New-York tribune., 1922-04-02
OldHonle Week
At the Rialto
A Big Success
The 3-Year.Old Pictures
Are Better Than Most
Of Those Made To-day
By Harriette Underhill

men Who manage the motion picture
houses along Broadway is that they
are 90 honest. II you meet Sam Rotha-
fs'eI In the lobby Of the Capitol and AJAX
AM going to like this Foolish Horse
men'ss, and he says eyes," you can take
IL for granted that It 10 = good picture.
II he doesn't like 1t he says "No. You
won't care for this picture. know"
And they are ali the same. When Jo-
ss1h Plunkett, Of the Strand. says eve
haven't very good picture this week."
you glow with appreciation Of his hon
esty and give him tho highest praise
possible under the circumstances. Hugo
2iesenfeld never recommends "Ths
Loves Of Valentino" II he doesn't care
for it himself; 50 when he said "You
mustn't miss any Of the pictures at the
Rialto this week." we took him at his
word and tried to see all Of those which
We had missed when they were first
shown.
The Old
Pictures Are Best
Probably Dr.. Riesenfeld has picked
out the best pictures he could find on
tho Paramount program, but they GER
tainly make you feel that motion pic
turos have not advanced any in the
last two or three years. Seven fca-
lures are shown during the week, and
the most fascinating Of these is CDR.
Jskyll and Mr.. Hyde" The most beau
tiful is "The Miracle Man" Twice be-
fore have We seen this picture, and We
knew exactly what was coming, yet we
were quite as much affected by the
miracle as we were the first time we
saw it. There is something in the
scene where tho little boy throws down
his crutches, steadies himself on his
crooked legs and then runs into the
arms Of the Miracle Man that never
ha. been in any other picture on the
screen. George Loane Tucker put
things into his pictures that no other
director ever has been able to get
there. Also Tom Meighan did better
work than he ever had done before, and
Betty Cempson did better work than
she ever had done before or ever has
done since.
John Barrymore's performance in
CDR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" is one of the
high lights Of the screen. We fancy that
lot OF actors who tried anything like
that would have received the merry ha-
ha from the spectators. No one Is more
alert for the ridiculous note in the tragic
and no one is more cruel than the mo-
ton picture fan. But Mr.. Barrymore's
Robertson, who did that splendid thing,
Sentimental Tommy" directed "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"
AS Dr.. Riesenfeld has placed the pic
lures on the program 30 should we place
them on the list Of things not to be
missed.
The Seven
Best Sellers
"The Miracle Man" was on Sunday.
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" on Monday;
Is on Tuesday the best picture Cecil De
Mile ever made, "Old Wives for
ssew," from the David Graham Phillips
story. No matter how we'll you know
this story you will find nothing incon-
sruous in the screen version. Jeanie
Macpherson has followed the story ab-
solutely in her scenario and Mr.. De
Mile has chosen perfect types for his
characters. On the bill with this was
picture Of MADAME Butterfly" made by
Sidney olcott with Mary Pickford and
Marshall Neilan. This, to our sorrow,
We missed, for we fancy it must be quite
an old one and we'll worth seeing
A George Fitzmaurice production,
"On With the Dance" and Geraldine
Parrsr In Carmen" were Wednesdays
fsaturss. Carmen" has been fitted with
the Bizet music and has been shown
recently at Or. Riesenfeld's theaters.
Miss Farrar 10 assisted by Wallace
Reid ~ DON Jose and Pedro do Cordoba
AZ Escamillo. Mae Murray and David
Powell are featured In "On With the
Dsnee," and while 1t Is an excellent
picture It could be improved hundred
sold by some new titles. They are Of
tho flowery type that we especially
islike but which greatly please people
who like to read that "Two hearts were
tossed about In the Sea Of life like
hotsam and tetsam In the Sargossa
Sea-" IN the supporting cast John
Miltern Is especially attractive. There
would have been no hesitancy on our
part In picking out husband, yet they
all got married up wrong.
Cesd Aavice
By Dc Mile
'Dent Change Your Husband" is an
other Ans Cecil De Mile production and
. companion picture to "Old Wives for
New" This was shown on Thursday,
and on the program was also "La
Toses," With Pauline Frederick, Frank
Lesss and Jules Rauesurt. "La Tosca"
has Sesn edited to thirty minutes and
Attsd With the music from the opera.
On Friday "Behold Ny Wife" was
sasvn. This picture We saw when it
~ released, and it did NOT seem to
hsyS the ring Of truth In 1t. The stu