The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-08
Wallace Reid Is
Double Puzzle in
Arrays udacious'
Actors Right Eyebrow Only
Key to Mystery in New
Photo Play.

wallace FeIu 3 .rlgnt eyebrow shoWH
to advantage in Always Audacious'' al
the Riyoli this week For It Is By raising
this Ciliary adjunct at proper moments
in this screen translation OF Ben Ames
Williams's "roujours de PAudace' that
the smiling Paramount star is able 20
differentiate between himself in his
double characterization OF man OF
wealth and q forger who is go initiative
that he has even taken the other mans
good looks. The other personages IN
the photoplay can't tell Reid apart from
himself, bat they should have watched
his eyebrows, which differed in the dual
relies.
He has other means Of subtly shading
the two roles while at the same time
making them look like Wallace Reid
For instance, besides giving the crook
a. sly leer for q smile. Reid as the San
Francisco c,ubman looks very serious
and glowerlng when he finally confronts
himself as the forger who has had hin
shipped to South America so he could
assume his name and get nis--weil, any
how. why shouldn't Reid look sour be-
cause isn't ne. as the other fellow, not
only going to seize his own fortune but
also steal his girl away from himself:
There you are.
After various tests suggested by the
lawyer who Is TO hand over the fortune
to the real owner have failed--to the
delight Of the audience--a pet hound
jumps in and Identifies the right man,
which only proves once again that try
ing It on the dog is the correct theatrical
method. 1t Is by shrewd turns like this
that the comedy, while somewhat con-
ventionally patterned after the grand
model for double resemblances. main
tains the interest and the good humor.
aided by some very snappy work by
Tom Geraghty as scenario writer and
some very clever illusions Of double ex-
posture. such as picture Of Reid punch
ing his own Jaw with evident enjoy
ment. The spectators enjoyed 1t. too. for
the star has produced some real samples
of deft comedy in this photoplay. be-
sides having the satisfaction OF having
things all his own way for nine-tenths
OF the picture as the Villain and then
finally triumphing as the, hero.
Charles Chaplin Revival.
Charles Revival Chaplin has the pro-
lection pulnotor applied to him in an
other showing of Easy Street" and
stands coming to life again very we'll
The opening of the season of grand
opera at te Rivoli finds selected scenes
from the third act OF Faust" with
Mary Fabian, Jean wilkins, Georges du
Frame and Emanuel List running
through their formations in a way &c
rival the attractions OF football game
The orchestra exhaled Svendsen's Nor
wegian Rhapsody No. 8" and Hoffman's
Way Down East"
The same leading woman who does O
bit to cast a cloud on Reds vehicle fig,
ures again as a dark spot on the horizon
in Conrad In Quest OF His Youth" ir
which Thomas Meighan at the Rialtt
plays the part of the Englishrnan OF lei
sure who SEEKS to recapture HE younge,
spirits without the aid OF hair tonic OIL
booze. Leonard Merrick's charm is elu
sive enough even in words, and the NOV
les must certainly have been hard up fol
material to make them turn to his mos
will o. the wisp novel. However, win
lam Dc Mile. the producer. has don.
small miracles with the material, even Il
he has taken liberties with the text L
the extent Of having the roof leak dowr
on the middle aged characters who ar,
advehturlng with Conrad after the you'll
that knew no colds IN the head. Every
thing proceeds rather engagingly anC
amusingly until the leading woman ap
pears late in tho story. and then all Mel
ghan's agreeably restrained II not yer,
English endeavors to put the lure In tn,
story wobble under the heroine's COLI
celluloid methods.
Clyde Cook appears in his second Will
lam Fox film, Tho Huntsnan." ant
while not so funny as In his first com
edy. that is evidently because his direc
tors have run out OF new ways TO hav,
him risk his neck amusingly.
Miss Farrar at strand.
Geraldine Farrar. returned to motion
pictures, after q long absence in 'Th
Riddle: Woman" at the Strand thi
week. has her favorite opportunity Il
this adaptation OF Carl Jacoby's play &
live life after the grand opera model
as hectlcally az an orchestra full OF pas
sion. Plenty of hectic scenes occur Fl
this story of how a woman saves he
feminine predecessor In the designinj
affections Of roue. and how the frs
woman rescues a third victim. bu4 lack
ing the orchestra Farrar fails to max
quite the resounding impact on one
senses that Bertha Kalich did with he
voice. Clyde Cooks latest comedy. al
Artcoior scenic: a solo by Armand,
Brown and the overture from Carmen
do the programme to a turn.
More fire ana thunder are Embossed II
The Branding Iron" at the Capitol
This Goldwyn arrangement of Kathryl
Newlin Burt's novel deals with younj
woman who Is branded when she es
capes from the Wyoming mountain
cabin In which her drunken father ha
imprisoned her, and then tries out he
instincts on life IN the raw--as raw a.
the West will provide.
Several fights. rabid snowstorm an,
the contrast between East and Yves
make this picture a satisfaction to al
worthy OF the name of film fans. TIL
Prizma comedy review; "shots- from
London's victory pageant. scenes o
Rheims and colored views OF the grnve
OF the hero dead "Over There" an over
ture comprising the national anthems o
the Allies, composed by Joseph Car
Breil. and verdrs Requiem" makes THU
special Arrnistice Week programme
truce 70 dull care.
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