New-York tribune., 1921-01-12
On the Screen
Edith ,.Hallor' Shows Ability as
an Actress in ''The Inside
of the Cup"
BY Harriette Underhill

"The Inside of the Cup" is not only
cleansed but shining brightly at the
Criterion Theater before the last foot
of the last reel of film is unwound.
For those who do not know, the title
of this picture is q quotation from the
Bible, and it is used in conjunction
with that other one about the "whited
sepulchre," which "inside is full of
dead mems bones" 1t means "Reputa-
ton is what men think of US; character
is what G q knows of us.
There are no stars in this picture,
but the cast is we'll chosen, with Will
liam Carlton doing splendid work as
the young rector who saw the light
only after he loved Alison Parr, the
heroine, who said to her hypocrite
father Sunday is a day for me to do
good, not to receive good" Then, in
stead of going to church, she went
over to the settlement house and
amused the children. In St. Johns
Church there were many hyprocrites
besides Eldon Parr. There was Fergu-
son, the town merchant, who said "The
law makes us put in stools back of the
you catch sitting on one,' and there
was Wallis Plimpton, a vestryman. and
lot of others, who paid starvation
wages so that they could give bounti-
fully to the Lord via St. Johns
Cathedral.
Eldon Parr was the chief offender.
TOR he not only drove Richard Garvin
to murder and suicide, but he sent
nate Marcy along the easiest way and
made derelict Of his only son.
somehow these people did not seem
especially strong -willed 10 US and per
maps they would have gone wrong any
way. However, we are one of those
persons who do not believe that people
need be victims of circumstances.
Edith Hallor is the girl. Never hav-
ing seen Miss Hallcr on the screen be-
1ore we can only say that she does
not look as beautiful as we had feared.
but she is a far better actress than
we had dared to hope. She gives
tine and convincing performance. David
Torrence is excellent. if dsagreeablc,
as Eldon Parr, and Marguerite Clayton
as Kate, the beautiful saleslady, looks
exactly like Tallulah Bankhead. There
IS girl named Irene Delrog who has
a blt IN the picture We hope some one
VIII give her much bigger part next
time, Tor she is delightful. The see
mario was made by George Dubois Proc
tor from Winston Churchill's novel. 1t
was directed by Albert Capellani.
My Barefoot Boy pleased us great
ly. 1t is Post Nature picture and
tells all about w.re-haired fox terrier
which goes to live in the country. 1t is
amusing and the photography is ex-
cellent.
The overture is blue Danube" with
a double sextet of pretty maidens dane
ing in the moonlight, principally.
After all these years, Cold Molasscs
puts his best foot forward once more
and lifts the mortgage from Aunt Ab-
b'e's farm in "The County Fair" the
feature lin at the Broadway Theater
The picture will be interesting to those
who remember the old Neil Burgess
stage play, to those who have read the
story and to those who have done
neither, for those b'eosh dramas never
cease to attract, and the spectacle of a
Eashful swain trying to get himself
engaged to the lady Of his secret choice
always will seem, to some, the funniest
spectacle or earth. The best part of
tn" film, to our way Of thinking, is the
horse race. 1t is much more exciting
Oil the screen than it possibly could be
Iii any other medium
Edythe Chapman is seen as Aunt Alb.
be, the part which Neil Burgess I'M