New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
On the Screen
Revelation, With Nazim
ova, Is Striking Produc-
ton at Lyric

WAy-tell US why-must every pho
to-drama Of the present day be wal
nlm? No matter how resolutely they
start out. sooner or later they yield tc
he temptation to wave the flag and
march away to war TO the tune OF
Over There"
1t is so in the new Metro play
Revelation" in which Nine. Nazimova
opened at the Lyric Theatre yesterday
afternoon.
1t is, right from the start, one Of the
most fascinating pictures lately shown.
ALA is great indeed! No one else
can walk like her, nor talk like her,
nor act like her; and there is some
thing even in the way she puts her
feet down on the ground and the arch
of her instep which fascinates.
Nazimova is Joline, a girl who
dances as Bacchante in a Paris restau
rant, and has for lover one of those
disreputabe looking persons who
wear cap pulled down over their eyes
and walk with their hands in their
pockets.
Sig. de Conde plays the part Of
Duclos, and although we kIsow him
quite well, we never should have rec
ognzed him as the apache. He was
excellent, but we could not forgive him
Tor reforming on the battlefield. In
fact, every one reformed. From posing
as q Bacchante, Joline poses as q
Madonna, and from that time on her
one thouht is abnegation and self-im-
notation
The story is of an artist, Paul Gran
vile, played, of course, by Charles
Bryant, who essays to paint the crosse
bush OF thousand years." which
grows in the courtyard of a monastery,
and for many years it has not bios
somed
When Paul goes to paint in the
courtyard he takes with him as his
model the wild Bacchante, Jolne, who
insists that she is a perfectly suitable
model for the Madonna. A priest comes
70 pray and believes that he has really
seen the "Holy Mother" and then the
miracle happens and the rose bush
blooms.
Perhaps it was perfectly plausible
for Joline to so as Red Cross nurse
and wander out into No Mans Land
and save the life of her Paul, who had
was altogether too nearly like what
every one else had done.
However, war is war, and "Revela-
ton" is altogether a delightful picture.
George Baker has done wonderful
things in the direction, and the illu-
sion is perfect We do wonder where
he got some of his scenes and we Won
der how in one tiny woman there can
be stored such dazzling amount of
Afe, versatility, charm and passion.
John barrymore is portraying "Raf-
fles' on the screen at the Strand this
week, and we always knew he looked
Just like that. The presentation is by
Lawrence Weber.
Frederick Perry is Captain Bedford; +;
LORD LORD Amersteth is played by II. Cooper
Ilife; Frank Morgan is Bunny Man
aers. and Mike Donlin had part
W,AIch he must have enjoyed playing
mat OF Crawshay, the crook who was
not gentleman.
actresses necklace is used, and the
necessary romantic interest is fur
"ished by Evelyn Brent as Gwendolyn.
lhe lnimitablc Marie Dressler ap-
ppTrafed praed IN ceiluloid burlesque called
'he Agonies of Agnes" Miss Dressler
% feminine Charlie Chapman, be
sa ause therc IL pathos in her humor
~ ~, d reason for everything she does.
ma.m ne overture was "rhc Flying Dutch
YIN with "Capriccio Italien" as an
.uaeo ,ha number. Don c. Alfonso Zelaya,
o"u Nlcaraguan concert pianist, rem
ss,ieu sn;e rrEtude de Concert" in + sharp.
.ninsa .1.sa Iagei sang the shadow song from
n u,a:Y,ng always entreated Bill Hart
mahi suck to his lariat and leave the love
~sA'ug TO other handsomer and less