The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-16
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WASHINGTON

Action, love, suspense, fights, blow
ing up ship, court orgy a bride
market, beauty, bloodshed, sex inter
est, comedy. marvellous sets, battle
between man-o'-war and pirate
ship, great workmanship, gowns
that it took so dressmakers a month
to prepare, startling photography,
more romance, more suspense, more
action.
And there you have. George Fitz-
maurice's Paramount production Of
TO Have and to Hold" featuring
Betty Compson and Bert Lytell, which
comes to the Washington theatre Sun
day. Betty Compson, never loveler,
IN pearl and brocades one moment, in
hastily improvised bathing dress the
next, in gowns cut low and gorgeous,
and in gowns more modest and dainty
has the best role of her screen career
She is the girl who, rather than
marry Lord Carnal, escapes to Vir-
einia to wed the first man who asks
for her hand. Bert LyteH, romantic
hero, swordsman unexcelled brave
and daring. is the man who asks and
ultimately wins her love.
Always there is something doing in
this story. The characters are real
human beings, loving and fighting and
loving some more. There's not a bow
ing puppet in the picture. It is the
rapid-fire drama told swiftly against
a background as colorful as show ct
the New York Hippodrome
ITO Have and to Hold" was the
most expensive picture ever made at
the Lasky studio in Hollywood Ships
were bought and rebuilt and blown
up. while hundreds of pirates and
Indians took part in the mass fighting
A whole shipload of beautiful girls
were landed in the wife-market scenes.
In a massive set is shown colorful
orgy at the court of King James of
England.
Every scene in the picture is Fitz-
maurice triumph. Famous for the
beauty of his productions, he has here
type of story made to order for
lavish settings and beautiful compost
tino. The cast is tremendous. Betty
Compson and Bert Lyteu are wonder
full in this romance of romances.
Theodore Kosloff, who is seen as the
yenomous kings favorite. has the
finest part of his wonderful career
w men YOU set city OOAllpoOh y Ou
won't wonder that Bert Lytell, seen
as the hero, fought all over Virginia
England and the Atlantic ocean to
keep Lord Carnal, Theodore Kosloff)
from getting her.
Clarence Smith came into the
Wheeler household at a time when
the family was about to break up
But that didn't worry him, he'd earned
the reputation in the army of being
the only man in the A E. F. who
could drive army mules without paint
ing the atmosphere red. So in h'
started with the Wheeler family anC
when he had finished his job he haC
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler playing hhC
turtle doves; Violet Pinney, the gov
erness, promising to Love, honor anc
obey him; Bobby Wheeler quite re
covered from an infatuation for Mis-!
Pinney; Cora Wheeler convinced tina
her first unhappy love affair woult
not kill her; several nasty rivals
breathlessly outward bound, and tn,
butler and maid both about to say
Il do!"So you will see that in mat
ters of the heart, Clarence was an A
efficiency man.
He figures, by the way, in the cen
ter Of all these exploits in William
de Miles Paramount production o
Clarence" which comes to the Wash
ington theatre soon. Wallace Rel
plays the part on the screen, and As
mes Ayres and May McAvoy have tn
leading feminine roles.