Variety (October 1918)

BUY BONDS THE BORDER-RAIDERS. Ross Hardy. Betty COmpsoa John Smith "... .George Larkln Mock Slag .*..: Frank Deahon John Hardy H. C. Carpenter Emanuel Rlggs. .Howard Crampton "Square Deal" Dixon. "The Border Raiders," (Dlando, Pathe re- lease) Is a cyclonic sort of picture In which things happen with about as.much reason and design as would be found in at cyclone. * Situ- ations seem to have been decided upon lint and the story woven in between—a slender fabric.' ' . John Hardy, a wealthy ranch owner, comes Into- town ostensibly on business. Here Cleo Dade awaits him, although he. baa never heard of her, and plays her cards so well that when the gullible Hardy returns home a few . days later he brings Cleo as his bride to be a mother, to bis daughter Rose. Cleo Is an ad- venturess—she looks like one and dresses like one—and la a member of a gang whose leader la Hock Sing, who runs a faro joint. Soon Hardy disappears and is supposed to be dead. Through the terms of a forged will Cleo be- comes heir to the estate, which -she and ber gang attempt to run. She dismisses the former employees of Hardy and Installs ber own crew in their stead. Rose for some unknown rea- son goes to Mock Sing's dive, suspecting that her father is not dead, and the Chinaman at- tacks her. But John Smith, the faro dealer, comes to her rescue. Finally things turn out as they should. Mock Sing is killed by Smith, Hardy is found alive, Cleo and her gang are arrested and the ranch is restored to Rose. Smith, who proves to be in the secret service, - proposes to Rose ahd is, of course, accepted. The company Is worthy of better material, ~ as every one does excellently. Betty Compson as Rose, Claire Du Brey aa Cleo and George Larkln as the Intrepid faro dealer stand out. the characterisation of Frank- Desbon as Mock Sing could not be Improved upon. How- ard Crampton is sufficiently villainous. The picture is aided by good direction and photography. MRS. LEFFINGWELL'S BOOTS. Mrs. Lefflngwell...'. Constance Talmadge Mr. Lefflngwell Harrison Ford Aleck Brown...../. Fred Goodwins WUhelmlna .Mercedes Temple Mrs. Tom Brown .' Vera Dorla Mr. Tom Brown '.Herbert Prior Mabel Brown Julia Faye Augustus. Thomas' comedy, "Mrs. Lefflng- weD's Boots," produced at the old Lyceum a generation ago, • was, In its day,- a splendid evening's entertainment U presented on the legitimate stage today it would probably fare quite differently. In these beetle days of triangle problems the Idea of a husband grow- ing Insanely Jealous over the Ingenue pranks of an Innocent wife would prove mildly di- verting. Select has made a photoplay of the piece, starring Constance Talmadge. The scenario Is by Edith Kennedy, directed by Walter Ed- wards, photography by James J. Van Trees. Miss Talmadge makes of the feather-brained little wife a most attractive little, pin-headed Individual. Harrison Ford la good as the serious-minded young husband, and the re- mainder of th'e cast are capable in all re- spects. It is a high-class comedy of the drawing- room species, bnt the plot is a trifle skimpy for even the scant five reels. Tbe preten- tiousness of the production, with a polo, match, countfy homes, tennis, smart clothes, etc., aid materially in lifting the story, and the picture will probably pass muster. JoUh THE HEARTOF RACHAEL Rachaei. ..: Bessie Barriscale Billy ' Ella Hall Clarence Breckenrldge. Hershel Mayall Magsle Clay Gloria Hope Joe Pickering Edward Coxen In "The Heart of Rachaei" Bessie Barrl- scale is seen to tbe very best advantage. The I part suits-ber personality uncommonly well, ' giving free scope to her charm and woman- . llness. The photography Is "very good, often beautiful, and the direction admirable. It Is a Paralta picture. Clarence Breckenrldge has married Rachaei, a woman little older than Billy, bis daughter. Always drunk, he Idolizes Billy, while merely tolerating .his wife. Billy becomes spoiled and selfish. Rachaei meets Dr. Warren Gregory, the family .physician, and the two finally fall in love. At last Rachaei divorces Breckenrldge by mutual agreement. Her mar- riage to Gregory follows. Things go on smoothly for a time, two children being born. Then Gregory becomes Involved with Magsle Clay, a musical comedy actress, while Billy, the stepdaughter, elopes with Joe Pickering, an adventurer, her father committing suicide when he hears what has happened. Finding out bow far the affair has progressed between her husband and Magsle, Rachaei gives Gregory bis freedom and takes ber children to live In the country. But he does not marry Magsle; he goes to Europe instead. Long, after, when he.jjas returned and. Is- living alone "In New York," one "of 'Raphael's ' children falls and is seriously Injured. Real- izing that her husband Is the only one who can save the child Rachaei .drives the child miles through the nlgbt In the rain until she reaches her husband. He saves the child, and at the end of tbe vigil, realizing'what they mean to each other, the two decide to patch things up. Every role Is well played. The whole makes an admirable and pleasing feature. BY THE WORLD FORGOT. Truda Hedda Nova Derrick Van Beekman J. Frank Olendon Stephanie Maynard Patricia Palmer John Maynard R. S. Bradbury William Woywood...- George Kunkel Hano otto Lederer "By the World Forgot" is from a scenario by Cyrus TownsenoV Brady, made by Vltagraph. Hedda Nova and J. Frank Olendon are tbe stars. It tells the story of Derrick Van Beekman, who Is engaged to marry Stephanie Maynard by a family arrangement. Derrick is shang- haied tbe nlgbt of bis bachelor supper at tbe order or George Harnash, partner of Ste- phanie's father in the shipping business. This, he docs because he and Stephanie are In love, although he considers himself Der- rick's best friend. Stephanie Is surpris- ingly acqulecont In the face of such an ex- traordinary deed. Derrick recovers (he was drunk when made prisoner) on board one of the Maynard-Harnash vessels. He is brutally treated by the captain, but finally allowed to escape by tbe friendly crew, when he Is ac- cused of killing a man who has really fallen overboard. He lands at an Island peopled by a strange band of whites—descendants of the survivors of some ancient shipwreck. Tnida, a beautiful maiden-of the tribe, falls In love with him, and the two are finally thrown out of the tribe and left to starve on the beach. Then a yacht appears on which are Ste r 47 fi£&t h0T . ,ft J h8r an * Harnash. They are t™ n ch "i 8 , for \ ttn B «*<nan lo. confess their w?-i ni"' 7 lao ^ at the rl * bt «». (Other- Th»t ^T? woul <« not have been a picture.) They confess to Van Beeknion. but he turns I? talSn? *? Mn , K th ? ono * oraan "or him. nood fromXn^ tUey PUr9U0 the,r »™»- no !i e i <la . ?*B makcB a "beautiful and tem- peramental Truda. Olendon as Derrick Is lT l \*» [lc ,^ 0 otn . erB leDd competent sup! port The picture la well done and tho Photography Is satisfactory. Siegfried Sohlagor, of the Los Ansolea "Examiner," Is now 'with the Coast publicity department of tbe Universal. pumiciiy LEWIS J. SE'LZN