The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
Ballet Shares
H0nOrS With Mem
NazimOpa Film
Novel Flower Dance Presented
at Capitol as Part of Ami
versary Celebration.

Though Nine Nazimova in Madame
Peacock" is the film feature of the
gala programme at the Capitol this
week. arranged by S. l.. Rothafel to
celebrate the first anniversary of the
mammoth house, the really soutstdnd-
ing offering on the bill is a ballet OF
flowers that Is fitting climax to a sum-
mer of luxuriant vegetation. Not only
do Mile. Gambarelli and the young
women of the ballet corps do fas-
cinatingly spontaneous dance. arranged
by Alexander Oumansky, but Mr..
Rothafel has arranged a unique set
ting for Them that is just as moving.
It is series of colored motion pictures
of huge flowers thrown on a gauZe
screen, so that the buds open and hover
Wraith-like In the air while the dancers
seem to be rhythmic spirits materially
Ing in hanging gardens. This innovation
was decidedly more stirring than the
usual violently chromatic attempts to
represent background showing nature
In her most wildly cubistic moments.
In the Metro photoplay adapted by
Nazlmova herself from Rita Weimans
story of stage life the stage hand who
raises the curtain for the play within
the play in which the vainglorious Jane
Goring appears has n list .or the yar-
Gus curtain calls which reads: Miss
Gorlng--Miss Cforing-Mlss Gortng-
Miss Goring." Similarly the picture
might be said to be "Nazimova-Nazi-
mova-Nazimova."
This cold hearted starr who discards
her husband and her child for her foot
light success. has her acting laurels
snatched from her by her daughter
which gives Nazimova a chance to double
as mother and daughter thus be very
good and alluring instead of being
wholly bad and alluring-for vamping
for whole picture is going out of date
Besides having pictures of stage life
that don't equal THE Outrageous Mrs.
Palmer" on the spoken stage in their
power to arouse conviction, the piece
moves almost as leisurely as Annette
Kellermann's interesting slow nSr.on
study of diving, also on the bill.
In addition to Tschaikowsky's "iSf2"
overture and vocal selections by the Rus
sian Cathedral Choir and Elsie Lyon.
who sings her own composition Israel"
there Is model circus accompanying
Hy Mayors Travelaugh. "Such Is Life
Behind the Scenes of a Circus" so anus
Ing 1t may lead numerous small boys
into adopting the canvas life forthwith.
AT the Strand, Lionel Barrymore's lat
est product for First National, "The
Devils Garden" conveys to the screen
"est,' though /. has n text at the end to
give it more sanctifled air This adapta-
ton by Whitman Bennett Of w. p. Max
wells move dealing with an English
farmer who kills a nobleman because of
the latter's dealing with his wife moves
powerfully if not always pleasantly to
logical end, aided by Barrymore's re-
narkable eyes and his gift for wearing
I bowler hat exactly as q dlstraught
English peasant would.
Buster keaton in a comedy, ''One
Week /; THE Dance OF the Hours" by
the orchestra, and solos by Katherine
Stang. violinist, and Redferne Hollins-
head. tenor. maintain the balance Of
power with the feature.
At the R,voli The Great Redeemer."
Maurice Tourneur's picture with House
Feters and Majorie Daw joins the list
Of Strong pictures that cause Broad
way to vibrate this week with more than
tremor from the subway. Ire story
mas been based by II H. Van Loan on
IN actual happening OF n convict whose
picture of the cruc:fixion on the wall
of his cell, impresses even his coarse
prison mates.
The Rialto has Marion Davies in "rhe
Restless Sex" with a new bill for this
picture on it's restless wanderings