, 1922-01-12
PAGE EIGHT
AT THE STRAND

A cast OF unusual excellence, in
Guiding Madge Bellamy, Thomas
Ince's latest discovery appear in
support OF Douglas MacLean in lat
est Paramount Comedy, Passing
Thru" which will be shown at the
Strand mex Sunday. Mr.. MacLean
is cast to fine advantage in the role
of Billy Barton, a young bank clerk.
who gets into difficulties through
attempting to lessen the misfOrtunes
of others. Miss Bellamy is Mary
S%pivens. a lovely girl for whom Billy
gets into a lot more trouble.
Otto Hoffman offers a humorous
part as James Spivins. Mary's father,
a grasping and straight-faced small
town banker Willis Richards and
Edith Yorke. as Farmer Harkins and
his wife. are pleasingly humorous,
while Fred Natheaux is a thorough
ly hateable villain.
One of, the strongest casts Corirne
Griffith has ever had in any OF her
productions was engaged for RE
ceived Payment" which will be
shown at the Strand Theatre on
Monday next.
Kenneth Harlan. whose work both
as a stage player and screen actor
have brought him to the forefront.
plays opposite the star. He appeared
with Gertrude Hoffman, playing in
The Fortune Hunter and 1.-The
Country Boy" on the stage, and had
prominent parts in sue we'll known
pictures as Love, Honor and Obey"
dangerous Business" Mammals
Affair and Lessons in Love"
Tho CtnrN nT ED1o.;rol
is filled with dramatic incidents, and
the suspense is well maintained
throughout the production. In fact
it is not until the latter part that the
spectator knows whose daughter she
is.
Who does not know.-who does
o love RIP Van Winkle?' the
fascinating old sinner who has had
q place in the hearts of five genera
tons of us. ever since Washington
Irving gave him being a hundred
years ago.
In book form,-on the speaking
stage-he has brought joy to count
less thousands. And now. on the
screen. a great artist under the guild
ance of a master director has painted
a picture which the passing of the
S>"iS Soh ul".
rip Van Wrinkle" as a motion MIC
ture is infinitely more delightful than
ever it was in book or play form-a
real epic OF the silver-sheet that will
endure forever. See this picture at
the Strand next Tuesday.
Well acted. we'll directed and with
a particularly apropos theme.
wealth. Ethel Clayton's new Para
mount starring vehicle. will be seer
at the Strand next Wednesday.
Herber Rawlinson is seer as a
wealthy idler who has grown to be
parastically d~ependent on his moth
cr's money. When Mary Mcleod
marries him "a crisis is reached, for
the young artist finds the life of the
idle rich decidedly contrary to her
training. Miss Clayton shows in the
offering a grasp of her roles require
ments h a is little short of genius.
Mr.. Rawlinson is artistic in his
part OF Philip Dominick. The other
parts are cast with the care char
acteristic in a william D. Taylor
production. Included are J. M. Du-
month. George Periolat. Claire Nc
Dowell. Jean Acker, Richard Wayne.
and other noted players. The picture
is based on Cosmo Hamilton's story
"The Almighty Dollar"
On Thursday night next the offer
ing will be a F.. B. Warren Corpora
ton picture THE Girl From Gods
Country" starring Nell Shipman,
which is an unusual offering Of ad-
venture and romance and one OF the
best picture on the entire program.
Friday evening the picture is a
R~obertson-Cole offering starring
Doris May. 1.-THE Foolish Age" is one
of Miss Mays best pictures and is
her, first release under the Robert
son-Cole management. Formerly