New-York tribune., 1919-08-25
On the Screen
''Nobody Home" at the Rivoli,
With Dorothy Cish, Is
Amusing Photoplav

anything, and you'll still be convinced
of it after you have seen the picture
of that name at the Rivoli
This story is extremely amusing, be-
cause Dorothy Gish is in the stellar
role, because the supporting cast enters
into the spirit of the thing and because
Elmer Clifton directed it.
1t has to do with all sorts of super
stitlons. Don't go prepared to stick
up your nose at it unless you are sure
that you do not knock wood when you
do not 60 out of your way to avoid
walking under a ladder. and that you
are quite wiling to start on a journey
on Friday
Frances Wadsworth did all of these
things and others besides. She be-
lieved in cards, too, and all that they
told her
Dorothy Gish, in this role, is in
imitable. Ralph Graves gives excel
lent support as the blond man whom
the cards tell her she will meet and
whom she Immediately recognizes as
her future husband when she does meet
him. There are elopements npped in
the bud by the untimely entrance of
a black cat and a burglary which is cx-
crutiatingiy funny, even If IL does be-
come slapstick.
Frances, on being hit on the head
with black jack, rolls over and is
hidden under white bearskin.
Malcolm receives the same treatment
and is hidden under brown bear
skin, and when the lovers revive it is
ludicrous.
Only we didn't know that people
could recover in five minutes from
being blackjacked and then, on be-
ing hit over the head with a ton of
lead, second time, could recover suf-
ticiently to escape from an apartment
by way of the fre-escape
Raymond Cannon, Vera McGinnis
George Fawcett and Emily Chichester
are in the supporting cast The story
is by Lois Zeltner and the direction by
Elmer Clifton.
Mrs. Sidney Drew has an amusing
new comedy called "A Sisterly
Scheme In this, John Cumberland
our favorite farceur, plays the leading
who is taken in hand by a younger
sister and shown he light.
The younger sister is Angie, again
end she is played by the same little
girl who played Angie in the first Mrs
Drew comedy. Mrs. Drew has selected
an excellent cast, the only criticism
being that there is not enough of
"Polly" in the picture.
There is a Mutt and JEFF" cartoon
done in its entirety by Max Name, the
Rivoli drummer. 1t is called "Scrved
animated cartoons.
The overture is Hungarian
Comedy" Emanuel List sings the
Gypsy Love Song" from the 'Fortunc
Teller" Alberto Bachman plays Svend-
sens Romance" as a violin solo
"Blue Danube Waltz" is used as a
dance, interpreted by Margaret Leeraas
and Dorothy Lee, with an unusually
beautiful setting by John Wengle.
At the Strand there is another
comedy with burglars and near elope-
ments in it. 1t is Jack Pickford's
Burglar by Proxy" The story is
trifling, but it, too, has the personality
good cast.
Jack Pickford is Jack Robin, a
young man who gets into all sorts OF
unheard of scrapes because he is in
love and because he is prohibitionist
Whether it is before or after July
l is not stated, but Jack protests when
some one suggests whiskey for his
toothache, and when he finally swal
lows several gulps of it by being
startled while he was holding it in his
mouth to assuage the pain he is in 6
nice inebriated condition and all ready
to become involved in the burgling.
A series of amusing incidents fol
lows, in which Jack in alternately sus
pected and acquitted until he proves
the guilt of the villain by catching him
red-handed before everybody
Robert Walker, who used to be Viol,
Dana's leading man, is the villain. H,
gives an excellent performance. S.
does the man who plays the real bur
glar and the pseudo valet. Floria Hop,
is the girl in the case The picture il
First National
The comedy is a Universal called 81
Lion in the House." There is an edu
cational, "The Last of the Crow" an,
the Strand Topical Review.
The overture is the ever popula
"Orpheus," with Carl Edouarde conduct
ing. Eldora Stanford, an attractiv
young soprano, sings "Open thou m,
love, thy blue eyes," by Massanet, an,
Cadman's "At Dawning." Carlo Fer
retti sings the "toreador song"
At the Central Theatre William Fo,
is presenting "Checkers." Tom Moor
is at the Rialto in "Hearstease." Thes
will be reviewed tomorrow. H. u.