New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
moved his hat you knew that her YER
acity had triumpked

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acity had triumpked.
We are not telling any of the plot.
FOR Victoria didn't marry him. lie was
the villain; she married the hero, who
turned out to be man mot really bad,
only weak" But he was so weak that
he became bad politician and went to
Jail for it, His sentence must have
been light, for when he was turned
loose his children were just the same
size as when he went in.
The good points in the picture are
the beauty and charm OF the star for.
as the fairy story used to say Of the
princess, "she is as beautiful as she is
good and lovely"-thc wonderful photo
graphy and the settings.
Joseph Plunkett, manager Of the
Strand, has given it an elaborate pro
duction and has spared nothing in the
way Of music, stage sets and incense
me picture Is so long that it is pre-
ceded only by the overture and a pro
iogue, where scene from the picture
is given by real actors. James Kirk
wood was the hero; Robert Cain. the
villain. We liked the villain better.
AT the Rialto William s. Hart is ap-
pearing in picture called "The
Whistle" Somehow this title suggested
to us the pipes of Pan and we half en-
pected to sec Hart in a new role. As a
matter of fact, we did, but it was not
the sort Of role we imagined. The titu-
lar whistle rs the whistle which blows
at to summon the workmen to the
mill, and again at 1880 to call them
away from lunch. Hart is not so pic
turesque as millhand, of course, as
ne Is as cowboy or halfbreed, but
one scene is worked up so that he NAV
have his usual fight where brain and
hrswn prove superior to mere Drawn.
But there is no leading lady, or at
Nast she is married to another man.
and the husband isn't killed, so there
is no mate for the hero. Bill goes out
into the "open spaces" at the end of
the picture without having a chance to
| heave his chest or look tenderly into
the pure eyes of good woman. There
is not even a hint that he is harborinr
an unrequited passion for the boss's
wife.
The story absolutely proves that if
capital is hard and Indifferent to the
wrongs of labor that capital will be
sorry: Sometimes capital is made to
pay the penalty of it's carelessness by
convinced capital that the only way
to be happy is to become a God-fearing
man and fix your fire e-escapes or your
otpen-face machinery or whatever it is
that you have left undone to imperil
the lives of your employees.
Frank Brownlee is the capitalist in
this picture All we can say is that
he may have had lot of money, but
he certainly didn't spend it for clothes.
Myrtle .Steadman is the wife. There
are two nice. children-Georgie Stone
and Will Jim Hatton. The work of the
star, of course, leaves nothing to be
desired. Hart couldn't give a bad per-
formance if he tried.
The overture is LISTS "Ideale." As
we listened and watched Hugo Riesen-
field conduct we thought that he must
be about the best conductor in the
world.
Greek Evans sings "The King of the
Vikings" and Mary Fabian renders
"Gianina Mia" from "The Firef1y." The
comedy is Christie called "Movie
Mad"
AT the Capitol Theater this week
Pauline Frederick is seen in Roads
of Destiny" Sentimental Tommy is
at the Criterion Bebe Daniels in
"Ducks and brakes" is at the Rivoli
These will be reviewed tomorrow.