New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
On the Screen
"A Mans Home,'' at Capitol,
and S1he Fox." at Central.
Offer Striking Contrasts
By i-iarriette Underhiil

Another one of those Mr.. and Mrs.
pictures, which show what happens
when man thinks more of his husi-
ness than he does of his wife, is the
feature at the Capitol this week. Lewis
Selznick presents it and 1t is made
from the play "a Mans Home" which
was written by Anna Steese Richard
son and Edmund Brcese. Of course
there may be endless variety in such
pictures, as 80 many things may and
usually do happen to neglected wife.
The things which happen to this wife,
however, are quite new, for she doesn't
have even a ghost of love affair, so
that she may return to the strong
arms of her lawful mate and say
after all, true happiness is found
only on ones own hearth stone" In
stead she goes to New York and is
entertained by couple of crooks, who
pose as brother and sister and take
her money from her at every turn.
The picture is played by an all-star
cast. and it really happens that they
are all stars who deserve to be- Com
PARSONS may be all that is claimed for
performance is given by Grace Valen-
tine as the unregenerate entertainer,
Cordelia Wilson. Even in the most
melodramatic climaxes Miss Valentine
plays with a facile and unctuous humor
that makes Cordelia real person,
while the others remain actors in
scene. OF course it is only fair to say
that Miss Valentine had what is known
as fat part. 1t is the sort of role that
Betty Compson played in "The Miracle
Man." and where is the person who
does not love to see a crook turn soft
hearted? 1t is an easy thing to spoil
such part. too, for it plays itself so
esily that 1t is a temptation to over
act. There was not false note in
Miss Valentines performance, how
ever.
The other characters were all pretty
uninteresting, and it was not an easy
matter to rouse much sympathy for
them. Harry Morey is the ship owner
who rose from stevedore, Kathlyn W.
liams is the giddy wife, Faire Binney
is the sweet, wide-eyed, trusting daugh-
ter of the house, Matt Moore is the scion
of the a-istocratic house of Lynn who
is in love with her and Roland Bottom.
ley is the crook who works with Cor
della. All of these people do just what
Morey lives in Toledo and sends unlimit-
ed funds to his wife in New York, so
that she may have good time Wife
is indiscreet and gets herself talked
about. Faire Binney and Matt Moore
are betrothed, with no parental objec-
tion. Matt is manly and Faire is sweet
and father is honest and proud of his
daughter. The only people who did any
thing unexpected we're not shown on the
screen. They were the prospective
father and mother in-law, who were ex-
pected to kick up runpus because they
were so aristocratic, but who did moth
ing of the sort. We should like to have
seen these people, but they were only
talked about
Roland Bottomley was so disagreeable
as the male crook that you wanted to sec
him get caught, SO he must have given
a good performance.
Just such short time ago it seems
that Kathlyn Williams and Harry Morev
were our favorite screen lovers; so &
seems strange to see them in mother
and father parts with .grown-up daugh-
ters The titles were good, but why do
title writer's always say "will" and