New-York tribune., 1919-12-01
On the Screen
Dorothy Phillips, Heroine OF
paid i'm Advance" Feature
at the Capitol

convincing heroine in Paid in Ad
vance," shown at the Capitol Theater
this week, but in spite Of an elaborate
background for play of the Wild
ventional and frequently insipid
Throughout the picture the stars fail
to get ones sympathy while the villains
are attractive and human in all their
ongoings
The plot of the new picture is Of
the threadbare order. with plenty of
fsticufs, Wild West costumes and gun
play. The one point Of variety is tha-
the scenes are laid in Canada. for the
most part an unreal Canada peopled
with unreal people. Some beautiful
scenic effects are achieved in the snow
scenes and some e. He Canadian
atmogphere surrounds .e pictures of
the Hudson Pay Tradaz Company.
James Oliver Curwood who has writ
ten much about the Arctic Northwest
IN novels and magazine a.tic es, is r
sHonslb'e for the rhotoulsy. 1t is
tense melodra ma, crowd with inc
dent and making up in excitement what
It lacks in artistry. Dorotny Phillips
plays the part of Joan, a young Cir
VINO is lured INTO the primitive N ming
settlements Of the Yukon back in the
Gol9 days Of '97 by an unscruplous dive
scenes, with innocence tryIn. to keep
itself cloistered in the midst OF vice
finally. 1t comes to 3 showdown. where
Cold Dust Barker, owner Of the dive,
forces his attentions on the girl. AS
an alternative to accepting them she
offers her hand to the highest bGder
among the motley throng Of rough men
brought together by chance. A drunken
CHAP, dirty and unshaven and never
sober until the final scene, wins Not
for some tine do they finally live TO-
leading man in NDestiny" and The
Heart of Humanity" takes the part q
Jim Blood, nicknamed The Cur who
finally wins the girl. He makes an ex-
ceilent weaSling throughout the pic
ture and becomes well-groomed
Apollo in the closing scene
Much sympathy goes out to the good
looking half breeds whose fates are
closely interlinked with those Of the
girl and The Cur" Priscilla Dean.
who usually takes a stellar part. plays
second to Dorothy Phillips as little
wildcat Marie, madly n love with Ba-
teese rne Of her own breed. who in
turn loves Joan, the heroine. Priscilla
only figures in the first part of the
picture, but she makes lasting m
preston with her vivac.ous and spirited
acting. The closing scene leaves the
impression that only dubious sou-
tion Of the complexities that make the
story has been, reached and that the
weak "CCr" can scarcely be instaata
neously regenerate.
Ned Weyburn's Demi Tasse Revue,
with its array of singers, dancers.
coMedians and pretty girls, helps to
FIJI out long and snappy bi'l at the
!,
Village" is a burlesque on the Villagers.
their eating places and their 'atmos
phere." There are divertinr comic and
travel pictures. The music includes
the overture from civilian Tell and
" "reminiscences of Tschaikowsky'
Interest in the bill at the Broadway
Theater this week f'uctuates between
the "Parisiar Fashion FrolicH and
The Bandbox," the feature picture Ii
is an adaptation of Louis Joseph
Vance's novel Of the same name. The
scenario is by r ~ Somerville. F. Will
lam Neill directed it. Doris Kenyon is
charming in the role of Eleanor Searle.
Tho picture suffers because of the
paucity of sub-titles. The motives OF
the principals in the cast seem too
complex to be left ones imagination
and considerable bewlderment is ex-
perienced. In fact, the impression is
strong that even an inane subtitle
would be preferable to SO much mys-
terry
THE Partisan Fashion Frolic" is a
fashion pageant in four scenes and
three tableaus, showing Nile Madelon.
the Partisan chanteuse, and troupe OF
French mannequins. Everything from
negligees to bathing suits is shown in
this original fashion picture, and The
extremely short Partisan skirt is much
in evidence
odd Holland" delightful study in
colors, is on the bill. Miss Anne Jago
sings and the Broadway symphony Or
chestra plays ''The Red Mill" for an
overture.
Given a John Fox jr. story poured
into the Mary Pickford mold and a
celluloid Sherlock Holmes is not
needed to deduce what is going to
happen even before the first flicker Of
Heart Of the Hills begins at the
Strand. And yet the combination sue
co"d' ~ presenting an interesting
story, made more so for those who en-
JOy tae tsua. Pickford methods. and