The sun., 1918-09-02
MISS PARRAR AIDS
DESPERATE HERO
Has Unconventional Role in
"The Turn of the Wheel"
Film at Strand.

Geraldine Farrar found a congenal
role as Rosahe Dean in THE Turn OF
the Wheel which is on view this week
at the Strand. The part called for the
portrayal Of an impetuous young woman
whose primitive human instincts were
too strong to be completely eradicated
by the tyranny OF conventions.
sympathy for loser 10 a natural feel
ing and It came naturally to Rosaiie.
especially as the loser was fellow
American in such an alien setting as
Monte Carlo. Her sympathy was fur
Their aroused, and to such good purpose,
when she found the loser about to COM
nit suicide that she insisted upon pro-
vidlne another stake
This, and Rosdlie'S lunches at rou-
lette. was all that MdrfeId Grey re-
CURED to carry out his system, fact
that he demonstrated handily by recoup-
ing In a bountiful manner. But this
was not the end OF his troubles. His
divorced wife had been murdered In
New York and ne was arrested.
Still true to her generous impulses.
Rosalie refused to believe Grey was an
ASA ASSN and returned to New York with
very much against Grey, and he OBJ
stinately refused to say anythins TO clear
himself. How Rosalie worked his saliva
ton was the climax Of the drama,
Enrico Caruso and his bride. Pasquale
Amato and several OF their friends from
the Metropolitan Opera House were the
guests OF Miss Farrar and Harold Edel
at the Strand last evening.
Lila Lee has made her debut as
screen star In THE Cruise OF the Make
Believes" which was brought to the
Rivoli last night for this week. As
child she was seen on the vaudeville
stage under the name OF "Cuddles." The
story was taken from the novel Of the
same name by the late Tom Gallon. an
English author. As frequently happens
with adaptations from novels. the temp
tation to interpolate effective passages of
literature from the original was APP
parently pretty strong, but once the ac-
ton was we'll started II held the at
tention OF the audience.
The theme OF the story Is Of a popular
type. we'll suited to the taste OF movie
| audiences. Bessie Meggson was In
pretty hard shedding with a drunken
| father to support by keeping lodging
house in the slums. but next door there
lived sort of fairy prince. or rather
the current story book substitute. in a
| Young and highly impressionable mil
| lionaire novelist. II was no trouble at all
! for him to vault the fence. so happy
| ending was foreshadowed from an early
| stage.
A little Of everything that Billie Burke
does best from robust outdoor sports to
more purely parlor stunts she does at
the Rialto this week in "In Pursuit of
Polly" Besides her widely initiated but
inimitable line OF coquetry. she can tool
| a big racing car or she can face death
at the hands OF cruel German plotters.
| though perhaps she would rather not.
The idea OF Transforming the pursuit
OF a coquette by numerous suitors into
| hue and cry after supposed enemy
spy proved fruitful in surprises and COM
pNcations.
| There is not the slightest reason why
any one. married or unmarried. should
not visit the Broadway openly and see
| the entire Aim entitled For Husbands
Only The fable with all it's trimmings
lie as harmless as II culled from SNOOPY
Stories or some other sweet scented De
cameron for modern Puritans. MOI
should one oppose 1t to be Of Interest
to husbands only. The play is slight. bu
not without good touches in the writing
and Mildred Harris is an appealing
heroine