New-York tribune., 1918-06-10
On the Screen
Mae Marsh in "All Woman -
Divides Screen Honors with
Colonel Roosevelt

thought 1t would be. 1t is much bet
ter. 1t Is the feature picture at the
Strand this week, with Mae Marsh in
the title role, or at least it divides the
honors with the other feature, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt's Expedition Into
the Wilds." We enjoyed the fiction
picture better; first, because we do
not care to be instructed, and, second,
because Mae Marsh is so much better
looking than the Colonel, and we are a
stickler for beauty on the screen.
One Of Miss Marsh's followers said
to US recently: ~ wish little Mae
would do plain little vagabonds again.
Any ingenuc can dress up and look
pretty, but nobody else can look homely
so entertainingly as She"
Well, in "All Woman" he will get
his wish. Only the title is mislead-
ing. Gall Woman" sounds like fine
outstanding Vassar girl who lifted the
mortgage from the old homestead in
Vermont and married the Vice-Presi-
dent as a reward. 1t is nothing of
the sort. In burst of admiration at
her prowess, local swain exclaimed
"You are all woman!" when he saw
Mae clearing out saloon and acting
generally like Carrie Nation. Mae
welded only broom, but as she
warmed to her task she cried, "If
only had an axe!"
Susan Sweeney works in a doll fac
tory. The title says "Susan had nim-
BILE fingers and imagination" One
could see that her fingers were nim-
BILE, and to prove that she had i'm
agination she pulled the visors of the
caps worn by the boy dolls down over
their eyes, while she swathed the lower
limbs of the lady dolls in their neither
garments.
Came one day letter saying that
a deceased uncle had left to Miss
Susan Sweeney hotel in the Adiron
dacks. Susan had visions of a white
marble mansion on top of tall hill,
so she resigned the position Of dress
ing dolls and went to live in her hotel
When she arrived her castle in the
Adirondacks crumblcd about her ears,
and small wonder! 1t would have
BEEN fit for nothing at all unless she
could have moved it into Greenwich
Village and painted tho walls blue and
purple and green. Then she could
have asked exorbitant prices for bad
coffee and made fortune. But she
resolved to stay and after she had
turned temperance she cleaned out the
bar-room and married the incest man
in town. The one who said she was
all woman.
Miss Marsh is very delightful and
uses at least half Of her thousand
| faces. The clothes she wears when
! she pays her visit to her new hotel are
| delightfully."- characteristic of Susan
Sweeney with suddenly acquired for
| tune.
Jere Austin is the hero and there
is Arthur Housman, who does excellent
work as the spoiled Juvenile. and John
Sainpolis who gets shot in the midriff;
a good job it was, too.
The photography seems particularly
good and there ia nm original fade
away which is going to puzzle some
of the fans because the director, Ho-
bart Henley, neglected to throw in
the clutch.
Colonel Roosevelt's expedition re-
veals some intensely interesting pic
lures Of the Parcels Coroado Indians
All jazz dancers should attend for they
are bound to get some brand new
ideas. The barbarous dances which
were given to celebrate everything from
a feast to funeral are shown in de-
tail. Aside from the Indian scenes
there are scenic pictures and one may
learn how to kill Goldfish by biting
off its head or how to slay an alliga-
tor unawares.
Betty Brown sang "a May Morning"
and Venetian Song" J. Tushinsky,
violinist, rendered "Berceuse" from
"Jocelyn." The overture was selec-
tions from "Rigolett6."
George NJ. Cohan's "Hit-the-Trail
Holiday" has been made into motion
picture by John Emerson and Onita
Loos.. and is being presented at the
Rivoli this week, with the author of
the play in the title role.
In one scene after Holiday has
shouted himself hoarse expounding the
vice Of liquors and extolling the virtues
Of "Vevo," q near-beer manufactured
by his near-father-in-law, he says 1--WE
can't be free until we stop drinking
| -sAN HAO H6h1AAe3 AO4 AAcCOVuI, ana
then he displays an American flag and
says, Every body sing the national
anthem"
Then the words of the hymn were
thrown on the screen and the organ
played and every one in the theatre
stood up. and then after that they all
sat down again and the picture went
on. 1t seemed quite out of place to US,
Hit the = Trail Holiday" ambles
along easily as photo play, but it is,
to our mind, not nearly, such rood
screen material as Broadway Jones"
or "Seven Keys to Baldpate." Cohan
is, as always, entertaining and full Of
that we'll known commodity called
"pep" and he works as hard as George
Cohan as he does as Billy Holiday.
Billy is a conscientious bartender in
a big hotel in the metropolis, when one
day he receives letter from Johnsville
asking him to "bartend" in a new hotel
which is about to open in that flourish
ing town. Before Billy has a chance
to assume his white coat and his new
duties he meets Edith Jason, whose
father owns the other hotel the one
without bar, and he goes over to the
"drys."
Burr Jason manufactures beverage
which cheers but not incbriates and