The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-27
EDITH TALIAFERRO
SCORES In PICTURE
keep to the Right" a Powerful Pic
ture With a Purpose, Coming
to the Comiuue.


to the Comique.
A photodrama that is a genuine
treat to the heart and to the eye
comes in the form Of a picture that
IS different and aptIy called Keep
to the Right" This production stands
out Enthusiastically as one of the few
effective pictures the writer has wit
messed, and leaves an impression that
Fingers in the memory for days. 1t
is one of the great realistic romances
of the day, and compeIs the spectator
to bow before another idol of the
screen, Miss Edith Taliaferro, who
| wins ones heart at first sight.
The story deals with what is prob
ably the most throbbing problem of
personal life self1shness, and answers
the question not by argument but by
telling tale in manner so dramatic
and vivid that the spectator is forcibly
] impressed by its truth. i does not
teach, it shows.
In one of the dark corners of the
Old World lived a happy family. In a
massacre of ignorance and hatred
mother and son were killed, while
father and daughter escaped. Arriv-
| ing at Americas shores, Stephen Field
makes his climb on the ladder of sue
cess, and mindful of the suffering of
others which once was his, sacrifices
/ his fortune to help his fellows Mean
while Esther, his daughter, fights
terrific heart struggle against two
suitors, DR.. Morris, a noted surgeon,
and Robert Graham. Graham is sub
ject to occasional fainting spells and
whine driving his car is suddenly
seized with his ailment and plunges
over an embankment. There is only
one doctor who can perform the deli
cate operation necessary to save Gra-
hams life, DR.. Morris, his rival. How
this intense situation developed and
comes TO a brilliant climax that sweeps
one from his feet cannot be explained
in words.
''Who shall It be?"-asks Edith
Taliaferro in her latest and greatest
motion picture triumph, as she is torn
with doubt between the fires OF two
lovers-"the man of means whom I
only admire, hut do not love-at least
not yet, or the man of my heart,
whose means are modest?''
Keep to the Rights the answer
she gives-but not before enduring
rve-racking trials and torturing
suspense which. for their dramatic
power and intensity have never been
equalled on the screen. Plunged in
the bewildering situation which many
a girl finds herself nowadays, Edith
Taliaferro, the one and only ''big-
sister" of the screen, fights her way
out Of the maze, and ends in a thrill
ing climax that compals unstinted adj
miration.
Her position, in the role Of Esther
Field is by no means a pleasant one.
There IS Robert Graham, handsome, |
devoted and wealthy, who would go
to the end of the world for a smile |
from her winsome Iips--and by his
side stands Dr. Morris, celebrated sur
geon, sturdy in character and purpose, |
straightforward in his affection for
her, but of modest means. Which |
shall it be? An accident decides her
choice. BY a strange streak Of fate, I
Robert falls over an embankment, /
pinned underneath his car while driv-
ing one afternoon. Only one man can
save him from deatn-Dr Morris, the
surgeon who is called upon to operate
on his rival. If he fails, it will be I
said that he Intentionally sacrificed
the life of his rival so that he might
be free to marry the girl. There is
no other surgeon expert enough to
perform the operation. How shall he
decide? In one Of the tensest mo-
ments ever depicted on the screen.
this problem unfolds itself in man
ner so impressive as to stamp Keep
to the Right as one of the triumphs
Of the motion picture art.