The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-01
Charles Ray and
Ethel Shannon in
Humorous Film
Giant Strides of Man o. War
Also Seen on the Screen
Other Novelties.

in I, public eye just now. Charles Ray
does his best to bring it more consticu-
ously before that famous eye at the
Rivoli this week with AN Old Fash
Toned Boy" but this time the master
mind" that causes the whir,igfg is ferr-
mime. She is a very up to date young
woman and when Mr. Ray as a youth
whose ideas date back to the era before
strikes became a national institution
builds a home for her without consult
ing her wishes she causes as much
trouble as walking delegate and whirl-
ing dervish combined.
Mr. Pay looks as amusingly dis
tranght as the average citizen who il
as much worried about saving his own
fireside as he is about saving the
country. but manages to preserve his at
tractive looks through it all and to take
the curse off the building situation
Miss Ethel Shannon is attractive as the
young lady who holds up the works.
This picture by Agnes Christine John
son is so amusing 1t might even make
the Lockwood Legislative Committee
smile.
Other Features.
An uproarious Paramount-Mack SEN
nett comedy, Movie Fans Is likely to
make all spectators more So A Bruce
scenic. Mountain Sailing: the over
ture from Offenbach's "Orpheus" Back
10 the Rivoli." an ingenious comedy COM
position for the orchestra by Max II
Name, the Rivoli tympanist, and a
pleasant Fountain Dance by three per-
formers are also geared up to the pro-
gramme.
The Strand this week has two features
to keep the eye sparkling-Mr. and Mrs.
Carter de Haven in Twin Beds" and
The Race of the Ages" starring Man
o. War. with Sir Barton supporting him
considerably up-stage. These exclusive
pictures by the Educational Film Cor
poration set ones red corpuscles racing
also with their glimpses Of the start of
the Canadian contest, with their scenes
at different stages of the race--taken
variously by q fast and a slow motion
camera-and with their closeups graph
ically revealing Man o. Wars giant
strides. which are enough TO make the
average beholder leg weary. The Aims,
taken by Major J. w. OMohoney, are
more exciting than a yacht cup race, and
mercifully briefer.
The four posters of the De Havens
maintain the pace set by the equines
but, unlike them. the humans finish neck
and neck. Mr.. de Haven is amusingly
explosive as the italian singer who
blunders into the wrong boudoir. while
Mrs de Haven Is agreeably coy and
capricious as the wife who believes in a
double standard--of beds. Altogether
this comic production, the most preten-
tious the De Ravens have undertaken
so far and rather more elaborate than
the stage farce of Miss Margaret Mayo
and Salisbury Field. moves at a furious
gait that justifies the furious way the
comedian is represented to have spent
money on It.
A musical scenic novelty and the
"Mlgnon" overture are wrapped up with
the rest of the order.
Miss Minter as Blind Girl.
Mary Miles Mnter does some imper-
sonating at the Ralto that Is really
more moving than her golden ringlets-
and for this the rising vote of thanks
goes to Dana Burnett Eyes of the
Heart is a Realart adaptation of his
short story blindness" and 1t provides
Miss Minter for once with an effective
tale. In which she plays a blind girl so
we'll any one can tell she can't see with
half an eye The theme of the picture
we'll as the eyes--is hardly borne out
by the Sunshine comedy "Farmyard Fol-
lies" in which all the performers need
to rely on their optics rather than their
emotions to keep from being pulverized.
Preludes from Wagner's "Lohengrin."
the duet from Verdi's I'll Trovatore" by
Alma Doria and Edoardo Albano and a
solo by Emanuel List also can be OBJ
tained by application at the box office.
Tom Moore i'm "Ofiicer $685." Gold
wyn version of the farce by AuG4stin
McHugh, which carried Broadway by a
landslide several seasons back, demon
strates at the Capitol that even cop
can be charming. AS the wealthy young
man who masquerades as an officer for
the sake of the thrill he abets this joy
Gus comedy substantially in putting
crooks and the Police Department In
their proper place. Jeane Calhoun, Je-
rome Patrick and Raymond Hatton are
also in the lineup.
A Hy Mayer Travelaugh. Such Is
Life in Provincetown." leaves one won
dering IL outside of the Bohemian colony
there is such thing as life In this town.
An Irish scenic, accompanied by Come
Back to Erin" sunk by Ruth Pearcy ;
How'll You Have Your Bath?' a pleas
Ing Sport Pictorial which moves the or
chestra to answer I'm Clock Store" :
LISTS Second Hungarian Rhapsodie."
THE Lost Chord" played by Herbert
Watrous. and dance by Mile. Gam
barelli bring the programme up to the
100 per cent. of excellence which enter
tains Friend Rothafel.
NOTES OF THE THEATRES.