The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08
aAFTER THE SHOW" AT STRAND
Is A REAL PHOTOPLAY


AFTER the Show" is one of the most
human photoplays about stage lie 10
come to the screen. 1t has story
mai deals with the really personal
life of an innocent upstate girl In
New York who hoped to succeed on
the stage and did do very creditably
behind the footllghts. but not brill
liantly.
In fact. the stage career of this re-
freshing kind of actress figures only
as a side issue. or cause of the story
OF a love affair resulting from that
life. and though the stage and a few
very brilliant scenes figure the story
is notably intimate and confiding,
one might say.
AS in many modern dramas the
great question of the two kinds of
love that a man may hold for wom-
an is the one to be solved. Here a
girl is loved by fascinating man
who plays on Broadway, but every
incident points to an unworthiness In
his motives. Throughout the picture
IL is impossible to tell which is the
conuuering love, whether he Is the
real lover of the girl or. In fact, any
thing about 1t at all. which is utterly
ture of life itself. where Williams are
not at once detachable or consistently
and at all times villianous. or ever
heroic. In short, the picture is true
to life and realistic to a remarkable
degree.
Lila Lee makes a very fresh and
wholesome heroine, and though she Is
shown at one time as coming dam
gerously near the mud, she retains
her wholesome and sympathetic ap-
peal. Jack Holt Is the brilliant man
who presents such an enigma. He
plays his part with great tact and
discretion. Charles Ogle gives one
of the most lovable of potrayals in
his protecting love for the girl whom
"FOoLIsH NATIONS" AT ALCAzAR
is INTERESTING DRAMA
One of the most admirable pictures
on the modern question of married
life and the proper relation of man
and wife is Foolish Matrons" at the
Alcazar. While by no means treat
Ing the subject in heavy manner.
the story goes into the subject quite
seriously, and in pleasant interest
ing way that leaves good flavor at
the end.
This is an unusual case of story
with three married couples as sub
jects being entertaining and well
knit together. 1t takes three distinct
types of women, each representing
the three predominating reasons why
women marry. Naturally each girl
has the makeup that corresponds to
her reason for marrying. The three
reasons for marrying include the
simple desire for a husband who will
insure one against loneliness, ambi-
ton and real love-and outside of
these three there are others not so
important and not treated here. Then
the story consists Of showing the
outcome of the marriages OF these
three women.
The three actresses chosen to fill
these type roles are fine, each suit
ing her role as though living 1t in
reality. Doris May as the girl who
marries for ambition, is very good
and In role that suits her better
than anything yet. The newspaper
girl who married to be insured
against loneliness is very typical of
the alert reporter type and the dan
gerous tendency to sacrifice every
thing personal to a career, which the
girl does, and dlsastrously. The
woman who marries for love IL made
truly Admirable by fine portrayal.
"THE OLD NEsTp A GREAT
AND SIMPLE DRAMA-TRIANON
In THE Old Nest" at the Trianon
now. Rupert Hughes has displayed all
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