New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
"Heroes Of the Street." with
Wesley Barry, at Sirand'
"Kick In" nj Rivoli

One Of our readers wrote us letter
last week, saying. "Pisase tell at once
whether a picture Is good or bad, 80 l
won't have 10 wade through n hall
column Of STUFF 10 End out about H."
This means, apparently, that she cares
for our Judgment but not for our style.
So, 20 please her. here goes; wesley
Barry, In @Heroes Of the Street." is
pietare made apparently 20 amuse chill
drsn. and "Kiek In" is a crook melo-
drama with several new twists In H.
There you are, lady. Take your choice.
BAT II YOU are contemplating a trip 70
the Rlvoli and also 90 the Strand 20 70
the Rivou hrst. Here kick In" IL
playing. and you come out OK the the,
ater feeling that you would Ike 70 XII
all policemen, Dlainelothes men ana
district attorneys. Then you 90 10 the
Strand and learn that policemen are
heroes Of the street and you also learn
much about their habitT at home. A
GOOD name for this picture would have
been "Poiicemen and Their Ways With
Their Young" There are two classes
Of people who always have been
credited With speaking the truth.
sHeroes Of the Street" ought % be In
tercstinR 70 these classes only, and yet
the Strand Theatsr yesterday after
noon echoed with the laughter OF the
spectators; all Of them were not call
dren. either. But how can they laugh
when they zee a fourteen-year-old
youth sitting In the second balcony AZ
1.-THE Follies" and dropping popcorn
down into the pit 30 that II hlls up the
ear trumpet Of n deaf man sitting
among the audience beiowf In empty
ing 4 out the deaf man accidentally
throws the popcorn down the back OF
the woman In front Of him. Such Is
the comedy IN Heroes Of the Street"
and Flo Zisgfsld probably would be
very much surprised II he could see
The FoiNes" and slt In what Is
under the impression that = lot Of
hoodlums crowded in and sat on each
others laps and got in arguments
the bouncerl Many's the time in the
not 70 distant past We have seen shows
from the second balcony, but never
have we seen anything like thati Why
do they put such things In pietures and
Why do they have the mother Of chill
dren ranging from two 20 thirteen old
enough 90 be their grandmother It is
All so palpably made for one purpose.
and the makers seem 20 take Il for
granted that the people who see the
pictures arc not going 20 think. The
trouble 10 they are right.
Heroes Of the Street" bored us 70
extinction, but we should not venture
a guess as 10 its reception. AZ ve said
before, the people at the Strand yes
terdAy seemed delighted with Il.
When the story wandered away from
the heroes and concerned itself With
the doings Of Marie Provost and Jark
hulhall Il was not so bad. Although
we received a number Of letters pro-
testing because we liked Marie Prevost
last week a. "The Beautiful" we still
insist that she has style and charm.
She plays Betty Benton. OF The Fol-
Hes" betrothed 70 Jack Mulhan, Of
"The Morning Star" or some other
daily newspaper-not The Tribune.
Wesley Barry is Mickey Callahan. son
Of offesr Callahan, who is shot and
killed by a desperate character known
ns "The Shadow" Mickey trails and
locates "The Shadow" and, incidentally,
saves the honor OF Betty Benton and
restores her 10 the arms Of her true
love.
Philo Mccullough is TIRE crook, VIII
Walling plays the elder Callahan. Az
gie Herring Is the mother and Wedge
wood Newell Is the dupe Of THE