The sun., 1919-06-09
OLPICTURES AID
HALL GAINES FILM
Polar Scenes Are Hot Weather
Attraction in "The Woman
Thou Gavest Me-"
OLIVE THOMAS AT STRAND
"Upstairs and Down" Proves
Amusing; "The Other Mans
Wife" at the Park.

Ice cannot make a moving picture go
over like an avalanche, even in hot
weather. but 1t is the glmpses OF Ant
arctic exploration afforded in the cellu-
loid version OF Hall Gaines THE Woman
Ihou Gavest Me" which carry the photo
play at the Rivoli a long way on the
road to tho public's pocketbook. A
couple OF the scenes are apparently in
serts from real freezing expeditions, but
they are introduced artistically, and all
the other scenes come close to the South
Pole of Aim naturalism.
PicturesQueness and color Is in fact
the keynote Of the whole picture which
has to cover most OF the habitable globe
10 tell Its story. Mory Macbeth is mar
ried to Lord Roo Of the Scotch nobility
by her father, Daniel MacNeHl, for the
sole sufilcing reason that old Daniel
wants to get the lord In his power be-
cause Grdndfather Rad whipped his
mother and him as a poor boy-and
Doniel has been treasuring up the men,
DRY Of those welts.
But Mary loathes her husband, insists
on being his wife In name only, and when
the man she does love sails back from
his polar explorations she sails into his
arms. Lord R1d conveniently leaves
her in Egypt in order to have a little
Highland fling in India with another
young woman. Her explorer lover re-
turns to his Antarctic browsing and Is
later reported to have found his tomb
In an iceberg. When the inevitable
child is born In France and disowned
by the dour grandfather on learning
that the infant doesn't bear Lord Raa's
name 1t looks like hard times for Mary,
but North Conrad comes up out of the
sea la Hawker and the couple are
reunited through the tender mercies Of
a London fog.
Featured by Settings.
The story. which was whipped into
scenario form by Beulah Marie DIX, has
all the superheated atmosphere OF Hall
Caine at full pressure. but no patron
needs to bother about that. The out
standing attractiveness OF this picture
lies in Its outdoor settings and in some
particularly smooth work done BY the
actors in stalking the plot Katherine
Macdonald as Mary manages to look
pretty and still play effectively. Jack
Holt and Milton Stills carry of the rrin-
cipal male roles well, and Theodore
Roberts Is his skilful self in n part call
ing for whiskers and good characterize
ton.
Mack Sennett with NO Mother to
Guide Him" has one of his funniest
orainstorms Greek Evans. barytone,
sings "A King OF the Vikings Am L."
and Mutt and Jeff hold a place on the
programme with the Martha" overture
At the Strand Olive Thomas plays the
baby vampire In film play from Frede-
rlc and Fanny Hattons stage success
Upstairs and Down" which might very
readily be called NO Mother to Guide
Her in a Long Island country house.
The screen comedy keeps closely en- rap
port with the play which SO recently ad-
hered to Broadway for many months
but some of its effectiveness appears to
have been lost by making the baby vam-
pire the chief part in order to centraiize
interest in Miss Thomas's dimples. Some
OF the comedy has been drained Off. but
enough remains to give Rosemary Theby
some amusing scenes during the plant
ed rescue from a dltched automobile
Miss Thomas fills the optical demands of
her role very well.
The orchestra fits through the Mig
non" overture, cowboys in an Outing
Chester scenic. "Wrangling Dudes" scud
over Wyoming ice skaters skid through
an analysis Of motion pictures and Mack
Sennetts comedians scutue through his
latest
The Other Mans Wife" replaced the
No'"apioi unit programme at the fark
Theatre yesterday with Stuart Holmes
winning sympathy for the husband who
is away in France while his wife in
America-played capably by Ellen Cas-
s.dy-works her will with another man.
Sgd Chaplin Is also part OF the replace
ment draft in THE Submarine Pirate"
and repeats the splash he first made sew
eial years ago with this comedy.
At the Rialto Douglas Fairbanks turns
loose his smile in return engagement
OF The Knickerbocker Buckaroo." Even
more important as things OF the moment
are Squared" the last comedy by Mr..
and Mrs, Sidney Drew, and THE Evolu-
ton OF Broadway" NJ. l.. Lakes musical
Interpretation OF the way the mnuet
eliminated in George NJ. Conan.