Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-12-27
SILVER WINGS
AT The LYRIC
Mary Carr Noted Actress, Has Sun
port OF Her Own Children in
Latest Fox Production.
1T Is HERALDED
AS A WONDERFUL PICTURE
ms Great Picture of American
Home Life Will Appear at the
Lyric Dec. 81, Jan.
and End.

Remembered for her magnificent
performance in "0ver the HILL" Mary
Carr, as the mother and leading
hgure around which the plot of
Silver Wings" revolves, add greatly
to her growing popularity. No less
successful are her several Children
who appear with her in the support
ing cast.
This great picture will appear at
Lyric theatre in DEBORAH on Dec.
81, Jan ! and 2.
Silver Wings" is one of those
photo-dramas, unusual, TO saw the
ieast, which moves one to wonder. 1t
Is not easily. forgotten. Portraying
the part of Anna Webb, Mary Carr
as the mother of a numerous brood.
among which is Harry her favorite.
She yields to his every desire. to the
extent that this boy loses his sense
of proportion just as he grows into
manhood, Meantime, the family has
prospered, and as it draws away from
the poverty of early life, Harry's
ambitions take fanciful flights. He Is
drawn into the meshes of unscrupu-
lous promoters and the uncertain
paths of night life.
These entanglements lead pradu-
ally into embezzlements, which he
places on the shoulders of his bro
Their John, who from childhood had
been the weakling Of the family.
John, In desperation, disappears ra-
ther than tell his mother Of Harry's
duphcity. In the meantime Har-
ry opposes the engagement of his
sister to a workingman and she
leaves. Harry then has free path
in the family and he quickly brings
-. the er-to financial ruin.
tones with Vie anNuffhg or i,,ss.. as;;a:..
cheap Bowery lodging house where
ne attempts suicide after two years
Of the direst poverty. Even under
these circumstances mother love Is
the dominant theme, and in her de-
Ginning years the mother forgets the
of the Grant son and once
more the family s2rts out to re-
trieve its fortune.
Not only is the photography flaw
less but Mrs. Carr is suppo rted bv
an excellent cast and marvelously di-
rected by Jack Ford and Edwin
Carewe. In "Silver Wings" William
Fox has left nothing undone to pro-
vide screen followers with the best
in photoplays.
Mrs. Cars "Silver Wings" is the
'lightin'" of her life. Added to the
work she did in this popular picture,
nor. ,NapgopaI onnaapapoae ha.ra LoIn
ed her win even greater recognition.
Her children are so proud of her,
they wish some one would start
contest for the best mother.
Mother would win it," says Luella
Carr, the oldest daughter. Luella is
an actress also, but she is more in
terested in her mothers career than
her own personal success. There is
John, who is the humorist of the
family, and May Beth, the baby, who
at the tender age of nine is trying
to be grown up and overcome being
the youngest of six, Stephen, the
school boy, and two others. This Is
Mrs. Cars collection of jewels and
with Cornelia she agrees they
are better than any she might
buy to adorn herself. Whereas,
other stars spend money in diamonds,
sables and limousines, Mrs. Carr
spends her salary in keeping the
family together and seeing that the
have everything they need.
Some women are born mothers.
Mrs. Carr belongs in this class. In
her little apartment at Riverside
Drive, New. York City, she cooks
and mends and dusts for her family,
forgetting as much as possible the
demands her public has begun to
make on her. Still she is too mod
em and too up to date to be a
mother to the exclusion .of all out
side problems.