Arizona republican., 1922-06-11

OF the characters, as it is to this
writer that Griffith admits he is in
debted for many of the roles he has
built into the picture. The idea
though, of Dream Street." and the
manner of it's being worked out are
distinctively and undeniably Grif-
fith's. To borrow the language OF
S. Jay Kaufman, the famous editorial
writer, in describing Dream Street
we agree: 1T is superb-moments
only great soul could evoke-mo-
ments of nspiration-these are not
Burke's, but Griffith's. the ablest
director of motion pictures in the
world"
No one who saw way Down
East at the Rialto recently, the last
Griffith picture to play Phoenix, will
miss Dream Street" While the GEN.
trail themes are as far apart as day
and night, still those elements OF
completeness, of thorough mastery
of his art, of perfection in drama, of
flawlessness in direction and photog-
raphy. are equally as pronounced.
We believe Dream Street" better
picture, a bigger power for good, a
document that will inspire greater
thought, and therefore a more potent
factor in the enigma of life.
In fact, it is around the power or
thought that Griffith has built his
theme. He has again brought to the
screen one of those Locations" pecu-
liar to Griffith pictures, best de-
scribed as nowhere, yet everywhere,
and while many reviewers will. as
Griffith says. take the locale as Pop
lor or High streets in London, he
does not claim either of these.
Dream Street" is the street of life,
the street onto which we all gaze
through wistful windows, or on which
we walk in the realm of visions and
ambitions.
On Dream Street" the elements
of good and evil are always work
ing: the dream people are caught in
the spell of one or both, and one
must be victorious-which one is
clearly within the power of the in
dividual The evil force he has SYM
bolized as nomadic street fiddler
the good takes the shape of a wan
dering street psalmist. There is the
stealthy form of an Oriental-"Sway
Wan"-symbolic of the baser in
stincts of humanity-instincts which
must be kept in allegiance II any
semblance of happiness is to be at
tanned.
Into these forces are thrown girl
-"Gypsy Fair" a little dancer in
London music halls, poor. her father
a stool pigeon" for Scotland Yard;
the girl young, gentle, brave and gay.
restless as bird, and with splash
of Southern blood in her veins. Then
there are two brothers. one an am
bilious writer of songs, the other lad
a powerful specimen of physical per-
lection, a lad who conquers the males
with his mighty fists and the fair
maidens with his wonderful baritone
voice. Both boys are products OF
the docks district. Their mother
death has brought the brothers in
separably close in the bond of mutual
sympathy.
Both fall in love with Gypsy after
seeing her dance.
The events which transpire when
the central characters are swayed by
the various forces and emotions or
human existence have been moulded
hy Griffith into a masterwork OF
screen wonder, q fabric woven
through scenes of such realism. such
beauty, such strength, such magnltl-
cence. such idealism that Dream
Street must take its place alongside
the other Griffith classics "a produc-
ton that is but another evidence OF
a genius that knows no bounds.
The added attractions are the
comedy, THE Skipper
Strikes 1t Rich," and the lnterna-
tional News.