New-York tribune., 1922-12-04

this season IN The Monster" These
stories are always fascinating In their
premises, bat Usually great hops when
viewed in reterospection. In the pres.
ent picture The double exposure work
is interesting, and 20 are the charae-
terliations Of Mr.. Chaney. You surely
get your moneys work, for Ar. Cherey
Il the type Of actor who acts. Some
Of the thinga which he does DO not
seem humanly possible. unless one is
contortionlst and an acrobat Ana
Mr. Clancy IL neither.
Raymond Mckee 10 the hero Who
should have been operated on. but who
insisted, instead, on marrying Jscgue-
line Logan. Fohtaine La Rue, lir-
rlnia Trua Boerdman, Aggis Herring
and Virginia Madison complete the
cast. The picture was directed BY
Wallace Worsley.
The overture Is "Mignon" and fol-
lowing this is q Robert Bruce wilder.
nass tale called, The split OUTFIT
The ballet, which always Is such an
important part Of Rothafel program,
Is In two parts The first Is called
Kitten on the Keys" and Zsnou and
oumnnsky, dressed like kittens. danee
on q big plane. The second is lm-
prsassons Of Ethelbert Nevin, and V
contains "Nsrcissus," mighty Lax Z
Rose" "a Day in Venice and The
Rosnry," sung and danced by Gam
borelh, Evelyn Herbert, Erik Bye and
the ballet corps and ensemble.
AIRY Van Leeuwen played "Rigoletto
Parsphrsse" IS 4 flute solo.
AZ the Rivoli Elsie Ferguson is play
ing IN "Outeast," and az the showing
yesterday afternoon we we're sur
rounded by females Who constantly ex-
clairaed, isn't she graeefull" and
Isn't she refined looking" and "Shs
surely knows how 20 dress" and "she
played 'outcast' In person which
seems 20 prove that all the women. a.
any rate, went 10 see Elsie Ferguson,
rather than the picture. Nor can one
blame them. On the picture ono Is
always taking a chance. Directors,
without a sense Of humor, and title
writers, lacking the same commodity,
have a way Of doing strange things 10
stories on the screen. But we say,
Hitch your wagon 70 q star you
can depend on, and then follow that
star. Miss Ferguson never has dis
appointed Us. She is always lovely,
slender, graceful, sristoeratic and
plausible And II isnt 80 easy 20 be
plausible IN a story like "OuteaSt."
Miriam Moore Is girl who seems
fsted 70 hear always from the men
she loves. you are a millstone about
my nack." In the beginning Miriam
save that one can bear Gnything II
only one has a sense OF humor, but
later Il seemed that she forgot all
about her sense Of humor. Somehow
people Ia love never seem 20 be able
10 do two things At the same time. So
without her sense Of humor, Miriam
decided 10 Jump into the river. Because
Miriam had stressed her sense OF
humor In the FIRST place wo did not
believe her any more than David Powell
did when she said that lots Of water
was flowing under bridges and inti-
mated that she was going 10 follow
tho water. Instead, however she
starts OF en- q trip 20 South America
WIN " AuAIn IONNAAf UAA tAN RAAtf NAN
this 10 get near enough 70 some water
70 Jump IN. She had the forethought,
however, 70 leave note behind for
the hero, so that by setting out i'm
medistely in an Aqusplsne he man
eyed 10 reach the spot just rs she
ieaped over the side Of the boat, and
he pulled her out as she was every
minute getting wetter and vetter.
They seem q vacillHting lot In "Out-
east" especially the hero, who never
knows what he wants, and the hero
inc, who aets the same way. u was
indeed, pity that Miriam could
not have liked the villain. There was
no indecision in his nature, and Will
liam Powell made him very attractive
more insinuating than sinister.
Mary MacLaren is the good woman"
and Charles Wellesley is the old hus.
band The story has been pretty well
botehed with q happy ending and AL
that, but we found Il an interesting
picture because of the acting and the
direction, which Is excellent. Also
any chance Of seeing Elsie Ferguson
should be taken advantage Of. Chet
Withey directed "Outeast.'
Buster Keaton, In "The Blacksmith,