The Washington herald., 1919-11-17

the screen do not lose thereby-that
Arsene survived and Is living as o
respectable citizen in an American
suburb when the action in teeth
OF the Tiger" begins He becomes
involved in the investigation Of the
murder Of his millionaire acquaint-
ance. Henry Forbes. Mystery sur
rounds the crime and several in
nocent persons are suspected. But
the master hand of Lupin. trained In
the inner workings OF the criminal
mind. discovers the guilty one and
brings him to Justice after a series
OF the most hair-raising adventures
the screen has depicted for many q
day. A pretty love story Is worked
INTO the plot which Is thoroughly con-
yincing throughout and kept last
nights audience baffled as to the
IDENTITY of the murderer until the
last moment
An excellent musical setting has
been provided by the Rialto Symphony
Orchestra under the direction Of Mr..
Daniel Breeskin, the overture for the
week being 'L'Ariesienne," and as an
additional attraction a violin solo by
Mr.. Breesixin. "See-Saw." Selected
short subjects In keeping with the
high quality Of the main attraction
complete the bin.
Moore's Garden-.MaIe and Fe-
male.o
IL would seem that Cecil b. De-
Mile has been working up toward
the production of Male and Fe-
male" his latest Paramount-Art-
craft Superspeoial, through his en-
tire career. For this picture, which
was shown for the first time yes
terday at Moore,s Garden Theater.
certainly represents the consuma-
ton of his many sided genius. the
nnest fruits of years OF artistry.
male and Female" combines lux
urtousness. spectacular beauty and
dramatic strength, resulting in Civ
ing the production an intangible
something, class. or quality, the
power to leave an impression which
cannot be expressed in cold type.
Like an exceptional work of art,
you see II. but it seems impossible
to completely grasp the beauty and
power of 1t, until it has been viewed
many times.
The opening scenes of the picture
in the London home of Lady Mary,
are the last word in luxury. Gloria
Swanson has more wonderful gowns
than ever. and everything down to
the tiniest detail, is in keeping with
the storied characters.
Then there is the Babylonian ep-
isode-short but thriilingly beauti-
tul. Here is the spectacular, IL you
like. combined with the exquisite.
Thomas Meighan, who plays Crich-
ton. the butler in the main story.
is the King in this episode. Gloria
Swanson. more beautiful than ever
in the barbaric splendor of Baby
lonian costumes. is the untamed
slave. In the end OF the episode
she is thrown to the lions-and they
are real lions. too.
AS is well known. J. NJ. Barrie
wrote the play, The Admirable
Crichton" from which Male and
Female" Is adapted. Sir James Is
one of the last authors to allow
his works to be filmed. He held
off for a long while. but finally al
lowed DeMilIe. according to reports
to try his hand.
The cast is headed by Thomas
Meighan. who duplicates his excel
lent work in The Miracle Man."
Gloria Swanson who plays opposite
him is uniformly excellent. Theodore
Roberts. Lila Lee. Raymond Hatton,
Maym Kelso. Bebe Daniels and Rob
ert Caine are a few of the big
names who appear in a cast which
has seldom beer equalled on any
screen.