The Washington herald., 1922-08-29
Photo Drama
By Olin Martin.

They have dressed up Marion for
The Young Diana" in silks and
furs designed to knock your eye out.
Don't expect. however, to be
affected any further back than the
optics. This is strictly a picture
to be looked at, not at any time to
be subjected to mean meditation.
Miss Davies has her little fling
at acting. all right. But as the
abused Old Diana. a spinster. garbed
in sorrowful black, wearing a white
wig and wrinkle paint. she doesn't
fool US much. 1t is after the great
scientific 'reincarnation," in which
Old Diana Is made into Young d.
ana by means of her drinking q
laboratory concoction perfected by
DR.. Dimitrius PEDRO de Cordoba)
that the photoplay's real intent
shows its head. When lash h-beaded,
iip-sticked. eye-brightened and
furry-gowned Marion wakes up in
Pedro's sinister laboratory along to-
wards the middle of the picture and
consents to pose for closeup.
women hold your husbands. She
is just about the sweetest thing to
be found.
We are waiting for the time to
come when they will give Miss Da-
vies a story OF life which she can
act and which will not sacrifice
faithfulness to nature in behalf of
the fashion show in the latter part.
Because 1t does seem she has de-
veloped remarkably in her panto-
mime in the last two years. Granted
she had a long way to go. but she
has progressed. She has beauty.
And apparently plenty of money for
wardrobes. Now all that remains
is to become a good actress.
Mr.. de Cordoba. acting a kind of
villain role after the fashion some
what OF George Arliss Is a valuable
asset to this picture. and there are
Maclyn Arbuckle and Forrest Stan
ley in principal parts.
The Swiss will no doubt like this
subtitle:
indifferent to Life and Death. Diana
Goes to Switzerland"
ana Jne InlChN VIII ldhc OlleISc
at Marion's line:
None of you care about me."
The Capitol.
You will know a great deal NOR
about PolovtZian dances after you
have seen the picture. and the chances
are you will be enthusiastic about
them. The Capitol ballet corps pre-
sents Mile. Gambarelli. Alexander Ou-
mansky. Doris Niles and Thalia Zanou
at the head of a rather large dane
ing cast in a spirited and colorful
number from prince Igor" Even
though II is Polovtzian, it is a fine
bit of work.
Later on. Miss Niles appears in a
Dance Hindu" which is everything
you ina gine it might be. And there
are lighting and music selections sur
rounding the photoplay feature.
Dusk to Dawn
Not even yet. however, does it seem
proper to speak further of Dusk
to Dawn" the Florence Vidor film.
bacouse a J.. K. Mcdonald comedy
in Movies" takes precedence so far
as our interest is concerned.
In this little picture young Mr..
JOTtS. WIN mas uoitC a. ohOA
subjects under the Mcdonald banner,
sets out to make a screen produc-
ton of Uncle Toms Cabin" He
engages his own juvenilee cast and
constructs his own settings. And he
bloodhound scene Is really full Of fun.
Clean, wholesome comedy. splendidly
presented so far as dramatic sequence
is concerned. and certainly refresh
ing, this sore of short subject ought
to receive support wherever 1t Is
shown.
The photoplay written by Katherine
Hill from the novel. THE Shuttle
Soul" finds Miss Vidor in her favor
ite field Of dreams and souls. A fore
word asks us IL we believe dreams
really mean anything. and also sug-
gests there may be a duplicate soul
somewhere in the world for your own.
And then the leading young wo-
man, played by Miss Vidor. lies
down in a good looking studio bed
room, pulls up the lace cover and
goes to sleep. The plot is now
under way And 1t is pretty thin
going, say we.
~The Valley of Silent Men,"
This picture version of James
OAlNcE WI p" OOd olOAy VI PiShSSA
feuds in the Northwest. as shown
at the Rialto. seems to us to be
about as effectively done as is
possible with any of these melo-
dramatic things There is not
much question that the average
spectator has a pretty good notion
as to how matters will work out
in the end all along the way, but
with Alma Rubens in the principal
part and Lew Cody, Joseph King.
and George Nash in other important
roles. II succeeds in moving its
audience at times. Certainly IL
grips the interest from first to last.
The Curwood stories have not
seemed to us to be the kind of
thing that possibly could make for
real progress in the presentation of
dramatic situations upon the screen.
They are So easily done. Almost
every important view Is a counter
part of some other such scene made
in another heavy melodrama before
IL. Here we have the story open
ing with the Northwest Mounted
corporal dying and choosing to take
the blame of a murder upon him
self which In reality should he
shou'dered by his partner. He fails