The Washington herald., 1919-06-16
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II your best girl made you the un-
derstudy for her Pomeranian and
treated you accordingly until your poor
cerooelfum disintegrated and you were
On the way to be a public charge-if
al this happened to you, what should
you do? For expert information see
Polly With Past" now playing at
The Shubert-Garrick
As the kind Of unfortunate men
toned. Rex Van Zile decides to fight
nre with INT. In other words he
thinks that in order to bring the af-
fectons Of the girl he loves to the
crystallizing point he will have to
make her believe his life will be
wrecked by some enchantress unless
she comes to the rescue SO he starts
TO hunt for a professional home
wrecker and finds Polly with the hectic
history. Everything is all framed up.
but somehow it doesn't stay framed
correctly. How can fellow look into
the eyes of a siren, who is no jitney
Jezebel but a million-kopeck Cleo
patra, for eighteen hours out of the
twenty-four and not experience a few
mental wanderings? And then 1t de-
velops that Polly is a minister's daugh-
coeur with kings and grand dukes
and everything are just capable press
agentry. So she exchanges an inter-
national reputation as a thedabara for
a country house on Long Island and
a half dozen motors, not to mention
the devoted Rex
The clever work of the Garrick
Players in this production serves to
clinch the excellent impression they
have made on Washington playgoers
and to continue the warm individual
interest manifested in the members
Of the company.
In the role OF Polly Shannon. alias
Mile. Paulette Badie, the toast of
she Riviera. Laura Walkers para
doXically naughty eyes and demure
mouth are dramatically utilized with
100 per cent efficiency. And Earle
Foxe brings to the Characterization Of
Rex Van Zile all the sad, sad mental
skidding OF the fellow whose girl
Ike Us him ready to go over the top
all the time. but never blows the
advance whistle. The balance of the
cast does fine work consistently, al
though Lynne Overman calls for spe-
cial citation as the amateur press
agent who breaks into the Big Town
press.
ne SeIIlnSS OF the three acts arc
extremely good, striking a level OF
artistry much above the accepted
stock company standard.
Polfs-.Heart of the Jungle
Paul ]. Rainty's pictures of ami
NAL life in Africa have not lost their
thrill for lovers of nature in it's
strange and wild aspects. To those
who did not see the first film prod
uCts of Mr.. Rainey's adventures a
few years ago. the exhibition at
Polls Theater this week will give
A new sensation. Those who eS<
perienced this excitement at the first
opportunity will recognize some old
friends among the incidents now
depicted. but will also find much of
fresh and original interest.
Splendid water-hole pictures of
giraffes. zebras, balloons. elephants.
buffalo. deer and rhinoceros are
shown. A stirring cheetah hunt
with dogs is followed by way of
climax with the sensational shoot
ing of a lion just as ii is charging
the camera Beautiful and amazing
scenes show innumerable flamingoes
at rest in the water and in flight
above it.
People pay to see Mr.. Rainey's
KIND OF pictures TO get away from
the cheap comedy and sentiment OF
the ordinary movies. 1t is likely
that most of last nights audience
would gladly have spared the rather
commonplace comedy with which
the program opened. despite its in
CidentaI animal interest. if they
could have seen instead some Of the
advertised pictures of "Rainey's
New TRIPS to the Forbidden City
of Peking." BATTLES of Siberia" and
others. and Hero Scenes of the
CzCcho- SIovak Army" which were
awaited vainly in the short two
hour program.