The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-24
The Theatres
WASHINGTON

Steel blue eyes ana a Ilrmly Set
mouth, a calmness not assumed and
a poise which is the result of years
Of athletic training and vigorous out
door life, belle the oft impeachment
that Eugene O'Brien, Selznick's TO-
mantle star, is merely perfect
lover''-a sentimentalist-a moonlit
hero of scented notes and cloudy
visions.
Naturally he has talent for max
ing love-he wouldn't be Irish IL he
hadn't. He does like women-he adj
mits it-and he 1oes believe in love.
are typical of the man, and are inter
esting to compare with the popular
ideas concerning Green heroes by the
picture loving public.
1.-THE technique of screen love-mak-
ing" says the erudite Eugene, in q
practical tone of voice, differs greatly
from the stage variety. The camera
calls for greater delicacy, a more re-
served manner, a slower tempo. Fac
ial grimaces, mild gestures, too many
words, spoil all. Moreover, the posing
must be infinitely more subtle. On
the stage, the audience gets dozen
angles-some of them are bound to
be satisfactory. On the screen, there
Is only one angle, and it must be per-
feet. A kiss may be very interesting,
or very stupid, because of some angle
at which the camera catches 1t. In
this respect much depends upon the
camera man and the director"
'Love-making on the screen Is, then,
a mere art and nothing more? he was
asked.
"Love-making on the SCREEN" cor
rected Mr.. O'Brien, "sinaply is an ex.
act science-nothing more or nothing
less-if it is to be done with the de,
sired effect.
Mr. O'Brien, who is one Of the
screens most popular stars, will be the
feature attraction at the Washington
Theatre next week, when he presents
his newest Selznick picture, "The
Broken Melody" a lyrical romance of
love and adventure which, 1t is said,
is the most pleasing role the star has
had.
WASHINGTON.
THE Girl From the Outside" a
Goldwyn Picture by Rex Beach, which
shows at the Washington, is a real
tale of that northwest which its au-
thor knows so we'll. 1t deals with the
adventures Of a young girl whose
father dies on the trip to Nome,
Alaska, where he Is going to recuper-
ate, he hopes, his shattered fortunes.
June, his daughter, land an orphan In
land which knows only one type Of
woman'-a hard-living, hard-f1ghting,
an orphan in land which land, in
which innocence and honesty is an
exotic flower. From the outset of her
entrance into the town her destiny is
shaped by the friendship Of 1.-THE
Curly Kid" young crook, and four
scalawag friends, and the enmity of
Denton, a gambler. Later she meets
Harry Hope, local capitalist, and
her romance begins.
Her friend 1.-The kid lends her the
money to open a hotel. which Hope
also helps to finance. June is utterly
ignorant of the real character of one
of her partners but eventually he con-
fesses and she sets him and his four
chums GALL of whom have fallen in
love with herr on the path called
straight Meanwhile Hopes happiness
is seriously threatened by Denton's
possession of an option to which the
gambler has forged codicil lengthen-
ing it's term. June's lover has foolish
ly gambled away money which he hon
estly believed he would be able to
restore but which Denton's chicanery
prevents his doing. When affairs have
reached a climax in which June and
Hope are helplessly involved, "the
Curly Kid" comes to the rescue and,
at the cost of his own life destroys
the paper which prevents the con-
summation of the romance. Denton
kills him but the kids Chinese cook
revenges his dead master. And 1.-THE
Girl From Outside" Is accepted as a
member Of the community as the wife
Of Hope.
WASHINGTON
Critics. clergymen, school teachers
and other thousands Of picture-goers
the world over have clamored for bet.
ter pictures and for stories that are
clean, wholesome and simple. In Gold
wyn's new Mabel Normand production
"Jinx," their wishes have been full
filled.
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