Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-23
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ANNETTE kr:I.LEHMANN STAIRS
IL mo pIIOIuSrI:t' W. III:


AZ a photodrama. William i'oNS pie
turc. ~ Daughter OF &c Gods. l. a
slight and imcouSiLsr:ibir thing: as Il
photo*pcct1ciC. IL ~ a very big ihini,
indeed. Its story IL fantastic. Il blend
Of Oriental ncludran,;t ;,nh fairy tale.
but the drama element il IL" LONG
drawn out and the fairy tale ~ too OBJ
viOusly mechanical to admit OF amy
sustained interest in the development
of the plot. far as II is a plot and
not II fancy. l;ut ihat and the very
length "f tn" pictur" are virtually
it's ouly faults. which an. soon uvrr
with.
AZ Il picture. :, reproduction of bc:,u-
,ifui. unusual and even thrilling
Hcc,.ga. and a. vchicl" for the cN-
ploitaii"r at III" person and talent Of
It's central figure. Anm"tt" kcllcrmann,
i, ia :, thin.: to marvel at. Taken in
Jamaica and possibly elsewhere in the
Caribbean S":. ii affords view after
view an the sea. III" shore aud
INLAND, that ~" often STARTLING. in their
sheer natural lov";imcSS. or Splcudor
Sometimes they arc quiet and sub
ducd. 80 ,nat their Siupl" beauty
uak-S its way almnS, slowly /" III"
hr:.iu OF th. spectator. sometimes
again. they arc rugged and violent ia
th.ir pictur, s,,ucucss. Sometimes. tho
story leads I" AN inl:,nd pool. over
hi,u. with tr"Iir;,i and iuNuriaut vines
and drn"rju- trees; sometimes IT shifts
- til. ;s'D. which ruars and breaks
A-n,rst TIA" rocks. sometimes. it
tai,.S the characters to - mountainous
country. over which tho roaL winds al
most i'm sup"rinp"%cd s;piralS somc-
times i, changes tn" sc"u" To tho Zoo;
at 4 water tall. which drops in foam
iu: steps down tho hillside"
/, is Said ,ha, no lew "f Tho apr,ar-
cntlv nrttiral scenes were created bv
tho cu"jGN 90 III" producer. Certain.
U.s. lac spared un energy -n"r. ;.pi.,r-
.ntly. Npousc--iu building what lac
required "f streets. halls. rooms. wall,
and every other physical arrcSSrry
that the fertile brain OF au imagine
tive director could prescribe. JUDGED,
it seemed ,hat he bull, a whol" city.
only :" huru il NJ -, the cuh. And TO
people his stony. his scenes. his arui"S,
his city. ~ word. "" employed Ger
iaiuly hundreds and hundreds Of men.
v.oio"n au'! children; c"Siuncd them;
drilled ihcrn: imported ;h"n to tho 10
cations. rchc"r.cd' them again. auh
th"n called ON photographers wh" v"r"
artists in iu'it;irg lights and shades /"
transfer tho Who'll" 10 tho films
Thr"urout Tho story swirns aud
dives Anu"tt" kcllerinaun. sometimes
AZ - mcruiaid. sometimes IS Il soul.
sometimes ~ :: tranSrnicrat",i hire. She
Jumps from 81 tower into TN" s-,a utnuH.
nl:uy fc"t below: sin" is bound band
and foot au. thrown I" III" cvo't"lilcS
which a fairy turus~iutn swans. she
races through th" ocean pursued hy
tho Sultan'S guards. who So" evidently
natives aud could perhaps hnr. rtu:h'
hcr ~ n DOZEN strokes: she turns ami
doubles under water in 'uIl vicw--a
rcnarkabl" bit ot dirNctor'S ingenuity.
:,nd Size finds 81 shady pool. such rs
that in which She found delight in
''N"rtnuc's laughter" ard dives Ecr
very prct,ies'. Again. She is dashed
against rougl rocks hy =, heavy 80.
Whil" bound not ou,". but many times.
All in all, she gives wonderful per
torinancc.
Semi coca Siourlly. she is fully
dressed; oftcncr she i half-rlad: often
est. possibly She is in tho ;,ltoccthrr
Ia Ia" laSt-rHrn"d state arc also q
GOOD man! others. from time to time
notably in The lofty ANA hnrdsonlcly
acc. in which she il found during ono
period Of her troubled earthly exist.
cn"". That existence. by tn. wav is
nothing but trouble. fact which forms
great par, of the picture, since il
gives reason for her iunum,rablc .N-
citing escapes. But harkin. back TO
tho altogether. there j. nothing sur; =.
ccstivc in III. lack OF costume To Shi.h
Miss kcll ermann .nd her tcmuo,ary
associates in tho scragli" wcr, ;,d-
dictcd. II is all simply a frank dis
play. and there is 50 much of The
paintahlc it ~ all 80 evidently uar,
of u picture. that ii is a sort Of Greek
nunity ana not at all III" Kind Of