New-York tribune., 1921-08-15
On the Screen
END of the World,'' at Rialto.
No Refuge for Cherry and
Her Three Admirers

"At the End of the World"-this To-
cative title of the new picture at the
Rialto Theater identifies the spot where
Cherry O'Day's three admirers have
flown to drown black care. Of course,
Cherry flies there too--from Shanghai.
The end of the world is the one place
that most people would fly to-. 1t has
the exclusiveness of the square meal.
The square meal will lure many a
person who would Indignantly reject
one in the shape of the parallelopipe-
| don.
The writer Of the subtitles has en-
dowed "The End of the World" with
plenty of lure. There is the "lure of
the East" which is strong, and the
''lure of the storm" ito mention lust
two of our best known lures. Miss
Betty Compton endowed it with very
handsome heroine in Cherry and a
wardrobe which is in itself snare.
This is Lasky picture, adapted
maiden effort in direction by Pen
rhyn Stanlaws, the painter. The pic
torial quality of it's scenes has regis
tered the illustrator in a very effec-
tive manner.
Cherry is the daughter of a Shanghai
dive keeper, who uses her as an ac-
celerator of trade and wine agents
He has armed her with this cynic
principles: "All men are evil Play
with them to your hearts content, but
keep them at arms length" Gesture.
So all in the course of business, Cherry
engages herself to Donald MacGregor.
burly sailor; toys with Harvey Allen,
a young bank clerk, who steals the
bonds for her, and falls unscrupulously
in love with Gordon Dean, an American
yachtsman. Then the father is
plugged through the heart by a gam
bier and Cherry marries the banker,
who is ready money.
But Shanghai's social set will not re-
ceive Cherry, which is bad for the
banking business, so divorce is
agreed to. Then Gordon Dean shows
up "by unexpected fate" the subtitle
says, which is all wrong, for it was de-
cidedly expected-the story clamors for
him with strong outcries Gordon
squares up Harvey Aliens theft and
takes him and the thick -thewed sailor
to the bleak and barren Dragons Reef
Lighthouse, "at the end of the world"
where the three can have peace and
quiet.
Cherry discovers the retreat and fol-
lows, but before she arrives the sailor
has gone mad brooding over her, and
the bank clerk, too, has become bewild-
cred with love. 1t is the lure of the
storm that takes Gordon Dean out to tho
rocks the night Cherry is wrecked and
washed ashore. The fight among the
three men provides an intensely dra-
matte situation. OF course, you know
Gordon Dean is going to survive, but
the fight is none the less thrilling.
Milton Slls invests the part of Dean
with likagle heroics.
| A Clyde Cook comedy, "The Sailor"
proved the comic relief in the program.
Also there are some unusually interest
ing music numbers. The overture is
the temple scene from "Aida'-the
conservation and first finale. Susan Ida
Clough, mezzo- soprano; Carlo Enciso,
tenor, and James Woolf, basso, are as
sisted by an excellent chorus. Lillian
Powell, Ivy Ladd and Anna Belel arc
the dancers. Marcel Salesco sings an
aria from "The Masked Ball." by Verdi.
And other music numbers are featured.
| At the Strand Constance Talmadge
in "Weddng Bells" is the featured
picture. This will be reviewed to-
"A Virgin Paradise" the William
Fox picture, has been transferred from
the Park to the Capitol Theater.
| Under the title "Revue de L'Opera"
Alexander Rose sings the prologue
iron, from "Pagliacci," Miss Maria Samson
ihe Letter Song from MADAM But
terfiy," the Capitol mixed quartet,
the quartet from "Rigoletto' and
sne grand chorus, the "Tannhauser
March. chamlnade's Scarf Dance"
Is done by members OF Alexander
Uumansky's ballet "Lattle Old New
fork' gives comparative views OF
early and modern landmarks.