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Visual Education
wholesome, that the mere appearance of his fat, beaming face was cause for chuckles.
Some of the characters may have been a trifle exaggerated — the fat suitor, for instance, and the plumber son-in
law who ate with his knife and was otherwise socially unpleasant. But it is delicious to see so many familiar types touched off with such quiet and accurate humor.
There was every evidence that the audience was pleased with this picture, thus proving again that film subjects need not be limited to the melodrama, the sex play and the spectacular pageant.
Released by Universal.
THE FLIRT
Carefully drawn and true to Booth Tarkington's characterization is the sharp contrast that Helen Jerome Eddy and Eileen Percy draw between the two sisters in this typica? middle-class family — the one a girl of fine fiber, quiet, sincere, but lacking that mysterious "something" that attracts the average man; the other abounding in vitality, charm and magnetism, yet classifying as a heartless coquette and a selfish little tyrant.
TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY
THE advent of any picture of Mary Pickford's is a cinematic event because of the unprecedented and apparently enduring popularity which her charm and abilities have won for her.
Evidently Miss Pickford feels that TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY furnishes her with a role peculiarly fitted to exploit her talents, for this is her second filming of the novel.
The second picture has the advantage of better stage settings and more artistic photography. The remarkable improvement in the science of the camera and in the technique of the picture would necessarily make this true. Too much time has intervened, however, between the productions for one's memory to be sufficiently clear to make further accurate comparisons.
Miss Pickford is an actress who combines an appealing, wistful charm with genuine histrionic ability. Many people consider her curls and her bewitching pout sufficient reasons for her success, and indeed such desirable physical accessories have proved valuable dramatic equipment for many an ingenue. "Mary," however, not only has the curls and the pout but the instinct and the artistry of the real actor, together with a warmly human quality which enables her to reach out to her audience and carry it along with her no matter what the emotion of the moment may be.
The story of the hoydenish, impudent little squatter who is nevertheless capable of making a supreme sacrifice to protect a weak friend is very dramatic, really melodramatic. The action which culminates in the improbable though tensely emotional church scene leads one back and forth from the squalor of the hovel at the foot of the hill to the tragedy of the mansion on its summit. Never are you allowed to lose sight of the sharp contrasts which form the background for the plot.
A capable cast of actors has been assembled for the picture. Gloria Hope, in hei portrayal of the unfortunate