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So lie Journeys borne, to New York. After that the fur flies.Playing opposite Miss Binney, in the role of the love-sick engineer, Irving Beebe is true to the part. He has rather a good voice. There is no song in *JSweet Little Devil” which grates on the ears, none that has been played to death—another count is Its favor. What with thewinsomeness and all-round talentsof Its star, Sweet Little Devil has ndthlng to fear.It manages to get along, and to keep g ping. JOHN J. DALY.THE RIALTOThis Woman/’ featuring Irene Rich on the screen of the Rialto theater during the current week, does not completely justify a heresy that once obtained in the early days of the cinema, tp wit: There is no more art in a motion picture than in a merry-go-round/* It was H. . Memchen who made the observation.The original story of ThisWoman,” by Howard Rocky, musthe interesting reading. . It has atolerable plot, but thd director ofWarner Brothers’ production disregarded detail with such abandon and such inexcusably had taste that all effort made by a splendid cast to act out obvious imperfections of direction could, or would not, suffice.2d las Rich, as Carol Drayton, makes bold to depict the life of a poor seamstress, who is suddenly catapulted Into an opetatic career by a drunkard, a monkey and an organ grinder, by attempting to delineate her experiences by the registration of two set emotions—a diatrustfulness of man and innocence of the obvious. The supporting cast deserves no special mention with the exception of Mare McDermott and Creighton Hale.Tomaslnl and Guarneri, singers, are held over tor a third week.Bailey T. Alart's symphonic orchestra adds .a pleasing color of Christmas music with Brooked* Christmas fantasies, ChristmasEchoes/*WWO LAOW »uu lUUftilOUAO W a lUDlvDIn railroading; a scenic touir, news film featuring the Rompers’ funeral, and overtures by the orchestra complete the bill.LOEWS PALACESo This IS Marriage,” » Metro-Ooldwyn production starring Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Boardman is the feature of the Christmas weak program at Loew’s Palace theater.Aside from the fact that it is a trifle overdrawn, in order to emphasize the moral, it presents a forcible illustration of what may happen to wreck the happiness of any modern marriage, when the wife has been taught nothing of the value of money/or the responsibilities of motherhood. Only a timely warning in the shape of a graphically related story of biblical times, naves this particular marriage from ending in the divorce courts.Eleanor Boardman is clever in the role of the Irresponsible young wife, while Conrad Nagel depicts accurately the sorely' tried husband whose unreasonable jealousy provokes his wife to further indiscretions. The stars are well supported by a cast headed by Lew Cody,The beautiful natural-color sequence, introduced to portray the related story of Bath-Sheba’s treachery which resulted In her husband’s death and her own marriage with King David, adds an. unusual feature to the production.A new comedy, RnafflffgtxLini ' at Home,” In which theiliftfls ’and three black face comedians do the acting and the audience does the roaring, provides an entertaining supplement to the feature.The holiday program Is augmented by a special Pathe feature reproducing an interesting review of pictorial high lights of 1B24.MUTUALThe Mutual wheel maintained its aferdge of good burlesque entertainment yesterday with the opening for the week of Smiles and
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Mon, Dec 22, 1924
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