The Washington herald., 1919-11-17
CrsndaIPs sIetropoIItnn-"Fnir and
Warmer"

FAR and W armer. the ConSulslES
comedy that made the cocktail
famous. has been transferred TO eel
luloid form without the loss of single
laugh. The film version of Avery Hop
woods most successful farce was pre-
sented as the chief feature of an un-
usually strong bill at Crandalrs
Metropolitan Theater yesterday and
swept S. r. o. audiences into gales
of laughter by the sheer humor of its
arrangement of excerpts from the or
iginal dialogue. employed as readers.
and the unfailing laughability of situ-
ations that are piquant but not too
daring. May Allison's portrayal of
revelation even to those who expected
an artistic treat in her assumption Of
the fascinating character.
Fair and Warmer" unreels a story
of a genuine farcical worth. Two
young married couples. it will be re-
membered, live in the same apartment
house. One of the youthful husbands
is a gay Lothario who adopts the
Mystic Shrine as his excuse for con-
tinuaIly hoodwinking his trustful wife.
In the other household the wife bullies
a hopelessly dull and uninteresting
husband into complete acquiescence in
her social activities with more at
tractive men. One night the stupid
husband and the trustful ingenue are
left alone and decide to compromise"
themselves in order to shock their
better halves into closer attention to
the sacredness of the W. X. home tie.
Neither knows how to ''hit the high
spots,"-but a cocktail Is finally de-
cided upon as the surest short cut to
the gay life. The way they concoct
this now extinct species of appetizer
and the effect OF their experiment in
high proof spirits upon subsequent
events in the lives OF both families,
form the basis of one Of the most
overwhelming comedy successes the
screen has developed.
Supplementing the chief feature Of
the bill is shown Dew Drop Inn," a
new two-reel comedy in which the
role of young Secret Service agent
in quest of moonshiners is taken with
ridiculous agility by Larry Semon.
Other aids to the completion of an ex-
ceptional entertainment are found in
the news pictorial. topics of the day,
Pathe Review and usual orchestral
features.
Kniekerbocker-EFa and warmero
Probably the most original come
dian now lending his talents to the
production of two-reel comedies is
Larry Semon. whose latest ebul-
lience. Dew Drop Inn" was shown
as the secondary feature of a won
derfully entertaining bill of photo
plays at Crandalrs Knickerbocker
Theater yesterday. In Dew Drop
lnn. Ar. Semon assumes the role
OF an internal revenue agent as
signed to the task OF rounding up
a band OF moonshiners. His adven-
lures in and around the mountain
cabin. which the Illicit distillers of
strong drink use as their rendez-
vous. are punctuated by FREQUENT
displays of the most astonishing
acrobatics ever caught by the
camera How men and girls can
manage to hurl themselves over
precipices, down the rocky sides OF
rugged mountains and through the
sides of substantial bungalows IS
beyond the ken of those not actiye-
ly engaged in performing miracles
with the camera
Another subsidiary feature of yes-
terday's bill that commanded more
than ordinary interest was COM
prised by the startlingly realistic
closeup views of the sinking of
merchant ships by the German sub
marines. These amazing pictures
were secured from, the government
archives in Berlin and were taken
for the permanent records of Will
helmstrasse by the commanders of
the Hun U-boats as concrete eyi-
dence of their work. The sinkings