New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-28

sive and beautiful than our own, and it
would seem that their souls are filled
with romance. ii. L.
"The Submarine Eye" which opened
/ at the Liberty Theatre last night,
/ should, in the interest of humanity,
be shown in at least ten episodes. it
/ furnishes altogether too much excite
ment for one evening, and one is
whisked TO the bottom of the ocean
and back TO the Treasure Island, and
then to the deck of yacht until, when
/ the final fadeaway comes, II leaves one
limp and breathless.
The Williamson brothers, whose mar
vellous invention made possible 10000
Leagues Under the Sea-" are response
bic for this new submarine story,
which is so far ahead of anything
which has gone before that there is
no comparison. Not only is the pho
! Biography lar more wonderful, but the
story is extremely interesting, and the
cast is so good that one really. feels
( that he is living with the charac-
+ tiers and not merely looking at series
+ of phenomenal photographs.
The big idea in "The Submarine
/ Eye" is an inverted periscope which
/ makes il possible TO stand on the deck
Of vessel and view the floor Of the
sea.
The story tells of young inventor
| who needs money TO complete TINS IN
verted periscope which his mind has
conceived. One day he hears two old
sea captains talking of sunken treas
urc chest off the coast o. Nassau, and
he offers to locate the chest II some
one will finance the expedition. Ihere
is a beautiful girl named Dorothy
Morgan, whose father agrees TO give
Of h.s millions, so they. all SET san IN
his Yacht. and with the aid OF the
periscopc the chest is located.
The hero himself dons the divers
suit and goes down TO rescue the buried
treasure, and then all sorts OF eXcit-
ing things happen. He is finally res
cued by Butler, the wonderful diving
negro. who was seen in 100000 Leagues
| Under the sea" in the clutches OF
devilfsh.
il seems that Butler is under water
| for five minutes, and. as matter OF
I fact he had lust about reached his en-
/ durance when he returned TO the sur
! face. On his way up he encounters nu-
/ merous man-eating sharks, and his sal
arv should equal that Of Charlie Chap
/ lin if he is TO be paid for the risk he
/ takes.
In the previous submarine picture
the "self-contained" diving suits were
used. In "The Submarine Eye" the old
/ fashioned sort, with life line and air
pipes. are used. These are much more
/ picturesque, ard, anyway, if the other
d kind were used there would have been
| TO story.
The picture is in two episodes. The
| first one tells how the treasure chest
| happened TO be where it was. and the
present day one shows the rescue OF
| the treasures.
Too much cannot be said in praise Of
"The Submarine Eye" From every
viewpoint it is delightful. An un-
usually good cast includes Chester Bar
nett. Lindsey Hall. Barbara Tenant,
Charles Slattery, Eric Mayne and Bull
Ter. the human fish.
The book is by J. Ernest Williamson,
and the picture was directed by Win
throp Kelly.
In the Broadway Theatre "The Bar
Sinister" which was shown TO an in
vited audience in that theatre few
weeks ago, had it's first public presenta-
tion last night.
The picture was produced by Edgar
Lewis, which is really about all one
needs 10 know of a photo drama. Mr..
Lewis set standard when he produced
"The Barrier" for Rex Beach, and now
all he has to do is TO keep on producing
pictures Of equal merit. This is not
so easy as il sounds, but he has
achieved il in his latest picture, for
"The Bar Sinister" is delightful enter
tainment from every angle.
When the picture was shown private
ly il seemed to the writer than it was
wellnigh fawless, but there were those
who pointed out TO Mr.. Lewis ways IN
which they believed it might be i'm
proved and strengthened. As 1T Is
shown now il is shortened little, and
some of the titles, which were designed
with the evident intention of proving
that one man is as good as another, If
not better, have been changed.
"The Bar Sinister" is of course a
strain Of African blood which is sup
posed to flow in the veins of the beauti-
full heroine, only, fortunately, it doesn't.
Mitchell Lewis, who did such splen-
did work as "Poleon" in "The Barrier"
is a lovable sort of person named Ben
Swift, in whose veins runs the blood
of the white man, the black man and
the red man.
Hedda Nova is beautiful Belle
Davis. and Victor Sutherland, who
played the hero in the Rex Beach pict-
ure. has that part in "The Bar Sin
ister.'
Nothing more entertaining and alto
gether artistic has been seen in long
time. "The Bar Sinister" was written
by Anthony =. Kelly and produced by
Frank Hall. III. L.