New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-17
On the Screen
"The Man Unconquerable" at
the Rivoli; "a Fool There
Was" at the Strand
By Harriette Underhill

"The Man Unconquerable" is nice
picture which tells Of n nice young
man who goes TO an island TO inherit
a pearl fishery and falls in love with
a nice young girl md marries her. The
picture Is at the Rivoli and Jack Holt
Is the star, and it's strange what That
man can do to a story. lie IS always
interesting and you can follow his
vieissitudes through any sort OF plot
and enjoy tat least, we can.
The first time we ever saw Mr.. Holt
he played in a picture in which Mar
garet Ellington was starred. IL was
one Of the first pictures we ever were
sent 10 review and II was shown IN n
projection room belonging TO Famous
Players. Whether IL was ever released
In a theater we do not know, but the
outstanding feature was the acting, or
possibly the personality, Of the leading
man. II is so difficult 70 tell where
talent ends and personality begins, and
ever since that we have gone TO see
pictures in which Mr.. Holt was feat
aired with the anticipation Of being
pleased. lie can smile and say "All
| right. YOU win" and offer the other
/ fellow a cigarette with more ease than
any other actor we know, and he can
lick the daylights out Of the fellow,
/ too. II he wants 10. In the present
picture 1.-THE Man Unconqueroble," he
/ does want to, or Ut least he Is called
upon TO do so, and 1t is glorious
Holt Is Robert Kendall. who leaves
! Cramarcy Park and goes to one OF the
/ islands where they fish for pearls. His
uncle had died and left him the fish
/ cries and he was rather reluctant 70
20 because he feared it would be dull.
The first thing he does is TO fall in
love with the daughter Of the rival
pearl fisher, Rita Durando, and the
second thing he does Is 70 fine his boss
diver, Nillson, for characterization.
| This is where the glorious fight comeD
/ in. It doesn't end here, either, for the
rest Of the picture is filled with pl OTIS
TO steal rose-eolored pearls and plots
to have the blood Of any one who III
tcrferes with the plots.
Criticism Of Titles
Why will title writers insist on
making their foreign characters talk
broken English when they are en-
fnmillei why should a Spanish father
saw 10 his daughter 81 shall then see
your so beloved young man." or what
ever It was that the old man said TO
hcr.
Sylvia Dreamer is Rita, the girl in
the case, and Clarence Burton Is seen
as Nillson, who was hors de combat In
the first fight Of the picture. Burton
il always convincing in such role;
I'm fact, he has convinced you in this
picture the moment you lay eyes on
hIm. Jean de Briac is seen as an ac-
complete Of Wilson's, Edwin Stevens
Is the father Of the girl and Willard
Louis is a fat governor who rules the
island. The settings are beautiful and
the costumes are picturesque, but the
picture is not so interesting as the one
in which Holt appeared a couple Of
weeks ago, while Satan Sleeps
The prologue is called "Orientale"
and Is sung by Miriam Lax, Beatrice
Wightwick, Maurice Kastrow and the
: seen in "Anitih's Dance" from the
Peer Gynt" Suite.
The comedy is called "Short
Weight" with that fascinating dog
Brownie. The overture is Martha. "
and we almost forgot one Of the most
interesting things on the program. IL
Is called "Color Sketches" by Scar
and is done in Prizma colors. The
idea is brand-new one and the
sketches ore extraordinarily clever.
So much has been written about the
difficulty which William Fox expert.
eneed in selecting n vampire TO play
In his latest version Of "A Fool There
Was" and Of his acumen in selecting