The sun., 1919-04-14
'PETTIGREW'S GIRL
ON RIALTO SCREEN
Ghost of Slumber Mountains
Turns Clock Back About
40,0OO,0OO Years.
TWO CHAPLIN REVEALS
Wallace Reid Burns Up the
Track at the Strand
Other New Films.

The Rivoli Theatre goes back co.
600. 900 years in order to stage real
battle this week. To be sure. the feature
picture. "Pettigrew's Girl" puts on a
conflict centring around Ethel Clayton's
smile, but then that has merely to do
with the war. THE Ghost OF Slumber
Mountain" on the other hand returns TO
the prlmeval slime and ooze to direct
a one round bout between prehistoric
two horned rhinoceros and dinosaurus,
so that one sees Darwin's survival or the
fittest working out before ones eyes.
This picture. produced by Herbert NJ.
Dawley in conjunction with geological
experts. 10 a decided novelty and proves
that II Is we'll worth while to have evo-
luton register on the screen. Its story
is slender. starting with novelist
hunstman who falls asleep on Slumber
Mountain and dreams that the ghost Of
the hermit there leads him TO a curious
instrument by which he can see through
time and watch the antediluvian mon
sters gambolling In the Jungle during the
worlds kindergarten period.
II Is the natural history museum
| come to life. One sees the brontosaurus
| taking Its Tubing. from which 1t APP
| pears that the story ia laid in England.
Then through the romantic glades strolls
| pterodactyl, huge bird which looks
| like pelican wearing a Hawaiian grass
skirt. 1t eats snakes as fowl to-day
take a snack of worms. and can scratch
the top of Its head casually with one
| foot without losing its poise.
Battle of tho Monsters.
Finally one flimpses right before ones
eyes a scrap between couple OF two
horned rhinos.j twice the modern size.
who have difference OF opinion over
Jungle tidyit. One of them moves of
| defeated. but the victor has only short
triumph, because an enormous reptile
| with two pairs of legs comes along and
crowns him. Douglas Fairbanks him
! self would be proud of movie con-
quest like that when the rhino goes
| down for the count.
The names OF the silurian actors
! aren't down on the programme. but they
played their parts naturally. There was
nothing circussy about the affair. but
the animals all seemed TO be lifeslze,
| and instead of giving one the impress
sion OF papier mache stage dragons
seemed very realistic-if one can call
anything realistic that one never has
| seen In the flesh. There Is no heart in
| terest. but beyond question. with this
| film showing the way. some enterpris!ng
| producer now will discover the romance
| OF our ancestral pair of oysters. Alto
eether this remarkable Summing expe-
| dition In the carboniferous era was time
| well spent.
After seeing this Il Is like rounding
| out the afternoon with weak tea to view
"Pettigrew's Girl" which is adapted
| from Dana Burnet.s story in the weekly
ma gazine that keeps the stage and the
| screen posted on the latest things in
fiction. The story is agreeable while II
follows the original tale OF the private.
on leave Just before sailing for France.
who falls in love with the shop window
photo of a chorus girl. seeks her ont
and by the example of his unselfishness
inspires her to give up wealthy
| rounder for the duration OF the war.
A Charlie Chaplin Revival.
But the picture keeps streaming on,
| because the arnlistice, coming after the
story was written. gives the director a
chance to spoil it by bringing the dough-
boy happily home again. No doubt he
| felt he had some pictures OF Ethel Clay
ton doing war relief work which simply
| had to be used somehow. In addition to
n "Bolm ballet there is another Chap
| lin revival. Police" which is an i'm
provement over the others since. sclen-
| tlfically speaking. it represents his ter
| tlary period.
At the Strand. Wallace Reid races
| through automobile records and hearts
| In THE Roaring Road" In which he is a
| motor salesman with q temper which en-.
| ables him to win the hand of his boss :
| darling-though usually a self-combusti-
Bile disposition Is not considered an as
set. The photoplay has n ripping pic
! ture of a California road race, and Just
! whom one fears that It IS going to fly of
the track by repeating with similar
| contest 1t manages 10 give the plot
| enough gas TO make a good finish. Reid
| fills his role well with the help OF gaso-
| lene smears.
A film at the Rialto, "A Man and HE
| Money" from the story by Frederic s.
Ishan. gives Tom Moore an opportunity
| to demonstrate his natural gifts at
| spending money, as we'll as his talent for
not wasting any blows when he punches
| the villain. Mae Murray In THE Deli
cious Little Devil" at the Broadway per-
forms entertainingly. but hardly tears
| around as well as Charlie Chaplin in an
early success, THE Jazz Waiter"