New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
The Inside OF the Cup Draws
A Sharp Contrast Between
True Religion and Hypocrisy

1nere are many angles of interest in
Ihe inside of the Cup" now entering
Its fifth week at the Criterion Thea+er
but probably of greatest interest to the
lover OF motion pictures is the unusual
character development revealed in the
personality of the Rev. John Holder
the central figure in the great screen
drama. The gradual widening of the
rector's social visiont his slow and
ploddlng steps over rough path of
sad or terrible events and his final
feailzauon that the religious structure
OF which he was a servant was threat
ened by the very men who were ac-
cepted as the pillars of the institution
nave general appeal as factors in all
rellglous institutional work.
In The Inside of the Cup" there is
gripping story of individual villainy
and OF mass psychology; there are two
love themes of deep beauty, and there
Is social theme that strikes a respon-
slve chord because of its humanity.
Yet 1T is the rector, played by William
T.. carleton with fine appreciation, who
holds the center of interest, because it
IS through his growth that the drama
reaches its climax.
The rector does not appear at the
opening of the story. The audience is
aware OF much wrongdoing by wealthy
hypocrites and sees several broken ca
reers and ruined ambitions before he
enters.
The most powerful member of the
group pilloried by Mr. Churchill is
Eldon Parr, banker. He refuses to per-
NIT his son to marry shopgirl because
It would endanger his social position.
Failing to bribe the girl, he urges her
to break the engagement on the ground
that such marriage would drag him
down. She leaves the city heartbroken.
The boy takes the downward path in
order to drag his fathers name in the
gutter.
The bankers daughter was turned
out of doors by her father because she
upbraided him for refusing to REIN
Sc burse faithful clerk who had bought
fraudulent stock and had been dis
charged for daring to question his en-
pioyer She pointed out the poverty
of the clerk and his wife and the
when the daughter asks him if his
religion is only for Sundays, she is or
dered away.
The church of which Parr is the most
prominent member and principal sup
porter gives a dinner party to the re
signing pastor a kindly old man. A
check for $1,000 is laid between the
tea'es OF a Blole as gilt to the re-
tiring clergyman, and there is almost a
sneer on the face of Parr as he looks
down on the thankful and gentle old
man. With the exit of the old man
Parr, always keen and master of the
situation, urges Plimpton, owner of
questionable resorts, to visit young
rector in the country and offer him the
pulpit at the fashionable church.
John Holder, the young rector, is
unversed in the ways of high finance
and its correlated activities. He in
clines to take his vestrymen at face
value. Brought up in the faith and
teachings of his church, he works to
make the world better place through
deeds of kindness and through the
spread of the teachings of his church.
He believes others to be as honest as
he is.
Naturally, Holder admires Parr. He
recognizes the mans great ability, is
charmed by his pleasing manner and
s. impressed with his success. Parr is
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