The Washington herald., 1920-04-26
LOew's Palace - Elaine Hammer
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rarely yields a dramatic production
with so much thoughtful a dramatic
and romantic theme as The Woman
Game" the celluloid adaptation of
a story by Frank Dazey and Leigh
ton Osmun in which the beautiful
and charming Elaine Hammerstein'
essays the role of chief Importance.
This picture Constitutes the feature
of the program this week at Leow's
Palace theater and from the recep-
tion accorded IL by yesterdays audi
ences, twill be rated as one of the
most pronounced successes this
dainty young star has to her credit.
1T is brilliantly supplemented, incl
dentally. with a long and interest
ing array of added screen and musi-
cal attractions, including an over
.ture, La Feria." a Spanish musical
suite. contributed by the Palace
Symphony Orchestra under the lead
ership of Director Cannon.
THE Woman Game" is story
based on the theory that woman,
in pursuing her business in life
matrimony-is within her rights in
using any legal weapon that comes
to hand. just as a man is accorded
the right, by popular consent, OF
employing any means that are legal
in advancing his business pros
poets. The story itself, in the tell
ing, assumes a romantic atmos-
phere OF the most charming and
delicate sort and reveals the star
in the role OF a society girl who.
at the direction OF a rather cynical
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is altogetheEdifferent from her real
individuality in her effort to gain
the love of a captain of industry
for whom she cherishes the deepest
affection.
The theme is developed against a
background of luxurious brilliance,
superb atmospheric effects and gar
geous exterior backgrounds. and 1t
reaches it climax in the discovery
by the man that the girl who has
Icaptivated him is not at all the girl
he thought her to be. Her defense,
however, is that she simply employed
the same tactics in captivating him
that he employed in pursuing his
successful business career, and the
girls answer is so logical and fair
and reflects a quality of mind that
the man finds so admirable that he
not only accepts the explanation, but
considers himself fortunate as the
victim of her deceit.
Miss Hammerstein is splendidly
supported by a cast that includes
JeTe Austin, Ida Darling and others,
and Director William P. f. Earle
has adapted 1t with sympathy and
feeling.
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In "a Fool and His Money
As its feature for the first four
days of this week, beginning yester-
day, Loew's Columbia Theater offers
a photoplay feature of more than
usual strength and emotional ap-
peal. It is "A Fool and His Money"
an adaptation OF the novel of the
same name by George Barr Mccut-'
cheon, and the actor chosen for the
starring honors of the production is
Eugene sO'Brien. the smiling. blonde
and debonair hero of a growing list
of screen successes.
"a Fool and His Money! is a
noteworthy picture from the stand
point of a strong tale, we'll and SIM
ply told; romantic atmosphere of
the most pronounced type and some
comedy situations that score so
easily and naturally that the point
c1 them remains with the spectator
long after he has forgotten more
emphatic elemerts of the production.
The picture tells the story of a
young American author who pur-
chases supposed peace and quiet
in the form of a castle on the
Rhine. Almost before his tenancy
has started he discovers that his
castle has a ghost but some quiet
investigation reveals that the
ghost" Is an American girl, for
mer mistress of the castle, whose
matrimonial venture with a dis
solute nobleman has proven sunfor-
tunate.
Form this point on, romantic
climax, ,of singular Intensity and