New-York tribune., 1918-01-14
On the Screen
Mae Marsh Appears in The
Field of Homo" at the
Strand

~ GO - Sut UtCuuSC IL 0lU nor
geek to be, just as the three souls who
perlshed on the fields Of honor were
great because of their simplicity. Tho
story upset all traditons-thc hero was
not strong, the heroine was not pretty
shu no one arrived in time to save the
lite Of the invalid sister.
But how different was the version
winch was presented at the Strand yes.
terday. One would infer from the an
nouncement on the programme that
Irwin Cobb wrote the scenario. 10 so
MS blood be on his own head 1t does
not sound like Irwin Cobb, and if he
did write it, then he must have had 10
shut his ears to the still, small voice
CT conscience.
The story as originally told was of a
french girl, Marie Messereau, who
worked in a millinery shop and had
neither beauty nor charm. She was NOT
the French girl Of felton, but lust one
or the French girls one will meet in
veal lite. Marie had Il sister who had
consumption, and a brother who Joined
Inc Allies when war was declared in
FRANCE He died on tho field of honor.
and Marie, out OF work could no LONGER
support her invalid sister, helene So
11elehe' hearing the doctors verdict
that she must go away from the citv
ana knowing that her support deprived
marie OF actual food for herself. Quiet
~ turned on the gas in her bare room
tut neglected to light it. She, too, per-
'shed on the field of honor; and Marie
Mnen sne heard the verdict of the doc
'o'; took hcr little cruciiiX in her hand,
ana with it tightly claspcd over her
hcart went cut into the street and ac-
costed the first stranger she met. She
vas not pretty enough to be success
4"i' ana no one noticed her until she
Chcountered detective. He took her
TO the night court. And so she. too
s"cr'l'ced herself on the field of honor.
hat what has happened in the Gold
wSn picture Marie tells her story in
court ana arouses the sympathy of the
Judge, and it seems that after all she
mad never really intended to sacrifice
hcrself. The question which she asked
Oh pedestrians was, "Where is the free
rome tor consumptivcs? and although
me sister was not found in time to save
her lie, Marie was equipped with y
nice American lover, who followed her
on the boat on which she had taken pas
sage Tor France and dragged her back
TO America again just as the gang
plank was being drawn in
1T was comic opera, "The Mikado."
which was presented in tabloid form yes
terday, but it was even more satisfactory
than "Carinen." the presentation for
The. previous wek. 1t was delight
to listen to Arthur Aldridge as Nanki-
roo. and irene Audrey made a charm
ing Yum-Yum. Marie Morgan as ka-
tisha was excellent both in her rcnd
ton of tho comedy role and in her
makeup. Ko-Ko, the executioner, was
sung by Robert Pitkin. His Tit Will
low" song was heartily applauded.
'Pltti Sing" and "Peep-Ro" were sung
by Alice McComb and Elsa Mahlstadt
The overture was Rhapsody Espana
and there was violin solo by Merry
Zentay, "Rcnden des Lutins'
J he feature picture at the Rialto this
week is Jules Of the Strong Heart
in which George Beban plays the title
role.
Beban had his spectators with him
from the moment the green curtain
opened to reveal n Canadian lumber
said, 81 love YOU" the statement was
greeted with round Of applause That
is the way George Beban does things.
The story is by William Merriam
Rouse and the direction by Donald
Crisp. and it is full of little human
touches which never fail to reach the
neart For instance, there is a cum
ming. homely baby who IS made to seem
to play the part of Napoleon Goo-Goc
very cleverly. and Bchan has q wonder
ful way with this baby and he has
some scenes OF rather intimate nat
ure anent nursing bottles and details
the baby's toilet which delight tho
spectators.
The story tells Of Jules Lcmaire. who
travels afoot across country from the
north until he reaches Il lumber camp
He carries Goo-Goo all the way. but
refuses to tell how he happens to have
the baby. Obtaining employment II
the camp, he rigs up a cradle for Goo
Goo out of couple of snowshoes and
then proceeds to fall in love with JOY
Farnsworth, the daughter of the camp
boss
The supporting cast is notable. Ray
mond Hatton has a part which is quite
different from the sort of thing ne mas
been doing. He is Ted Kendall, Jules Z:
rival suitor for the hand of Joy. Charle;
Oglc, who has played so many clevel
character parts, is Tom, the father O
JOY. Helen Eddy, who did such splen
| did work in "1is Sweetheart" will
Pebar. was cast for Joy. She is lik
able sort of girl and is entirely dlfferen
| from anv one on the screen. The sup
porting cast includes Guy Oliver
Ernest Joy ard II. B. Carpenter.
! "Broadway Love- the starring We
hice in which beautiful Dorothy Phli
| lips is appearing at the Broadway tni'
4 week, starts off in an interesting. way
4 and then, after using up ali It's thrlll'
/ in the first three reels, has nothing II
4 roll in tho last two.
/ But as a matter Of fact we didn'
= care very much, for when the stor.
sags and the action lags and the inter
est flags, one has all the more time Il
> watch Miss Phillips, and that Is.
: chance which any one with an eye 10
beauty should welcome.
There is nothing new to say abou
Dorothy Phillips. She has ever beer
acc aimed beautiful, and her smile is a
t times saucy, merry or inetfably tender
In a certain pearl gown which sh'
= wears in her new picture she seem
almost too lovely to be real. So, al
/. though we did not care especially TO
= Miss Phillips's picture, we did care TO
4 Miss Phillips.
During the week "Broadway Love
n will prostratc itself at the feet Of diff
e ferent members of the theatrical pro
n fession and will beg for mercy at thel
hands.
Yesterday afternoon the Hippodrom
q and Jack o. Lantern companies Wer
the nrincipal guests. To-day member