Arizona republican., 1922-06-21
ADJUSTMENTS
LAVISH SCENES IN
'FASC|NAT TON At
R|ALTO SATURDAY

| With the reading of the announce
ment of any Mae Murray picture
there is brought to the readers fancy
| the anticipation Of witnessing an
elaborate display of exquisite gowns
alluring costumes, elegance in set
| tings, swondrous beauty in lighting
schemes. and a lavishness and sunp-
| tuousness wholly captivating in every
scene. And there is likewise brought
| to his fancy the anticipation of wit
Messing colorful story, brimful of
drama, thriving on a humanness ir-
resistible, carrying an accurate ap-
peal, heightened by its logic, and
intensified through the very unusual
series of backgrounds, situations and
picturesqueness expressed in the
types, action and environment.
And in no picture she has ever
made have these elements been any
more vividly exemplified than in
Fascination which opens it's local
engagement at the Rialto Saturday,
to hold that screen for three days.
There has been no star in pictures
whose innovation in portraiture has
been any more enthusiastically re-
ceived than Mae Murray-and this
innovation dates back to the time of
"On With the Dance" There fol-
lowed in rapid succession such re-
markable productions as THE Right
to Love-" 'Idols of Clay" THE Gilded
Lily" and her recent sensation,
Peacock Alley" 1t will be instantly
recalled that perhaps the biggest nov
city in everyone of these pictures lay
in the fact that the entire story was
woven about the fascinating atmo-
sphere of night life in the large cities
the leading character in every one
of them being girl who became the
victim of a flood of circumstances
that swept her irresistibly on through
romance, adventure, drama and eX-
citement, her inherent ideals in every
instance lifting her above the aban-
don of her surroundings-her en-
vironment being in each case a means
TO an end-a sort of melting pot that
burned the drosS from her life, to
reach the pure flame of happiness in
a sincere love.
Deviating somewhat from the style
she has heretofore expressed, she
loses none of her enticing puIchritude
in Fascination" rather magnifying
her provocative loneliness through
the nature of the role which has been
drawn for her. AS the daughter of
Spanish mother and an American
father, the girl grows to young wom-
anhood the literal personification of
conflicting characteristics. From her
mothers side she has inherited all
the fire and dash of the Spanish sem
orita, carefree, given to impulsive-
ness, without thought to consequence,
buffeted about by whimsicalities
which have caused her aunt no little
alarm, and which have been respon-
sible for the strict surveillance under
which she is constantly kept. That
restlessness could have been perhaps
held in check through the enforcing of
the Castilian code of ethics for the
daughters of the race had it not been
for the blood of her father racing
through her veins, carrying with it
the Yankee spirit of aggressiveness,
the hate of restraint and the con-
sequent revolt against the custody
which opposed her.
The breaking point comes with
Easter in Madrid, the day of the bull
fight, the day Caritta, Spain's idolized
toreador was to do battle at the great
arena, and the whole city gayly alive
in the typical colorful welcome for
the hero. The girl has been refused
permission to attend, and, petulant,
she resolves on the wild scheme of
Disgusting herself and going unes-
corted to the tournament. At the
fight the girl is utterly fascinated
by the dark eyes and the dashing
manner of the toreador, and this fas-
cination leads to the stirring events
which comprise the swiftly moving
scenes that follow the escapade.
The entire story is laid in Madrid
amid all the environment of the pic
tucesqueness of romantic old Spain,
and is marked by a realism and vivid
ness truly astonishing.
The cast of players surrounding the
star is virtually hand picked one
and makes for excellence in every
role.
The engagement of Fascination is
positively limited to just the three
days announced and the manage
ment is urging attendance during the
matinees.