The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-02
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MURRAY
1t is difficult to plaza THE Way Of
Man With a Maid" the new Para.
mount picture starring Bryant Wash
burn, which shows at the Murray thea
ire today, for somehow 1t doesn't tit
into any class. 1t is too individual to
be classified, for 1t has comedy and
pathos, and once or twice 1t almost
Terges on tragedy. But 1t Is entirely
human, its characters are never pup
2ets, but always living. breathing peo-
Gle that we can understand and SYM
.athize with. In that lies it's charm
or instead Of giving US a complicated,
eighty dramatic plot the author has
aiken Z group Of people, shown US
.@eir faults and foibles, as we'll as
:neir virtuese, and the result is not
My entertainment but also a very
Ugh quality Of art.
1t is the opinion OF those who saw
be picture that the screen needs
more photop!ays like The Way OF
Man With a Maid" In these highly
TTcugTt times, when the efforts OF
action picture writer's to get punch"
ITO heir dramas often results in
Tather strained effect, 1t Is refreshing
e find anything as unpretentious and
refreshing as this picture. The inter
probation Of the story Is Of the highest
order, too, acting and directing being
combined skillfully in way to get the
most from the story.
MURRETTE.
The objectionable Sin." which Is
TO be presented at the Murrette the
FN-
ming today, is moving picture at
traction which. Richmond people who
have followed the development Of the
screen as medium for the presenta-
ton Of really big dramatic ideas can
not afford to miss. There have been
many unqualified expressions Of opin-
ION to the effect that THE Unpardon-
able Sin" Is the greatest photoplay
ever produced, and there Is no denial
OF the statement that 1t ranks with
such attractions as "The Birth CT
Nation" Intolerance" and Hearts
Of the World" all Of which are out
etaDdtng successes In the realm OF
ming pictures.
The objectionable Sin" was COM
pletcd OF the Pacific coast few
weeks ago at time when there were
assembled st LOS Angeles practically
ture industry, and it was before an
audience composed Of these men that
the photo2lay was first exhibited. The
consensus OF opinion was that 1.-THE
objectionable Sin" was big in every
sense Of the word-big In the story
told, big in its manner of telling, and
big in the work Of Blanche Sweet, the
star, and the players who support
her. The early opinion has been more
than confirmed by the reviews OF NOV
ing picture critics of New York.
who have recently been afforded an
opportunity Of passing judgment up
on it.
"The objectionable Sin will be
shown ut six performances daily at
the Murrette theatre, the matinee
starting at lis o'clock and the eve.
ming presentation at 7:15.
WASHINGTON
Most powerful Of all Geraldine Far
Tar's screen achievements Is her new
est Goldwyn production, The Strong
or Vow" q thrilling. modern drama.
laid in the picturesque Pyrenees and
IN the haunts Of the Apaches in Paris.
Never before have the remarkable
talents OF the international celebrity
been given such wide scope, nor have
her cinema admirers ever been en-
thralled and thrilled as Goldwyn con
fidently predicts they will be by her
latest screen offertng-a vehicle re-
plete with situations that demand test
after test OF Geraldine Farrar's his
trionic powers. AS in her previous
Goldwyn successes, the diva has a
supporting cast nothing short Of bril-
liant Milton Stills, Tom Santschi and
Hassard ShOrt-names standing for
extreme screen accomplishment -
eclipsing all previous portrayals in
support Of the star Of stars.
Miss Farrars demands that her
roles be exacting and pitched in a
high dramatic key are thoroughly sat
isfied in The Stronger Vow" with its
nterest-compelling story Of romance
intrigue and adventure. Goldwyn an
nounces it for presentation at the
Washington theatre, beginning today
What are loves false faces? II
you are married to pretty girl. and
If you have friend who likes your
wife, and every time he sees you he
greets you with an angelic smile and
shakes your hand with a Pythiar
friendship-you can be pretty SURE
that he is wearing false face-that
his real attitude toward you Is one o.
luminosity and that it would give hin
real pleasure to be able to push yor
of pier into the ocean or drop g
bomb somewhere in your vicinity
In Loves False Faces" the new
ParamountMack Sennett comedy
which will be shown at the Washing
ton theatre today and tomorrow
Chester Conklin is seen as a barten
der who is in love with Marie Pre-
vost, the pretty boarding house keep
er and wife Of lazy husband. Ches
ter pretends to take a great interes
in the husband and frames up for hin
an affair with another girl, one Of the
beautiful boarders at the lodgins
rouse. But his duplicity is finally ex
posed and he is given good trounc
ing in his own barroon1, in one Of the
funniest fight scenes ever screened.