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The New York herald., 1922-10-02
sON THE HIGH SEAS
SPECTACULAR FILM
Stirring Sea Pictures and
Much Romantic Hokun1.

The remarkable feature about "On the
High Seas" disclosed yesterday at the
Rialto. as well as similar photoplays of
shipwreck. is the manner in which the
United States navy rescues the heroine
from ocean perils and instantly takes
her home. A t1attleship dashes up at full
speed, hauls the distressed damsel
aboard and then. apparently never hav-
ing any business elsewhere at the mo-
ment dashes straight back to port.
And IL always happens to be the right
port for the young woman. although the
captain is never shown politely inquirng
which harbor out of all those available
the heroine would prefer for landing.
Clearly the movies must keep the navy
very busy in time of peace on such
agreeable enterprises. But what will
happen when the battleships are re-
quired in time OF war? Heroines will
just have to refrain from being cast
away. that's all
The production by Irwin Willat for
most of its length is superior to the
average shipwreck fable, principally
with the aid OF the first original screen
tale by Edward Sheldon. who compels
the story to unfold in terms of terse ac-
ton. Instead OF marooning the conven-
tional society darling on the usual un-
conventional desert island he deposits
her on plague ridden ship in mid
ocean. One suspects that this Is really
for the purpose of allowing Miss Dorothy
Dalton to change to trousers and tam O.
shanter and feel perfectly at home on
the screen.
The death ship is fumigated by the
two stokers who have saved the girl and
boarded the vessel when their steamer
took fire at sea. but the fumigating
process fails to purge the dirtler-and
more unrefined-stoker. This 'hairy
ape" fights 1t out with the refined stoker
for possession Of the girl, while a storm
comes up to lambaste the ship appropri-
ately at the moment The manlier chap
wins--again the eternal verities of the
movies score.
Up to certain point the story is ex-
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
MISS ALDEN STAR AT CAMEO.
ga woman's woman" Is Screened
There.

"A Woman's Woman" screened yes-
terday at the Car go Theater. not only
gives the tItls cha acter an opportunity
to give free -eir to her suppressed de-
sires. but IL also satisfies Miss Mary
Aider's suppressed desires TO be n s-a-
This dependable actress. who has been
playing mother roles until she must
wish she were Baby Peggy once more.
plays the role of a wife overwhelmed by
household drudsery. but this time she
throws off the incubus and decides 70
become her own mistress out in the
world rather than an unpaid servant.
She forges ahead-women always do
as soon as they seek their own soul in
the movies--hiIs the family without her
guidance p,earwhilc soes 10 smash and
she promptly Ties back into harness. The
moral frep nil this isn't very obvious,
except The already conceded axiom that
old habits ore hard TO break, even the
habit az bringing up a family.
Miss Alden gives an interesting per-
formanca. and Miss Louise Lee. Holmes
z. Herbert and Albert IIackett also dem
onstrate acceptahly that there's no place
like home.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
by
Rupert Hughes, Is
Moving Film Play
Claude Gillingwater Does His
Best Work for Screen in
Father Role.

Rupert Hughes I'm his latest produc-
ton. Remembrance" shown yesterday
at the Capitol joins the list Of au-
thors who are championing father and
working with might and main TO re-
store him to his place al the head OF
the family. Having done his duty by
mother in THE Old Nest" Mr. Hughes
has decided 1t is high time n few tears
were sprinllled in tribute over the man
of the house.
He has taken the elderly head of a
large department store, one OF these
grouchy philanthropists who are so rare
in actuality but who grow more plenti-
full every year on the screen. He has
provided him with an extravagant fam
lily, which drives him to the verge OF
bankruptcy by plaguing him for money
lin this case it is "every one works
father" The result is a severe break
down for the elder Grottt, in which he
hovers between life and death, while the
family throw their old selfish charac-
teristics overheard when 1t appears they
are going to lose their meal ticket. He
recovers to find his wife's and children's
dispositions likewise cured and practi-
cally 100 per cent Uure gold
For all it's eXaltntion of the common
place and it's moments of classical movie
sentimentality, the picture holds the in
terest with mounting effect more sig
nally than many photoplay of fero-
cious clashes, OF "Out swords, and at
them!" This is obviously due to the
varied. resourceful acting of Claude
Gillingwater. who is coming to be the
Frank Bacon of the screen. Gilling-
water seems to have waited years for
recognition as an actor, and now it must
seem to be raining on him out of the
heavens.
He gives a pathetic and genuine
glimpse of the father who slaves for his
family, despite his realization that when
they greet him effusively they are in
reality saluting his checkbook. TO the
life he portrays the man who is always
one week ahead of bankruptcy. He does
remarkable bit of natural acting
when he tries to give his tired body a
rest on the couch and finally hides the
package In closeup that is prolonged
but is so effective it makes the specta-
tor snuggle into his Capitol divan to
ease himself.
His Sophisticated wife also remembers
the unspoiled romance of their early
days. and Miss Kate Lester played these
passages knowingly without an undue
strain on the glycerine bottle. Miss
Patsy Ruth Miller of the winning smile,
as the affectionate daughter, and Cullen
Lands as her sweetheart also were sat
isfactory; while Miss Nell Craig, Miss
Esther Ralston and Richard Tucker did
the family mob" scenes well.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
BY LAWRENCE REAMER.

