The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
SUNDAY THEATER OPENINGS

OF the first-part-of-the-wee f,Im at
Moore's Garden Theater.
rhe Wilderness Trail" has been
called thrilling romance of the Great
nortnern SHOWS. Heretofore, MIX has
appeared practically exclusively in
nl,ns or the West. but this, his latest
reiease' demonstrates that his work
can De equally as entertaining, II not
more SO, than in the usual Western
locale The theme of the photoplay
Is tne ases-old battle between love
anu outy' told in a new way. A
strohg love element in the play COM
pines with red-blooded thrills TO make
particularly entertaining feature.
The wilderness Trail" which will
remain the Garden attraction until
Thursday, Is supplemented by a bril-
liant array Of subsidiary film features.
including a very laughable comedy.
The synchronized orchestral program
also adds to the excellent bill.
CrandaII's savoy-HCastIes In the
Air,
Adapted with peculiar effective
ness to the requirements of the
screen. Kate Jordanis popular Sat-
urday Evening Post story, Castles
in the Air." was presented before
capacity audiences in CrandalI's
Savoy Theater and Garden yester-
day afternoon and last night. with
May Allison pictured in the role of
Fortuna Donnelly, the pretty blonde
usher at the Halcyon Theater who
lived IN a hall room. cooked over
the gas jet and dreamed of romance.
Romance, to Fortuna's imagina-
tive mind, was something greatly to
be desired. but, outside of the paper
covers or cheap novel, probably all
the bunk" Then Owen Paunce-
foot spends an evening in the the
ater looking at the blonde usher in
stead of at the play. and the bunk"
begins to grow real. The manner
In which Fortuna restored his wife
to the pining young Englishman and
herself found the meaning of true
happiness through sacrifice and ro-
nance by marrying the house man.
ager. forms an element of photo
dramatic entertainment that dis
tinguishes Castles in the Air" from
other camera subjects that merely
pretend to be delightful comedy
dramas.
Moore's Strand-fsThe Red Lantern,
A bill Of far above the ordinary
value is the offering this week at
Moore's Strand Theater. In fact.
it might be termed a doubIe-feature
bill.
Foremost Is the marvellous screen
"a d.
which Nine Ala Nazfmova has scor-
ed such a tremendous success. Here
is feature that rightfuIly belongs
at the top Of the list for the mag
niffcence OF its settings and scenes.
while in point of artistry It has
rarely been equaTled. 1t is a strong
tale Of the Orient-telling of the vain
battle against race prejudice OF n
Eurasian girHa queer creature in
whom the emotions of the white race
and the yellow race are curiousi
blended.
The settings are remarkable. In
their tremendous beauty and awe
inspiring magnificence, the s-bip-
scenes stand without precedent in
hlmdom. while the smaller scenes arc
notable for their fidelity to original
Chinese scenes.
Naximova. who. in addition to the
part of the Eurasian girl, is also
seen in a totally different roIe-a
vivacious. tall blonde. Englis girl
performs the most truly artistic work
or her screen career. while her SUD-
porting cast without exception dis
tlneuishes itself by the quality of
its work.
The other feature of the photo bill
Iatest scene travesty. "A Desert
Hero
CrandaI's-DOuEla Fairbanka.
Teddy Drake was what is Enown
as typical New Yorker, a blase sort
or bird-if you know what we mean.
But down deep in his nature was
buried spark of the fire that makes
regular fellow, little of the old
pep and a smouldering desire to do
something for somebody as a means
of overcoming the unbearable inertia
or a clubman's life. Fearful lest his
motives be misunderstood at home.
Teddy hurried West in search of sd-
Venture-and found it in Sonora. Mex.
trimmed with a crooked sheriff. a
bandit and beautiful girl imprisoned
on trumped-up charges of smuggling
The only other things to know about
the photoplay that depicts these
events in the life of an idler are that
1t is THE knickerbocker Buckaroo."
that cost 1854, 900 to make, that Doug
las Fairbanks is the star and that il
was the feature of yesterdays bill
at Crandalis Theater, where il will
be shown for the last time today.
THE knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is
by all odds the most diverting camera