The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-24
In The Theatres
POLES

Molly O." with Mabel Normand
 and supported in admirable manner l by Lowell Sherman, all being the lat
 est Mack Sennett success, is scoring | heavily at Polls the first half of the week on the same program With Bus 1 ter Keaton in The Boat five act
 bill of excellent vaudeville and the | Pathe news. The review by a staff 1 writer is in another column. Mankin, the frog man. opened the vaudeville portion of the bill, being
 & Cunneen. Harry Wardwen, and the
 headlined act. J. c. Mack and com pany of 10.
 J. c. Mack has given the stage a
 Many of these have been in bits of | extravaganza called Mother Goose Under this title MT. Mack has given vaudeville number of clever traves- ties, using the nursery rhymes as 1 background, applying them to some very timely conditions. This year | Mother Goose" pertains to the trials and tribulations of the famous old 1 woman who puts one over on the | landlord trust by living in a shoe. MT. Mack plays the old woman.
 For some reason or other he usually plays the old woman. He is the best
 delineator of this type of woman on | the stage, not the type that depends | upon frillS and laces Tor success, but the rough and ready type. The pleas ant vehicle is excellent travesty but ! better fun.
 | An all new vaudeville bill. headed | by the Spirit of the Mardi Gras' ed on the Saturday Evening Post l story, '"The S10 Raise" Is coming
 Thursday. Friday and Saturday at | Polfs.
 WEST END
 1 As the basic theme for '+The Child Thou Gavest Me- the First National attraction which started a two day l run at the West End theatre yester- | day, John M. Stahl, the director, | chose the one sure-fire subject of the American drama - heart interest. Careful not to reduce his production | sight of the value of the human note 1 in his story, the director made his picture 8 wel1-balanced combination of tense drama and subtle humor that cannot fail to arouse instant re- l sponse in the spectator.
 To say that ''The Child Thou Cav est Me" is appealing and sou1-stir- ring is not only taking advantage of overworked phrases, but is doing it advisidly and with full justification. A person who could sit through this picture without being touched by the plaintive little figure of boy who lives in a. house divided and the sit uatiors which naturally arise from this condition is wholly incapable of human penetration or emotion.
 Little 'Ttchie" Headrick, who plays the part of the little son. Is only three and a half years old, but he gives a startling performance. Not for moment can one realize that the boy is being directed before a motion picture camera; he goes through his part-and it is a considerable one in a remarkably natural manner, ap- parently oblivious of the fact that there is a carceraman within eye range "Itchfe' appears in fully half of the picture, and one constantly wishes to see more of him.
 The remainder of the cast is of al1- star calibre. Barbara Castleton, Lewis Stone Adele Harrington, Winter Hall William Desmond being in- cluded.
 everyone should see, for 1t combines sustained interest and suspense. law ish staging and genius in perfection.
 EMPIRE
 Owen Moore in a new screen farce, "A Divorce of Convenience, Selz- nick picture will be the featured attraction at the Empire theatre to- day.
 Like Mir Moore's recent produc- tions "The Chicken in the Case ana '"The Poor Simp,' this new picture 1 is comedy concoction of hilarious situations that grow out of the chtv- airy of a young man who unwittingly becomes the correspondent in d1- vorce of convenience.
 In addition to MT. Moore's comedy characterization, Katherine Perry, famed beauty of the Ziegfeld Fol lies has the important part of Helen Wakefield, Jim Blake's f1ancee, while sparkling Nita Na1di Is cast In the