The Washington herald., 1921-07-11
METROPOLITAN.
The Golden Snare"

The current weeks bill at Gran
dalPs Metropolitan Theater Is
peculiarly suited to the tastes of
those whose spirits are beginning
to droop as a result of the prevalent
hot wave. The Golden Snare" the
chief feature of the diversified pro-
gram, Is an all-snow picture filmed
at the edge of the Arctic. so re-
plete with highly vistas of unbroken
SHOWS that the spectators thoughts
are pleasantly distracted from
equatorial temperatures and sizzling
asphalt The effect of realism Is
heightened by the GOODNESS of the
Metropolitan. where by some hidden
magic breezes are kept constantly
blowing. The agreeably laughable
supplementary feature of the bill Is
Larry Seamon's latest contribution
to the gayety of theatergoers, en-
titled The Rent collector" more
compactly packed with novel aero
battles and genuinely amusing cpl
sodes. than any of his earlier re-
leases in the same series of Vita
graph two-reel sdpercomedies.
The Golden Snare" depicts with
absolute fidelity to nature and to
type the story of a sergeant of the
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
who was dispatched to the Far
North to get dead or alive" a mad
man who had escaped from the
authorities when he and his broth
ers had shot up the court that un-
justly convicted his father of first
degree murder. The mystery of the
loup-garou's life in the snow wastes
of the Arctic is ecrly dccpened by
the discovery that all of his rabbit
snares are made from blonde human
hair. From the natives 1t is learned
that he is looked down upon as a
ghost-man of supernatural physical
powers and a mania for homicide
Sergt. Raine hits a hot trail and
finds Bran Johnson living in a
heavily stockaded log cabin as the
ferocious guardian of a beautiful
blonde girl, Cello" Raine has res
cued from starvation upon the death
of its parents smiling wee bit of
babe. and SO is made a member
of the household OF the man he has
been ordered to bring in. As the
love between Raine and the girl
deepens, and it seems hopeless to
restore full power to the broken
mind OF the fugitive. BLACK Daw-
SON. white-skinned renegade of th e
Arctic. renews an oft-defeated at
tempt to take Celie by force to be
his domestic slave. Raine and the
loup-garou both give battle to de-
fend the girl, and both johnson
and Dawson are killed. leaving the
sergeant and the snow-girl to seek
their happiness together in civili-
zatiop
Lewis Stone. wallace Beery, Ruth
Renick. Francis Mcdonald. Mel
bourne MacDoweU. Wellington
Playter and a numerous ensemble
lend the action of the vivid drama
the effect of actual reality. Their
characterizations are splendidlv
done, and their enactment. of the
climacteric scenes thoroughly con-
vincing. During the progress of the
plot the action has for IT'S back
ground a succession Of the most
magnificent outdoor winter scenes
that have ever been -hotogra phed.
In this respect THE Golden Snare"
is superior even to "Isobel" or THE
Trails End"
In addition to Mr.. Semon's dem
onstration OF rvmnastic daring in
"The Rent Collector" the program
for the week is surnlemented bv a
new issre of the Pathe News the
latest synnoaiYm Of tho literary
Digest's Topics Of the Day," tune
full orchsstra' accompaniment and
a mAlod!ous overture Number con-
sistine Of selections frorr You're
in Love-" o. Frim'.