New-York tribune., 1919-07-28
On the Screen
1.-The Love Burglar" at Strand,
Far-Fetched but Pleasing,
With Wallace Reid

and you are just as much amused as
though it could
IN real life goodlooking young mil
lionaires like Wallace Reid do not
masquerade as Dave the Dip, and beau
tiful society girls do not go to live in
the slums for the sake of atmosphere.
If the slightest mystery were main
tanned as to the identity of the two
leading characters we should not thus
boldly reveal the plot, but no attempt
is made to keep their identity a
secret.
Wallace Reid plays David Strong, a
young man Of unquestionable antece-
dents, who, to save his young brother
from siren of the slums, goes down
there himself and becomes her victim.
We wondered how he learned to be so
swift with his fists and his "gat," if
that IS the proper term for gun, and
called 1T. He learned all the dip jar
gon, too. For instance, 81 got the bite
out OF your gat," meaning ~ drew the
bullets from your revolver"
SO David Strong, who had become
Dave Dorgan, took Coast Taylor's girl
away from him and married her and
saw her safely to her fiat before he
went back to his home on Fifth Ave-
nue. and told mother all about it.
And then finally the gang set him to
rob his own house, and Joan goes to
save hlm because she hears that con-
splracy Is on foot to trap him, and the
real Dave turns up and is caught by
the police, and David is introduced to
Genevleve as the rising young author
ess, and so they are married-the first
marriage not having been legal
Raymond .Hatton is a delight in
small part, where he is seen as a min
lister in the mission. He is such an
artist in all that he does
Reid plays with an infectious humor
that it is impossible to resist. You
feel like reaching out and shaking
hands with him and saying, Good luck
to you. old man. Has Reid changed
SO radically within the year or is it
our viewpoint?
Anna Q. Nilsson is the girl who sac
rlfces everything for the sake of at
mosphere. Wallace Beery is Coast-to-
Coast Taylor and Henry Woodward is
the real Dave Dorgan, who, somehow,
manages to look so much like the hero
that we don't wonder they were all
fooled.
', A"S N"nleuy is one OIL tne Hall Room
Boys series called "a Howling Sue
cess" Those who enjoyed Percy and
Ferdie on paper will no doubt be de-
lighted with them on the screen. There
IS scenic Put Your Cares on Ice"
the Strand Topical Review and the
photoplay supplement MARY Pickford
at Home"
Malcolm McEachern sang "The Com
pany Sergeant Major" and Friend of
NJ ne" Mr.. McEachern has seemed to
reallze what we have known for 50
long, VIZ. that the most beautiful male
creature IN the world will look like a
waiter i'll at ease when he gets dressed
up IN a tail coat in the m ddle of the
day and stands just over the footlights
on the edge Of the Strand stage. Yes
terday Mr.. McEachern was in costum.
and he stood on the stage behind the
orchestra, where we have always con-
tended that soloists should stand. The
effect was ali that we anticipated
Dorothy South sings "Starlight Love.
me overture IS excerpts from "Naugh-
ty Marietta"
Nugget Nell" with Dorothy Gish
in the title role, is at the Rialto and
understand first of all, that we do NOT
recommend this comedy Last season
when We sent every one we knew to
see "Perfcctly Ficndish Flanagan" the
most delicious bit of satire that ever
was put on the screen, half of them
dldn.t think it was funny. Of course,
we felt supremely sorry for them, but
we learned our lesson. If you haven't
S: o. h., why you haven't, that's all.
and unless you think Nugget Nell is
very funny you'll think it is sillv and
be bored to DEATH
Saw it at the matinee performance.
and we are going again in the even
ing, because we feel that we didn't get
all of the fine points of Miss Gish's
performance. She is as funny as the
Dooleys, which is as strong as we
can make it.
Nugget Nell is the shero. She has
a hash house out in the wild and
Hearted jim. But Nell spurns him
and you do not dream that she has a
heart until an old schoolrate dies
and sends her "baby" to Nell to care
Tor.
jim, repulsed, goes away and one day
the City Chap who has bought a mine
comes to Nell's hash house Now, the
girl has had no experience with melo
drama or she would have known that
it was always the City Chap who amt
done right by our little Nell" but she
knew of nothing but shooting wildcats
and chopping wood, SO she went blindlv
in to meet her fate.
When Nell sees the City Chap sitting
at the table waiting for his hash the
title says, "Shc stood abashed ut the
sheer beauty of him and into her soul
was born a desire for something better
than she had known
Miss Gish is just the one to portray
Nugget Nell being abashed and hav-
ing something born in her soul But
City Chap rcpulses her, and later, after
she has saved his life, she concludes
that he is a pretty poor thing. But"
says she, edo not worry You are safe
with me. We Wectern women know
how to treat good man."
Nugget Nell is q sort of female Bill
Hart. with all of his weaknesses and
virtues underneath her plaid shirt.
Miss Gish seems to have had the most
enjoyable time of her life playing it
and we had almost as much fun watch
ing it.
David Butler and Raymond Cannon
are Big Hearted Jim and the City
Crap. The picture was directed by
Elmer Clifton. John Fornish furnished
the story
The comedy is Shades of Shake
speare." There is an educational de
luxe called "a Day and Night at
Ccncy island
The overture is "Jolly Robbers" ."
Rosa Lesca sang "Spring Voices"
Greek Evans sang "And He Played on
His Old Bass Niol"