New-York tribune., 1921-11-22
On the Screen
ella Tosca.'' Presented as AN
Experiment, Proves Sue
cess at Rialto Theater
BY Harriettc Underhill

grain at the KiAlto Theatcr that his
tabloid screen version Of "Lu Tosca,"
synchronxed to the music of the
opera, is only an experiment and that
he may do more Of them. Now, per-
sonally we consider the Idea great
one and hope that he will do all Of
them. Besides being the most fasci-
mating part Of the program. how nice
it will be to know intimately all Of
the characters IN the operas The
book OF operas never tells you much
about thcm 80 it is our sincere hope
that enough people will like DR..
Riesenfeld's idea to induce him to 60
on and do all Of the others. The film
which WAS used was All old picture of
Pauline Frederick's cut from six reels
to two. jules Raucourt Is seen as the
lover and Frank Losec as the chief of
police.
The feature picture seems trivial
after LA Tosca." 1t is travesty on
"The Three Musketeers," with William
Desmond in the D'Artagnan role. The
three musketeers are three border po-
llcemen In Mexico who take the pledge
call for one and one for all" when Bud
MeGraw. Joins the organization. They
unlike those enjoyed by D'Artagnan
and his three friends. The three mus
keteers are played BY Jack Richardson.
Bert Lindley and William Dyer. The
girl is Virginia Brown Faire and the
other girls are Doris Pawn and Rose
mary Theby. The picture is made
from the story by H. fl. Van Loan and
is well directed by Joseph Franz.
picture called 1.-THE cattle Of
Jutland' is series of animated draw
ings interspersed with motion pictures
of the bat.leships and cruisers. The
picture is based upon the logs OF the
British and German warships engaged
in the action and the records Of the
two admiralties. 1t is an educational
film, produced under the supervision of
Major General Sir George Aston, X.
C. B.
At the Capitol is a picture called
"The Poverty Of Riches" which means
that no matter how much money YOU
accumulate you are still poor if you
haven't any children. The wife was
always saying, ."This year may I have
baby7" and then the young husband
would answer: mot this year, please,
but next year, or the year after for
o"AS DAO WI 10 SOliie w IGtlIG SOON
and then I'll be made vice-president,
and will celebrate it by having a son."
But. at last, when the husband achieved
the position he wanted, his wife was
injured in a motor accident and the
doctor told her she couldn't have any
children anyway. The scene fades out
with the wife upbraiding her husband
and crying, you've robbed mel" That's
all there is to the picture. What we
kept wondering all the time was, How
on earth did Leroy Scott sell that
story to Mr.. Goldwyn? for it lacked
nearly everything that motion picture
ought to have, including, and princi-
pally, touch of humor. 1t was really
not unlike Dangerous Curve Ahead"
but the fact that Rupert Hughes did
that saved it. He has the most perfect
sense Of humor in the world and his
titles alone would make any picture.
However, listen to what John Colby's
wife said to him when he stayed away
from dinner on their fourth wedding
anniversary to finish his work at the
office: "You ask an explanation of mo,
when you are SO inconsiderate and
cruel as to forget our anniversary. If
should leave your home tonight and
never return you would have no one
but yourself to blame" Now, l wonder,
what she would have done if he had
stayed away to play poker. Divorced
him, probably, and then women ask
despairingly, "What do men want?"
The picture was we'll done, in spite
Of the uninteresting people whom the
actors had to portray. Richard Dix is
the ambitious young husband and Lea