New-York tribune., 1921-06-28
On the Screen
Pauline Starke Is Reminiscent
of Lillian Cish i'm 'sSal-
vation NeH''
By Harriette UJnderhill

Ever and anon we let people persuade
US that if we do not like q nicture II
Is because the story is not good. We
never really believed this. and now we
know it isn't true. One likes a pic
ture, first because the director has
imagination and knowledge of life.
second, because the people in the pic
ture give convincing performances, and.
tnird, because some one has written
Ilties which read as real people talk.
Ierhaps we should have put The titles
Irst, put we are not sure about that.
Tor not single title stood out in "Sal-
vatlon Nell" the feature at the Strand,
ana yet it is fascinating picture.
Kenneth Webb is apt to make that
SORT lie is director with magma
ton. Pauline Starke gives splendid.
colortul performance in the title role.
le Is regular Lillian Gish part, and
we cannot think Of any one else, ex-
ceptlng perhaps Miss Gish, who could
have done it so well as Miss Starke,
The story is nothing-only the tale
Oh little girl who loved, not wisely.
6ut too well; of her reformation and,
her life with the Salvation Army.
AS rule, we shy at all pictures
which preach. We don't want our en-
tertainment spread lightly over a Mill
OF educational or uplift origin. So
taken 1T will never do us a bit of good
But the Salvation Army is our net in
stltutlon, and we never hear the "Follow
do it. W
In the scenes whore Nell implores
only the fact that Nell and her fol-
lowers had but two dimensions pre-
vented US from joining them.
When picture makes you feel like
ehat you know that you have enjoyed it.
Joseph King should throw his Gill
lette in the Grand Canyon and always
play unshaven parts. He isn't so hand
some, but he is a heap better actor that
way He is the recalcitrant lover vul-
carly. referred to as "that drunken
bum" Nell had force of character,
too, to stick while he spent seven years
in jail, particularly as a certain Major
Williams was Offering his heart and
hand. Edward Langford was handsome
and manly in this part. Evelyn CARING
ton gives an excellent performance as
Hallelujah Maggie and Gypsy O'Brien
is good in the small part Of girl of the
dance halls.
Not much happens in this picture.
but what does happen is of vital i'm
portance, and that is all that counts.
A vocal prologue introduces the
ladies' quartet, singing selections
from "The Belle of New York" The
overture is selections from "Robin
Hood" There is also comedy made
from Fontaine Fox's cartoons, called
"The Shippers Narrow Escape"
Wealth is the thing the love of
which is the roo. of all evil. Some
people misquote this and say "the lack
of money is the root of all evil" But
this, my dear friends, is not true.
Mary Mcleod learned this when she
married Philip Dominick in a picture
called wealth" at the Rialto Theater.
Mary was oh, so happy, in her little
studio making illustrations for
magazines and going around with
Gordon Townsend, who was poet;
and then, one night, when she hap
pened to be returning from Portland,
Me-, she met Philip and married him
the next day. He took her to- live
with his mother, who, being fright fully
rich, was of course a very disagree
able person. She, was also very
bourgeoise, in our opinion. She res
ferred to her niece as being "well off"