New-York tribune., 1920-10-11

because she took advantage of his alb
, scnce te marry another man. When he
received word oil it he got vary savage
and after drinking o lot he went to the
window and, laughing horribly all the
time, called in LaIi and married her.
After that he wrote nasty letter
home and left Lal to sleep on the rug
il front OF the fire. But she had other
plans and she went over to him and
made him appreciate her charms.
However, to get square with his own
people he shipped her home in her ma
tive costume and then took to Canadian
Club and the Canadian woods. 1t all
ends beautifully, with a little child
lisping Daddy and aLali wearing a
gorgeous seed pearl gown, also the
pearl Of great price.
The Ampico reproducing piano is
shown. rendering Greig's First Move
ment Concerto in A minor. Nine. Nolavy
is the invisible soloist.
Having seen so many pictures lately
which did not please us, we began to
fear that perhaps the fault lay with
us and not with the pictures, and then
we went over to the Strand and saw
Charles Ray in Sol Smith Russell's
stage success peaceful Valley" and
the day was saved.
In this world where nothing perfect
is one hates to say that the picture
is perfect, but at least we could see no
flaw in it. First, we wish to give credit
to the director, Jerome Stonn, for the
delightful way in which the story is
told. 1t is worthy of Griffith. Then
the photography IL of marvellous
beauty, so that the eye is delighted at
every turn .s- Even the way the picture
+nI So =
Always have we objected to all the ex-
plantations which precede picture and
which are said to be due the producer,
the camera man, the director, the art
title maker, etc. But peaceful Val
ley" is presented in the form of a
book and all of the titles are taken
from its pages, and mighty fine those
titles are, too, with never a false note.
Charles Ray has never given a bet
ter performance than that which he
gives as Hosiah Howe, but, of course,
he is always marvel of naturalness
and charm. However, one seldom
ing cast Charlotte Pierce, as little
Martha, the sister, is delightful. as is
Ann May, who plays opposite Ray. 1t
is easy enough to play either Of these
parts, but !, is not easy to give them
any distirI Zion. Lydia Knott. Walter
Perkins and Harry Myers all were ex-
cellent. AS, too, was the fat boy
who played the bucoic lover, but we
have forgotten his name.
The story is nicely tempered melo-
drama where the girl leaves home but
doesn't GO wrong and the man who
buys the old farm isn't villain, but
one who gives the rural owners fair
deal and tells them that the we'll is
fed by a mineral spring. The title
which pleased Us the most was the one
which said: "Yes, folks think our
well is tainted, but faint" Ray de-
livered this in his inmitable way.
The overture is "Sixth Hungarian
Rhapsody" There is an educational,
"Chumming With Chipmunks." that
is amusing, and a prologue, peaceful
Valley" and "Ill- Be With You in
Apple Blossom Time" sung by the
Lyric male quartette. Eldora Stan
ford is heard singing "The Light"
At the Capitol Vivian Martin is seen
in The Song of the Soul" and there
is also a Booth Harrington comedy.
Ethel Clayton is seen in "Sins of
Sins of Rosanne" at the Rialto. These
Will be reviewed tomorrow