Evening star., 1923-04-16
Photoplays.
RIALTO-"B Brass"

Girls. even you who have girls of
your own, go to the Rialto this week.
without fall to see Brass" the
screen version of Charles G. Norris
well known story. 1t is one of the
best photoplays ever produced-a real
play.
A serious mistake has been made,
probably, in the exploitation or the
picture in StreSSing the subject OF
divorce. for the story is not one OF
those abominable off-color products
emphasizing wicked and forbidden
things. Rather is it story that
brings true womanhood IN all us
beauty to the front. and the poor,
foolish little fiapper, impersonated so
admirably by Marie Provost. who
gets a double dose of divorce, is IN
herself lesson to womankind' from
the youngest to the oldest. The
mother-in-law. also, whose silly pet
ting and humoring OF her spolled
daughter robbed her of good nus
band and started her fairly on tne
road TO Woe is rather human sort
of mother after all, even IL she Is
bit overpictured.
There would be but little use in ad-
vising young men to see BRASS Just
for the lesson that was taught young
Philip Baldwin in marrying llashs
skirt" against his mothers protest
had tastes in common or nor. Lne
lesson might do them good put'
pshaw, they know it all already.
Those who have weathered the
storm of years in peaceful, con
married life may find here and there
a bit Of pain, perhaps tear, espe-
cially if any of their girls or boy ;
! have lived their lives regardless OF
the experience and advice OF thelr
parents. ,.
nIay will come away with the certain
feeling that they have been delight,
fully entertained and that 1t was wen
worth the cost. It,
Philips parents, especlallt !
mother, had always cherished the
hone that Philip would marry their
neighbours daughter, Rosemary. But
Philip met Marjorie, tWentleth- :
century fiapper Of the most approved
type. and despite his mothers : plead :
| ing. Philip married her and they Went
! to live with her mother. Marjorie,
even after the baby came, still want
| ed to flap, and she did so. a par
| ticularly wild cabaret being her idea
| of home and heaven. she returned
| one night. or rather early one morn
! ing. a bit intoxicated after her night
| of revelry and neglect of her baby,
| and her husband saw the cabaret
| Romeo try to kiss her. Words fol-
| lowed and a bit of violence At any
| rate, the divorce came, ana the nus
band was left with his baby. One Of
splendid women, of which there are
so many in the world, only their light
| is dimmed by the fiapper. became a
| foster mother for the baby, and it
| grew to love her. So did Philip. And
after a vain attempt on the part of
| his sister to link him up with a So
| ciety fapper. who needed the money
| he. married the foster mother and
| happiness came to him. to his baby
| and to those who really loved him.
! 1t is pretty story. but not a Bit
i tame or mushy. More. it is real
drama, and it is wonderfully well
! played by all who have a part in it
| especially Monte Blue, as the hus-
/ band; Marie Provost, as Marjorie
| Irene Rich, as the foster mother
Mrs. G.: Margaret Seddon, as the
mother of Philip, and Vera Lewis. as
| the mother-in-law. The east is a long
| and worthy one, but it is impossibl
with the fieeting glance afforded on
! the screen, to remember it. 1t might
| help q bit if the operator would allow
| just fraction of time1longer, both to
enable the audience TO get the cast
and also to read the more important
| of the explanatory "Subtitles."