New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
CHEATING THE PUBLIC
 COMING TO FOXS

When one considers that over A..
 000 people saw Cheating the Public"
 the first two weeks of it's run at the
 Lyric theater. F'ox's 42nd street play
 house. n New York city, and that
 these 44,000 people were of the same
 opinion "Melodrama, yes; but the greatest ever." it. can be seen that
 "Cheating tho Public" comes near
 being William F'ox's best bet so far
 in the year 1918. William Fox pro- duces bat one chem el lodrama a sea- son, The Honor Systen'' being the first, The Spy the second and now Cheating the Public' has just been released, to be the third and best of the three.
 'Cheating the Public is first of all a great human story. It might truly be called the annals of the poor. be- ing an account of the struggles of poverty stricken factory workers un- der the burden of industrial oppres- sion. It abounds in thrills, among these being great food riots, a life and death struggle between 8 girl and a man on the stairways of a mansion, a highly dramatic murder trial, a fight in the jury room, 8 night race between an automobile and an ex- press train that really is a. wonderful achievement in photography, and a dramatic punch due to an unexpected confession, which is considered one of l the most unique effects of the sort ever produced on the screen.
 "Cheating the Pubnc' is a power full propaganda play with a lesson for all It deals with the differences between capital and labor. It shows ! how through the efforts of a factory girl an unjust capitalist is brought to ! justice and the path of the laborer l made easy in this particular case l Enid Markey in the featured role 1 gives one of her best characterize l tions in the role of the factory girl who brings about the change. Her 1 scenes in prison, where terrOr-strick- 1 en at the thought of her impending ! death in the electric chair, she be- 1 comes half crazed, are acted with tremendous realism. MT. Stanton s direction is good in all the big situa- 1 tions. The race between train and ] automobile, interspersed with cut 1 backs of Mary's preparation for 1 death, is handled in fine form.
 Fox's Sunday show will be up to ! the usual Fox standard. 8 doubl fea- 1 ture bill, with Margery Wilson in ''The Hard Rock Breed"', a pt. Tri- l angle drama lately released, which l tells a gripping story of how a young 1 man of wealthy parents went out l into the wilds to 8 railroad construc- 1 ton camp and there made good ln 1 more ways than one. Also Harry l Mercy in "The Other Man, a pt' 1 Vitagraph headliner, with q sprlnh- 1 ling of mystery scattered through the l story htat adds a good percentage to l it's entertaining value. It tells how a l famous surgeon returns home to ma l his wife and d supposed friend to- l gether. He loses all desire to follow : his profession and a year later fnds l him g, wreck. professionally. How he work out his own redemption and the manner i'll which 1e is helped works
 | out to the satisfaction of all.
 l Today is the last day to see Peggy ! TIyland, Fox's newest star, in The l Debt of Honor''. This picture Is
 1 somewhat different from the general l run of screen dramas, the fairy story
 l running through the first two reels
 l adding much interest to an entertain l featuTo