New-York tribune., 1922-05-18
On the Screen
''Silvcr Wings" With Mary
Carr as the Mother, Present
ed at Apollo Theater

Some time ago William Fox prt-
duced picture called cover the Hill"
Unfortunately, we did not see this, but
every one proclaimed it great pic
ture and it made star of Mary Carr
However, we have seen all of the
mother pictures which have been pro
duced since Mrs. Carr went over the
hill with so much distinction, and most
of them have bored US. "Thc Old Nest"
was an exception, and while there have
been many copies, none of these syn
thetic jewels seem to have the sparkle
of that gom.
Last night Mr.. Fox offered another
mother picture, with Mrs. Carr suffer
ing tho vicissitudes Of maturity. This
is called "Silver Wings" a delcately
attractive caption. only, unfortunately.
we found nothing in the picture to
match the title Even allowing for
the fact that we do not care for mother
pictures, the situations still seemed
false to US and the characters exag-
gerated. For instance, when the
mother lined up her children and
poured clear castor oil out of bottle
into a tablespoon and insisted on their
/ swallowing ibid any mother ever do
such terrible thing? If she did she
ought to be arrested by the S. z. c.
How well VIC remember all of the
preparations Of our childhood days
the lemonade and the root beer and
the hot coffee which was used to CON
ceal the castor oil.
And surely no four members of the
same family ever presented father with
four coffee cups marked Father" In
families such things are always talked
over and agreed on That is why we
couldn't laugh at the comedy.
At,I Il,
comes home from Hong Kong as
stowaway why do they simply throw
him off the boat instead of turning
him over to the authorities? And why
didn't the children look mother up in
those four years? And how did Harry
happen TO meet the old employee on
the dock? Ami how did John know just
where to find him. too? And how
could he find Harry just in time to
save his life? These were the things
that kept bothcring US to the exclus ion
could not cry at the pathos.
The story is about a woman who had
three children. John and Ruth were
good children and their mother loved
them. but not as she loved Harry, her
wicked son. OF course, with his dis
agreeable ways. he drove the two nice
children out of the home and then,
after getting his mother to spend all
of her money for him, he forged her
name and left her homeless When she
tried to get work in a shirt factory
she recognized one of the machines
which her husband had invented and
which had brought them a fortune. so
instead of starting to run up the sleeve
of a shirt she began to retrospect. 1t
wasn't surprising when at the end Of
the day the hardhearted overseer told
her he didn't need her any more But.
of course, John and Ruth found her
just in time, and then John went out
to look for Harry, and John found him
Just in time, and they all lived happily
ever after.
If you care for that sort of thing YOU
surely will like "Siyver Wings" Mary
Carr is charming. There could be no
two opinions about that. and her per
formance as the mother is sincere and
convincing. Joseph Striker is the
spoiled son and Percy Helton the down
trodden one. Jane Thomas is the
daughter grown up. Mrs. Carr's little
girl, Maybeth Carr, plays Ruth, as
youngster.
The story is by Paul Sloane and the
picture was directed by Edwin Carewe
and Jack Ford "Silver Wings" is be-
ing presented at the Apo Theater.