Percival Knight kept the audience at
in continuous laughter whenever he was
on the stage. His vein OF humor is not
particularly unctuous nor rich. but It
is keen and definite. Then he is such
a deft and natural actor. lie had most
of the funny speeches to deliver. so a
suggestion of self-consciousness every
once in a while was quite excusable. To
judge by the amusement which he
aroused in his hearers they would have
forgiven him anything.
Mr.. knight was not only comedian but
bert very capably and tastefully pro-
duced. He was a demobilized British
officer without shilling VINO came to
this country-specifically West Hamp-
ton. L. Ito work as butler.
OF course the master proved TO be an
old companion in arms. The new butler
even knew the famous flyer who had
been betrothed to the sister-in-law of
the family before the Germans finally
brought him down. He was, however
even more Of an Admirable Crichton. He
detected the false claims of a Spanish
suitor OF the young woman. He eX-
planned why the master seemed disloyal
to his wife until she tolerated the atten-
tions of philanderer He even took
the bullets out of his employers pistol
so that his attack on the fellow caused
no greater harm than fright.
He was a remarkable butler, but he
was fortunate enough to fall into the
employ OF an equally remarkable fam
lily. 1t seemed to have solved the prob
lens of domestic service by making in
innate friends Of all the servants. The
unmarried sister rather shamelessly pur-
sued the ex-officer with her attentions.
Her married sister treated him with an
astonishing degree OF intimacy, although
neither knew his history. A cablegram
announcing the death of his titled uncle,
however. settled all that. They must
have instinctively recognized that he
was an aristocrat. Women are said TO
be very sensitive In such matters.
AT all events the gentleman disguised
as a butler cleared up the family troubles
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
Actor-Author Keeps Audience in Continuous Laughter
at Comedy Theater.

eventually and even annexed bride in
the person of the rich young sister This
part of the play interested the audience
least Of all. 1t seemed rather like an
object lesson in school of playwriting,
not the famous one of which so much is
heard, but one OF the numerous institu-
tions of the same fruitful kind remote
from life about the metropolis. AS a
view of American society Thin Ice" is
highly fantastic, but Mr.. Knight was all
ways funny. He was funny when he
made the Japanese valet do all his
chores, funny when he told about the
color line in the kitchen and in his
friends racing colors. and even funny
when he INDUCED the inconquerable
taste OF the English comedian for a pun
and said the British thought of the race
question only on Derby day Quiet, sem
tentious, quizzical, Mr.. knight was a
source of continuous hilarity through
out Thin Ice" He is an admirable
comedian who deserves better luck than
having TO write his own plays.
Mr.. Shubert selected an admirable
group OF actors to help him. Felix
Krembs gave a realistic portrayal of a
husband trying to drown his sorrow over
his wife's apparent frivolity in Scotch
whisky without the amelioration Of soda
or water. Miss Olive Wyndham still
draws an alluring portrait of American
girlhood and c. Henry Gordon played a
| spurious Spaniard with a redeeming
sense of humor Miss Gilda Leary is
too pretty and too clever to deliyer her
speeches with such an invariable rise
and fall that she at times seems to bc
singing. T. Tamamoto's preeminence as
a player OF Japanese Wallets seemed more
firmly established than ever after the
performance.
Tho best of Thin Ice" however IS
Mr.. Knights delightfully."- comic acting.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
George ArlisS'S
NeW Picture Is
Strong and Human
'The Man Who Played God
Original, Different and
Arresting.

