New-York tribune., 1922-12-26
On the Screen
|,gsek Home and Broke" at the
RiyoIi, "The Headless Horse
man" at the Capitol
By LIarriette Underhill

.n,ek Home and Broke" 1t the RIv-
]. ono Of the most entertaining
-. Tom Meighan has made IN a
slena II Is singularly and beau.
,s free from bunk, and We shall
~ ,rst one title 20 prove this. When
o. -sr,e.ilke little heroine discovers
81 ror, Redding is back home with
~ r.iIiione instead Of being broke,
D,e.t,t the whole thing Is his idea Of
50 re enysf "I'd like to murder
,,ss'. on, what balm that was 20
~ ,.ssrated feelings. That would
Isn the dig moment" In most
..s,rlo writer's scheme OF things Inc
i,n.t i,n'srt when "the little girl back
80 would look at the hero shyly
..v. 81 never doubted you-l
~ seu would succeed my heart
nsN then he would have looked
oo ~ pure eyes and would have
.1io where hls future happiness lay.
~. because they did Il the way
~, reopie do Il and not the way you
x An the movies, we cay God bless
e..,v, ~ = Ade, alse Alfred Z. Green and
T.m1sy Nslghan.
i'9.-, ra-s ReddIng is the catch Of the
@-S @ mereenary happer. Olivia
r.t~ iss nearly caught him, though
49, .a,s,syrseted something as soon as we
Jyks lee looking wistful In the
Tben his father dies and the
ol.n .,,ns through the village gossip
~" W T~-, and his mother are prac-
sf,,. ns,pers bad becomes worse
.,es ~ one day Tom Ands some old
, Is..S FRAT was considered worth
sn ''SrS Tom GOES 70 drill the prospect
t.-.y and when he returns 70 the
Es.s n,n' town ne owns at least sS,0oo,00o
~ n was bis idea 20 return as though
- 5sS failed and thon 70 perform
,-ir,eles through the person Of great
nd fictitious philanthropist named
Kssna -.
0H friends who have stuck 10 him
- rewarded and his fAvorite traffic
cor 6nds himself chief Of police. OF
coarse Il must have been great fun,
tkls playing Santa Claus TO every one,
Bat Il was q rather selfish performance
bessuse ell the time his mother be-
ileves they are really paupers and she
Il suffering in her mind. IL Is when
n finally arranges a great reception
sor this Keene person that the towns
stople learn who their benefactor 10,
srd then he goss on and heaps Goals
"a more Goals Of FIRE on their heads.
10 forgive may be divine, but this
ysf,leular forgiveness seemed to us
dseidedly human. =.
The cast is excellent, With Cyril
|elrg as Toms successor when Tom
lsases 70 be the best catch In town.
Esrtrude Quinlan ss Aggie Twaddle
va Laurence Wheat a. q Jolly accom-.
Zee IN the ~baek home and broke"
themo. Others who did notable
YORK sre Lila Lee 40 the girl, Florence
Dlxon Gs the other girl, Frederick
burton, Charles Able, Richard Car
lyle, Maude Turner Gordon, Ned
surton, James Marlowe and Edward
Borden. George AIDE wrote those de-
iightfui titles and Alfred Z. Green d.
r,cted the picture. Tommy Neighan
vas Just as lovable and a little bit
iindsomer than usual.
A picture called movies OF the Fu-.
TIRE" Is viewed through a pair OF
sssctaeles where one glass is red and
As other green. This makes the pie
turcs appear not only In natural col
oYs but also 90 have q third Cnot
fuurth) dimension. II Is extremely In
stfesting. There is music film.
'Toddling Tots" with the Hastings
wins and a comedy, "FellK Turns the
tide The overture is "Dance OF the
Hours" from "La GIoconda"; there Is
musical sketch called "Around the
Christmas Tree" and the Serova
tsrcers ere reen in "Patinage." There
u tlso another instal!ment Of Riesen7
feds classical jazz.