New-York tribune., 1922-06-05
On the Screen
Domestic Relations Pinch Hits
at Strand: Over the Border
Il Thriller at Rivoli
By Harriette Underhill

~ an, the Law" which was adVer-
,i,sd y, the feature at the Strand. was
Mid an Al the last moment. we we're
told. 5y some sort OF injunction the
particular, OF which We do ret know
WHAT vs do know is that khtherine
Macdonald was offered a. pinch nv.
ter with only indifferent success. vi
eour,.. 20 any one who has seen rev
of Miss MseDonsld's pictures, u VIII
rot be necessary 20 add that II vas
not Miss MacDonald's fault that she
%, not n success. She continues 10 be
IN. most beautiful and gracious star
>, m. screen, and even John Barry.
more can boast no more distinguished
profile. But the picture. itseIi'
aDon,..tie Relations" IL one OF the
most unnecessary things we have seen
n I, a story with a lesson, and II you
don't get that lesson II will be no
fault Of the story teller's. nor OF tne
title writer's.
when We read the hrst title we
eould hav. forotold all that was 70
folIow II SAYS that Judge Benton Is
nroud Of his beautiful home, OF his
horses. his dogs and. last Of all, Of his
beautiful wife, Barbara. So then, OF
course. YOU know that tho Judge
n,el.ets his wife and that she drifts
into danger, and Is misunderstood, but
4. hn.lly cxonerated. All OF this hap
pen, according 10 our schedule.
The only thing We were not sure ~
WAS whether she would return 20 her
husband and forgive him or whether
she would hnd a new love. a glance
AZ IN. program settles that. The other
two men are George Fisher and Lloyd
Whitlock. while the husband is played
by William P. Carleton. jr.. and he
always marries the heroine, so ne knew
that she would return IN her husband
after he had said. Forgive me-Tve
been blind fooll !"
Some time We are going 20 write i
story about a wife who is in love with
her husband and ~ho resehts the Of
fered love Of the villain. Then. when
the villain Is having tea with her and
suddenly leaps up and grabs her in his
arms and kisses her against her will
and the husband comes IN and sees
them. we arc going 10 have the wife
run over to her husband ano say. II
hope you'll smash this poor fool in the
face He grabbed me and kissed me
and hate him" But wives never do
that They always jump 10 their feet
and stand. looking guilty and stammer.
ing. Give me q chance, dear, and can
explain AL
Will the day come when people on
the screen will talk like human beings
Probably not in our lifetime. And
producers. when you back them in
corner and make them admit that Their
picture is a bunch Of nothing at all.
will clear themselves by saying. But
we've got to give IL 20 them on the
road. Do you know that Where Are
Her HusbandsT made million last
year." The love OF money was ever
the root OF all evil.
Charlie Chaplin's "A Dogs Life" is
--vived this week by request. u is
one OF the most amusing OF his older
comedies and one OF the best known.
The cunning little white mongrel which
figures 30 eontpieuously in the picture
died shortly after il was taken. and We
believe that this is his only screen
appearance. Sid Chaplin is in the pic
tvre, though you never would recognize
him. He plays the man in the booth
who owns the pastry which Charlie
steals Charlie told us that that was
one OF the most diffeult scenes he ever
did and after trying out a dozen people
his brother offered his services The
trick lies in turning just on time-not
a second too late nor 70 early.
Herbert WAterous is heard in an
vietus.' Alex Chernyof. the popular
pianist. plays Sixth Hungarian Rhap-
sody," The overture is "Mignon."
You know right from the start that
"Over the Border" at the Rivoli. is
going TO be one OF those pictures "of
the better sort" because IL has Penrhyn
Stanlaws's very own signature repro.
duced ahead Of the main title and be-
cause all Of the characters arc in
troduced with the prefix Mr.: Betty
Compson is the only miss" in the
picture. II IL story Of the frozen
North and Of The Canadian mounted
police and Of treaeherous Indian guides
and Of noble half breeds
The titles. TOO. proclaim that here is
no ordinary picture II they wish TO