. and marshmallows. At least that
ia be the inference of the Law
ind. There was a rotundity and
-,;ybtiness about Anne which made
:. feel certain Of her ability 10 take
"a Of herself. even when she so
..,s,ingly walked into the trap pre-
I'D for her by Sessue Hayakawa. who
the screen was Toyo. She proved
match. too, for one Of that race
,sO,e prowess in jiu jitsu is so well
Snown.
TIE willy Japanese lived TO ask her
,,,don and forgive the man who had
.,olsn poor little Kurs Sans soul from
.r Tsuru Aoki. as Kura San. was
;.lirhtful. and should have shared the
cellar honors. She seemed to have
.. worst Of it all around. After her
J,psnese lover. Toyo. leaves her to 90
"a America and inherit the fortune o.
ii. uncle. 8 Japanese art dealer. her
hther deceives Kura San into thinking
IoyO has deserted her.
In desperation she turns to an Amer
,an artist, Herbert Graham. and when
!. deserts her she decides to kill her
eli by the ancient custom. Togo ar
,,,s in japan just in time to hear
rom her lips the name Of her betrayer'
,,d then and there he swears VEN
rance.
"a the artist has treated Kura San. Toyo
resoned without his host. or rather
n, hostess. for Myrtle Stedman. VINO
r,yed Anne Willoughby. proved good
-,tch for him in a boxing bout. and
i,r lover appears in time TO save her.
sThe Soul of Kura San" is well cast
nd beautifully staged. If there IS any
tsult to find with it 1t Is that hura
San was not avenged.
~Ths Heir TO the Hoorah" is the feat
urt at the Broadway. Thomas Meighan
,rd Anita King are the parents of the
lsir and one is impressed with the fact
hat little Margaret had excellent taste
in selecting her parents. 49,.
The play is most amusing and there
Is not a dull moment in the five reels
perhsps Edythe Chapman, as Mrs. Kent,
overaeted, and then perhaps there are
PEOPLE lust as disagreeable as the char,
seter she portrayed. She certainly mao
provocation. No one could be expected
10 rejoice when two men came to din-
rsr wearing flannel shirts under their
hired dress suits, and then drank their
coffee out Of the saucer and told risque
stories at the table. The two men who
% rnsbehaved were Bud and Bill,
plaved By Horace Carpenter ana
trHfleS OKlEs DUN ntlt WI
The best scene was the meeting OF
he bride and bridegroom on the return
from their honeymoon and the old
friends Of the miners. Joe and Ger
,ldine find themselves the owner OF q
rotor car which the boys have gwen
hem 10 show their devotion. The car
4 decorated with flowers and flags, anc
sf,er the happy couple have been lifted
il they are escorted TO their new home
~ the town band and all Of the citi'
Isns in Hoorah City.
When they reach the new home the
welcome is so frosty they retire in dis
rsy. Probably if Mrs. Kent had haC
presence Of mind, however, to treat th'
sssir as a Joke, Lord and Lady Chud
lsigh would never have recognized the
faux pas. The English aristocraey ex
,sc.s nothing or anything of Ameri
ans, especially if they live west of th'
Mississippi River. They behaved wei