-I Since George Arliss portrayed THE
: Devil SO successfully it was inevitable
in the contradictory world of the films
that he should presently go to the oppo-
site extreme and essay "The Man Who
Played God" More purely dramatic
than anything he has done on the screen,
Arliss's fourth cinema vehicle, exhibited
at the Strand Yesterday, is not merely
his strongest and most human picture
but IL bids fair to be considered through
out most of its reels one of the finest
screen transients seen here this year.
1t is Gouverneur Morriss story fill
tered through Jules Eckert Goodmans
play 1.-The silent Voice" A noted plan
list, about TO retire at the height Of his
fame with the lovely young bride he has
Just captured. has his hearing shattered
in Europe by a bomb with which
couple of anarchists attempt to show
their dislike of the royal parsonage he is
entertaining. The study of the deVas-
iating effect of this affliction is only
one of the unique phases that differen-
tiate the picture from the usual ready to
wear film pattern.
From an artistic as well as box
office standpoint Arliss is coming to
have the Midas touch in pictures. On
the stage he was not particularly Illus
trious for his emotional power, relying
mainly on being acrid. But on the
screen, so well attuned are his gestures
10 the tempo of the photoplay, he can
now be as dynamic as Vesuvius. Ana
when this man, who has been straight
ening out the lives OF others, faces the
overwhelming conviction at last that no
one can straighten out his and stag
gers into a church, he gives an unfor-
getable picture of a soul swept by desc
lation. Looking the man OF genius to
the dot, Arliss displays a telling econ
omy of gesture that might well be
studied by players whose idea of show
ing emotion is to be convulsed like an
earthquake.
That same method of sharp restraint
is preserved through the picture by the
director, Harmon Wright. who is con-
tent to suggest an impression with a few
swift strokes rather than unload 1t be-
fore the beho!der in complete detail.
The picture has demerits; the Ions
stretch of sweetness when Arliss is
playing Santa Claus to two stray chill
d-en might have been broken up by
some shots of the wife and her lover
Matching discord in the park.
But on the whole this United Artists
production is original, different and ar
resting, and besides the dignified work
OF Edward Earle and Miss Eftie Shan
non 1t benefits immeasurably by the
acting OF Miss Ann Forrest. whose face
glows with the ultraviolet rays of
wifely devotion. BY her soft allure Miss
Forrest makes this picture her celluloid
coming Of age.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02

ceilently told. due not only 20 the march
OF events but to the most remarkable
sea scenes that ever washed over the
films. The photographs by G. Edgar
Schoenbaum of the burning steamer and
the derelict plunging through the storm
have the extraordinarily weird lighting
effects of a Turner and might have been
designed by Joseph Conrad.
The picture has to end happily instead
OF sensibly. The reserves of hokum are
drawn upon. Doubtless after all that is
the only way to end a picture Polly
annishly, but sometimes 1t hurts. The
finish is on farcical note.
Jack Holt and Miss Dalton have few
opportunities for real acting in the gen.
eral hurly-burly. but manage to look TO-
mantle while the gale nearly bowls them
over Miss Dalton, having let her hair
grow, is once more an adornment TO So
ciety. Mitchell Lewis makes faces faith
fully as the hairy one.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
ADJUSTMENTS.
ADJUSTMENTS.

--AMERICAs FOREMOST THEATREs HITS. DIRECTION
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
DAY LABORER SELLS
PAINTING TO GIGLI
Metropolitan Tenor Admires
His 'Vene ian Scene

Artistic genius OF new and pro-
nounced variety. together with the ex-
ecutive ability requisite to bossing
crew of ship calkers. is the unusual COM
bination of talents revealed by +. Zirill
so Lake avenue. Mariners Harbor,
Staten Island. ZiriIli. an Italian laborer
with wife and three children. read of
the exhibit OF the Italian American Art
Association now in progress at the Civic
Club, IA West Twelfth street. With two
pictures he had painted set in frames OF
his own make. Zirilli appeared at the ex-
hibit with the request that they be ex-
hibited. which was done.
Beniamino Gigii. one Of the Metropoli-
tan Opera tenors. purchased one, the
Venetian Scene" Saturday for 500.
The New York herald., 1922-10-02
FRANK TINNEY TO MOVE.

Arthur Hammerstein announces that
despite excellent box office patronage
at the Apollo Theater ne will terminate
the engagement Of Frank Tinney in
"Daffy DIP there on Saturday eve
ming. October 21. and oper long road
tour in Pittsburgh October 23. He has
extended his contract with the comedian
to eight years and plans TO present him
In a new musical comedy each year
TO be presented in New York for brief
season and then on the road
The New York herald., 1922-10-02

An advertisement IN the Lost ond
Found columns Of THE NEW YORk
HERALD offers n reot possibility ~
recovering yotr lost property.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
HANOVER SERVICES TOMORROW
Tho Pastor, Rev. G. II. Bonner, VIII
Preach n Mothers Day Sermon.

