New-York tribune., 1921-10-24
but now we know better-she is always
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but now we know better--shc is always
the same.
Why does she not try winning little
sympathy in some one of her pictures.
instead of playing always for applause
for her daring? OF course, she plays
melodrams, but it is possible to pre-
sent real people even in that. This also
applies to the man who wrote the titles
tor Conflict" None Of the conversa-
tlon is true talk and the descriptive
titles arc full Of rhetoric and grandilo-
guence. How we did long to get at
those titles and make them sound
human-"Thc Glendennings await me
at Palm Beach" "Perchance we shall
meet on the morrow" etc.
Herbert Rawlinson, a handsome and
ardent young actor, is extremely lika-
Bile as the hero. Others in the cast are
Ed Connolly, who does we'll in the
part of the old uncle; Martha Mat
tox, who is excellent as the yillanous
housekeeper; Hector Sarno and l.. C.
Shumway. The overture is GEL Guar
any" There is Prizma picture.
She Blows; Topics Of the Day and
Assop's Fables and q musical prologue
to the feature.
II "A Connecticut Yankee In King
Arthurs Court had never been done
on the screen we doubt very much If
Doubling for Romeo" would ever have
been done either.
The titles are especially reminiscent.
This Goldwyn picture with Will Rogers
IN the title role is at the Capitol this
week. and it is an extremely amusing
bit OF nonsense, with Rogers doing al
most as much of a monologue as he
USED to do when he played on the roof
and fooled with lariat.
Or course there are heroine and a
villain, but they have very little to do,
and they are merely there to get Rogers
started. After that he runs by him
self. Sylvia Dreamer is the heroine.
who tells Rogers, cowboy, that she
cannot marry him unless he learns to
make love like movie hero. SO Slim
goes to the movie studio and gets a
job. This part is satire on movies,
and actors and directors and fans. 1t is
amusing, but there is Little too much
of it. When Slim goes back home he
still finds that he is lacking in knowl-
edge of the way of man with maid;
so he reads Romeo and juliet" He
falls asleep and sees all Of his friends
as Shakespeare's people. This gives an
excellent chance Tor some of Rogerss
SACASO WuiCU, VI CUuISt, tdk6 one PACK
again to the monologue days. Mr..
Rogers has even seized the opportunity
to put in something Of politics, as Of
old.
Clarence Badger has directed the pic
ture with keen appreciation of all of
the humor which the authors have writ
ten into it.
The program says that the story is
by Elmer Rice, Will Rogers and Will
Shakespeare. In the supporting cast
are Sidney Ainsworth, Al Hart, John
Cossar. G. E. Thurston and William
Orlamund
lhe capitol program is especially
elaborate, because it is the second an
niversary. Erik Bye sang a Greeting
as the overture. Then came "Scheher-
ezade" with an enlarged ballet corps.
This is one of the most impressive
things that has ever been staged at
the Capitol. Then the quintet sings
college songs in sketch called
college Life" There is a Grantland
Rice-Jack Eaton sport review, .sSpeed, .
and Fanny Rezia sings the waltz song
from "Romeo and Juliet" In the
Capitol News is hit called "My -Four
7'notes IN Germany" 1t shows Charlie