Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
REID AND FERGUSON
FEATURED IN FOREVER"

A delicate touch or syDOnSm appears
I in the picture Forever" ParsmOunt's
screen version Of George Du Maurier's
famous novel Peter Ibbetson," in which
Elsie Ferguson and Wallace Reid are
cO-stars.
/ The symbolism Of Forever" which
comes to Loew's State Sunday. enters the
picture in a manner frequently used in
| literature, but seldom in a motion pic
ture production. The scenic atmosphere
of the picture was made TO correspond
with the lives Of the characters and their
moods.
The PasQuier garden is a vital part OF
the production. as Il was Of the Du
Maurier story. In the scenes where the
children Gogo and Nlimsi are first intro
duced. the Pasquier garden appears
blooming with tender early plants and
fruit blossoms. Il is the beginning before
grief and unpleasantness have entered
their young lives.
The old house is half hidden by clus-
ters of wistaria. gernaiums are seen in
the window boxes and beds about the
door. Purple and white irises and lilac
bushes heavy with blossoms are every
" here.
The seasons progress with the story.
Gogo and Mimsl grow into adolescence;
the line and wistaria blossoms dis
appear and full blown roses are seen in
the yard The apple blossoms are gone
and The old tree covered with green
leaves. 1t is summer.
Another change. Gogo has become Pc
ter Ibbetson and has begun to taste the
bit crness Of life Mimsi is no longer the
wide-eyed child, but a grown woman. in
society as Mary, Duchess Of Towers.
The plant life Of the Pasquier garden
mirrors the transition. Frost has touched
the apple tree and the roses.
Another and the last change in the lives
of Gogo and Mimsi and in the garden
Tragedy has come into the story. Peter
has slain his BLACKBOARD uncle. The life
Of Mimsi with her duke is a thing Of
horror. The garden is bare now. The
trees and bushes are naked, the grass
dead Snow furries come and the trees
rock in a cold wind. 1t was necessary
to replace all of the growing things for
each change Of season.
One night. Peter recognizes MimsI at
Covent Garden and learns to his dismay
that she is now the Duchess of Towers,
and that her husband is an aristocratic
rake At a music hall Peter is invited to
the dressing room Of Dolores a dancer,
and there finds Col Ibbetson who be-
comes furious and vows that Peter Is
goes to Col. Ibbetsons room to demand
an explanation, he is attacked by the
old man and in defending himself, Peter
accider tally kills him. He is tried and
sentenced TO he hanged, but Mimsi, the
Duchess of Towers, whom he loves,
causes his sentence to be committed to
life Imprisonment in an asylum.
In his dreams, Peter sees the Mimsi
of his childhood. and nightly thereafter
he meets his sweetheart In his dreams.
Mimsl becomes a widow and the two
spend their lives together in dreams. Both
grow old, but their dream life continues.
J. j. i
HAIL THE WOMAN"
AT CIRCLE NEXT WEEK.
Hail the Woman" Thomas n. Ince's
dramatic masterpiece, which comes to
the Circle tomorrow for a weeks show
ing, is a production of universal appeal.
built on the theme of modern American
womanhood. The story is by c. Gardns7
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