The sun., 1919-08-11
HART BURNS UP OLD
TRAIL IN NEW FILM
"Wagon Tracks" at the RivOh
Gives Series of Thrills With
Bit Of Romance.

The West may be dying in actual
life. but nothing can kill It on the
screen. William s. Hart appears this
week in Wagon Tracks at the Rivoli.
and the preliminary announcement
alone is sufficient notice that the fea-
ture picture at this house Is filled with
dust, desert and deathless devotion.
G. Gardner Sullivan. who wrote the
story around Harris Workmanship, has
blazed the old Sante Re trail from
Kansas to New Mexico. placing the
period at 1850. when there were no
fiivvers on the horizon and the only
Indians, Since every caravan in those
days had to have scout and leader
this position among the body OF men
who are represented as seeking the land
OF plenty naturally falls to Mr.. Hart.
who never misses his mark In the
movies.
And since Il would seem that no
prairie schooners ever crossed the great
waste spaces in those times without at
least one girl to make glad the heart
of the hero by leaning against his chest
this observation Is drawn from the
veraclous lore of the cinemas-Jane
Novak goes along, and she proves to be
great little leaner. But, OF course, the
tale has mainly to do with the thrills
of the struggles against privations and
mara uders-a mere women generally
means little, once William s. Hart puts
on the grease paint. MIR Hart lopes
through the story with his usual sang
froid, dragging the action after him.
In addition there is another picture
of trails, this one being a Bruce scenic
called Separate Trails an amusing
comedy. FOX Ambrose the customary
IL, I'D sNsn No. laa
orchestra of Hosmer's Southern Rhap-
sody."
The Strand presented an innovation
in the first new English movie to be
shown on Broadway since the war, evil
IDENTIFY the answer of the British pro-
ducers to the American invasion OF their
film market. which has been steadily
going on while they were staging the
fracas in France. The photoplay
Choosing WIFE," in an adaptation OF
the English novel. THE Elder Miss
Blossom" presented with British set.
tings British faces and, OF course, Brit.
ish weather.
The film drama seels 70 solve one OF
the most burning problems that evei
confronts a man with a good b. nix &C.
count. TO wit. ought he ~ harry a
young and pretty girl. or n more ma turs
woman. who has the poise Of more ad.
vanced years but whose youthful vivac.
ity has been put hors de combat? In
this instance, the poor male victim, ar
explorer. IL confronted with the problem
through learning. on his return TO civil
| zation, that woman well on i'm life
has considered herself engaged TO hin
all the time he has been away, while
he discovers to his horror that he Is II
| love with a younger maid. The story 1.
we'll developed. though lacking In techni
cal finish. Anyone who Ia tangled II
the same web can discover a way gu
at the Strand for the minimum price o.
| so cents. There also are the usual musi
cal numbers and comic catastrophe
Behind the Scenes"
At the Rialto another marital mixuI
Is presented through "The Peace o
| Roaring River" in which Pauline Fred
erick portrays a young woman who an
] swers an advertisement In matrimonial
| Journal. goes West and has TO shoe
| the man who has sent for her beforl
she can lind out she really loves an
other Musical numbers. comedy an,
lion hunt put the finishing touches OF
| the programme.