New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
On the Screen
Richard BartheImess Almost
Makes The Seventh Dav''
Interesting
BY Harriette ljnderhill

Hugo Riesenfeld has arranged it so
that ANY one who was sufficiently in
| terested III "Tbe Mistress OF the
World, that Siagularty ingenious
| serial picture which Paramount is
offering offering without very many
takers. we fear--may find out all about
what happened to Mia May by remain
lng tn the end Of the program at the
Rlvoll Theater Those who do not care
a darn what becomes of her may see
two other perfectly good features,
The yellow Girl" Vitagraph. and
Sought and PAID for,~ a William dc
Mile production. The Mia May pic
ture is shown in the place usually re-
served for the comedy, and YOU may
take taar any way you please.
bought and Paid For" is scenically
almost identical with the stage produc-
ton 1t is done in three sets the
hotel where Robert Stafford meets Viz
ginia Blaine, the home of Robert Stat
ford before and after his marriage. and
the home of Nirginia's sister after Nir-
gtnIa leaves her husband. But Al
though the setting is the same the
spirit is different from that Of the
play In the play Julia Dean made
Virginia seem more like d headstrong
girl. William de Mile has made of
Agnes Ayres a creature of high ideals.
WisO - 80 iuiI NE character tn4t SEC
can repeatedly refuse champagne when
It sparkleS in the glass in front of her
and cocktails fresh from the dewy
shaker. OF course. when the play was
produced III the pre- prohibition days
the audiences could sit through
scene like this without audible groans
or ejaculation. 1t is doubtful. however,
II the heroine IN the picture receives
very much sympathy
To ! IDl+
person than Charles Richman made
him in the play, and probably if Vir-
ginia had humored him little by ac-
ceptlng the wine and the kiss which he
offered he never would have smashed
the panel in her door. Jack Holt is
such a manly, attractive hero, without
being too handsome, that he carries
conviction along with him in any part
he plays. Walter HERS, while differing
radically from Frank Craven, who orig
mated the role OF James Gilley, is very
funny as the foolish brother-in- law. !
Leah Wyant is good as Fanny Blaine, !
and Miss Ayres constantly uses both
of her expressions in portraying the
heroine
Clara Beraugh has made an excellent /
scenario from the Broadhurst play and /
Mr.. De Mile has given the piece splen- /
did direction.
The Yellow Girl" is an artistic little |
thing, extremely pleasing to the eye,
with the beautiful Corinne Griffith as
the heroine. The settings and figures
are done IN pen and ink effect and
look like illustrations from d magazine.
1t is called an original black and white
story, but it hasn't any more plot than
a black and white taxi or Black and
White highball, which does not detract
{ rom a ra
The second episode of ~The Mistress
of the World is called "'The Race for
Life" In it the heroine and the two
heroes are caught by savages, threat
ened by crocodiles. left to die of thirst
on the desert and finally one of the
heroes dies with an arrow in his heart.
The other hero helps the heroine to
not get him and then they push ON
toward the city of her hopes, The
second installment is much more inter
esting than the first and the people in
it seem to have discovered the secret
of perpetual motion
The overture is of I Were King"
George Richardson sings the "Drinking
Song" from Hamlet"
"The Seventh Day" Porter Emer-
son Browne story, has been saved from
utter lgnomlny Dy the presence OF the
star, Richard Barthelmess, the finest
young actor on the screen, without even
a rival in sight. Richard is himself
again in this new picture at the Strand
and we hope he will continue to be him
self so long as ne plays, for he can
make you believe anything. He can
put truth in sophistry, sincerity in the
hollow utterngs of banal titles and
new life in old situations No picture
could be uninteresting with Richard
Barthe1mess in it, but "The Seventh
Day" manages to be at time extremely
The characters are all in
troduced and labeled by long titles, so
you will know just what to expect of
each one before he or she begins to
act; all of the rich people are supposed
to be terribly Smart" and oh, very
effete, almost decadent In short. from
what we hear, it's the sort of picture
that ought to go great on the road. be-
cause the people in the interior never
tire of seeing how the people in New
York eat, drink, dance, dress and make
love.
Mr.. Barth elmess is seen as an horest
fisher lad, poor of course, and his
plain little sister is beloved at first
sight by the rich young man who owns
q yacht. which comes to the fishing
town for repairs. The young fisher lad