The sun., 1919-03-31
MARGUERITE CLARK
AS A WATER WITCH.
"Three Men and O. Girl" Re-
veals Her in Tears and
Bathing Suit.
BILLIE BURKE AT STRAND
"The Sheriff's Son" at the
Rialto Shows Charles Ray
in Favorite Part.

In Three Men and q Girl" which
started the week at the Rivoli yesterday.
one finds Marguerite Clark in tears and
a bathing suit-both Of which are new
revelations OF her. so 10 speak. But
the bathing suit is not worn because Of
the copious now OF tears but because
Miss Clark, as Syivia Weston, escapes
from the altar and has nothing else TO
wear except her wedding eown-and one
can't go through the woods continu-
ously. in bridal attire.
Despite Miss Clarks lachrymose tour
de force and other aqueous settings
the motion picture isn't watery--in fact,
what II does bubble with Is laughter
II Ia a screen adaptation Of Edward
Childs Carpenters Three Bears
which paid the rent of the Empire
Theatre for several months in 1917. be-
fore turning into three bores. This
movie Is another instance of the way
a passable stage play can be developed
| into a cinema success. perhaps through
the film directors power to call In all
outdoors to help the story--and also
, to take a pair Of scissors and rewrite
the piece on second thoughts.
Certainly there can be no doubt or
| the appeal in this celluloid romance OF
the girl who jilts a wealthy man she
| doesn't love as the minister Is about to
pronounce sentence on her. throws her
| bridal bouquet at the bridegroom and
runs or TO her lodge beside lake
which has Just been occupied by three
nisogynistic bachelors who have fed TO
the wild woods TO escape the Wild
women.
! In the ensuing complications Miss
Clark Is alluring. as usual---even her
| side stroke in swimming Ia cute. One
! doesn't remember TO have seen her fea-
turing a bathing costume on the screen
before. but It was only to be expected
| in view OF the one piece motif 20 freely
introduced into the fllns OF late. After
seeing this picture one Is finally con-
WINGED that Cupid doesn't 20 about as
generally pictured but wears trunks,
| while his wings az water wings.
J Richard Barthslmess as the youthful
woman hster WHO ends by bidding for
the privilege OF ordering gowns for
| Syipid does something more than set OF
his beautifully CLOSED hair. The scenic
| the picture winds up with a novelty-a
canoe kiss that will probably be
copied a great deal this summer.
| Since Director Hugo Riesenfeld has
transferred his comedy week to the
Rivoii the programme includes The
Amateur Liar" In which the Drews
demonstrate how an innocent fb car
roll up trouble like a SNOWFALL. till the
/ author OF It feels no has no more chance
than the proverbial SNOWFALL IN the pro-
verbal place. The Rivoli also goes back
to the dark ages Of Charlie Chaplin'l
career with a revival OF His Prehistoric
Past"
| Another transmutation OF stage play
occurs at the Strand. where Billie Burke
appears IN Good Gracious. AnnabelIe, "
taken from Clare RUNNERS comedy OF
! the girl who invites her husband Il
lunch without knowing him. That hus-
\ band In accordance with the stage piece
. shown previously kidnapping her in q
ough Western mining camp. later
demonstrating how a man can become q
hero and win a woman's love by simply
shaving of his beard. The influence OF
BARRIERS on the grand passion Is wonder.
full.
By retaining many of the bright line,
OF the original, much of its sparkle II
preserved and fortunately the stoci
transactions involved aren't sufficient
to worry anyone. Miss Burke play,
with more restraint and feeling than sh,
has ever shown before the camera and
she isn't kept out West long enough 4
prevent her from DOMINIC some attrac
tive Easter essences.
At the Rialto THE sherifrs Son. alst
follows the western trail, but at create,
length. Charles Ray returns to tn,
theme OF one OF his earliest successes
THE Coward" playing a western yout,
who acquires an education in the Eas
as well as n fear that he's an inverte
brate. It takes New Mexico and a cir
to show him his heart and his fists ar,
In the right place. Seena Owen Is TIL
girl. and a scenic picture. with Car
rama in Mexico" breako the soil for tn,
feature film.
At the Broadway Priscilla Dean Il
The Exquisite Thief" is Appropriated!
balanced by The Land OF the Bolshe
Wiki"