New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
On the Screen-By H~riei'e U"derAdl

shadow" The children are played ~
peaehes Jackson, Joe Butterworth and
Bumps Beaudins. They and the dog
CAMEO. who acted with great ease and
distinetion. are thl best things In the
picture. William Beaudine directed the
picture, but II probably wasn't ms
fault entirely. II was made from
play BY Lem Parker, and beeAuse We 90
not intend 10 spare any one We believe
that Edmund Goulding had hand ~
writing the scenario. AZ anT rate, his
name was flashed on the screen along
with the others who were credited with
the making Of the picture. warner
Brothers released the picture whieh is
not 50 coed as the Bsau'iiui ana
The comedy is Jimmie Adams In
Crash" The overture IL VerdPs Ia
Fcrza Del Dsstino" and the fohne
ballet 10 about the most pretsntovs
thing yet presented ht the Strand. ~
1, called "Russlnn Lays" the wonder
ful Rimsky Korsakof music with cos
tunes and setting by Boris Artzy-
basheh. Frederick Wheeler sings
prologue 20 the feature, called Dear
Little Boy Of Nine"
HKlck In" l. avery unreal story II
An ex-convict who desired 20 70
straight" and Of how dlfieult u was
FOR him 20 do 90 with the New York
police determined that they would rees
him" willard Mack has q sense OF
humor which Is almost unequalled
and one always wonders why be does
not write comedies instead Of the Wild
things which he seems 70 delight IN
Rank meiodrAma with nothing LEFT OUT
sull "Klek In" Ia redeemed from me.
diocrity by the acting Of . number OF
the members Of the east. May heAvoy
is superb as Myrtle, the young wife OF
a Young crook. Carsth Hughes -
effective as Bennie. her husband, and
Kathleen Clifford IL extremely fet1hing
as Frou Frou. who shoots the man she
loves In the nick Of time. haym kelso
and John Miltsrn are excellent, TOO,
only We feel that Mr. hiltern is far
too romantic a figure 10 don a mus
taehe and play father 90 a grown up
young woman like Betty Compson.
Perhapa George Fitzmauriee, who
directed the picture, is responsible for
the fact that while you know Il 10 oil
a lot Of bunk you are intensely inter
ested Just the same. and every time
you feel that the happy ending Is I'm
minent and that all there is left Ia
fade-away Of the hero and heroine In
A Closeup embrace something ter
rlbls happens and the excitement be-
gins all over again and you say: We'll,
however are they going % get out OF
this7" So. when the here oKelaims,
"Oh, I shall 20 away 20 the big out
doors. where men are men, and be-
gin a new iife!T or words 20 that ef-
feet, do not believe that be Is going
to get OF 20 easily. No, indeed the
trouble has only begun.
Bert Lytsl Is adequate, but not very
thrilling, as the hero, and Betty Comp
son, as the heroine, seemed 20 as not
any more thrilling than the hero. May
McAvoy is The real and only star In the
picture, although the cast Is the sort
that 70 often Is called all-star. Besides
those We mentioned, good work Is done
By Robert Agnew, Jed Prouty and Wal
ter Long. Whatever you do don't de-
eide after the hrst couple Of reels
that you do not care for the picture
and are going TO leave, for II gets 50
much better hs IL goes on Some Of
the titles are very. good; others seem
% have been written By an entirely
different person. onida Bergere wrote
the scenario from willard hack's play.
Marcel saleseo, new barytone,
sings Arioso de Benventuno. The com
edy IL one Of Max Flsisehcr's ''Imvell"
sketches called birthday" A beauti-
ful ballet called Sehubertiana is done
By Re serova Dancers. The overture
is "sieilian Vsspsrs."
A. the Capitol "ouiney Adams Saw
yer" "a the feature. Jaeb Holt. IN
Making a Man" 10 az the Rislto and
fflTTt 4. - AZ Canaaa