The Washington times., 1923-01-22
MR.. RING DIPS
A MANDATORY
PEN
He Sees Robin Hood" and
Forthwith Writes to
the Editor.
Mr.. Harold Phillips,
Dramatic Editor,
The Washington Times.

Sir:
A consensus of opinion, so
called, is for some reason &C.
cepted by the public as a criterion
for anything from facial cream
to a national situation" What
other people think about some
thing is considered by the in
dividual a sure sign that the
something" in question is tre-
mendously good or tremendously
bad, according to which way the
wind, it any is blowing.
This condition Of mind / be-
Heve to be an off -snoOt of the
groups of things under a gen.
eral, slangy, easily understand
able heading.
With all the above in mind
which, / assure you, is quite q
lot to carry In a single mind--I
attended the shadow performance
of Douglas Fairbanks ct al, in
Robin Hood" at Loew's Column
bia Theater Due to the lobby
mob, packed no tighter than the
component parts OF a fine mosaic,
entered through secret pass
age known only to you, Mr..
Earle Dorsey, me and 2,479
others, who come under the gem
eral heading (see above): Friends
of the Management, Newspaper
men. Etc. =
But, to come down to the cons
sensus. After viewing the pic
ture, left the theater in a daze.
My case, while happy 0nes
believe, was similar to that Of
Mrs. Simeon Wormley, r. #. d.
whose smile OF relief appears
medicine testimonials: Just
didn't know where to turn for
help" On the street car, home
bound, ! was jolted into sordid
sensibility, and the world, / OBJ
served, was no longer peopled
with armored knights, merry
bandits and fair ladies, but with
pallid shipping clerks. taxi Ndriv-
ers and female demonstrators Of
vacuum cleaners.
So got the idea Of a con-
sensus. My own inactive wits
would never present 81 clear pic
ture of that great romantic dream.
With a little effort, / threw my
telf into few different person
alities-an old trick OF mine, Wat
son; 1t proved successful, as you
know, In the Obernacht jewelry
case--apd wrote something, which
is surely not q review, or q criti-
cism, and possibly is not a clear
exposition OF the various view
points from which robin Hood"
may be seen. Therefore 1t is
with no small trepidation, as
Mrs. Wharton would write, that
offer this to you:
THE HIGHBROW: From an
artistic angle. the spectacle leaves
nothing to be desired. Robin
Hood affords the hope to US that
the motion picture is opening
upon q second and greater era.
Robin Hood is a simple story,
told with magnificence. May one
be so optimistic as to hope that,
in a happier after-day, we may
behold less rudimentary story
enveloped in equal GRANDEUR"
THE COMFORTABLE BUR
GEO1SE: Now, that's the kind
of picture like. You can take
the whole family to it. Why,
some OF the scenes are just like
pictures by Maxfield Parrish,
especially the one where one of
Robin Hoods men stands in a
castle window, with a vine hang.
ing down beside him, blowing his
bugle-horn with all his might.
And think they must have spent
a sight of money to build that big
castle, and everything so high
and ALL
THE LoWBRoW: "wen, all I
got to say is: It's got some good
fightin' in it. II they'd throw out
a lot Of that pretty-picture stuff,
1t wouldn't take up so much time,
but it's got some of these fake
cowboy pitchers lookin' like a
news reel view of a home for
cripples. You talk about fightin',
you amt seen none yet"
THE FLAPPER: "And got no
twinges of conscience when / tell
you it's the centipede's dancing
Shoes. never saw Enid Bennett
look SO cute. And DOUG Well.
got to admit he isn't strong on
the pash, Flora, but he's strong
when they wind him up. I'll tell
the cuckoo clock"
THE RETIRED GOVERN
MENT CLERK: you know,
don't feel so old, right after
see picture like that-right
away. And then, I feel about a
. hundred years older than I am.
l never saw a movie like that
before. l don't get to many, now
mat I've. got the rheumatism.
But it's good for old folks like me
TO see Robin Hood Youngsters
can't understand it's best part
It's youth and fire and laughter
mat don't belong to old age.'' ~
THE TEN-YEAR-OLD: Say. I
been down to Robin Hood You
talk about a good show, Oh,