The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-17

or themselves In gorgeous array. but
little Miss Mary Miles Minter, highest
paid star Of her age in the world, and
possessor of marvellous clothes, has
used rare restraint in portraying her
role Of a poor little mountaineer girl
in "A Cumberland Romance" which
shows at the Murray Theatre the first
half She does not wear a single
Paris frock in the entire picture. not
even a vision, because, said she, a
poor little mountain girl would not be
likely to dream about fineries which
she had never even seen. Without
smart clothes, however, Miss Minter
has made beautiful and appealing
figure of Easter" the girl Of the wild
Cumberland mountains, daughter Of a
moonshiner, sweetheart of stalwart
mountain preacher who reminds one Of
the famous Sergeant York, the preach
er-soldier who attracted so much motor
iety last year. "A Cumberland ro-
nance" is adapted from the novel "A
Mountain Europa" by John Fox, Jr.,
whose tremendously popular novels,
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" and
Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come"
have already been adapted for the
screen.
MURRETTE.
"Flattery is like champagne - De-
lightful while taking but sickening in
its after effect" Thus does Norma
Talmadge, the bewitching little motion
picture star, describe that gentle art
whose use has been in vogue ever
since man could speak and woman
would listen.
'Flattery has toppled thrones.
changed history, separated thousands
Of happy couples, peopled the under
world and divided kingdoms" contin-
ues Miss Talmadge. Nor is it an art
exclusively used by mere man. Women
have used it with telling effect as wit
ness the willy Cleopatra and other
professional royal flatterers." In the
case Of f1attery we can reverse
Kipling's famous lines-"The female
of the species Is more deadly than the
things in a pleasing way can easily
mould to his desire most any sus-
ceptible woman or girl"
And it is this same theme that
makes Yes or No. Miss Talmadge's
latest photoplay, a First National at
traction, instructive as well as enter
tanning. In it the audience is shown
the male flatterer at his deadly work
both in the home Of wealth and the
humber tenement-it shows the male
vamp in evening clothes and the pur-
suer in 1ivery-both deadly and dan.
gerous. 1t graphically describes how
two women in Numerically opposite
stations of life accept the attentions
of this despicable type of man. This
perturbation of subject vitality inter
esting to all women will be shown al
| the Murrette, Wednesday,
MURRETTE
Bet Percy Hackett and George Jes
sop dinner for three that I'd kiss
Miss Hobbs within a month"
This pencilled memorandum nearly
wrecked a romance. But it cured Miss
Hobbs of smocks, barefoot dancing
free verse, a nut and a fruit diet, cub
list art, etc. And that really was the
chief aim. 'It was worth it," sale
the man as he claimed his bride.
Miss Hobbs" is Wanda Hawlcy's
first vehicle as Realart star. 1t will
be shown at the Murrette theatre fol
the last times today.
Elmer Harris prepared the scenario
from the famous stage comedy b,
Jerome K. Jerome, who also wrote
THE Passing of the Third Floor
Back"
Miss Hawley is irresistibly funny as
the super-feministic young woman who
hates all men and holds to all sorts o
nut" fadS until-but it would be