New-York tribune., 1920-06-07
On the Screen

On the Screen
":Remodeling Her Husband''
Shows Cieh Dircetor-Star Com
bination Is Happy One
Lillian Gish is not in her usual place
in "Remodeling Her Husband" which
started a weeks run at the Rialto yes
terday. Instead Of showing her pretty
self she remains invisible and leaves
the spotlight to sister Dorothy. whose
! acting eaptivates the filmgoer. But ab-
sent though she is from the screen,
throughout the picture. Fancy knitted
coverings for the boiled eggs at break
fast, heart~shaped pillow for the
young brides boudoir. carnations in
each Of hubby's clippers. which wait
for his return, are only some Of the
evidences Of Director Gish's work in
this truly feminine Aim.
Dorothy Gish Is the star Of the film,
sister Lillian the director, and Dor
othy Elizabeth Carter the author.
After they get throug h there is little
some of the r6les in the comedy. 1t is
happy combination, this new one Of
the sisters, and, Judging from the re-
ception given to "Remodeling Her Hus-
band" not an exceptional or novel
story but we'll told and invigorating,
there will be more heard from them
Perhaps in the next the positions will
be reversed. with Dorothy the director
and Lillian the star.
Without doubt Dorothy Gish is one
Of the most refreshing Of all the
hor
eyes. her feet, her gestures, all con-
trive to make her performance one of
lightness and pleasantness and abound
ing In amusement.
Dorothy cures her 9lirtatious hubby
She ssunodsls him by giving him the
absent treatment and going into her
fathers business. Hubby inherits his
weakness for the opposite sex and
flirts, not because he has tired oe his
Unfortunately. he 10 caught in several
compromising situations, no: always
Of his own making. and his wife packs
her belongings and goes home to
father and mother. After he Is re-
modelled che returns 70 him, not at all
certain that his hereditary weakness
has been etadicated. James Rennie as
the husband gives able support to Miss
| Ctah. Hs certainly has = trying time
Of II when she rants and ravss all
night because she caught the widow
kissing him.
Ben fwrpin end Aia eress-eyes in "The
Nut Crackers" 10 the other comedy on
the program. The Rialto Magszine this
week - one Of the loagest that has
been shown at the thsater in years.
Mr.. Riesenfeld Is experimenting, and If
public approval Is forthcoming will
continue the feature. Among the things
shown this week Is Debs, in prison
garh, receiving the nomination Of the
the other parties also are flashed on
the screen. The overture is the "Prel-
ude and Love Death" from Wagners
Tristan and Isolde" in which the or
chestra Is assisted by Alma Doria. so-
prano. Martin Brsfez, tenor, and Edo
ardo Ahano. baritone, sing the duet
from Verdi's "La Fora del Destino. y
There are other orchestral and organ
numbers.
Again is Hohart Bosworth a man of
the sea. and again IL the Rlm in which
he appears = good one, because he is
probably unequalled In his portrayal
Of strong sea characters on the screen.
Ihe picture Ia Thomas H. Ince's Be
low the Surface" which was seen at
the Rivoli yesterday. and in it Mr..
bosworth - deep sea diver, a fine,
upright resident Of Doreas Island, Me.
AthonSh the story 10 strong and
interesting one. it Is completely over
Swallowed by the sub-surface scenes
which are shown. Hobart Bosworth's $
struggle, under fifty Ave fathoms Of
water, to free the stranded submarine
from q muddy grave; the underwater r
scenes Of the wreck Of the steamer:
the wreck In the fog. and the dive by
bosworsh to rescue his fast sinking
son, make the Aim noteworthy. if il
is SO for nothing else. But it has some
hanJi.d tninE else. ST.: . story which, poorly
Of those ten-twenty thirty "drammers"
prevalent few years back, but which
Is told simply and effectively in Mr..
lnce's production.
After naval divers have failed to
reach q submarine which lies at the
bottom OF the sea of Dorcas Island.
Martin Flint, played by Mr.. Bosworth,
goes down and saves the vessel and
twenty-seven men who are slowly suf-
locating. A crooked promoter reads
OF the feat and sees in it the possibil-
lty OF making easy money.
With q woman accomplice he goes TO
the fishing town and attempts to in
veigle the diver into scheme for
making fortune out Of sunken treas
ure. His proposition is not an honest
one, and Martin Flint refuses. But his
son, ensnared by the woman, marries
her and then dives to aid the scheme.
AS soon as she gets the gold for the
promoter. she deserts him. He lies at
deaths door, broken in body by the
effects Of tho hazardous dive and in
spirit by his wife's desertion on the
day Of their marriage.
The father traps her in 4 cabaret in
the city and starts for home with her
on passenger ship. On the way it
crashes into q derelict and sinks
From the wreck comes the means for
reconciling Martin and his son.
Supporting Mr.. Bosworth are Lloyd
Hughes, Grace Diamond, George Webb,
Gladys George, ]. P. Lockney, Edith
Yorke and George Clair.
worries and Wobbles," a comedy,
and the Rivoh Pictorial complete the
flm program. Tschaikowskys Fourth
Symph hony," played by the orchestra;
Happy Days." duet sung by Betty
Andersen, soprano. and Helen McGee,
contralto, and an organ solo are the
musical offerings. Alexander Ouman-
sky and May Kitchen are also on the
l