New-York tribune., 1920-01-05
Should a Woman Tell?"
Feature of New Bill at Capitol

lie pertinent question, SnOulQ
Woman Tell?" is answered in the
affirmative in the new Metro picture
OF that name presented at the Capitol
Theater yesterday. At the same time
the impression is left that it would
have saved lot Of bother and one
mans life if the woman in the case
had buried her past instead Of throw
ing it at her husbands head on the
day of their wedding.
Alice Lake is the woman in the case
Her acting is somewhat STACEY, but
she makes an attractive heroine. She
has to get away with q great deal OF
foolishness and wear a difficult ''my-
mother didn't tell : me and I-was- So
young" air.
She first appears on the scene as q
simple fsherman's daughter, with a
background Of sou'westers and storm
lashed rocks. There is handsome
young sculptor who does a statue OF
fame and fortune. After he leaves
the girl is taken to Boston by rich
woman who was rescued in the ship
wreck and nursed back to health in
the 1isherman's cottage. The conven-
tlonal villain in this particular picture
is the rich woman's nephew. 1t is
he who gives Alice a past. She re-
turns sorrowfully to her simple home
and by and by when the young sculptor
returns famous and rich from Paris
she decides to marry him. But she
persists in telling him about her
past" and is unwittingly frustrated
IN n this by her mother. who intercepts
the explanatory letter. She narries
him, thinking he knows all about il
and then suddenly finds on their we'd
ding day that her mother has fooled
her. She makes her confession YER
batim this time. The husband casts
her off and soon after, thinking he is
dead, she marries the villain. OF
course, the husband isn't really dead
and he comes on the serene in time
tor everything to end very prettily
But the whole story seemed much
ado about nothing. Jac.: Mulhall and
Frank Currier share honors with Alice
Lake in the picture.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
to be seen at the Capitol this week is
historical picture entitled ,"rhe Log
of the U-35" 1t was originally meant
for German and not American eyes
and 1t shows once again the hideous.
ness of the enemy submarine warfare
The pictures were taken by members
OF the crew of the U35, which was
operated under the direction of Lieu
tenant Arnauld de la Periere, who. ir
spite Of his French name, was Ger.
man. The intention was to use then
ito promote German war loans. but q
, secret agent of the British Intelligence
Department got hold of them. The
pictures have been edited and TITLED
by Terry Ramsaye for the G. b. Price
Company which is responsible fol
their production here. They show thu
actual torpedoing and sinking Of ships
have flashes of the five prisoners taket
from thirty ships, and represent the
sinking of half a million tons o1
shipping.
The entiresvaudeville bill is changed
this week and Ned Wayburn's "Sonf
Scene" came on yesterday with plents
Of glitter and swing. There were sew
I eral effective ensembles, includint
"The Seven Wonders Of the World,
Louisville" "a Little Bit o. Scotch,
"Dardanella" and "Say 1t Will
Flowers" Included in the revue ar.
Evan Burrows Fontafne, Pearl Regay
Donald Kerr, Lucille Chalfant. Franl
Johnson, Will Crutchfeld, Lee Leblanc
the Legrohs, Dorothy Miller, Myr.
Evans and the Capitol chorus ant
corps de ballet. There is a Jmm,
Aubrey comedy "Dames and Dentists.
a Hy Mayer travelaugh. Prizms
colorland review and the Capitol News
reel