New-York tribune., 1922-11-20

would have been more thrilling If FAM
dango hadn't slowed up so perceptibly
10 allow the heroine to be saved and III
the man who doubled for the hero had
looked more like him. We felt almost
as Merton felt when he found out that
.Beulah Baxter" was only the "Mon-
tague girl.
There were several good perform
anees given by the men; notable
among then, was that Of Warner GLAND
as Mr. Okada. a part of the yellow
peril; Joseph Dowling as Don Miguel.
and Alfred Allen as the fnancier. The
featured players arr Marjorie Daw and
Forrest Stanley Grant Carpenter and
John Lynch made she scenario. The
prologue Is called "Serenade Espa-
gnoie' and is sung by Sylvio Gavarelli.
The overture is from Aida.
"Triaing Women or, as we prefer
to thing of it, 'sBlack Orchids (and
this Is what Rex Ingram really named
iD, is at the Capitol this week. OF
course. we had seen it twice before,
but we sat through il again Yesterday
ard found that ut each viewing new
charms unfolded themselves, 80 that
We have come to agree with a certain
critic on certain morning newspaper,
viz. Robert Sherwood, Of "The Her
aid" he says that "Trihing Women"
Is the finest thing Rex Ingram ever
has done. It surely is 8 beautiful
piece of work and 1t seems that Mr..
ingram must be at once the delight
and despair Of all other directors.
Mr.. Ingram named his picture "Black
Orchids" but he was finally persuaded
to allow it to be called by the other
foolish name, and probably that is the
reaaon the story of the slack orchids
has O prologue and an epilogue. When
ever producer has story that he
feels would not be paatable because
it IL unhappy or lover the heads of the
public" he says: well, we can make
it dream" or. "wecan have him read
ing in a book" and. as matter Of
fact, he Is pretty nearly right. Probably
i D. W. Grifftbs had made Broken
blossoms" that way, and had little
Elsie Dinsmore reading "Limehouse
Nights" and had her say: listen,
papa. here is a sad story Of young
that am she"-presto, fade out into
Elsie Dinsmore as the frail and fright
ened drudge Of Broken Blossoms; if |
he had done this, we say, probably the |
picture would have been financial in |
stead Of merely an artistic success. |
So "Trifing Women" has prologue and |
an epilogue dragged in to give it n |
happy ending.
Barbara La MARI is an actress who,
with the subtlety of her charm and the |
fineness OF her beauty, manages to |
make most other actresses look like |
awkward clods. She is sort of cross
between Betty Blythe and Pola Negri. |
Ramon Navarro s cross between Ro-
dolph Valentino and Richard Barthel-
mess, so it may readily be seen that
Mr.. Ingram has able assistance. The
picture is the only thing on the pro-
gram, with the exception of the over
ture. which is "Ein Heldenleben" GA
Hero's Life"), by Richard Strauss. This
is the first time 1t has been played in
America, although it was performed at
Frankfort -on-the- Main as long ago as
1899, with the composer conducting.
There is long and tedious introduc-
t!on by Charles Isaacson, which no one
can hear back of the tenth row, and
which is quite unnecessary, as the
tone poem speaks for itself more
nloquently than any human voice can
DO. 1t is divided into six parts--the
hero, the hero's enemies, the hero's
owe affair, the battlefield, peace and
.he hero's escape from the world. The
audiences at the theater yesterday
we're delighted with Sam Rothafel's
selection OF an overture.
At the Strand Mary Pickford will re-
main in "Tess of the Storm Country"
'Ebb Tide" is the picture at the Ri |
alto. This will be reviewed to-mor-
row.