The sun., 1919-04-21
STRAND AND RIALTO
GIVE GALA SHOWS
Easter Audiences See Mary
Pickford in "Captain
Kidd, Jr."
w. s. HART IN NEW ONE
Elsie Ferguson Gives "Eyes of
the Soul" at the
RivOli.

Gala anniversary programmes at the
Strand and the Rialto this week give an
added Incentive to the public for the dis
play OF Easter fnery before the weather
willis 1t. Both bills are worthy the
closest attention which the indefatigable
student OF the cinemas can give them
after she has once taken her hat of.
II is so long since Mary Pickford has
appeared In these parts with a new YER
sion of the famous smile that when she
was first unfolded at the Strand yester-
day in Captain Kidd, Jr," one almost
expected the audience to applaud and
even cheer-but for some reason the
movie patrons controlled their usual i'm
pulse to clap at the slightest provoca-
ton. Yet they might well have hand
pumped Mary to more giory even before
the picture was Started. for It turned out
to be diverting piece OF flm furniture.
though by no means reaching the high
water mark OF the Pickford genius.
This screen adaptation of Mrs. Rida
Johnson Young's stage success OF the
same name has peptonized the story OF
the search for hidden treasure by an
elderly Scotch bookshop owner. his
canny daughter and an imaginative as
sistant with more action than in the
footllght production, but in the grating
process II has lost some OF the atmos-
phere Of quaint characterization that
was part Of the real treasure in the
play to those on the tender side Of forty.
For instance. Sam. the constable, who
constantly interferes in the search in the
original piece, was an entertaining and
not impossible person, but as presented
before the camera he was too much like
a keystone cop who are all very well
in their place. which Is usually the mud.
Two Young Women in scume.
However, the adapter has added some
! excitement with fight in the bookshop
which develops a very satisfying scuffle
| on the floor between two young women
that Is better than many masculine
wrestling bouts The translator's best
inspiration was to Introduce a parrot
with a pirates taste In language and
young goat that chews a prospective
great American novel with all the relish
| Of q maddened publisher.
Lady Mary. of course, plays the part
| of the shrewd Mdrp MaoTapish with her
unfiaggfng winsomeness. even though the
role gives her only one opportunity TO
| wear a fetching costume-which hap
pens to be a dressing gown. I'm this
play by the way she dons pajamas and
overalls, which makes It the first in
stance in memory when Miss Pickford
sports more than one variety Of trousered
garments to a picture. She prospects for
treasure with gusto and proves herself
fully worthy Of SO a day as ditch
digger. Douglas MacLean, looking very
much like a Douglas OF greater screen
| fame. is sufficient unto the day as the
| hero. even in the customary happy end
| ing in which the lucky young man rap
turously leans his nose on the heroine
head.
Besides elaborate musical numbers the
Nth anniversary programme has
scenic feature. "Cameraring Through
Africa" showing lion hunts and the sort
OF animals that Noah was familiar with !;
"Out OF the MAXWELL" by Max Fleischer,
who draws the most artistic and amusing
| cartoons on the screen. and another
Briggs comedy skinny. School and
Scandal" in which the Carr children do
| their best to immortalize these humorous
pictures.
w. 8. Hart at the Rialto.
For It's third anniversary the Rialto
| has William s. Hart in 1.-THE Money
Corral" in which that star returns to
| the West, although he also comes as far
east as Chicago and mingles with So
ciety with his boots on. 1t is among the
| best of Harris recent photoplays. having
himself, and gives him chance to foil
! bank robbers, wreck a business wrecker,
clean UP the underworld and capture
| moro attractive girl. personally por-
trayed by Jane Novak than falls to the
| lot of most night watchmen. Hart, dis
playing moro humor than usual. wins
| by a nose, az at the Strand.
Together with a multiciplicity OF mu-
steal and scenic features the bill has a
| revival OF Charlie Chaplin's comedy.
| The Adventurer." one OF the most hi
| larious OF the pictures in which that
young man defies the law at fabulous
| salary.
| At the Rivoli Elsie Ferguson has one
Of her best mediums OF the year in
Eyes OF the Soul" which grants her an
| opportunity TO remind the public that
| she Is an actress. II is a Aim version OF
| George Weston's story, Salt OF the
Earth" which is an endeavor TO give
credit where credit is due-meaning the
chorus girls. At the Broadway both
Mae Murray and Charley Chaplin come
back for more the second week.