The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11
Men Comic Find
Appears on Screen
in Kiss Me Quick
Clyde Cook Bids Fair to BE
Rival of Charlie Chaplin
Other Novelties.

Film devotees who attended the
Strand and the Rialto yesterday saw a
new comic and" hurtle across the hori-
zon, for Clyde Cook has some of the
zippy qualities of a comet, besides being
much funnier. If his future pictures
maintain his showing in William Fox's
farce, Kiss Me Quick" this English
pantomimist. who revealed bit of his
abilities at the Hippodrome last season.
should I'LL a large part of the vacancy
left by Charlie Chaplin, now that the
latter appears to be content largely with
being an old master appearing gen.
orally at REVEALS.
Cook in his first motion picture here
displayed not only Chaplin's wistful
earnestness and expreseiveness, put also
a gift of contortlonism that made him
, several knots faster than Chaplin. He
tied himself up like frog, wriggled
Ikea snake and hoped like grass
hopper, displaying a hundred times the
! activity Of the ordinary janitor he was
supposed to represent. Not only Is
Cook hilariously funny. but the picture
/ itself riots with laughter because of n
wrestling match Cook has and an air.
plane trip that threatens to rip UP most
of the countryside.
In THE Song of the Soul" with in
cidental music furnished, by Joseph
Carl Briefs Well known composition. is
witnessed at the Capitol a Goldwyn
photoDlay which probably will appeal to
, many, but leaves with those who read
Locke roriginal tale, "An Old World
: Romance" from which it was tran
/ scribed, an impression that the camera
is not always mightier than the sword
or the fountain pen.
Loses Its Romantic Charm.
Locke's quaint tale of the lonely
squire Of the seventeenth century. un-
| beloved of woman because of his ex-
! IRENE uglness, who finds a beautiful
blind girl who is willing to marry him,
has been transposed to the South of to-
day. with the romantic charm getting
lost en- route among the centuries Bar
borG's sacrifice of her sight to save
| her husband, from anguish when 1t seems
likely to be restored by a miraculous
operation has also been made into a
conventional movie spotlight" deed. and
while Vivian Martin does very we'll In
| her first emotional role. Fritz Leiber
doesn't look homely enough. possibly be-
cause that might have hurt some other
| film canon.
Charles Ray, who lately was a Cohan-
esque prize fighter in his initial FRS;
National picture, returns to the simple
life as exposed by a movie star IT.
Peaceful Valley at the Strand. In
! this screen version of Edward L. Kid
der's stage play Ray portrays his char
acteristic rube with the inevitable wild
owed mother and young sister TO support
through five reels. In spite of his
provincial character Hosiah Hotce bests
villain from Wall Street, which would
make it appear that the best financial
brains of the country are actually down
on the farm.
The picture. which was put in scenario
form by Miss Isabel Johnston and adept.
ly directed by Jerome Storm, has many
amusing as we'll as pulse stirring mo.
ments. and Rays romantic wooing o
Anna May as the heroine might serva
as a model for all bashful swains-ii
they are really looking for models.
new scenic, n vocal prologue to the
feature by a quartet and selections by
Eldora stanford and the orchestra are
other drops In the bucket.
"BehoId Ny Wife" on Screen. .
A very praiseworthy adaptation of a
novel is presented at the Rivoli in BE.
hold Ny WIFE," and Managing Director
Hugo Riesenfeld in booking this George
Meford production for two weeks as ar
approach to the ideal photoplay lays
himself open to being complimented or
his taste. Frank Condor has skilfully
translated the scenario from Sir Gilbert
Parlxer's book 1.-THE Translation of a
Savage" and the picture, like its orig.
inal. deals sincerely with the career OF
an Indian girl who is married In Canada
to the drunken scion of house of dis
tinction and sent home to England e
disgrace his parents as sample of q
real wild woman. The theme is carried
out admirably by Miss Mabel Juliennt
Scott Milton Stills, Elliott Dexter and q
cast of stellar excellence. drawing a re-
Spouse from the tear duct and the funny
bone with equal dexterity, while the So
ciety scenes for once do not drive one
TO tears or demoniac laughter. car
toon comedy, Tschaikowsky's "Marche
Slav' and the Russian 1sba Singers are
other grist from this mill.
Not so world shaking is "The Sins OF
Rosanne." with Miss Ethel Clayton. at
the Rislto, though this story by Miss
Cynthia Stockley. arranged for the
screen by Miss Mary O'Connor is apt
TO satisfy all tastes by endowing the
beautiful heroine with dual person
atty, thus enabling her to be dreadfully
wicked and also dreadfully sweet Eman-
uel Liszt's solo If "O'er the Billowy Sea. .
Mrs. Alma Doria's rendering of an aria
from Verdi's "Attlla," and dance by
Grace Christie representing "rhe But
terfly and the Beetle" also fill up the
idle hours.
Tonight "Over the Hill" William
Fox's presentation of VIII Carleton s
poetic works. viii move from the Astor
Theatre to the Nora Bayes.