The Washington times., 1922-05-07
"BEAUTY'S WORTH
Is COLUMBIA
FEATURE
Nell srinkIsy Writes impress
sions Of Marion Davies A.
Seen in This Beautiful Co.'S
mopoIitan Production.
BY NELL BRINkLEY.
((nRUDBNCE" 10 played by
Marion DAyiAe


Robert G. ViGnola.
The settings are by Joseph
Crhan. So here. with pretty
and quaint story to work with.
10 material for q splendid pic
ture--it has the stuff that beau.
0ful pictures are made Of"
The story goes somewhat in
this fashion: prudence, who
10 Marion Davies-she has never
played a little Quaker maid be-
fore, and Ii very demure and
charming with the plain. banged
hair. the dove-sray, and wide
white collar-Prudence Is the
girl around whom the story is
built. She lives in an aristo.
cratic old home out Of the world
entirely. in sleepy. peaceful
Pottstovn, in the quiet company
Of two severely gentle. old.maid
aunties. For her there are no
"jazz-parties," there is no dance
1t all! She does not even skip
when she walks-it is not fit.
ting" She wears a little stringed
cap. cApe-like collar. little lace
shawl crossed over her chest, and
strapped slippers on her busy lit.
tie feet. Love. society. pleasure,
Are all strange words. from a
strange world. But pride she
knew-for she was "Wh.tney"
And htr aunties could tell you
with ID sparkle, what that
meant in Pottstown-or any
other place.
Prudence could not 60 to the
world-but the world came 10 Pru.
dence-in the form Of an oIa neigh.
Dor and her son, OF small mind.
large conceit and male.lappcr
type. And Love. his false face,
came along. when their visit end.
ID they carried the demure. wide
eyed, eager little Prudence back
for q stay in the fashionable world
whore there were dazzling parties.
1salousies. lovely gowns. sly in.
husndoes, insincerity. gaiety, un-
kindness. And there little Prudence
found many things. She found
puzzles. She found that Love some.
times wore a mask and went under
an alias. She found longing for
beauty and fun, and Discomfort
and Shame. And after all, at the
very end, she found Power-raided
the camp Of the enemy for it
dazzled them with their own sor,
OF beauty-helped by the man who
had realized her beauty even in
Quaker-Krsy and white - found
Power and Love--the real true
face OF love himself. And. OF
course-in the process-she pis.
sents her quiet little Aunties with
. thrill and a shock or two
Marion Davies is her blonde self
--unusually gold-and WHITLEY blonde
like A lily or a daisy. In the little
fray gown with its soft. nun.iike
white collar, cuffs. and cap, she il
shy and old d.fashioned, appealing,
almost pitsous in her perplexed
shame when she goes. in her dove.
like garments, among those that
are smart and as arresting in their
design as a blow. Set in the dark
Rreen frame OF giant trees and
shaded rocks. no wonder the
painter who came along with real
love found her lovely.
The settings are lovely and
inEer in ones mind-dresm-like.
To say Urban" is to assure
that. The natural ones are
wonderful trees and rocks. great.
erassed cliffs laced with white
surf.vater below. The "Urbans"
are daintier than anything: one
Q charming setting for a charm
ing little pantomime of the death
less Columbine and her lovers.
Harlequin and Pierrot, in which
Q strange, smiling, blinking moon.
curved rose.trees, slim birches.
grassy little garden. painted lad.
der. toy.house with it's silent,
chubby Eros perched aloft, a tiny
window and balcony. Harle-
auin and Pierrot in satin. ard
Columbine in blacklace and pow
dered hair, in the sparkle OF dia-
monds under the moonlight-an
vie with one another in an almost
painful completeness OF beauty.
Another is an East Indian
temple, where the strange queen
on the throne IL Prudence"
again, where da.xle follows dazzle.
gold walls outslimmer gold floors
and golden throne. where jewels
flash, and dancers and worship.
pers undulate and senuflex.
Another 10 very different from,
Hsst India, very dainty, very naive.
very original; q scene laid beneath
the branches of a Christmas.tree.