New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-13
On the Screen
''Restless Sex Best of Robert
w. Chambers's Works So
Far Shown ON Screen
By FIarriette Undexhill

"~"A
For the frst time in our life we
agree with Robert w. Chambers. It 10
"The Restless Sex," and some super
specimens seemed to have gathered at
the Criterion Theater yesterday after
noon, where the picture, taken from
Mr: Chambers's novel. was shown.
Six different sets Of women, each set
containing from two to four persons,
crowded past our aisle seat during the
run Of the picture. They all thought
they wanted to sit in the second row
and then decided it was too near.
Robert w. Chambers's novels are
considered TO contain good screen ma
terial, and they are full of what the
public thinks the managers think the
public wants. But none Of those that
we have seen have been anything but
annoying with people running around
and doing ridiculous things and say
ing. SMother,, ! am betrothed!" and
Brother, call my limousine" And
more on the screen than smile and look
pretty. Therefore "The Restless Sex"
comes as delightful surprise. Hav-
ing expected nothing, you are pleased
with little. Instead of having only
two moods, as Of yore, Miss Davies has
at least six, and they are nicely dis
tributed. She never overacts, and she
10 quite charming as beautiful sample
OF the restless sex, Stephanie Cleland.
Perhaps it is Robert Leonard's direc-
ton which makes this picture so much
more plausible than any of, the preyi-
GUS Chambers novels which have been
put ON the screen. It certainly is beau
tifully done and shows some remark
ABLY nice children in the prologue.
stephen Carr SO the boy Jim ia es-
pecially attractive. But why the in
FAINT in the epilogue? Was it to prove
that "Steye" and Jim got married
Of course, every one guessed that when
they faded away arm in arm over the
nil. But screen audiences do love q
Growing infant in crib as the final
evidence, and directors are prone to
hood.
There are two splendid heroes. Ralph
Kellard and Carlyle Blackwell, and no
doubt the restless sex will have as
great difficulty in choosing between
them as did Stephanie. Blackwell is
an old friend, but Kellard is new to
US, though he may not be new to the
fans. He was extremely likable as
Jim and was chosen as the father of
the Growing infant in the crib. o.
valid, the other hero, died, and they
suspected that his death under the
wheels Of the train which was to bear
him away was not accidental. His
ticket read New York to Saranac Lakei
There was prologue called "Woman
Eternal" with the stage settings by
Joseph Urban, which must have been
gorgeous, though we stayed so long at
missed it.
The overture is Cigars "Salut
glamour" and there is medley called
Melody Of Flowers" 1t included "Nar-
STi;ssus;," ., Little Buttercup,"' Tulip
There is also a Mutt and JEFF car
toon, "The Merry Cafe.
The two most recent pictures of
Charles Ray have contained too much
plot to please his ardent admirers:
they demand more star and less story.
"A Village Sleuth" at the Rivoli this
week gives Ray far more chance to be
himself than did "Forty-ive Minutes
From Broadway" but we could bear it
with e,quanimity If Ray had few
bashful scenes such as he used to
have last season when he played CAL
low college youths and ambitious az
pressmen. One can find no fault with
the story, however, for it is a very
good story with q real mystery which
is almost as battling as some Of those
which set every one a-guessing last
season-who killed who. who stole the
diamonds, etc.
Charles Ray ia William Wells. who
wants to be detective. So, when his
father grows tired Of his shiftless
ways and tells him to earn his own
living he puts his magnifying glass in
his pocket and sets out. He does STUN
Bile on several mysteries, but the solu-
tion is never what either he or The az