New-York tribune., 1921-01-31

yeokn1nx way W4An that xAthox hA0
left her mother before che wAa horn,
When he fought With her ia the cabin
seeking to Kiss her, ana "a odd iocket
containing che picture Of her mother
and SELF q the age of one year new out
and hit the captain between the eyes,
issShsd. .Whasis they said, anot q !
locked With mother's picture Ia. I've
sANn. that done before"
"Gcdless Men" ts ! Reginald Barker
production, released by Goldwyn and
adapsed from the story "Black Pawl,"
by Ben Ames Williams. II IL sea
story and there is no star In II, two
care for II. However the managers
may feel about IL, We should prefer to
see EAST Lynne" with one of our
favorites to seeing the most skillful
and latest screen production unstarred.
Russell Simpson gives an excellent per-
Torrance 40 Black pawl, the hard
hearted, hArd-fsted mater OF the
schooner. Red Pawl his son, wac
played by James Mason, who must have
been great in the part, because one
hated him so thoroughly; You won
Frankie Lee, who played Red at six,
ever could get 10 be such q rough
fellow.
The scenes are laid entirely on the
little schooner, and the only woman in
the cast 10 Helene Chadwick. OF course,
as soon as she comes on board all of
the men, good and bad, fall in love
with her. This is not to be wondered
at. That's ali there was. There wasn't
any more. Along with all the rest. the
old captain, Black Pawl, fell in love
with Ruth Lytton. too. But he. only
pressed his suit when he was drunk.
But Ruth was not afraid of him. She
knew a. we'll as any one In the au-
dience that Black Pawl was her father.
Finally "Biack" wins over cred" and
the father kills the son to keep him
from hayming Ruth. A missionary says,
II guess God will not DO very angry"
and with assurance the old man dies
and Ruth sailed away over che sunlit
seas with John Bowers, the only part
Of her experience on the bounding
main that we envied her. Mr.. Bowers
was happy, Dan pa-rin, tne second
from the start. This 10 not strang, fox
We believe that = girl might choose
him even with = greater field TO choose
from. Mr.. Bowers Is one Of the most
attractive Of young leading men.
The prologue 10 Verdi's Credo from
"Otellc," sung by Bertram Peacock. The
overture is the Thirteenth; Rhapsody,
by Liszt. Then there is the "Air de
Ballet" with Mile. Gambarelli, Alex
ander Oumansky and Simone Burnley
and the Capitol quartet singing Swing
Along" and mighty Lax Rose"
"rhe First Born" brings ssssue
Hayakawa back again to the Strand,
whore we have not seen him for many
seasons. We have always considered
Mr.. Hayakawa an excellent actor, and
he is effective not only in portraying
heroes of his own race, but in all sorts
Of roles which call for dark and sinis-
ter heroes. This, however, is the first
time we ever saw him as q Chinaman,
and If the picture presents faithful
portrait of the Chinese customs and
emotions, then the Chinese are very
fancied them. They laugh and love
and kiss and tremble and suffer just
as we do, and of course there is no real
reason why they should not. Only we
probably have drawn our portrait from
the Chinaman we met In Bermuda, and
our idea Of their stoicism from their
demeanor when we try to convince one
Of them that he has lost your best
lace petticoat.
Hayakawa is Chan Wang. He loves
Loey Using (Helen Eddy) and they loll
the Hwang-Ho. And then q cruel
father sells Loey to q rich Chinaman
in San Francisco and seven years later
Chan Wang follows, and. Of course,
after terrible sufferings they return to
China and once more loll in tho love
boat on the HwanR-Ho. The child who
plays the title role is Sonny Boy
Warde, and he is q remarkable child
aetcr.
We should like to know If he is =
Chinese boy, and also il he plays the
part where he is supposed to fall out
Of the window and die. If so, how did
scenes without so much as breathing
A grown person could not have re-
mained so still, but several close-ups
would have made apparent dummy if
one had been substituted.
Some one is always coming to US and
saying, "Did you see where they killed
dog or = goose, or something like
that, in that picture?" So now we
suppose people will say "Did you see
where they killed little boy to make
that picturer'
The continuity is excellent, the story
and Colin Campbell is a good director,
and yet the picture did not feel Chi
nese to US. Perhaps it is our own
fault.
Perhaps we do not know how Chinese
feel. Perhaps that Is why We liked the
picture so much.
The overture Is 'First Hungarian
Rhapsody" There are the Strand Topi-
cal Review and comedy, 'Monty
Banks In Bride and Gloom" The pro-
logue to the picture is in two scenes.
The frst IL in Shantune and the second
in San Francisco's Chinatown.
forbidden Fruit" will continue at
the Rivoli. "The Kentuckians" is at
the Rialto. This will be reviewed to-
morrow.
Romero Gives Song Recital
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