New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-06
On the Screen

BY Harriette Underhill

Who says that New York has gone
dry? Never so long as "No Woman
Knows" continues at the Central The
alter. Why, there Isn't a dry eye on
the screen for more than 100 feet of
film at any time, and sometimes the
whole family and the visiting rabbi and
the priest and the violin teacher all sob
at the same time. Such lot Of tears!
But the picture is going to be a big sue
cess in New York because that is the
sort of picture it Is. When Fanny het-
self decides to 60 to Chicago and Father
Fitzpatrick says "You carry a big
handicap" and Fanny says eyes. I
know; am Jew" and the father says
mo, indeed, that is an asset. If it
weren't for the Irish the Jews would be
the greatest people in the world" and
how the sudience applauded! So that's
how we know that it is going to be q
success.
The picture i taken from Edna
it is not unlike "humoresquev in
theme, though the treatment is quite
different. The story deals with an un-
grateful son, Theodore, who lives son
the efforts of his mother and his sister
SO that he may study the violin in Eu-
rope. He finally marries and expects
them 70 support the whole family.
Theodore is played by Raymond Lee
and Letter by John Davidson. There is
an actor who can act, but we never look
at him without wondering why he puts
on such a CHASTITY makeup. It makes
him look hardly human. Mabel Julienne
Scott is Fanny, and she plays the part
well. It is the best thing we ever saw
her do, though her acting seems always
to lack distinction. She makes of her
characters women to whom you would
refer as lawfully nice girls" Grace
Marvin is Molly Branders, the mother,
and we consider that she gives an ex-
cellent performance. avery one said
she looked like Vera GHrdon, and they
said it accusingly, though, on close in
spectiOn, we decided that If any one wss
to blame it was Gods fault entirely and
not Miss Marvin's. She puts on very
little makeup.
Earl .Schenk plays Clarence, the
lover, whom Fanny refused for so long,
She. said it was because her family
needed her, but we really think it was
on account of his collars and the way
he wore HIS hair. Why but that is
SO futile we desist. Xltogether an a,
Woman Knows" rs an interesting pics
ture, and those who like to see every
thing on the screen that is worth while
or amusing should put it on their list.
1t was directed by Tod Browning and
presented by Carl Laemmle. The fea-
ture picture is surrounded by an in
teresting program.
At the Rialto Douglas MacLeapsis
appearing in Passing. Thru which
passes through. all the stages from
tragedy to slap stick. 1t is a story Of
a young man who calls himself the
goat because he, Ia always confessing
that he did scmething which he did
not do. He first confesses to larceny
to save his future Gas he thinks
brother-in-law and then, after he es-
capes and starts life anew in small
town, he .confesses to assault to save
his benefactot. And then what do YOU
think? The culprit is IA trick mule
which Billy "thefgeat," has been train
ing; which only proves what we have
! always contended---"t there is mo sdch
thing as equine gratitude" Up to this
point the story is just every day drama,
with MacLean his own, smiling, fasci-
+ nating self; but it suddenly becom es
slapstiek for no reason ut all. :, 1t was
such surprise to us that we are going
to leave the surprise intact for you.
1t certainly is novel ending IL moth
ing else.
| Madge Bethany, q very pretty girl,
plays the heroine nicely. The story is