The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-02-24
"Pedeeming Love-"

In the Morosco Companys striking
production of "Redeeming Love"
which will be the Monday attraction
at the Grand, there is a real story,
finely woven and of genuine interest.
The picture is elaborately staged, the
interior of the gambling house owned
by the woman in the case being re-
narkabfe for its size and appoints
ments. =
The titles, excellent examples OF
artistic illuminative work, are thing
apart. If in reading them you note
that the words remain on the screen
so long that they may be reread, you
do not, as usually may be the case'
give vent to growl, but reread them
with hearty appreciation OF the
literary skill of the man who con-
ceived them. An example in point IS
the remark of the gambler libertine
who has induced the young church
member to elope. 1t is the morning
after, and the girl, fearing she has
been deceived, inquiries how soon the
marriage ceremony is to be perform.
ed. "Why worry over fnouthful OF
words and scrap of paper?'' asks her
seducer. Disregarding the ethics in
volved, there is terseness, revela-
tion of point of view.
Kathlyn Williams is Naomi Sterling,
the churchgoer who quarrels with
pastor who seeks her hand as well as
her spiritual welfare, and then elopes
with Hugh Wiley, a gambler. 1t IS a
powerful portrayal, one covering g
wide range of emotions-of the
pleasure loving girl, of the woman
deceived, of the woman who finally
adopts the extremely cynical view OF
life, who in the working out OF her
new ambition accumulates a fortune
as the proprietress of a gambling
house, and at the end puts her for
tune and her heart on the altar and at
the feet of the man that a few years
before she had turned her back upon.
1t is Miss Williams debut upon the
Paramount program, and it is nota-
Bile one.
Thomas Holding, we'll known for
his previous appearance in Famous
Players pictures, is John Bancroft,
the clergyman who is chosen by
wealthy men of his community to in
stitute reform in the town and to
clean out the gambling houses. Mr..
Holding is splendid clergyman, one
who in his Interpretation carries con-
viction. Wyndham Standing is
Wiley, the blase gambler Herbert
Standing is James Plymouth, the
head of the church workers. Both
OF these men uphold the farnily name
for acting ability. A large cast give
good support to these principals.
"Redeeming Love" is a good all
round picture, one that will especial
iy appeal to hlgh-class clientele.
Jealousy"
woman without heart or emotion
who wrecks the lives of two men and
brings unhappiness into her own
nome, is the character portrayed by
Valeska Suratt in Jealousy" which
comes to the Grand Tuesday.
Anne Baxter marries Peter Martin
against her will. Later she finds tina.
the man she had loved, Roland Car
ney, is living happily with his wife,
Agnes. Anne decides to break up
the peace and quiet of their home.
She tries first to make Roland sus-
plcious of his wife, but her efforts in
TINS direction meet with failure. Her
direct attack, on Roland's own heart,
meets with more success. She gives
nm tip on the stock market, and he
follows it. But Peter has learned
what his wife is doing, and he pun
,snes her and Carney at the same time
by running Carney.
In the end, Martin goes to Anne
and tells her he has known her tactics
from the beginning. He leaves the
nnoase, as Anne falls senseless to the
The Slave Market"