The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-07
IRENE CASTLE STAR
IN THE FIRING LINE
Famous Dancers Return to
Screen Amuses Rivoli's
Patrons.
PROVES SHE CAN SWIM
Constance Talmadge Appears
in "The Yelled Adventure
at the Strand.

Irene Castle. making her return to
the screen by acting in The Firing
Line" at the Rivoli. swims very we'll
In fact this Aim version OF the novel
by Robert W. Chambers is well suited
to warm weather. stimulating an atmoo-
phere OF GOODNESS with scenes at Palm
Beach and views Of a thunderstorm In
the Adirondacks with the rain tricking
down the hero's collar. After seeing
1t one wanted to bury oneself in the
ocean.
Mrs. Castle assumes the person Of
ShseIc Cdrdross, a founding who is
adopted by the sort Of wealthy persons
who like to pick heirs and actresses
out OF ashcans. Learning her identity
as nobody when she has grown up,
she marries young man impulsively
with some confused notion of gaining
the shelter of his name, but without any
intention OF exchanging little love
for 1t.
Later. with fcr marriage still a Sc
cret, she falls in love with John Gdrrct
Homn, a landscape architect into whose
rowboat she climbs upon losing her
bearings in a fog at sea while she is
showing her talents as a siren with
the trudgeon stroke. Calamity enough.
her clandestine husband offers to ar
range for divorce that will release
her for the other mans arms, but the
girl refuses. for no particular reason
except that movie heroines are consist
emily muieheaded. It requires a case
OF brain fever on the part OF both HdmH
and Shield before they can realize their
love.
story Rather Bumpy.
The story, turned into a scenario by
Clara Beranger. starts well, loses speed
as II goes along but makes a successful
rally toward the end. It has an anus
insly offhand way of introducing irrele-
want characters and then dropping them
absent mindedly. The real hero isn't
HdnH hut the husband, who. instead of
being n villain. has the more sympa-
thetic part and Is impelled by spirits to
make the sacrifice OF committing suicide
because his wife exercises her preroga-
tive OF being foolish.
II is an impressive advertisement for
Sir oliver Lodges book on spiritualsm
beca use, in addition to a bout of table
tipping, his book is shown with the title
plainly revealed as Raymond, or Life
and Death" Mrs. Castle has a grace
full dancing scene. which Is introduced
without Gripping the action. She meets
the emotional demands Of her role sur
prisingly we'll. but the part is essentially
silly. even for the summer or brainless
seasona
The orchestra pours out the third and
fourth movements OF Tschaikowsky's
Symphonic Pathetique": Emanuel List
does ASLEEP in the Deep" in basso pro-
fundo; Edna Mampel. contralto, causes
Tschaikowsky to double on the pro-
gramme with None but the Lonely
Heart" and a Sunshine comedy. Hun
cry Lions in a Hospital" tears UP
elaborate sets in search of laughs.
Miss TalmadHe's New Play.
At the Strand Constance Talmadge
appears in '"rhe Yelled Adventure" and
though this comedy also has some re-
freshing seascapes, Il Is too much like
the weather in its tepidness. Miss Tai
madge depicts a young society bud who
sets out to teach her fiance a lesson
when she finds in his pocket the veil OF
another woman-the latter being one OF
the most unattractive and impossible
vampires among all the astonishing ST.
rens OF the screen. Geraldine Barker
| also seeks to teach a lesson to the young
man she really loves, employing the
doubtful boomerang expedient OF max
ing him think she is stealing from her
| own relatives. The most diverting scene
comes during the inevitable labial rap
prochement at the end.
Bruce Weyman. returned from the
| service, sang "On the Road to Manda-
lay" and his BARITONE voice seemed just