The New York herald., 1921-01-10
Miss Pickford as
An Italian Girl in
Emotional Film,
Miss Ina Claire in Screen Yer
sion Of Polly With a Past
Also a Novelty.

Our Mary's some doll at the big Cap
itol. with "The Love Light aglow in
her eyes. and in your divan as you
snugly loll you regret she must agonize.
Though being cute is her long suit, her
curls with glee scarce bob; her sense
of humor gets the boot. so hordes Of
girls can Sob For fate's triphammer
is ready to lam her, so the star can just
emote: her souls so full of heavy
drammer she really rocks the boat.
With a wistful wish. near the seas
sad swish. she lives on rocky shelf.
where italian villagers like to fish,
though our Mary's no fish herself. AS
small Woppish maid-not a bit Of
jade-on that Mediterranean coast. un-
der numerous family cares she's weighed
--racc suicide there Is no boast. She
has to show class does this winsome
lass. so her brothers may be grubbed,
and she scrubs them we'll despite their
sass, as Wop men are not--much---
scrubbed. Comes tragic worry into the
story she gives her hubby to be shot:
but in the end she reaches glory. while
your handkerchief turns to a blot.
Plot Carries On.
Miss Frances Marion's plot can carry
on its wheels are never clogged. The
scenes are so clear. some you fain would
tarry on-its only with tears they're
logged. Raymond Bloomer's boon as
handsome gossoon, Miss Pickford's
work calls for no structure. but it's
strange to think on her honeymoon she
CHANGED TO conceive this sad picture
The waves trolled and trawled in a
prologue called italian Fantasy"
which shows though loud the storm
has squalled, folk songs can drown the
sea- In dancing leaps Gambarelli sweeps
like flying fish on shore, and as butter
fly had heaps OF twirls with the ballet
corps.
I'm the Days of st. Patrick" though
not theatric, keeps the huge Lexington
tense. 1t tells how the saint almost
like hat trick. converted the pagans
to sense. In his youthful manhood,
turning ice into wood. he performs his
first miracle. He's sold as a slave, for
his own souls good--for 1t makes him
a clerical. This moving, bright tale
Father McSweeney's travail-shows ST.
Patrick did more than chase snakes.
The Celt cast-speaking words done in
English and Gael--have the kind of
spirit that takes.
In ireland To-day" the land stands
at bay, with the scenery all in mess.
and brings the wish the saints soul
could allay and assure to it happiness.
Then in a short reel Cardinal Logue's
firm as steel-and there's music the
Irish like. And some of the money-so
runs the appeals for sufferers forced
to hike.
Ina Claire--you might think her
name fit for a drink-smiles her way to
all hearts at the Rivoli. In Polly with
a Past" she does French wink. quite
discreet, but still rather frvolly. In
her debut Miss Claire may be said to
be OVERWHELMINGLY success stands
transposing; while Middleton Bolton
need not tear their hair at sight OF
tale decomposing. Miss Claires rip
snorter as the minister's daughter, even
more so when changed to vamp; and
though she allures when she hadn't
oughter, how could she do else with
that lamp?
Filmed Travel Book.
There's filmed travel book DIR. Van
denbergh took, showing Africa down In
its deep. and the doctor himself tells
of that eerie nook. where black pygmies
turn pale at a sheep. The tribes of
Uganda make nature seem grander the
scenes bring glow to the cheek a
carton, "Cavalleria." makes one feel
blander--if the bill were much bigger
'twould creak.
AT the Strand Lionel Barrymore looks
quite well, though quite dead. as A. Ben
nett designed. For really THE Great
Adventure" Is a sell-a suicide, slick but
refined. An artist with blues" when
woman pursues, masquerades as his
valet, Just died. but finds TO his pain.
one more female who woos---to the altar
he's fated TO slide. AS his funeral stops
in Westminster he pops. much impressed
as the multitudes bow, but he's torn
from his own last rites by the cops for
disturbing his corpse with a row. Barry
more plays the part with much humorous
art Doris Rarkin's fetching young
widow; Clyde Cook, ~ "All Wrong"
twists himself all apart, Ferrettfs
fine singing kiddo.
The Criterion fills up 1.-THE Inside OF
the Cup" Winston Churchill's book
poured on the screen. A young, honest
rector is sore as n pup because some
folks grow fat. others lean. With
brokers' own daughter he makes weak
as water the broker and rascals as mug
gains the girl. meanwhile saving some
lambs from the Straightforward keeping
the crooks from the jug. Society's evils.
and all the boil weevils infesting life
strongly are drawn. VIII r. Carletons
the rector who strives against "deevils."
Edith Haller's his own colleen bawn
"The Frontier of the Stars" shows
how IT. Meighan spart The Rialto pro-
jects II this week. Melghan's walloping
gangster receives a few scars but safely
preserves n Greek beak. Albert Payson
Terhune. in n Bowery saloon sets the
story on edge with a fight; but Falre
Binney and Coney and. OF course,
bright moon. are bound to put every-
thing right. Charles MaiRne, the direc-
tor. has taste that is chaste Clyde
Cooks a success. though "All Wrong :"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Is played
without haste; T.. List fills the breezes