Arizona republican., 1922-05-19
PRISCILLA DEAN At
THE STRAND SUNDAY

Among the novels recently adapt
ed for the silent drama there is prob
ably none which has lent itself to
more perfect expression via the
screen, nor none which has made a
better vehicle for the featured play
er than Cythia Stockley's great story
of South Africa, wild Honey" that
brings Priscilla Dean to the Strand,
for three days engagement start
ing Sunday
The theme Is typically one which
the photoplay fan has come to look
for in Priscilla Dean pictures. espe
cially in view of the nature OF her
more recent productions.
1t is thrilling. crammed full of ex
element, is powerful in the heart
interest radiated, gripping and COM
pellfng in its dramatic climaXes, and
sublime in it's emotional angles. The
action is fast, the thrills literally
tumbling over each other in the ra-
pidity with which they are intro
duced. And w. lie there are hundreds
of exceptional scenes. the great cli-
max, coming in the gigantic flood Sc
quence is the browning sight at once
the most thrilling thing Priscilla
Dean has ever attempted. as well as
the most sensational and dangerous
bit of screen realism yet caught by
the camera.
wild Honey" is familiar to thou
sands of. readers of Cynthia Stock
leys works 1t has been done several
times on the stage, but with no pro-
duction OF the masterwork ever be-
fore offered the public can this Uni
versal pre- entation be compared.
Priscilla Deans role is that of
Lady Vivienne," ward of schem-
ing money handler who has tricked
one Porthen, a wealthy but crude
member # society. The girl has been
used as the bait through Porthen's
finances have been juggled, and when
he learns of the treachery, his rage
knows no bounds. He swears to be re-
venged through the same agency by
which he was duped-"Lady Vivien-
ne" and he lures her to a lonely spot
on the moor. True 1t is she is ac-
companied by Freddie Sutherland,
but Porthen manages to lock her
escort in a loom and then attacks
Vivienne. At The height of the strug-
gle shel rings out, Porthen falls
dead, and Vivienne, thinking Suth-
erland has fired it, makes good her
escape. Unable to locate Sutherland,
she escapes the publicity by leaving
Immediately for South Africa, where
are locate lands which represent her
only worldly wealth. They have been
pronounced worthless, but the girl
viii not believe the report. On the
journey over the veldt she comes in
contact with enc Kerry Burgess, a
young hydraulic engineer engaged in
an irrigation project. She treats him
with the disdain she feels BELTS her
rank, and when the wagon stops for
-txR1 e,I,n =
is soon lost on the veldt. The wagon
goes on; for days the girl wanders,
crazed by thirst. Burgess is search
ing for her al d comes onto her aft
er she has been rescued by rem
| egade teamstar of the veldt who
seeks to make her a white captive.
through a clever ruse, Burgess man
ages to rescue her, and this act
| awakens the love in the heart of the
girl which is to prove such a biA
factor in the scenes that follow. Bur-
CESS has aroused the jealousy of an
| INSCRIPTIONS land handler through
his success in the irrigation venture
and when that worthy also becomes
infatuated with Vivienne, who makes
no secret of her love for Burgess. he
| plans revenge by dynamiting the
great dam and turning loose the wa
! ter into the valley.
This is the tremendous scene which
makes for the climax, a scene which
| cannot be described, but scene in
| which it is freely predicted Phoenix
| will agree with the reviewers in pro-
/ nouncing it the most remarkable
sight yet seen on the motion picture
/ screen.
! But three Gays have been allotted
| to the engagement, and the manage
ment is urging attendance during the
matinees.