New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-02-17
PEG O. MY HEART At
.FOx'S, OPENING MON.
Mary PiCkiOrd in Little Lord
FaunilerOy Beginning Thursday

Fex's. this week, is offering q stel
lar brand Of motion picture entertain
ment, coupled with vaudeville bill
that are bound 10 please the most dis
eliminating entertainment seeker
Two stars OF undouhted hrillianey vii
be seen on the screen. Laurette TGy'
Tor in Peg O. Ny Heart" and MARY
| Pickford in Little Lord Fauntleroy.'
Tomorrow night the sunday fans will
see a couple OF fine exhibitions, pus-
tin farnpm will be seen in Three
Who Paid" while Gladys Walton
winsome as ever. holds the center OF
attraction in THE Trouper." comedy
drama OF a theatrical troupe touring
the country.
Laurettc Taylor. who won the
hearts OF a million people in her fam
Gus characterization OF the delightful
Peg in Hartley j. Manners play.
Peg o. My Heart" will again be
seen in this original role on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday when the
picture is shown al FoN's. Miss Tay-
Tor covers herself with distinction
through her sympathetic and tender
portrayal of Peg" and shades OF
whimsical character. not brought out
on tho stage, are evident in the film
version. It's a tale OF an Irish father
and an English mother and Of Sir
Gerald Adair Pegs legal guardian;
and of the circumstances. amusing as
well as heart stirring. that attend the
young girl when she leaves the little
Irish farmhouse where she was born
and ventures among strangers TO
whom good form is the cardinal re-
quirement. It all comes about when
the vivacious. impish. roguish Peg
O'Connell. who had lived happily at
home with her parents and her little
pet dog, Michael. gets word that her
uncle. dying, has provided for her ed
ucation. 1t is when her aristocratic
relations take her that misery, love.<
disappointment and final happiness
comes to her. The picture abounds in
comedy situations. has plenty of seri-
Gus sides and has a genuinely tender
love theme.
It has been a long long time since
Mary Pickford has been seen at Fox's |
but on Thursday she comes back in !
Little Lord F'auntleroy" Frances
Hodgson Burnett's world loved story,
Who is there who in their childhood |
days has neither read nor had this
read to them? A notable cast sup
ports the star, among others being
James A. Marcus who played the part
Of Hobbs, the grocer, when this show
was first put on the stage away back
in 1883 For the first time in the his
tory of her career as motion picture
actress. Mary Pickford, in this pro-
iuction, is appearing in practically
every scene. She has a dual role, ap-
pearing as the little lord and also as
she is made to appear at the same
lime in the same scene. Miss Pickford
also appears in greater variety and
1 more novel set of costumes that In
my play heretofore in which she has
Briefly, the story starts off
With young Cedric. living with his
mother in a New York fiat. His
ather had been disinherted, but later
he grandfather consents to bring up
he youngster and he Is taken to Eng
and There, dressed in the clothes of
,ther days, many amusing as well as
ragic incidents are developed which
work. to climax filled with more
leart-break than anything ever.
hown on the screen. His three old
,ronies however, in the end bring to {
10Th the boy and his grandfather that {