Photoplay (Apr - Sep 1918)

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Her second appearance on the screen is in "Revelation," a Metro production. Here she runs the well known gamut of human emotions. She is a wanton and flirts, she is a fury and fights, she is a tigress and claws, she is in love and purrs, she is a madonna and dreams. She has the role of a wild girl of the cabarets who falls in love with an artist. He takes her as simply as she gives herself, and inspired by her personality he achieves fame. Suddenly she is revealed to herself as a human soul, and flies from her life, which now seems sordid and debased. The final revelation brings a happy, though not illogical, denouement. Nazimova is superb throughout. In this one picture she is everything that she has ever been in all her stage career, so far as the art of acting is concerned. THE WORLD FOR SALE-Paramount Not knowing what Sir Gilbert Parker wrote in his book, it is impossible to say what was the source of the title, "The World For Sale," which is borne by J. Stuart Blackton's production. The story of the rival towns ruled respectively by debauchery and honor, is badly told. But for several characterizations, it would be an utter -failure. Conway Tearle as the idealist ; Ann Little as the untamed gypsy; W. W. Bittner as the ancient ruler of the clan; Norbert Wicki as a vagabond Romany — these are interesting contributions to celluloid acting. DODGING A MILLION— Goldwyn Mabel Normand has returned to the screen, after an absence of nearly a year, coming to the rescue of the inept Goldwyns in a picture called "Dodging a Million." This is by far the best production which Goldwyn has yet offered. The story is unusual, the star is charming. A HEART'S REVENGE— Fox Again the title problem — why "A Heart's Revenge"? This seems to be the season for hearts. Last season it was souls. Honor has its inning every so often. The theory is that you are lured to the theatre by the palpitating word "heart," whether it has anything to do with the play or not. The picture introduces the Fox star, Sonia Markova, the eminent Russian actress from Chicago, born Gretchen Hartman. It is a story of Chinese deviltry, the destruction of a man's memory and his sweetheart's bravery in rescuing him. There is one bit that is touched with genuis. A Chinese girl, confused between her ancestral deities and the American idea of God, calmly leaves the decision as to which she shall worship to a turn of the dice, and at once becomes a devout Christian with all the stoic fatalism of her race. This is the Orient in a word. Helen Long as the Chinese girl is fascinating. Miss Markova Hartman suffers from having to do melodramatic things. Her undeniable cleverness is spent in an unworthy cause. THE BEAUTIFUL MRS. REYNOLDS— World In "The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds" we have an example of the execrable taste of the penny-chasing grub street author, selling the reputations of his country's heroes. Samuel Weller would have us believe that Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were enemies, not because the one was trying to maintain his country's integrity, and the other selfishly seeking personal advancement, but because of a chit of a girl and a scandal. THE IMPOSTOR— Mutual "The Impostor" is a delightfully told story of mistaken identity. A girl, hungry and penniless, permits herself to be mistaken for a young woman of great wealth, and has the time of her life until she is found out. One of the charming things about it is the comfortable surroundings in which everyone exists, except the little girl mentioned, and even her sufferings are brief. There are so many pictures of pain and cruelty, that it is a positive relief to meet these wellclad, luxury-enjoying folk. Ann Murdock plays the part of the impostor and David Powell that of the necessary young man. The production is well up to the Empire All Star standard. HER SECOND HUSBAND— Mutual Divorce in haste — repent at leisure, seems to be almost as valid a saying as its forerunner. At least it makes a picturesque theme for a play. It is the motive in "Her Second Husband." A subsidiary theme is related to the perils of our girl stenographers. But the picture, as a whole, is so pleasant, so good humored even when the nice people in it are quarrelling, that you overlook the unpleasant episodes. Edna Goodrich plays the part of the wife who rebels when her husband uses his home to entertain vulgar business associates and their more vulgar women friends. Her ability to wear gowns as if they belonged to her and were not rented "for this scene only" was never in more charming evidence. William B. Davidson — where has he been since "The White Raven"? — is the husband, the kind of a man you probably ride home with every night. The people in this picture are very human, which is one of the first qualifications for an excellent production. BEAUTY AND THE ROGUE — Mutual Mary Miles Minter provides an added treat in "Beauty and the Rogue" — she pretends she is a boy and wears overalls. Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.