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1S04 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 22, 1917
rather than that of one who seeks regeneration in self-tragedy.
The singer has screen magnetism.
Klliott Dexter Is Althrop, the American as weak in character
as he is strong In his love for the Italian. Althrop's
Infatuation is of the most pronounced type, of the helpless,
hopeless sort, the kind that drives a man through fire and
water and Into Jail in the doing of things he believes will find
favor In the eyes of the woman who has absorbed him. Alan
Hale is Count Rudolph Frizl. an aid of Prince Estezary, an
Austrian diplomatic-political agent, played by Edward Field-
Scene from "The Eternal Temptress" (Paramount).
lng. James Laffey is the American Ambassador, and Hallen
Mostyn is Althrop's father. The work of Messrs. Dexter, Hale,
and Laffey stands out.
The story is laid in Venice and Rome. The staging is convincing,
which is another way of saying it is well done. The
atmosphere of the Italian locale is sustained, and so, too, is
that of the embassy and of the court of honor. The writer
was not clear as to the instrumentality employed by the
princess to accomplish the death of the count when in a struggle
the latter sought to recover from her the document which
involved not only the honor of the woman's country, but also
of the man she loved. The blow with the tiny dagger may be
there at that.
"The Eternal Temptress" should go well.
"Shirley Kaye"
Five-Part Screen Version of Hulbert Footner"s Stage Play
Makes Pleasant Comedy for Clara Kimball Young
Distributed by Select Pictures Corporation.
Reviewed by Edward Weitzel.
SOCIETY and the financial world clash pleasantly in a fivepart
screen version of Hulbert Footner's stage play, "Shirley
Kaye," Clara Kimball Young having the title role. The
picture was directed by Joseph Kaufman, and is released by
Select Pictures Corporation. Elsie Ferguson originated the
Scene from "Shirley Kaye" (Select).
part of the eastern society girl, who uses her position to fight
a battle with a western railroad king and save her father from
ruin. Clara Kimball Young brings the beauty and refinement
of manner necessary to the part, and the entire production is
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marked by the proper atmosphere of wealth and good breeding.
The locations and interior sets are always in the picture.
The scenario was made by Margaret Turnbull. The situations
in "Shirley Kaye" never rise to any lofty dramatic pitch, but
the spirited way in which the young girl, who is supposed to
be a society idler, wins her battle against two determined and
experienced railroad executives is bound to interest the spectator.
T. L. Magen, a western railroad king and the father of
a socially ambitious daughter, comes to New York with his
general manager, John Rowson, and his family. Shirley Is
attracted by the young man. but he is known as a woman hater.
The girl tricks him into giving her information that enables
her to defeat the scheme against her father. Magen forgives
Shirley for the sake of his daughter and the recognition Shirley
has secured for her; but Rowson refuses to have anything
further to do with the girl and returns to the West. She goes
after him on the pretext that he must be forced to accept the
general managership of her father's road. She finds him at his
hunting lodge in the mountains and convinces him that a
woman hater is the most foolish type of mankind.
Corliss Giles plays opposite to the star as John Rowson. He
belongs to the virile type of actor, and is always satisfactory.
George Fawcett is a humorous and commanding figure as T.
L. Magen, and Claire Whitney is winsome and pretty as his
daughter. The other parts are in the hands of George Backus,
Nellie Lindrich, John Sunderland, Mrs. F. O. Winthrop and
Frank Otto.
"Until They Get Me"
Pauline Starke Makes Pronounced Hit in Finely Dramatic
Triangle Photoplay—
"The Maternal Spark" and
"Because of a Woman" Also Released.
Reviewed by Edward Weitzel.
ANY truthful director of moving pictures will admit that
occasionally he is given a combination of scenario and
cast that seem made for each other and cause him to
think there are harder jobs than turning out photoplays after
all. "Until They Get Me" "belongs to this class of pictures. It
Scene from "Until They Get Me" (Triangle).
is a five-part Triangle production, written by Kenneth B.
Clarke and directed by Frank Borzage. Moreover, the cast is
headed by a newcomer of uncommon promise in the person of
Pauline Starke. But sixteen years of age and of limited experience
before the screen, this young actress is bound to duplicate
the success attained by Mae Marsh and Bessie Love. She
has many of the best qualities of both, and is capable of portraying
a strength of character that is entirely unexpected.
As Margy, a nameless waif, who fights her way to happiness
and wins the love and respect of every one at a Northwest
Mounted Police station, Pauline Starke is called upon to impersonate
a fourteen-year-old girl, who has known every privation,
and to show her mental and physical growth into womanhood.
She does this with a depth of sincerity, allurement of
personality and excellence of method that merit the highest
praise. Little Miss Starke has arrived!
"Until They Get Me" is a tale of the Canadian Mounted Police,
and its hero is private Richard Selwyn, a character played
with feeling and force by Joe King. The young fellow allows
a fugitive named Kirby to escape, through a trick, and all during
the play he keeps up his pursuit of his man. The manner
in which Margy's fate is entangeld with Kirby's and Selwn's
is ingeniously brought about, and the entire story moves forward
with steady and unobstructed speed. In construction it
follows the newer and better way: A simple and direct but
strong story, that does not turn back at frequent intervals
to relate something that only retards the action.
The production brings out all the points of the picture for
their full worth, and has been skillfully photographed by C.
H. Wales. Jack Curtis as Kirby, Walter Perry as Sergeant