New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-25
On the Screen
Gloria I.s,,. Swanson Gorgeous in
The Great Moment at Riv-
Oil; Nobody" at Strand
By Harriette Underhill


Inc Great Moment hasn't any as
II is presented on the screen at the
NiVoii this week, but, oh. what it is go
ing 10 do for tho box Office of any
snea.er that books it! 1t is a typical
Gioria Swanson picture, filled with
froeks, finery and fun, the fun being
not always of particularly innocent
kind.
Nadine Pelham would have been all
right II she hadn't had a gypsy mother
ana An uitra-conservative English
iaeher' who always was making her prt
engaged or married to some one against
her will. The picture is filled with
ciose-ups of Madness third finger ~
her left hand. with solitaires. with
clusters and with homemade wedd;nc
rings on it.
MISS Swanson also plays the gypsy
mother with a great deal of dash She
IS excellent in both roles and br;nvs ~
the picture something much more salts.
i,actory than gorgeous gowns. These.
however, are not lacking, though we
must say that it Is the first time we
Swarsa an,oroughly approved of Miss
without being bizarre. But. then
ECillnor Glyn wrote the story, and EInor
Giyn IS sister of Lucille. go nerbaua
MISS swanson has changed her sars
torlal adviser. At any rate. her cos
fumes are so lovely that she is low
Alec Francis is Sir Edward Pelham
anu ny tne way, he gives a charming
le1ormance-who falls in love win .
gypsy girl when he sees her dan.a
presumably he marries her and She
oleS' for we see him twenty years later
with MS daughter, Nadine. He is tell.
ing her that he has arranged mar
rage for her with her cousin. and
Nadlne Is delighted, because she see
romance in the ofing, only the
COUSIN proves to be an unromantic
soui with a receding chin and, so, in
asdvertently, she gives her heart to
milton Sllls. Here here gypsy blood
comes to the front and she il most
lndiscreet. so that father insists that
she marry this man instead of the
cousin, who. reneges, anyhow, when he
sees Madness hairpins strewn over the
couch of his rival.
VI course, it was all mistake (cen-
sors please note), but she marries him
with one of the discriminating hairpins
bent into a hoop for a wedding ring
Inns marriage is immediately annulled,
and only then does Nadine really go
into society. She acts perfectly
scandalous and has all of Washington,
New York, and points north talking
about her. This is all very entertain
ing, If You like that sort of thing. At
any rate, it is all very we'll done.
Elinor Glyn is seen in some of the
scenes. The scenario is by Monte
Aatlerjohn. Sam Wood directed.
lila Simpson and Carlo Enciso sing
Sunrise and You" The overture is
Tschaikoowsky's concerto, first move
ment. A mechanical piano is used,
with Henry Souvaine as the invisible
soloist. The comedy is & Pathe called.
Teaching the Teacher"
The chief trouble in the motion pic
ture world, as we understand it, is that
the exhibitor is compelled by the pres
emit system to accept pictures that he
doesn't want in order to get pictures
that he does want. So we hope that
the picture at the Strand this week is
a result of this system and is not the
choice of Joseph Plunkett. Knowing
Mr.. P)unkett as we do, we cannot be-
lieve it is of his selection. 1t is called
Nobody" but this title is bit abbre-
waited. 1t should have been called
Nobody Home" For. you see, the
heroine loses her mind and becomes
foolish, but in reality she doesn't act