In Hanover Presbyterian Church TO-
morrow evening, Rev. Charles III. Boh-
ner, pastor, will preach n Mothers
Day" sermon, his subject being our
Debt 10 Motherhood" In the morn
ing Mr.. Bonner will preach on "The
Far Look For Tired Eyes"
The church quartet will sing
special numbers at both services. At
tho morning hour the anthem number
will be "The God Of Abraham Praise"
(Buck). At this service Mrs. G. V.
MannerIng will sing How Long witt
Thou Forget Me-" (Wooler). At the
evening service the anthem numbers
will be MY Faith Looks Up To Thee"
tschnecker), and abide With Me"
(Barnby).
Ernest Peoples viii address the
senior Christian Endeavor and John
Bennett the intermediate Christian
Endeavor Society at $50 o'clock.
The pastor will conduct tho Wed
nesday night prayer service.
The Womens League will hold Is
monthly business and social meeting
In the church Tuesday evening.
The Girls Club will conduct bake
sale on next Saturday Mt the home OF
Mrs. Estella Talley, 1910 Jefferson
street. for the benefit of the North
| field Conference fund.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
SECOND BAPTIST SERVICES.
DIR. Allison WIN Preach Special Ser
mon on Modern View Of the Bible.

Those who think that the work Of
the colleges has been destructive when
considering modern view OF the
Bible should hear tho Rev. George ID.
Allison. Phi. D., pastor OF Second Bap-
tlst Church. Ninth and Franklin
streets. tomorrow morning when he
speaks OF "The Modern View OF Scrip
ture, Blessing or Bane." The quar-
tet choir, directed by Floyd w. Harper,
will eing 'Pradee the Lord, o My
Soul" by Wood and Mrs. Ramoth
Mitchell will sing "The Homeland" by
lIanscom.
The Bible school will mset at 1916.
The Business Mems Bible Class will
study. The discovery OF an ancient
lawbook." The orchestra OF Harry r.
StAusebach WIN play at this service.
Progress In Christian Service" WIN
be tho themA OF Dr. Allison for the
evening ssrvioe beginning at 7.45. This
address win be illustrated with sixty
stsreopttcon aAdea. Two Qmxtsta By
<he choir WIN Be, "SomsthinT eor
Thee by Custance, and Babylon. 3
by Watson
A conference OF tho Msnis Depart
ment OF Second Baptist Church will be
held In the church Wednesday even
ing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
W0MEN'S ACTIVITIES AT
ST. PAUL'S NJ. T.. CHURCH

The Ladies' Aid Society Of st.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
will meet at the home OF Mrs. Har-
riet Griffith. 1904 West Fifth street,
Tuesday evening for the regular
transaction of business. Interesting
reports will be given from the last
meeting which was an experiment in
the way of social, with four
hostesses, which. II 1t proved success
ful, was TO be repeated every three
months. Mrs. B. J.. DEMO is president
OF this wide-awake society; Mrs. Ed
ward Greenhalgh, secretary; Mrs. C.
I. Harry. treasurer; Mrs. Annetta f.
Mcmillan, yice-president.
Moving pictures OF Lorna Doone"
were shown in the gymnasium We'd
nesday evening. following the prayer
service, and everyone present invited
TO make contribution to the Junior
Church, under whose direction this
entertainment was given. Nearly
sixteen dollars was realized and those
in charge were much grahfied.
Rev c. l.. Hubbard, d. D., the pas
tor, has accepted the invitation of
Prof. Coke TO address the assembly
at the Wilmington High School, Mon
day
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
YOUNG PEOPLES
THANK OFFERING

The annual thank Offering meeting
Of the Young Peoples Missionary So
cities OF all the Methodist Churches in
the city will be held In Harrison
Street NJ. f. Church. Thursday even
ing, May is. The auxiliaries Will be
the guests OF the Standard Bearers
and Young Women's Societies.
Mrs. w. z. Habbart, Mrs. ]. A.
Dockety and Mrs II. A. Roop, who are
on the program committee have ar
ranged for Miss Laura White, a mis-
sionary to China, TO speak, and have
also invited Miss Dorothy Wong, the
Chinese student at the Women's Col
lege to be present. On the decoration
committee are Mrs. Harry Jackson,
Mrs. Albert Erisman, Mrs. William
Hitler. Mrs. Ella Rettew and Mrs.
Joseph Owens. On the refreshment
committee are Mrs. j. Byron Carpen-
ter, Mrs. William Bradbury, Mrs. Vic
tor Bailey.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
MOTHERS DAY At ST. PAUL's.
Special Program Arranged for Morn.
Ing and Evening Services.

