Evening star., 1925-09-21
A NJ u S E NJ E N T S

| is the photoplay. The screen story,
while adhering with reasonable close
ness to the original version Of the
play. has been treated to any number
of thistle-light touches which suffice
to bring it up to date. Heading the
cast are Anita Stewart, Bert Lytell
and Donald Keith.
Short films and orchestral numbers
complete the program.
PALACE-"Sally of The Sawdust."
Professor Eustace McGargle, alias
Mr.. Hardness, nee w. G. Fields of
Broadway, is the lovable, laughable
character who CANDLES his way
through D. w. Griffith's sally of
the Sawdust," creating q laugh with
his every comical motion. The pro-
fessor Is a very personable individual.
from his generously checked trousers
70 his brown derby. He Is a circus
man and proud of it. Moreover, he is
both father and mother to the be-
witching little orphan, Sally. whose
real mother had intrusted him with
Nthe care of her only child on her
deathbed.
Sally's grandparents are wealthy
New Englanders who had dtsowned
their daughter when she married a
circus life with Pop McGargle--her
romance with its ups and downs, and
her ultimate happiness are revealed
in this whimsical story In which
laughter is inter1ningled with tears
and tense moments with side-splitting
comedy.
Fields is his own inimitable self
in this character which he made
famous in the Broadway version or
the play. Poppy" which ran Tor
practically a year in New York.
Carol Demster is a charming,
boyish Sally who alternately pulls
at our heart strings and tickles our
funny bone as she romps through
her circus days. Her one fault is
her tendency to overact In some OF
the earlier scenes. In the courtroom
scene, however, she is conVncingly
effective.
We cannot help but feel that the
great producer missed an opportunity
for an intensely dramatic endlng
when he recalled the professor from
the open road down which he was
disappearing, very much alone aIter
returning Sally to her grandparents.
The final scene, to our mind. was an
anticlimaX. .,
The play as a whole is filled with
vivid human interest and Mr.. Gr11.
fith's fine attention to detail, coupieo
with a strong supporting cast, marks
it as a noteworthy production.
Owing to the length of the film. the
additional features are reduced to a
minimum They include a Pathe
News Reel. Topics of the Day ana
selections by the Palace
symphony orchestra.
RIALTO-"The Goose Woman"
THE Goose Woman" which opened
at the Rialto yesterday is not Just
another motion picture. 1t Is one OF
those rare attempts in the motion
picture industry to produce a mystery
movie. And by hook and crook. 10
say nothing Of few time-tried tricKs
Of the mystery story-wrlters, manages
to shroud the identity OF the slayer
under several bushels. peck or TWO
and a few other things, so that who
really did the killing is, as usual,
least suspected until he says he did.
But there, it is out now.
1t is really a we'll done motion pic
ture and might be one OF the best
works Of any director.
Jack Pickford and Louise Dresser
are far and away the best of never
theless good cast.
The plot hinges about a gin-craZed
woman, who in a drunken fury at lost
fame and fortune, tells wild story
(all for PUBLICITY, involving her son
as the slayer Of a roue, who seems
to be interested in the young actress
fiancee of the son.
There are involvments too numer.
Gus to mention which would prove
in any court of the land that the son
did the numbering. But it all ends
happily.
The music treat at the Rialto is
good. There is a bit from Tam
hauser," by the orchestra, led by
Mischa Guterson, and Miss Estelle
Wentworth, soprano, sings to good
advantage.
COLUMBIA-"The Golden Princess"
Lovers Of rugged Western plays will
enjoy the screen version Of Bret
Harte's we'll known tale, "Tennessee's
Pardner," shown at Loew's Columbia
this week under the caption Tho
Golden Princess and featuring the
exuberantly youthful Betty Bronson,
whose delicate charm won the hearts
Of the movie public in Peter Pan"
Miss Bronson is this care-free wall
of a gold-digger Of the early days In
California. whose mother deserted her
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