Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-07
ADJUSTMENTS.
I SCREEN.
Costly Film st thu. Aldine.

weetr to take IL up on the Connect
icut river near White River Junction,
VT, and there were ten engineers and
26o workmen employed in testing the
ice, setting the foes and incidentally
watching the weather and the ele-
ments. Mr.. Griffith took more than
100000 feet OF film In order to get the
effects now shown in the production,
which is covered In 900 feet of film.
Family Picture Mt the Savoy.
1.-THE Man OF The Forest" which is
showing at the Savoy Theatre, is n
picture for the whole family. adults
and children alike. for Ii is as clean
and wholesome a picture as ever WAS
made. Full of action and thrills,
| there runs through IL all a sweet and
| tender love story that lends enchant-
ment. Probably one of the most in
teresting features of this film, out
side OF the many examples of superb
horsamanship and the beautiful scenic
shots, Is the acting OF a hughe grizzly
bear.
Lottie Pickford at the Parkway.
They Shall pny' presents 1ottie
Piokford for the last time today at the
Pan kway Theatre. Delaware avenue
nj Adams street, in the role of fear
lesa girl, who. actuated by her love
for. her father. makes each OF his
enemies pay in full. For three days,
starting tomorrow, Florence Reed
will star in the great s25o,00o produc-
ton, "Indiscretion. with Gareth
Hughes and Lionel Atwili, This pie
ture -is a great spectacle of human
emotions.
"The Four Horsemen.-
In commenting upon "The Four
Horserne1 of the Apocalypse" Robert
+. Sherwood, dramatic critic of Life.
had the following TO say: "corpar-
isons are necessarily odious. but we
cannot help looking back over the
brief history Of the cinema and trying
TO find something that can be COM
pared with The Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse. The films that first
come to mind are Birth of Nation,
Intolerance, Hearts of the World ani'
Joan tho Woman, but the grandiose
posturinHa of David wark Griffith
and Cecil n. DeMille appear pale and
artificial In the light of this new pro-
duction. Nor does the legitimate
stage itself come out entirely an
scathed in the test of comparison. for
this mere movie easily surpasses the
noisy olaptrap which passes Oft as art
in the box offices of many theatres.
The Four Horsemen OF the Apocalypse
will be hailed as great dramatic
achievement. one which deserves more
than any other play that the war in
spired to be handed down to genera
tons vet unborn. The Four Horse
men is an answer to those who still
refuse to take the moving picture
seriously. Its production lifts the si-
lent drama to an artistic plane that i'll
has never touched before" This isi
only one of many complimentary mes
sages of approval from celebrities in
the highest field of literary and other
artistic work. The Wilmington en-
gagement OF "The Four Horsemen"
opens at The Playhouse next Monday.
September IL. and the sale Cf seats
begins tomorrow morning.
.The Old Nest Is For All.
THE Old Nest" now in the course
Of its weerS's engagement at the Ma
jestic Theatre. has deeply engenderedI
itself in the hearts of the thousands
Of spectators who have already wit
messed it, There is nothing new in il, |
but something eternal. The Old
Nest" has no hero. no heroine. no
villain and no adventures i'm the melo |
dramatic meaning of those stock !
terms. Likewise. IL has no. plot: IL |
contains no suspicion Of mystery |
and the end is foreseen from the be-
ginning.
"The Great Moment A Success.
Evidently Gloria Swanson's startsom |
in THE Great Moment" is pleasing to |
the vast rls jority who make up the |
picture gcing public of Wilmington /
The engagement OF the film II the /
Arcadia Theatre has been marked /
by the increase daily in attendance and I
by the enthusiasm that characterizes /
the crowds that witness the picture. |
Eiinor Glyn fulfilled expectations held !
out eor her first screen story. She /
has justified the trust that made the |
producers bring Ter over from Eng |
land 20 write "The Grea. Moment"
for Miss Swanson.
William s. Hart In aThe WHISTLE
There isl not hint of the Wild West /
in THE Whistle" William S. Hart's I
newest picture, which is now at the |
Queen Theatre. Mr.. Hart deserts his
pinto pony, his characteristics clothes
and his favorable locale TO appear in /
different. This some |
thing different" proved to be grip !
ping industrial romance set in New /
England. Mr.. Hart as a factory fore
man is the part 10 perfection.
All Enjoy aUncle Toms Cabin.-
The old lure OF Uncle Toms Cab /
in" is re-asserting itself in the hearts
of the people of Wilmington. This |
conclusion has been reached after a /
survey of the number of men. women1
and children who make up the big
audiences witnessing Uncle Toms |
Cabin" at The Playhouse. This is, tol
all intent. the best version of the many /
that have been made from the famous
story. Its scenes are thrilling and
realistic and the spectator is just as
interested as If he were part of the
story hiraself.
.It's A Great 1ife- at the RlaIto.
Boyish imagination has made such /
authors as Mark Twain. Booth Tark-
ington and Mary Roberts Rienhart
famous. The latter has used this to |
make up the basis Of her story tits |
a Great Life, which is at the Rialto
today. A young school chap with a |
most vivid imagination and an ever
ready appetite is the hero. Cullen
Lands portrays him. Tomorrow Har-
ry Carey viii begin an engagement |
of three days in The Freeze-Out."