New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
On the Screen
Hart, in ssThrce Word Brand, :"
Gives Twin 1hviis at Rivoli;
''Invisiblc Power Mt Capitol,
By Harriette Underhill

Double. exposures are indeed the
order Of the day, for here is William
S. Hart with another set OF twins,
which he impersonates without the aid
of another leading man. As matter
of fact, Bill plays four parts nt the
Rivoli this week. First, he is the
father in Three Word Brand" his new
picture, then he is the tttle twins
grown up, and finally he appears as
himself. Fortunately this was not ad-
vertised! We say fortunately, for it
took US two months to recover from
William Hart demonstration the
last time he was at the Rialto. Ten
thousand people turned out and we got
caught in the middle of it. But Mr..
Hart's appearance this week was a
total surprise. When we walked into
the Rivoli at $3.50 last night and saw
a cowboy on the stage making a speech
we said, "Surely we cannot mistake
that face! 1t is old Bill Hart" and for
once we were right.
Hart's picture is vastly interesting
even if it does stretch your credulity
the spectators was incredulous, how
ever. The men all said on their way
out, at is n great picture" and when
one woman said, "But it really couldn't
happen, could it?" her better half re-
piled indignantly "Sure it could hap
pen. l wish it would happen to me
and Lew" (evidently Lew was q twin
brother.) The public may be tickle,
but Mr.. Hart seems to have lost not
one whit Of his popularity. The peo-
pie in the theater sat spellbound as he
roped cattle, shot straight, imperson-
ated the Governor. signed pardon and
acted nobly generally.
He is called Three Word Brand"
because he never speaks more than
three words at time. They are prin-
cipally "go to hell" to the men and az
love you" to the women. Jane Novak
Is the one woman who softens his ma
ture and makes him almost talkative.
Will Reynolds wrote the story, and it
was adapted and directed by Lambert
Hillyer. The prologue is "Cowboy Bal
lads" sung by Carl Rollins and the
Rivol ensemble.
A Triart picture, "The Beggar Maid"
is also on the program. 1t is dainty
thing, one of series of pictures Of
the great paintings. The story is taken
-adiantly beautiful being, is the beggar
maid. Reginald Denny is King Co.
phetua. We hope Hodkinson, who ia
releasing them, will hurry with the
rest Of the series.
Max Fleischer has another of his car
toou comedies, "Out of the Inkwell."
The overture is from Tschaikowsky's
"Romeo and juliet"
The mother love theme is presented
in q little different way at the Capitol
this week. The picture is called "Thc
Invis BILE Power" but whether this re-
fers to the mother love or to the power
of the police we do not know. The
story proves that if you have once been
in Sing Sing it is a difficult thing to 90
straight. The police are always wa tch-
ing for you and some one is always
waiting to frame you.
House Peters is the reformed crook.
lie is excellent. So is Irene Rich as
his wife, Laura. Her tragic scenes are
so real that they move you in spite of
the fact that you know she was fool
| for acting as she did. 1t is triumph
of art over reason. If you had asked
Laura why she did such strange, un-
reasonable things she would probably
have looked at you reproachfully and
said, you've never been a mother
! You see, she didn't want her young
husband to know that she had child
while ne was in prison, because she
thought it would make it harder 70,
him to bear his unjust sentence. But
she let him think that instead Of being
in hospital she had been living rs q
shop-lifter. Presumably this would