Milford chronicle., 1921-11-11

The following unsolicited article
was written by City Editor Whitneck
of the Wilmington, Del, Sunday Sta1
and appeared in that publication the
day before the picture appeared in
that city, the editor having seen it in
Philadelphia few nights previous:
Laying bare the barbarity of war
and proving that man and woman
must pay and pay dearly for breaking
the laws of God and man, 'The Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" which
comes to the Playhouse all this week,
leads those who see it to wonder
whether the Prince of Peace might
have taught similar lessons in a, sim
liar way had he been on earth during
the late World War, as he was 1000
years ago.
''This photoplay which is being her
| aided everywhere as the wonder pic
ture of the age, breaches no sermon,
as might be supposed from the fore
going statements, but tells wonder
fully absorbing story in which one
fathers miserly grasp for expensive
luXuries after he has come into sud-
den wealth, another fathers zeal to
see his sons engaged in brutal war
fare against humanity, the overly in
dulgent love of two mothers and the
sins of their offspring meet the retri-
button that Fate has in store for
them.
"It falls to the lot of Tchernoff, the
prophet, to visualize for the erring
ones the sure results of their folly.
AS the olwly Nazerene might have
conveyed His teachings to the multi !
tude in the sermon on the mount, so
TchernOff, to small groups of two or
three, tells his story by the use of
eXpedients, sometimes simple, some |
times complex. After Julio Desnoy-
ers, grandson of the pfodical Nader
iaga, the Centaur of Argentine, who |
learns the vices from his grandfather,
has become enamored of Marguerite,
wife of the austere Laurier, Tcher-
noff shows Julio's lazy secretary how
like a woman is to the same kind of
apple that Eve used to tempt Adam
in the Garden of Eden. AS the apple
comes from the tree it is fair to look
upon and wholesome. But when the
husk of the apple has been pealed,
how ugly and uninviting-j as
such humble fashion he teaches the
sin of man and woman. Later the
more complex. By Introducing the
Book of Revelations in which John
tells of the Four Horsemen, he visual
ICES the fearful consequences of war.
The horsemen, Conquest, "War, Fam
inc and Death, are shown in all their
Then follows just what
they seek to attain after the war en-
broils all the nations of the earth.
Serious as are these phases of the
picture, "The Four Horsemen' is not
without it's lighter moments. JuliO's
plays no small part in the
merry-making, while his sisters lit
lie toy poodle brings about some fun
ny situations. The human element,
.oo, is preserved throughout the story
and the traditions of the past are 4
blended with miraculous harmony
nto the practises of the present. Rex
Ingram, the producer, has made "The
Four Horsemen" a story that will live
ong in the memory of the masses as
we'll as the classes. Those who have
'ead the book by Vicente Blasco
banez are about in accord in declar-
llS IuG SIOly ululCulI anu 0OOP oS AAADS
'eading. But in the picture, all the
actors that make the book hard to
by casual reading, are
'emoved and the picture is not only
asily followed, but absorbing during
he entire time that the plot is be-
ng unraveled.
"Such realistic acting, such cast
f characters all of whom fit the parts
S though born for them, such expen-
i've and wonderful settings as en-
loyed in "The Four Horsemen," to-
ether with such score for orches-
raj accompaniment, are to be found
My in the best that the silver sheet
as to offer in these days of marve-
1us photoplay' achievements"
This marvellous picture will be
hown at Nixon's Palace Theatre,
Iilford, Monday and Tuesday, Novem-
er IA and Is, with matinee Tuesday.
, comes under a heavy guarantee,
ringing a Symphony Orchestra to
ender the specially written musical
core Nothing like it has ever been a
zen before. Prices are SOC, 75c and y
Loo with rows at $1.50. Plenty of
eats at SOC and 75c. Special matinee =
uesday. All seats-Adults, SOC; chill
rem 25c. All plus tax. adv.