New-York tribune., 1920-03-08
On the Screen

!. On the Screen
I'm Search Of Sinner, - viii
/ Constance Talmadgs, Prosilss1e
Amusing Pantonime.
By Edwin H. Blanchard
"ln Search Of sinnsr.r IN which
Constance Talmadgs is to be seen this
week at the Strand, not only provides
an amusing pantomime, but also sue
ceeds. by virtue Of its many clever
titles, In clothing the bare skeleton Of
the story with atmosphere. Constance
aTalmadge is, by harself, pleasant for
jadsd eysss and this picture. which /.
the result Of collahorated adaptstion
OF John Emerson and Anita Loos. gives
the star q role rich in whtmsy and the
charm Of impetuous youth.
As Georsians Chadbourne. the vi.
OF man who is too good to live. the
picture shows. the sta. learning the
truth OF tho old adags, "Bs good and
you'll be lonesome" When tho SANITY
Chadhouxne passes on to his reward
Georztana wears mourning for the.
usual period, but there is erowine
within her the desire for wild msr, !"
The day that her mourning can de-
Gently bs cast aside she comes to New
York I'm search Of a sinner" Her
nrsc s1tsFnoen IN the park brings re-
suits, and when she returns to, her
proti1er-in-law. Jeffry, she proudly an
nouncss she has found q man who
nirted with hsr at first sight and whom,
sfag mac lett Fighting with policeman,
Bug ner JOY is shortltved, for Jack
@ @1arr'sont who was the wild man Of the
pax, happened to be an old friend Of
Jeffry's and, upon Jeffry's testimony. a
thoroughly good man. Gorgia1a, is in
love, however, and she determines to
MAKE this tame man wild. JefYry and
MS w1fe are called away suddenly. and
Georglana 10 left alone to entertain
Garrison, who had been invited to din
ner by Jefry. Inspiration suggests to
Georgaana that she pose AZ JeffrY's wife
TO Garrison. Garrison had never met
MS friend's wife, and Georgiane pro-
ceeded on her campaign against this
good man ON the principle that any
man who will .hirt with his best friends
VITA can be redeemed from utter virtue.
1t is through the masquerade that
the complications arrive, for when Gar
rison has been led artfuily step by eteu
to the point where he takes Georgtane
IN his arms, there comes q frightful re-
vulslon In this virtuous mans mind.
and he starts ont ON tho tourney o{
going to tho devil. He IL only saved
from completing the trip by the inter-
vention Of Jeffry and by the confession
OF Georgiana. And at the last We see
them happily married, a large part of
tneir happiness coming from their
mutual admiration Of Zach others vir-
tues. For Georgiana has learned that
while woman must occasionally make
q tame man wild in order to get him,
she must usually make the wild man
tame in order to hold him.
This picture is truly divertinr. and
a large degree Of credit for its sus-
talned humor must go to those who
lnterpolated 30 many clever and re-
vealang titles. It goes without saying
that Constance Talmadge brings out to
the limit the possibilities Of her part
She Is in this Aim precisely the sort Of
girl one would expect to say all the
funny things that are given her to say.
The musical program at the Strand
this week includes selections from
Frimps "The Firedy"; "The Bedouin
L. Love We Song" sung by Malcolm Me-
prano solo by Estelle Carey, and Spin
ney's "A Royal Procession" as an organ
solo. While it is not a program Of
exceptional distinction, there is peas
ure to be gained from hearing Miss
Carey sing, whatever one may think
of her selection.
A short film, "A Philistine in Bo-
hemia," adapted from one of O. Henry's
stories, will be disappointing to all o.
Henry fans, we believe. 1t is said that
O. Henry's stories present almost in
surmountable difficulties for the
adapter to the screen, and it this par
ticular film seemed disconnected and
incoherent the blame is probably o.
Henry's for having possessed an indi-
vduality. The titles, which come from
the story itself, partially redeem the
filna, but it. can hardly be called satis-
factory. A scenic and topical review
completes the bill at the Strand.
The feature Aim at.the Broadway this
week presents Corinne Griffith in
"Deadline, at Eleven" a melodrama OF
metropolitan newspaper life, and is un-
usual IL luz UO OLHcE reason Cnan the
Justice it does night city editors.
There is more faithfulness to the ex-
ternal truths of newspaper life than is
usual in plays or stories dealing with
that field Of life, but in its theme and
in it's revelation of character it is
frankly melodramatic. When Helen
Stevens, q society girl turned reporter
on big daily, tails in love with Jack
Rawson, the star reporter, and when
Helen proves Jacks Innocence Of MUIR
der Of which he had been suspected
through clever detective work, If it is
not realistic picture Of the lite that is
led in the city room, it Is perhaps a
revelation Of the subliminal charactes
Of all Newspaper men. Corinne Griffith
is attractive 40 Helen Stevens, but is
not called upon by the demands of the
story to display any great amount Of
pantomimic art. Maurice Costello, who
plays opposite to Miss Griffith, is salts
factory, but the other members of the
cast are not wholly convincing.
The fact that the picture is by no
means q modern one can easily be de-