The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-03
MARRIAGE THEME
OF PICTURE PLAYS
Don't Change Your Husband
at the RialtO, Proves Anus
ing to Sunday Crowd.

The latest Lasky Aircraft picture
at the Rialto. Don't Change Your Illus
band" started warning husbands yes
terday against eating onions and snor-
ing. Some wives. It appears. especially
those aspiring TO move in the better So
cial circles. are sensitive.
Cecil r. De Mile. the producer OF the
photoplay. also seems TO have felt that
the oft reiterated caution to young ben
edicts not to forget their wedding an
niversary hasn't sunk home yet, for Il
was one OF the texts provided for Broad
, wav's Sabbath.
The wife in this Aim by Jeanne Mac
Pherson f'nde herself unable to endure
longer these oddities OF her husband
together with his habit OF entertaining
| her during the long winter evenings
by un,oossnine his collar. reading his
| Newspaper with concentration and put
, ting his feet up on her vanity bag.
SO she fees for relief 10 friends
country estate for week end. though
the remedy isn't really as desperate as
II sounds. she IA able to while away
the time with young Van TdsseI Sufphsn.
who arpears to make love for q living.
as he naturally can't help being a
| oharmer-in the movies-with name
like that. She turns her soul over TO
him. which leads TO dramatic furry
with a revolver playing speaking part.
Husband Sees Light.
In the end her lover. who promises
her the treasures of Araby. turns out to
he little better than a figure OF speech.
| Her husband, once he awakens out of
his business trance and discovers that
the really important business in life con-
sists OF falling In love with ones wife
at least twice a year. proves that there
Is nothing so helpful as cheek book to
an ardent wooer. outside OF n sincere
look in the eyes.
This Is Mr.. De Miles debit side OF
the ledger to "Old Wives for New"
representing the credit side, az In this
lates; cinema he puts the husband on
the defensive by making him realize his
neglect of his wife and cease dropping
| a shes over the floor. Tho comedy oc-
| casioned much laughter yesterday.
largely elected by Elliott Dexter's re-
| strained but effective playing as the
glue King who couldn't make his house
| hold stick together Gloria Swanson was
the wife. fact which made huboy's
| disregard all the moro Incompetent
| sible.
! Besides a Mutt and JeT comedy and
magaziI, feature there ia an overture
OF Czecno-Slov music and It Is ex-
| pected that the Jugo- Slavs will ask to be
heard next week.
At the Strand John Barrymore, now
playing en- tho spoken stage in Re
demption." has his film resurrection in
Here Comes the Bride" which treats
| Inatrimony as though It were n laugh
| Ing matter. This Paramount screen
production is simpler and more direct
| iNf to 40 TOD
| and the transfer has not detracted from
| the amusing qualities Of the story con-
corning the struggling lawyer who
! married an unknown woman because he
wanted the money offered In order TO
marry another woman.
Joshes His Part.
John barrymore joshed his part
| nonchalantly, and while he doesn't do a
| death stagger In this production he
| seems TO be Just as successful In trying
| to hang himself from a gas Jet that
wasn't made strong enough for suicide
purposes and lands him on the floor.
| What Is the matter with marriage on
Broadway this week? The only one who
seemed to derive any pleasure from the
welded state yesterday was william S.
Hart at the Rlvoli. but maybe that was
| because In Breed OF Men he was just
! a plain. blunt Westerncr without any
| Ea stern sophlstication that might make
| him bored at the prospect OF eating
breakfast with the same woman every
morning This Ince picture centres
! around the tense technique OF faro as
It was played by gentlemen Of the old
| school. In addition. tho Prizma color
pictures finally reach subject which
should have been treated long ago. in
the shape of young girls In their nat
ural tlnts-warranted to be fast.
| At tho Broadway the producers who
put Dorothy Phillips into The Heart OF
! humanity" or vice versa. announced
! that they had tried their best TO sup
press the picture. but the public
| wouldn't hear OF it, so they gave II oXy-