New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
On the Screen
'Crand Larceny" Feature a, The
fapitol: "Ioyc's Boomer
ann" Shown at RiaItn
BY | larric,tc Cnc.crhiI!

+ ''l'VftN ef ~ va f4i rLcD lnlng rs
fair criticism ri a piay or p ctnrc be
cause 40 feflelser could BE- impersonal
And pefhapr tha, IS .s3e for 10 so
thoroughly enjoyed "era0d Larceny
- th' Capitol IN it are Claire Wind
sor. Elliott Dexter aul lowell Shcr-
'1en. tnrce pcrfecflr naturai and abso-
iutclr consincing pecofe
Grand l.arceuv' hte been criticized
on ID" grourd tost confa nod no
screen f4a'crial But r rhot 8
screen aferiai' II i- is the material
'Nai 4aA. soee on The Green.
then ".nco3HI I'm scro"n MATERIAL as
the nibhest praiso ono can beslow. The
picture 1T tie Capitol is presented and
acted wit1 intell ircnco, the tit'es arc
4 cxccueu. and Ms Windsor years the
DcS, lote.ax c.othe re hsao seen on
the eroea ~ q ioD- fiiae. Of corrsc,
the enc sg copy o. 4 Dolls
lo1sc, sntloJpa oncrc ,hc similarity
eease5. This tor. b. Albert paysoH
Teraunr certainly IS FAR better screen
matoria nan the lb5en play
Kathleen Vaughn. Southern bcl.c.
marrles John Ani~lcr, Northern law
yer. lie egicct- her and then LoHell
sherman happcns along. Kathleen
really doesn't do anything that Il hue-
band could object 70, bat the day tha.
the otaer man take her in his arms,
aganst nor will. John tappens 10 -c-
turn from Chicago aud inks ia on
them. \ word from nath ~ would
have explained nattors, but She re-
NAMED silent, as the. uags do IN the
drama. even when 1t isn't silent drama.
John divorces her. but he tells the
other man that woman Who can nc
stolen from oac nan can be s.olcN
rom another and 20 The wifc-t ici ets
out Oh his little matrimonial jaunt 81 til
az uneasy mind.
hathleen lie 70. bed q .oscs.
ether ana she finally loares the sec-
ond hu band a she walks out nc
says that she VIII have TO live alone
until she gets her balance and so he
goes out ieto the world. And there
is last word "to the iadies,' sort Of
what-would you do If you-wcrc- She
query.
Those Who do rot Ike Grand
Larceny say that there is 10 story;
but there are so many things besides
story to be considered in d screen play.
There is first Of al direction ard there
arc acting and titles and staging and
dressing and Grand Larceny may re-
ccivc 100 per cent in each OF these
thNgx
Elliott Dexter is one Of the most
uloasiAg o. screen actors; Clare
y indsoc ias the a. b. C Of screen sue
cess ability. beauty and charm. she is
also one OF the best dressed women
we have seen Lowell sherman is sec
ond to none as william Wallace
Worsloy is director with magma
ton. A Cioldwyn picture is always sure
to nave good photogra and appro-
pirate setting so there You are. with
five good reasons ior liking Grand
Larceny
Also Hy Mayer mas another one Of
bis fascinating travcllaughs called
such Is Life Among Alpine Sports.
Apparently il. l.. Most o the program
is devoted to music in one form or
another. The overture is from Tam
hacuser" and there is the ballet diver
tissement with cAman ~, Doris Niles
and Mile. Gambarelli William Robyn
Sings The End OF Perfect Day
Lilly Kovacs. a girl pianist from over
seas. plays a Hungarian fansasy, and
there is a solo for The tuba called
The Sousaphone Polka
There is no dolot i, was the story
and the titles which spoiled the
rived from Loves Boomerang, the
feature picture AZ the Ratio Theater.
Even with its disagreeable story the
picture would rot have been so bad
ad il been fitted With set OF human
titles. In the present set ;he people
in the picture talk exactly the way
people iu real life never do. They love
such phrases as Would you have me
swerve from my dutN ." acd Your
deed is too great for ne TO compre-
hend' And the story seems To be told
more through these titles than il does
through tic accompanying illustra-
tions The cast is the sort that ought
to make any picture interesting David
Powell couldn't be anything but attrac-
tive, even when he overacts. as ne
does sometimes. but not this time.
Ann Forrest * pretty good as the
heroine. and Godfrey Kerr. VINO
played the Prince of Wales IN Just
SUPPOSE is most attractive person.
Also. John Mlten is always an inter
esting villain and Bunty Posse is 4 fas-
cinating child actress. nc supporting
cast is moro than adequate and John
Robertson directed the picture. Stili
We did not like ii. 1t had too man.
violent deaths, and the last reel al
most equalcd "Hamlet' in this respect.
First. the young husband is poisoned,
then the two villains shoot each other
and dlc in gasps on the hearth rug.
Then the heroine marries her foster
father which, TO our puritanical mind,
didn't seem lust the thing to do.
The story is taken from Dion Clayton
Calthrop's novel "Perpetua" and Inc
horoine's name is Perpetua Mary Al
though her dying mother wrote OF her
as mot q pretty child but 50 sweet a.
played by little Miss Fosse she Sas
both pretty and sweet David Powell
is the artist who adopts her, and they
have a glorious time growing up to-
gethor until one day young man fal. $
IN love with Perpetua and the father
realizes That his adopted daughter is a
Young lady Then it is that he realizes
too, that he is in love with hey and
she with him. How can a young per-
son who has believed a man to be her
father all her lifc fall in love with
him overnight when she suddenly finds
out that he isn't?
A picture that every one is going to
enjoy and one that every orc will stay
for even II he mas seen it before is
Charlie Chaplin's revival Of Carmen
Edna PurVlance S Carmen, Charlie $
Don Jose. called Dam Hosiery. and
Ben Turpin is one of the bandits. The
overture IS "Sici!an Nespers" Mar
joric Peterson does a Pier1ot dance.
After sitting through Priscilla
Dean picture we always feel that We
have witnessed maximum effort with
minimum result wild Honey
opened at the Central Theatcr last
night. and while we were at all times
quite alive to the fact that the picture