New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
On the Screen
The Girl at Home and
Happiness Are This
Weeks Features

There is q brand new setting az the
Strand Theatre; IN fact. several set
sings. Gone arc the >uowbals which
used 10 decorate the back drop ard the
master ladies who seemed 90 emulate
Sehurp and MoCsrty. Ia their place IS
& gorgeous scenic drop which is used
ss the basis OF some splendid lighting
Effects.
Du-.ur the overture. which wa.
LIST "Lcs Preludes." storm clouds
rolled 40 in the west and a most real
.siic thunderstorm dclugcd the peace
fui landscape.
Among the vocalists were Rosa Llnd
and Yon CoiCuon, who sang the due'
~LAngc,us de la Mer'; Miseha Maka-
rof and Grace Hoffman. 49,,
The feature picture was Inc GII.
, Il Yome." with Vivian Martin and Jach
Piekfor5 playing Jean Hilton and jim
ME Dexter. ~,
lords light under a bushel, and Why
voste him in n part which any good
looking juvenile could do? The talent
ID Young brother Of "Our Mary gave
such remarkable performances as up
In Great Expectations and as Barney
Cook IN The Dummy that one cannot
helm wishing that he had been give"
more of the same sort Of work 70 DO.
@The Gil Al Home is a delightful
little story, but II makes no require
nents on its players. MISS Martin is
nerfectly beautiful as Jean. the girl at
kome. and Jimmie Dexter is a most
ple2sing person in spite Of his pecca-
diUoes The cast is uniformly gooc,
with James NELL. Edytho Chapman and
Olga Grey in the important parts.
"Past One a. Rooney's Is designed
N delight all lovers Of the q. Henry
s.orjes. OF course, first hOnors 90 10
The author. but the director deserves
honorable mention, for the types are
so carefully chosen that 10 IS q. Hen
MS characters come 70 life.
Gordon Gray is Cork McManus. the
Gauntlet Of the Bowery, whose tcud
VItb the Montagues Of the underworld
sed him il 10 Rooney's. Mildred Man
4 ring IS delightful as The Girl, ana
Rooney. Brick Cleary and Dutch Nike
are al excellent.
Enid Bennett, the featured player at
the Rialto this week, is comparatively
new 10 New York audiences, but the
APPLAUSE which greeted her picture
Happiness" means that they have de-
cided IN her favor.
Miss Bennett is the personlflcatlon OF
simplicity and seems entirely free from
IN those faults which so often mar the
psrformances OF legitimate stars VINO
assay the films.
As Doris Wingate, Americas great
est snob," she is charming. she plays
the part wistfully and eagerly, but she
never tries to be cute. The humor is
subtle and Miss Bennett lets 1t re
main so, relying more on the lntelll-
rence and imagination Of her audience
than on her antics 10 drive point
home. The star is quite different from
any Of the other screen favorltes, and
YET at times she suggests Marie Doro
and again Marguerite Clark. She does
not wear curls.
The story Of Happiness is a simple
one Of girl who IS so rich that she
is not allowed TO play with any other
girls and boys until her uncle. who is Il
regular fellow" arrives from Aus
tralia and decides that Doris shall 20
to coed. school. Here she meets Rob
|. ert HOLSTER, who is working his way
through college by taking in washing.
Il is kept d profound secret, and Doris
only discovers it when she finds him
doing up" a nightgown Of hers.
OF course. she is delighted, and in
sists on being a partner, and she finally
becomes a life partner. Thelma Saltcr
has quite an important part IN the pct
ure, and she Is remarkably clever for
one so young. Also, she is very beau
tiful child and viii grow up TO be a
movie star IL she isn't careful.
The Rialto's overture is Tschaikow-
sky's "ISf2. with the usual added num-
Der from "The Prince Of Pilsen' this
time. In this the orchestra was assist
cd BY the Rialto chorus, with remark
ably good effect. Margaret Gilmcr sang
Tosti's Goodbye" and +. Balfour gave
Snowy Breasted Pearl and my Old
kentucky Home On the picture pro
gramme were the travel series, the
animated magazine and COMEDY called
His Naughty Thought
In Gods Law and Mans" a Metro
picture which was shown yesterday,
there is a part which would delight the
soul Of any screen actress. II IS that Of
Akols, beautifully portrayed by Viola
Dana
The story rs most pleasing, ana totall3
lacking In any OF the things which the
title might suggest
|, is taken from Paul Trent's novel,
"A Wife by Purchase" and tells Of
Claude Drummond, a young English
army surgeon, who is stationed m In
ola. His friend, Jack Aston. is com
missioner for the English government
a. neighboring port Claude saves
Akole, Hindu girl, from the fate OF
Becoming sacrificed TO the god Krishna,
aud 70 protect her makes her his native
wife. On the death Of his brother,
+ Claude becomes Earl Of Hethernglon
ard is recalled 70 England. He goes.
leaving Akole behind him, and, al
though he promises 20 return. he is
hnally forced into d wealthy alliance
BY his father.
Akcie follows him TO England and
settles matters IN her own way.
Aiss Dana never has done anything
so good as her Hindu girl. She dis
plays love, fear, hatred, JOY and de-
spalr. and Is absolutely convincing in
every mood
Robert Walker is more than adequate
- "husban' Claude" and Augustus
f.sillips is dignhed and manly Jack
AZ the Academy "The Honor system"
WI be presented all the week
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