New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-01

vamp. and she is especially convinc
ing in her tender moments; also, she
has never looked so pretty during her
screen career as she did in the big
white hat trimmed with lilacs which
she wore when she and Armand start
ed OF on their impromptu honeymoon.
Miss Bara has very beautiful hands.
and they were much in evidence. add
ing not little TO the enjoyment o.
the occasion.
Albert Roscoe. as Armand Duval,
had the sympathy of no one. He is
likely 20 be quite as unpopular as
Count de Narville himself, who was
Walter Law. with a beard as obviously
false as his philosophy.
Alice Gale is excellent in the role
Of Madam Prudence.
That desthbed scene is so dear TO
the heart of every actress that we felt
Miss Bara might be forgiven if she
made the most Of it. In the operate
version the heroine is allowed time 10
trill a half dozen arias after her death
knell is sounded. but there was where
Miss Bara was both wise and differ
ent. After she decides TO die she does
il quickly and looks perfectly beauti-
ful while she is doing It.
Those who love Miss Bara-and
their name is legion-wiil love her
Camille.
The Burglar" a World-Brady pict-
ure. was presented at the Park Theatre
yesterday. with Carlyle Blackwell in
the title role.
Again the much mooted question
arises. which is the better medium for
telling a story. the spoken or the silent
drama? And the answer seems 10 be
found in this picture. as it has been
staged and directed by Harley Knoles
II was Mr.. Knoles who made such a
delightful thing of the screen version
Of Bought and Paid For"
Never having seen Carlyle Blackwell
on the screen. we were prepared TO view
a good looking hero. with about the
usual amount of ability one expects TO
find in a screen hero. On the contrary,
Blackwell is not so good look looking
as one would fear. but far better
actor than one had dared 10 hope for.
II is a difficult role. and Blackwell is
forceful. sincere and most convincing.
Il is doubtful if any other young lead
ing man could have made the part quite
so human.
EVELYN Greeley's beauty is not great
Is in evidence in the role Of the wife.
and the chief honors in the feminine
contingent went to little Madge Evans.
the child star. who plays difficult roles
with such wonderful skill
Fanny. II that was the name of the
other girl. was played by Rosina Hen
ley, an extremely pretty girl. who was
not seen on the screen often enough.
Miss Greeley has been noted for her
ability to cry at a moments no
tice, and she had plenty of chances TO
exercise her talents in this direction.
The part is played almost entirely in
one mood, and at no time is the poor
heroine given a chance to be really
happy.
Mr. Knoles endeared himself to every
one when he did not have his picture
turn out one Of those dream plays. Too
frequently screen versions are modi-
fed and have a softened rotundity
found in the happy ending which an
outraged playwright never intended to
have there. But in screening The
Burglar all Difference has been paid
20 Augustus Thomas, and the original
story is not deviated from.
The picture is beautifully staged
with a fine attention TO detail. and
some Of the scenes were so lovely that
they drew applause from first night
gathering Of spectators. II. I.