The New York herald., 1921-02-14
Marion Davies in
Thrilling Picture,
Buried Treasure
Lives Tragic Moments i'm Va
rious Ages by Help Of the
Theory Of Reincarnation.

Miss Marion Davies wears a black wig
In Buried Treasure" which started an
extended engagement at the Criterion
yesterday but she cannot hide the fact
that she's still Marion Davies. any more
than the leopard can change his m ke-
up. That Is to say. in this Cosmopoli-
tan-Paramount film she Is as easy as
ever to follow opt cally and just as easy
TO follow without any particular trouble
10 the feelings. Though she assumes a
brunette coiffure in order TO be Spanish
and live some tragic moments, her tenn
permanent still remains cheerfully blonde.
She has heightened her emotional
powers somewhat since her last picture.
and when, reverting with inumations OF
past existences as bankers daughter
10 her personality Of four centur es be-
fore. she discovers that her father is a
pirate OF the Spanish Main and has
killed his own brother. she Is able at
least to express great concern over that
fact. But. the beholder feels that alto
gether the star Is having good time
before the camera and Is not perma-
nently distressed. so the onlooker does
not saurm with anguish either, but
takes things easy.
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Austin's story deals with the manner .i
which a young woman chooses between
Young physician and the bogus noble-
man her hardheaded father would force
upon her. making her selection with the
help OF the ancient theory or reincarna-
tion and modern spirtualism, there arc
naturally brief glimpses OF her courtships
through the seons, which would Indicate
that Scotch courtsh!ps Of twenty years
are mere trifles. In the Stone Age Miss
Davies appears most fetchingiy in a bear
skin, but for all that she Is a magazine
cover cave woman-the Neolithic maiden
q la Paul Helleu. Similarly. as a Cleo
patralike charmer. a medieval damsel
for whom knights jousted, q girl of the
Italian Renaissance and q young woman
over whom pirates had conniption fits
she can be traced always by the stencil
of her beauty.
There are pleasant masquerade ball
scenes, backed by the brush OF Joseph
Urban, and several hearty fights among
pirates. George d. Baker, who did the
directing, seems to have gone back to
the Stone Age for his sub-titles, and
Buried Treasure" can hardly be consid-
cred a treasure. while 1t Is somewhat
too obvious to be buried.
THE Saphead," Metros version of
'The Henrietta" will keep the spectator
continuously entertained at the Capitol,
though no one Is likely to take his H.
cense away for laughing too loudly. It
brings that veteran actor, William H
Crane, back TO the public. and ne plays
his old role Of Nichoi0. Van Alstync,
multi-milltonaire. with refreshing
variety. just as though he had spent
his years away from the stage in think
ing up new crotchets for the old man.
Buster Keaton. rescued for time from
a life OF slapstick and given the role Of
Bertie, the Lamb who was cut Off with
s1,000.000 by his father for being a
simpleton and then saves his father
from ruin by buying up the stock OF
the Henrietta mine because he doesn't
like the way the men on the Stock Ex-
change shout the name ut him plays
the part performed by Douglas Fair
banks in the last revival. with artistic
restraint and becomes q human rocket
at the finish almost as well as Doug
could have.
Moreover. Keaton saves the essentially
inane character from becoming aggra-
waiting. mainly by suggesting Eddie
Cantor. Winchell Smith has done n
"
I'm fitting his old stage success TO the
new fourth dimension. Besides a pro-
logue. danced by Leon Leonidow,
Liszt's "1'asso' symphony BY the orches-
ira and vocal appendix by Sudwarth
Frasier and the Capitol Mixed Quartet,
there is an effective film of the Arneri-
can feet wor1ning through the Panama
Canal, with one ship being jerked
through almost at one bound.
Thomas Mefshan I'm easy Road"
Thomas Meighan at the Rivoli in The
Easy Road" not only looks as II he had
been sailor, as Blair Halls original
story OF Easy Street" called on him to
be, but he also appears intelligent enough
to be n novelist. something beyond the
reach OF some movie stars. who seem
10 be laboring under strain when sign
ing their nance In fact, Meighan in
this Paramount picture Is so interest
Ing one finds II hard to understand, even
II he did consider the wealth Of his
young wife a lure to laziness, how
Miss Gladys George. as his spouse. could
leave him when he was liable TO be
snapped UP by some other woman.
Then the young novelist begins the
usual business of sinking TO the depths
Until. on tlt punt OA slINitiS A'T y l+lfl
resting place. he prevents another sui
eide and decidee that It's more com
Portable TO go TO work than to drown
himself. But as Lila Lee is the waif he
rescues. complications naturally develop.
until Beulah Marie Dix, who made the
skiIful scenario, feels It's time TO call
halt. The happy ending OF this feature
Is balanced by "rhe Unhappy Finish"
Mack Sennett's latest comedy. which. for
all its name won't make the spectator
cry. Samuel Coleridze-Taylor's La
Banboula," by the orchestra: bal
Masque." an agreeable dance concep-
tion by Adoiph Boifn, and solo by
Emanuel List are likewise down for the
honors
"The Inside Of the Cup" adapted from
Winston Churchill's novel. with It's ac-
companying programme. will hold the
Rialto accountable for It's reception in
stead of the Criterion this week. Charlie
Chaplin In "The Kid" continues TO re-
quire the services OF the police both in
side and outside the Strand.