Tho program for ct. Paul's Metho-
dist Episcopal Church tomorrow on
Mothers Day" win open with a gem
eral class meeting, led by Rev. w. c..
Strickland. At the 1890 service the
pastor. Rev. c. l.. Hubbard. D. D., will
preach from the theme. Mother" and
musical numbers, arranged by Prof.
Charles T. Edwards for this service
will include; anthem, Beautiful
Home Mack; sopano solo, Mother
Dear" Edwards. by Mrs. Theresa
Downey.
AT the evening service. beginning at
80. DIR. Hubbard win continue the
series OF sermons on tho Life of
Jesus" taking Fishing" as his theme
The musical numbers at this ser vice
will be: anthem, ~Re1oice, 1 Have
Found MY Sheep Hail; duet, Memo
ries OF Mother Ashley, by Mrp. e. q
ksmery and W. 3. Boldly; violin solo
Schubert Ssrsnade, by Cherries In
Boube Ddwarda
Tho Christian Endeavor pruyUs
meeting at 6.l6 WIN b led by Ariss
Alta n Durste,n.
Sunday school meets at IL noon. IN
stead OF ? p. m. as formerly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
Swedish.
Cantata at Harrison st. Church.

Under the auspices of the members
of the Epworth League, the cantata,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
was presented last night in Harrison
Street NJ. z. Church. The cast in
cluded:
Esther Draper. Edna Ball. Alfred
Rutter, Irwin Borer. Thelma Pfeiffer.
Evelyn Russell, Helen Vernon; seven
dwarfs, Bernard Poole, John Arthos.
George Davis. George Farra, Harry
Morgan, Howard Foxwell, George
Truitt; chorus of forest children,
Florence McMullen, Katherine Willis,
Dorothy Schrade, Helen Jones, Carrie
Biddle, Martha Crossan, Annie Court
ney, Thelma Pfeiffer, Evelyn. Russell.
Dorothy Lloyd, Mildred Hanna; forest
fairies, Helen Vernon, Margaret
Groves, Marie Schrade, Jean Groves,
Nettie Shawn, Addie Johnson, Mary
Biddle, Helen Foxwell, Virginia Day,
Marie Cushing; boys. Wilson Ham
mond, Elmer Vernon, Edward Pow
ell. Marvin Mckay. John Martin
Emlin Lloyd, William Knox. Ralph
Jones, Clifford Jones, John Farra.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Scott.


Scott NJ. II. Church. Seventh and
Spruce streets. Rev. 7. j. Sard minis
ter. Preaching tomorrow morning
and evening by the pastor. Subject,
1890. Mother and tho Home. Gods
Gifts" 7.so. Freedom and Brotherly
Love as Taught by Jesus Christ"
Special music by tho choir. Sunday
school. and other regular meetings Mt
the usual hours.
Harrison Street.
Harrison Street NJ. II. Church. SOW
enth and Harrison streets. Rev. w. II.
uabhart. minister. Preaching tomor-
row morning and evening by the pas
tor. Subject. 1880. Mothers Hope"
80. The Christians Helmet" SUM-
day school and other regular meet
ings al the usual hours.
Cookmau.
Goodman NJ. IL. Church, Fourteenth
and du Pont streets. Rev. w. G. Har-
ris. minister. Preaching tomorrow
morning and evening by the pastor;
1890, special Mothers Day sermon;
80. fourth OF series of sermons on
the characteristics OF Christ. Sunday
school and other regular meetings at
the usual hours.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-13
Richardson Park,

At Richardson Park NJ. f. Church
tomorrow at 1890 o'clock, DIR. V. p.
Northrup, pastor, will use as his sub
ject. Mothers" There will be special
music by the choir both morning and
evening. Members of the Epworth
League will be present to give a cor
dial welcome to all mothers. Sunday
school meets at IL o'clock; Epworth
League devotional meeting at IT'S. led
by Elizabeth Layman. with music by the
Junior Choir; preaching at s p. m. by
the pastor, who will use as his sub
ject, "Signboards."
Try an Every Evening want ad.