New-York tribune., 1920-01-12
On the Screen
Tree of knowledge.'' at the
Rialto. AbsoI>es Snake of
Blame in Adams Fall
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By Harriette Underhill

The Tree of knowledge is shaken
with heavy hand, that hand probably
being William De Miles, as he di-
rected the picture which is being shown
at the Rialto this week; but he has
1ai!ed to bring to earth any fruit
which is palata5le.
The only. ray Of hope comes in the
prologue, where one is told that it was
not a serpent, but a woman named
Lilith who entered the Garden of Eden
ana destroyed Adams peace of mind
theodore kosloH is seen as Adam and
avonne Gardelle appears as Lilith.
lney are discovered hanging in the
boughs OF the tree of knowledge. and
YOU settle down and say, well. this is
something like!" when they fade away
and you read title which Says some
thing about Lilith's daughters having
been at it ever since and then the in
evltable supper scene, where modern
Adams are being offered the apple by
modern Ewes.
Everybody is trying TO look as
though he was having good time, with
the exception OF Robert Warwick, the
star. tie is incoming about in his room
because he loves Kathlyn Williams.
who is about to accept diamond
bracelet from Clarence Geldart.
We are using their real names, be-
cause never for a moment do thew
make you feel that they are anything
else. On the program, however. they
are called Nigel Stanyon. Belle and
the Baron.
Nigel tells Belle that his money is
All gone. but begs her to let him put
wedding ring OF her finger and make
an honest man OF him so he can face
his dear old mother and his ward, who
are waiting for him at home.
When he does not return to his old
home Tom Forman, his best friend.
goes to look for him. and so meets the
siren, Belle. She has run away with
the Baron, but having tired Of him
she is all ready for her next adventure
and iinds it with young Brian Tom
rorman is Brian on the program). In
this way she enters Nigers paradise
Iust as ne Is making it up with his
ward, Wanda Hawley, and things be
come ali complicated again.
ana then, to our joy. Irving Cum
mlngs walks in and takes a hand in
Things. Cummings plays deftlv and
lightly. making disagreeable part
the best thing IL the picture. All of
the others stalked through their parts
with stohd seriousness that may have
) been gloomy torebodings But it is
nardiy far to criticize the actors in
tnls drama, for they had an uphill
struggle AS Elsie Ferguson once said
so truly. no actor can live down bad
titles. One of the titles says The
inevitable day arrives when Brian finds
OUT what kind of girl he has mar
req. And there are lot more. too.
Inc picture might we'll be called
should Man Tell ~ for the chief con
Germ OF the star seemed to be as to
whether his ward would marry him
when she learned that he had not al
ways bee1 a good man. But there IS
that timehonored phrase which he
might have employed in his defense
u was SO pitifully young and mother
mad not warned me"
When you go to the Rialto be sure
70, 10 go IN time for the overture 1t is
ne Sorcerer's Apprentice" with 4
spoken prologue. We sat in the seconc
row at the matinee performance. d.
fectly beside Hugo Reisenfeld. and
when the orchestra stopped with 4
crash we had the triumphant feeling OF
having conducted it ourself
Ruth Pearcy sings Oh Promise Me- =
The comedy is "A Twilight Baby and
there is the Rialto magazine
In addition to the Ned Wayburn Re-
view at the Capitol this week, there
Is pretentious picture program with
Nazlmova in "Stronger Than Death as
the feature First is shown Prizma
called "1he Fishing Village of Otsu -
and what is lovelier than a picture
done in natures colors when il does
not move so fast that it discloses that
fly in the ontment-the red and green
flashes
Then Carl Laemmle presents Major
Jack Allen in one Of his hunt pictures
called And the Cat Came Back The
cat being a huge tiger which Major
Allen traps. There is also the new
Fatty Arbuckle comedy. THE Garage"
and then comes the feature picture.
All of these titles are so mislead-
ing! "Stronger Than Death means
that the doctor told Sigrid Fersen she
would die if she ever danced again, and
then she danced and didn't die The
story, if told, sounds exciting enough,
but the drama seems siagularly slow
moving and unconvincng One feels
particularly dissatisfied when he re
members the very fiery Incidents and
magnificent work of the star in some
OF her recent pictures.
Nazlmova Is seen as dancer of in
ternational fame who goes to India TO
look Tor rlcn HuSDaNd because the
doctor has told her that her next dance
will be her last and she has in the
world only $1,000
To US that seemed like a lot Of
money, but it isn't really when you're
used to having more so. Sigrid mar
ries half breed, despised by every one
at least, that is the reason she gave
for marrying him; but really she mar
ried him, so that he wouldn't tell that
he had seen the man she loved heat
up his father the father being a
colonel and the son only being a ma jor
and liable to court martial.
But when the very wealthy half
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