New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
On the Screen

"Thc Cinderella Man is the feature
at the Strand this week, and one may
say without reservation that 1T is on,
OF the most pleasing pictures That ever
has been shown at this theatre.
It Is a delightful story. well pro.
duced and wonderfully well played.
Mae Marsh has greater opportunities
than in any Of her previous Goldwyr
pictures, and she makes the most oi
them. While admitting that compari
sons are dangerous, If not odious. Il is
still impossible not TO draw compari
sons between the stage play and the
screen. and il would seem that in this
instance the screen has the advantage
Either the scenario was particularly
well done or the story was particularly
adaptable for the purpose, for it Is q
long time since we have viewed a pict-
ure which ran so smoothly from the
start. At the finish Of the picture we
could not remember single title
which means that they must have been
good. OF course, subtitle should be
as much part OF a screen drama as
the dialogue in a play. but how rarely
are they! How often do they stand out
as Inconsistencies, if not glarng
atrocities?
Tom Moore is so lkable as Anthony
Qulntard, the role created by Shelley
Hull. And Mae Marsh, as Marjorie
Gamer. is n sheer delight. One blase
bld-timer was moved to tears and
laughter at her performance, and he
finally rSnarked: "By Joye, she is
cute!" And so she is.
For those who have not seen the
play, let it be said that they will be
quite satisfied with the picture. 1t has
everything that was found in the stage
version. and then some.
The story is simple. but it reaches
out and finds ones heart.
Marjorie Gamer is n little girl with
stern, multi-millionaire father who
denies her nothing but love. So Mar
gorie sets out TO find it for herself. To
do this il is necessary TO cross into
the attic Of the poet. Anthony Quin-
tard. over frozen roofs and through a
window.
This Marjorie manages very nicely.
and she supplies the poet with comfort
both physical and mental.
And then, when father threatens to
spoil everything, he proves not.to be
such a misanthrope after all.
George Fawcett adds not r. little 10
the joyousness Of the occasion by his
decidedly human portrayal of Morris
Gamer.
The same might be said of Louis Il.
Grisel, as Primrose, butler, who had
seen better days.
Others in the cast who acquitted
themselves very creditably were Alec.
Il. Francis, as Romney Evans; George
Farren, as William Sewell, and Eliza
beth Arans. as Mrs. Prune.
The overture was selections from
"The Fortune Teller" Kund Dahlgard,
the Danish violnist, delighted his audi
cnces with Paganini's variations on the
G string and Ole Bulls Solitude Sir
la Montague" Grace Hoffman sang
Theme" and variations.
The comedy was "Their Adopted
Child"
Geraldine Farrar has not done any
thing so nice as Marcia Minot since
she did Carmen. This does not mean,
of course. that "The Devil Stone in
which Miss Farrar plays Marcia, is as
pretentious n pictute as some OF her
recent offerings have been, but it does
mean that her work is far more salts
fying than in any Of her other pictures.
"The Devil stone" which was shown
at the Rialto yesterday, is quite differ
ent from what one would suppose.
There are no savages nor medIaval
princes in il. II is just an interesting
story Of everyday people, who live on
the screen in the persons OF MISS
Farrar. Wallace Reid, Tully Marshall
and Hobart Bosworth.
Tully Marshall plays the part OF
Silas Martin in his usual mastery