New-York tribune., 1920-01-19
On the Screen
Mary Pickford Makes "Pollv.
anna" at the Rivoli a Picture
Worth Seeing
By Harriette Underhill

VIC N!'ou lHlS week. ana yesterday
was souvenir day. The souvenirs con-
sisted of sugar and the spectators were
allowed to walk up and help them
selves. They carried away all they
wanted, but there surely will be enough
left tc last for the rest of the week.
Tor the picture is dripping with it. The
proper wa TO do il is to wait until il
soildlfles and then break it off around
the edges ''1
of course every one who went to
cne theater knew what to eXnect. for
the story of the little glad girl is fairIv
ven known and every one knows that
lne appeal Of the picture would be car
u'ac rather than cerebral. So. without
d uouot, every one was satisfied At
any rate the, applause and laughter
would attest that fact. Behind us sat
a man VINO, every time Poll anna Of
t1reo nI,,, her sugary philosophy, exclaimed:
II say 1t isl" or You said some
en.ng:I And every one could find
lpo'iIieLnlne D, to be glad about, just as
IA, anna said.
You could be glad because the pjc-
ture ran for six reels or you might be
glad that it didn't run anv loncer You
coulo be glad that the photography was
50 good and glad that it let Pallyanna
remain little girl instead of letting
her grow up and wear Paris frocks.
ana we were glad that it was Mary
rlckford who played Polyanna. for we
s'ould nave hated any one else in the
part or rather we should have hated
.ne part with any one else in il. But
,Mary never let's you forget that she ia
gary. and her humor is infectious.
one plays the most sweetly sentimental
scenes with her tongue in her cheek
and you always feel what a good little
sport she is.
The picture is just long series of
rot particularly interesting events. in
which Pollyanna carries jelly to the
SICK neighbors and harnesses up a dog
TO go-cart and steals the neighbors'
apples IN the manner familiar to all
nose who know junior ingenues and
their lngratiatng ways.
ne Plot is even more elusive than
is usual in such cases, and the big
scere toward which they are all work
nc up seems tc be where Jimmie pulls
his tooth. Later YOU find out tnat
hat wa rot the - scene The big
scene comes Me- Pollyanna saves
he babg s'! is rlr sver by the motor
car. TIE savss Poiiyanna paralv1ed.
ut ever len sfe saws, well. Pm glad
: had such a good time while nv legs
lasted"
Pvt William Coprtleigh said: Cod
would ne9er allow those little feet to
remain idle. They do too many errands
or him" And those of the specta tors
who did not share his faith in God at
least felt the same way about Eleanor
Porter who wrote the story, and they
we're right. Pollyanna did walk again
and lived to accept an engagement ring
from Jimmie
This mart OF Jimmie Bean was de-
l'ghtfrl'y played by Howard Ralston.
AS Pollyanna said, That boy has
BRAINS Helen Jerome Eddy is seen
in small role. Frances Marion adapt
cd the story for the screen and it was
directed by Paul Powell.
The comedy is The Star Boarder." J."
a Mack Sennett picture. with the usual
Mack Sennctt attributes There are
Cloud" Post Paramount picture. The
overture is the fascinating "Invitation
to the Dance" Emanuel List sings an
aria from LA Juive." and Besy Ander-
son sings "Love's Old Sweet Song"
We carried our gladstone spirit
across the street to the Strand, and
there you are going to be glad because
it is Katherine Macdonald who plays
Beauty in 1.-The Beauty Market" We
are quite ready to indorse the opinion
OF her press agent, or whoever it is.
who has labeled her the most beauti-
ful woman in the world" or, if you are
thinking of Dolores, then "one of the
two most beautiful"
"The Beauty Market" is bad pioslre
1t is in atrocious taste and reflects life
as it was not in the beginning, is not
be a scenario writer's idea OF society
after he has taken a correspondence
course, or, poss bly,, after he has reed
a synopsis of one Of the naughty Long
Island society comedies which occa-
sionally find their way to the stage
There are words, words, words. The
picture starts off with them about
3OO-telling you that society is q
beauty market where the women
parade to sell themselves to the high
est bidders. Then you see society
frolcking away the hours, dancing
and over in a corner of the garden is
a young lady adjusting her garter
while nearby another one shrugs her
shoulders so that her decollete gown
may slip from one shoulder.
Standing in the background are two
'society blades" who say, "It's a
beastly bore, this being in our set
En-, what ?" or words to that effect, and
then they say, "Why doesn't Amelie
Thorndike get married. she is so
beautiful and so poor" And some
one else says "She Is waiting for love,
and the whole plot is revealed.
Amelie Thorndike is real woman
in false world But there is Il
real man" too. He is Roy Stewart
and he brandishes a club. vrNally
and virtuously. all through the pic
ture He is .he sort who viii crush
woman in his arms and then throN
her from him. exclaiming Poor little
moth. III never harm you!" And
finally he told Amelie that if a woman
deceived him he would marry her and
then make her scrub and cook for him
and-love him.
So Amelie deceves him and he does
marry her, but he relents and does
not make her scrub or cook. Kath-
crime Macdonald in the role Of Amelie
makes this mess palatable. She even
makes 1t enjoyable, for she can utter
the most atrocious things and make
them seem real
Miss Macdonald has beauty, brains
and breeding, personality. perspicacity
and nIuck r takes r1uck TO plav in q