New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-01
Anita Stewart Is Seen at
Rialto as Chambers
Heroine
PAULINE FREDERICK
THE STRANDS STAR
Academy of Music Shows
island of Desire" and
George Walsh

II Robert W. Chambers could see
"The Girl Philippa" as It Is presented
at the Rialto this week he would prob
ably start work Immediately on an edi-
tion Of his story which would follow
the play more closely than the picture
follows tho original story; which Is to
say that "Tho Girl Philippe is more
attractive on the screen than she IS be-
tween the covers Of book.
First. the story seemed much too long
and at times it depressed until one for
got what II was all about. Then, too,
Philippa was ono Of those typical Cham
bsrs heroines, of whom one becomes
rather tired as time goes on. Too
much virtue pals.
Anita Stewart makes Philippa real
flesh and blood girl. She is delightful
in tho part, and she Is so pretty that
one does not blanc Warner for want
ing TO paint her portrait. Directors
should see to It, where every ono In tho
story Is raving Of the wondrous
beauty Of the heroine. that the heroine
is able to produce the goods, other
wise the lines should be changed. IL
the heroins is not really beautiful let
them refer 20 her AS worthy, good
natured or graceful, but Philippa is
quite ms beautiful IS she should have
been.
S. Rankin Drew was Warner. and one
would have fancied him huskier sort
Of person, perhaps, because Of the
final subjugation of the brute Asticot.
He was quite acceptable, however, as
the American artist who won the heart
Of the girl. Not enough was seen Of
Frank Morgan and Miss Curley as Hal
kett and Sister Ella. Ono was quite as
much in. crested in them as in the other
pair.
The screen adaptation manages 10 get
all of the story without making the
picture too lengthy There is besuti-
full scene on the river when Warner
first meets the girl Philippa. The
battles are decidedly realistic, and tho
scene where the spy tries to deprive
Halkett of his papers and meets
Philippa on the staircase in a hand-to-
hand encounter Is decidedly we'll acted.
The picture is we'll cast, all of the
characters being much as one had pict-
ured them. Billie Billings makes an
extremely handsome Countess.
A feature of the programme was a
New Year pantomime which showed
1915 at his death and the birth Of the
glad young 1917. The overture was
Dvoraks "Carneval." Nine. d'Espinoy
sang an aria from Louise" Vicente
Ballester gave Largo OF Factotnm, "
from "The Barber OF Seville" There
was an organ solo by DR.. A. G. Robyn
and harp solo by A. Rastner. On the
picture programme were the topical
digest, the educational series and a
comedy.
Is Il better 10 be entertained or con-
vinced? One cannot help feeling that
one is being entertained against his
better judgment as he watches Pauline
Frederick in "The Slave Market" the
F-4.ure at the Strand, and yet what
=. tiers il whether the story be true
when IL gives the star a chance to don
the garments Of pirates bride and TO
look more DtduAlA VI ILdlA tFN& o'At heo
looked before?
The first scene in 1.-THE Slave Mar
ketp is not encouraging. 1t shows the
heroine feeding pigeons. II practice
makes perfect, then every screen star
should be an adept at feeding pigeons.
They all do it, II is inevitable. But
wait! something is about TO happen,
for Pauline's pigeon flies straight into
the arms of a handsome pirate, and he
brings IL back 70 the convent gate and
meets the beautiful heroine, and the
Ramona, the daughter OF West
Indian trader, at eighteen is taken by
her father from the convent In Spain
to sail the Spanish Main with him: The
ship is attacked by pirates and Ro-
mona sees Firebrand slay her father.
After that the pirate carries her
awav TO his island as his slave. When
Anna, his fsvorite, meeting him, sees
her beautiful rival her rage knows no
bounds. Ruby Hoffman As Anna is de-
cidedly fetching. She seemed fitting
mate for the truculent Firebrand, and
when she said "You will tire OF white
CLAW and return to mel" one believed
her. He did not have chance, how