The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-04
GIRL IMPERSONATES
MISSING DAUGHTER
Screen Story at the Rialto
Gives Mae Marsh Wide Lati-
tude in Dual Role.
PATRIOTIC PLAYS OPEN
Lafayette, We Come" at the
Strand, and "Safe for De-
mocracy" Among Bills.

The popularity Of dual roles In cinema
plays might lead the superficial OBJ
server to suppose that the Creator found
30 easy to make certain types Of
people that he struck them Off In
patches. At the Rlalto Mae Marsh
has dual role in Hidden Fires" how
ever. that will obligs such an observer
to invent another theory. When he has
seen this player as Louise Parke and
Peooy, the newsstand girl. he probably
will incline to the assumption that the
purpose Of the duplication was to assure
the world against the loss Of an espe-
| cially successful and exquisite piece Of
handiwork.
In the opening scenes Louise was 30
wayward and provoking that the audi
| ence felt little personal grief when It
seemed she had been lost at sea, and
feeling OF actual pleasure succeeded
at having her replaced by the blithe and
anectionate Peggy. Like the little girl
who had little curl. when Mae Marsh
was good she was very. verS good, and
when she was bad she was horrid. But
Loutse's mother was SO III that the
doctor feared the consequences II she
should learn OF the loss Of even an III
| natured daughter. and SO he prevailed
upon Peggy to pretend she was Louise.
The Missing Girl Returns.
The substitution succeeded beautifully
for q while. Mrs. Porke was delighted
to have her daughter at homo again.
and Peggy had. the time OF her life.
There are, nevertheless, various COM
plications which call for delicate treat
ment. The chief OF these results when
Peggy meets the man who was engaged
to Louise and was the cause OF her dis
appearance. Right IN the thick of
things Louise returns. OF course the
story works out logically and Peggy is
| rewarded in the most satisfactory
manner.
The photo dramatic product OF chief
Importance at the Strand is Lafayette.
We Come" The leading roles are taken
by E X. Lincoln and Dolores Cassinelli.
Leonce Perret Is the author. He has
Joined the spirit OF America with that
OF France and recorded the efforts and
sacrifices OF those who are striving to-
| sether to make the world better place
TO live In.
In the story Leroy Trcnchdrd, heart
broken over the disappearance OF The
reese Vernehu Is much struck at con-
cert given by the Princess Sonid by the
resemblance Of that lady's eyes TO his
sweetheart's Later at a hospital, where
, ne - apparently blinded, he discovers
that the nurse who has been taking care
OF him Ia Therese. Again she dsap-
pears. and this time he is led to believe
| she Is a spy.
story OF -Four Slackers.
Gen. Crowder's work or fight" order
Is the basis of Safe for Democracy by
Anthony Paul Kelly. at the Rivoll. Four
slackers from four different walks OF
| life are taken In a roundup and there
after are brought to a realization OF
| their duty. At the shipyards. where the
slackers are put to work. are seen Direc-
| tor-General fnot J. Stuart Blackton and
S. L Rothapfel) Charles VI. Schwah
| and Chairman Hurley OF the Shipping
| Board. Mitchell Lewis and Gus Alexan-
der as two OF the slackers supply con-
! siderable humor.
Marriage" by Guy Bolton. at the
| Broadway. Is a story OF intrigue and
gambling in an exalted sphere OF society
which ~ said to have been inspired BY
the Tranby Croft imbroglio. Catherine
Calvert IL seen as Eileen Spencer, the
wife OF a supposedly wealthy society
man, who Is a mad card gambler. Mrs
| Spencer enters into a conspiracy with
| Dorothy Page to restore her finances and
social prestige by cheating at the card
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