The Washington herald., 1921-01-30

East Lynn" at the Garrick, seems to constitute
renaissance of the b'gosh rustic melodrama
The influence that prompts this renascent prod
altogether clear Mr.. Bell, of course gave WaShin
last summer in desperate, reckless effort to lear
dsputable that they received enthusiastically
n motive in Hs Fe1g R9 en Tgh N5 10 f5PG % BAR a RSo
an sltogetheT snachronistc plea to give drowning
nnal Hing at theatrio fortune-a hfram-hecker for
enough. has contributed materially to reha6ilitating
EtPius ssggsd the lower jaw OF the whole
There is, OF course. reason why Ten Nights in a
t Sar Room should tickle the fancy Of amusement
becomes more manifest in it's force when one recalls
actually enthused over East Lynn" at the GarricE
the PES!SF Of to }saS Sf s9s s
GrtS to eeet he EraaddsB tH Dd& Raf
hlm rival for 6is prstsntious and epic .BiFth
i RothtTs more re nor nor less than the Rasic simon
1s, 1sa Ten Eghtf IN Bar school
I cravings for the comic,
IKELY enough, Way Down East" afforded Grif-
| 9Th certain amount sly gIee, both in the
- Anticipation and the realization Of the success
he has made with it. 1t must have agtated his
sense Of humor to watch the pundits of Broadway
and Hollywood combing the literature
languages for adaptHtions and scenarios while all
unobtrusively, he quietly prepared to knock them
cross-wise with 2 bowling old melodrama whose
very title the signal for sarcastic merriment.
way Down East" is distinct accomplishment Mt
Griffith, aside from box-Office success and the
quality Of his production effort His accomplish
nent lies In his discernment the led him
the basic foundational drama in this favor
ties the Benjamin Harrison period and his fore
knowledge OF the comparative ease with which he
tcould delete the stilted hgh-faultin' overelabo-
hS & fRa the ea5e6 51e6R period sDS
most permanent characterzations Of the New FnGIand
coUntysde that have resisted with fair success e1eR
SsE YORK: New Haven and Hartford Railroad lo the
toisted on this tolerabIy smart-aieck Republic
he has not only dropped it us paniessly but the
Gt f S Simply fSUY b S d9PDPs @ % has
HaS 6St ffaaES Is Bo
Whassysr sin Annie Moore commits in the Griffith
Way RoT1 f Esft Is no greater lesser sin than she
Annie more uP-to-date creature who Would scoT2
Sgssy and ask for fliyysE ere yielding to the
Pittsburg6 Grth suBy kds Us G6yoe BY ea nE
and foeS and Rnne stsT a
having ny hS py SGsk h
ing s9PE the % curb in front q spartment house
Of the Peri2d By d5awiPg foolish Of the
sears RoeHuSk and ;, &C.; than it is Of Fhe Black
Piss9ss Of ,Ti. TFsl ts . Of Of t6s present its
Sasn departed single Whit from fSe i1Srsn{ he
q ta d5Sms o in sy 81 Do%T % Fast that earned
boy Just by way Of keeping Us all in places
taeks the good old tide Of yesEyeaF srss us
sho% o-'S' U.s. '00to stay away from his
H. WELL One might have expected it, A whal-
q ing good drama, they say-probabIy better
- than the original, but still the same old .eWav
Down East" at bottom It's very hard on those of
rs who imagine tastes complex and discriminat-
Ing. But there's use looking toward Griffith for
picture Of the period when the hustle was in its
heyday, and the stoye-pipe hat hat of TODAY
Tony Pastor has part with the Griffith way Down
East" Of '21 and flavor Of high-wheeled BIZ
cycles Saratoga Springs womans rights and allitera
tion in literature springs pupgently from it.
One has to go to the sunexpurgated version of the
b'gosh school for stun like that Downing kept the
picture in Ten Nights in a BarToom" his in
nocent' allegation OF having modernized version.
There's mighty little that is modern dialogue that
addresses the villain by his flfll name-'mark INV
words, Simon, Slade"-or apostrophizes a thirst like
oh. this curse of drink, husbapd; will you never
shake on the shackles that so long have bound you
rare fragrant memory, plays like this bring to
stjnuus sublimating pathos md agony of mind, like
FIagelante wounding himself with thorns. Memory
nf time when vice and virtue divided into hostile
camps and the deyu was tossed bodily and with ex-
ene exactitude from such Of the recognized haunts
~ the elect iato which he chanced to stray.
1t always seems to me that the oh electricity
put end to that romantic era There was-and is
not dressed to receive one in person. The brlance
Of electric Illuminating seemed to instu strange
fascinating briance in the lives of the individual
in the social order The church began lose
monopoly the sole attraction of the Sabbath and
incoming Of faster easier transportation began
png out the standbys Of the old order and bringing
in the new 49,
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