Indiana daily times., 1921-09-05
CONCERNING LOVE, TEMPERATURES.
ELINOR GLYN AND HER MOVIE.

Eunor Glyn became famous by writing
thing called Three Weeks
| remember that / read this book by
moonlights in my room because my most
careful and watchful parents, after read
ing the thing decided that the younger
members Of the family should not become
familiar with Paul and his great" love
experiment.
But I read the book by the aid Of a
fine full moon. Now Elln0r Glyn has ar
rived In America and journeyed West to
movie studio. Under the influence Of
the warm California air, she has written
an original movie story. which she has
named The Great Moment" The time
limit covered Is greatly less than was In
Three Weeks"
The Great Moment" is now on view at
Loews tSate with GlOra Swanson and
Milton Sills as the real causes Of the so
called Great Moment" ! think that
there are at least sixty great" seconds
in that moment" I sure do.
The name Of Elinor Glyn, the title Of
the affair, the appearances Of Miss Swan
son and Sills In the cast, make satisfae-
tory box office bait" The combination
OF elements IN this extraction has all the
possibilities Of shattering the box office
receipts Of Loew's State or any other
toeater. The fact that il is a Paramount
picture guarantees that the photography,
direction, scenery and gowns to be nearly
perfect.
After seeing this Glyn Original movie
story" J got the impression that she will
name her next one, II there Is next one,
"The Fifteenth Part Of a Second
When It comes TO mixing love elements
and humanity, Elinor Giyn has any other
writer beat several hundred hours The
theme of The Great Moment" is a wild
one. although # has been dressed up with
the conventional directing OF an expert
movie director.
The Glyn atmosphere is purple-it is
not lily white. She knows how 10 tell
story. Of that there is no dispute. She
knows that a love theme viii act Ike
ma gnet on any box office or on the bank
account Of any publishing house.
The theme OF the story is nothing more
nor less than the attempt Of a woman
named Nadine Pelham to get every ounce
Of personal pleasure out of life. She has
been carefully. In fact. too carefully
reared Her English father Of high
birth decides TO marry her of TO
wealthy weakling who has no more pep
than an empty milk bottle possesses.
Then Bayard Delavel, played by Sills,
arrives on the scene. Nadine decides that
he is her great lover. Her father de
cidos before she marrios EuStace Cromble.
the pepless fellow, that she and her dad
accompany the Crombles to America to
inspect a gold mine.
Delavel Is the engineer OF the mine and
Madness heart runs Wild. On returning
from the mine she races pelavel TO the
hotel. on dismountiug on the way the
horses are startled by a poisonous snake
Delavel attempts 10 catch the horses and
while al sent tho snake plants its fangs in
the flesh OF Nadine over the heart. Sills
then performs the stunt of sucking the
poison out with his lips No. that's not
the great moment" It's only a big
second.
Sills. then carries Nadine PLAYED bv
Gloria Swanson. to his cahia. lie feeds
her quart Of contrabaud fluid and the
result IS Nadine insists on making love
10 stills She is caught by her father
and rich woulG be husband in the arms
Of SiIls Father demands that SilS
marry his daughter and then father dis
owns her and leaves.
The next morning, Nadine remembers
nothing Of the ceremony and Sills on
realizing the fact files annuiment pro
ceedinCx That frees Nadine Years
PASS Nadine goes to Washington and
leads a wild life with a fast set. Can't
imagine why the author picked on
Washington. n {. Visitors must have
missed something il looking over the
capital city. if some Of the scenes in the
movie are to be taken as a guide of
Washington society.
During an unconventional party. Ma
dine decides to marry a man with loads
Of money. Sills arrives on the scene
and Nadine throws the rich one down
for Sills.
That's the story of "The Great Mo