The Washington herald., 1919-12-29

Ton tnat nts her to play the womanly.
capable type OF heroine.
Here Is q screen mystery done In
clever style. The suspense IN well
and entertainingiy sustained. A lone
ly castle, solitary chess player, and
2 diaoolica1ly clever Oriental, lend q
peculiar fascination TO the picture.
There are some thrilling iarge-scale
spectacles; such as when Chinese
hordes attack the garrison OF an In
dian fort. The deaths Of two OF the
characters are as startling bits OF re-
alism as the most blase screen fan
could desire The calculated effort
10 fool the audience. which often sue
ceeds In merely irritating them and
marring the interset In the story are
not present in His wife's Friend"
Clues are not planted against various
people In rapid and laughable success
sion. such as Is often the case In
stage detective plays. Rather His
Wife's Friend' Is a thoroughly dra-
matte and well-developed motion pic
ture that drifts into mystery con-
vincingly, and works 1t out to a sat-
isfying conclusion.
Miss Dalton's work is uniformly ex-
cellent and Henry Mortimer, in the
hero's par is also good. Warren
Cook. Richard Neal. and Paul Cave
neuve are others in the cast
An unusual list of added numbers
make the Columbia program most at
fractive.
Moore's Gardea-"Everywom
Regardless of it's record -break king
run. this being the fourth week Of
presentation. and seemingly unaf-
fected from the standpoint OF ca
pacity attendance by the thousands
of Washingtonians who have at
tended the performance to date,
"Everywoman." Jesse l. Laskys
presentation Of Paramount-Art-
crafts superproduction, based on
the celebrated stage play OF the
same name name by. Walter Browne,
continues to be one Of the most pop
ular photodrama productions billed
fon the holiday season in this city.
provided yesterdays crowd at
Moore's Garden Theater may be
taken as q criterion.
In connection with the above the
fact cannot be overlooked that both
the Garden and the Producers Of
Paramount Aircraft superspecials,
OF which series "Everywoman" is
the third release. have every reason
to be proud. not only of the record
runs made by the various presen-
tations but also of the high caliber
of the photodramas shown. To date
there has never been anything bet
ter shown on Washington screens,
which fact is amply proven by the
unqualified Endorsement given by
the public at the box Noffice A
standard has been set for 1920 that
undoubtedly will keep both the Gar
den management ara Aim produce
ers on their mettle at all times.
could almost he taken for grant
ed that "Everywoman" would meet
with popular approval in photodra-
matte form. AS a stage play II has
been holding the boards for eight
years and Is still an exceptional box
office attraction; therefore. given
such basic material to work with:
given he great altitude which the
camera eye allows for the staging
Of gorgeous and spectacular sets,
beauty and fashion shows. the in
PRODUCTION OF phantom characters
which the allegorical tendency of
the play dema nds, bu means of the
fade in and out. it really remained
for the screen to bring out the truly
entertaining and spectacular values
of "Everywom oman"
The same excellent musical score
which in every way maintains the
high standard set by the attraction
Is continued for the current week.
supplemented by added features Of
merit.