New-York tribune., 1922-09-25
On the Screen
ssRags TO Relics" Shown at the
Capitol and s'Pink Gods
at the Rialto
By Harriette UnderhilI

Directors and producers tell us that
pictures which are received in New
York with open arms do not go on the
read-that they usually are financial
failures--and vice versa. Just why this
should be so we cannot understand, but
they all tell us the same thing. Surely
people who live 'on the road" are quite
as intelligent as those who live in New
York, so one must believe that people
of discernment go ito see motion pic
lures in New York and that they do
not do so outside OF New York.
If that is true why not have one
copy Of the picture for the big cities
and other, simplified editions for out
Of town? "Rags and Riches" at the
Capitol, suggested this plan to us yes
terday as we sat through it to the last
flicker. Bert Savoy, 10 his character of
Margie, is constantly exclaiming,
"Gawd give me strength" and that is
the way we felt-strength was needed
to stick it out to the end.
We found the necessary fortituda.
however, and remained for the final
title. An idea of the picture may be
CLEANED by quoting a part of this title.
1t is where the hero, who was supposed
to be burglar, but whofwas in reality
a sure-tire detective, takes the heroine
in his arms for the final fadeaway.
And he says, among other things: 1T
was only by wearing rags that found
you-my riches" As a matter of fact,
the picture would not have been so bad
if it had not had such obvious titles
That is why we suggested that if
people "on the road" demand bunk, why
not let them have it, but let some de-
cent. God fearing citizen write sane
titles for the New York presentation.
For some reason which it was I'M
possible to fathom every title had one
word and sometimes two done in
italics, so that you got to reading the
titles out loud and accenting the words
thus italicized The man next to US
started it, and the first thing we knew
we were reading out II knew Mary
couldn't be bad. She is too sweet for
thatl" or 81 ran all the way to warn
you"
1t Is a nice little game in which all
of the spectators can join, only 1T
rather takes your interest from the
picture because you get to watching
for the titles and speculating as to
where the accent will be placed Of
course, it helps to clarity the meaning
TO all those who have not graduated
from the fourth reader
Wesley Barry is such nice, friend
ly, human sort of young hero that one
can't help liking him no matter what
picture he is in, and Niles Welch is
one of our favorite leading men. He
is handsome and an extremely likable
sort of person. Ruth Renick did as
we'll as she could with one Of those
martyr roles where Mary was sus-
pected of being an illegitimate child
because her mother lost her marriage
certificate and her father ran away.
But why do these ingenues who are
wearing such a bar sinister always
place their hands upon their CULVER
ing bosoms and have tears come in
their eyes when the village gossip calls
them "hussy"? Why do they not reply:
"Pleasc go to -" Tha's the way
they write it in the titles.
Wesley Barry is Marmaduke Clarke,
born to riches, but hankcring for rags.
His mamma and papa shirk the God
given privilege of raising Marmaduke,
and so he runs away and joins a band
of burglars. One Of the burglars,
called Dumbell, is very kind to him
and kidnaps him before the others
can do him any harm. Then they run