Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

(0V1OTIC Across the Silversheet (Continued from page 62) sale. The false heir and the real heir to these antiques appear in regulation storybook fashion ; we are treated once more to the old situation of the exchanged babies. Bessie is threatened with exposure by the false heir, but the real Lord proves his identity in time to make the title and coat-of-arms Bessie's own, via the gold band route. There are flashes of the young Bessie Love charm, but on the whole it seemed to us as if the little girl were somewhat stifled with too much background. Robert Gordon is the other notable present. THE RED LANTERN METRO This is a film replete with remarkable atmosphere. Neither time nor money has been spared in the effort to make this spectacular bit of screen work an imposing panorama of China. In the midst of Oriental splendor Nazimova does some of the most excellent work of her shadow career. Her art, however, is somewhat lost sight of in the grandeur of the appointments. While Nazimova is translating pathos to the screen, one's mind is apt to wander to a gorgeous door, or consider the vivid costuming; at least I found it that way. The story concerns a half-breed Chinese girl's hopeless love for the son of the missionary who has educated her. Nazimova plays two parts, that of the Chinese girl and the American girl whom the boy turns to. The Chinese girl, bitterly resenting the unfairness of a people who educate yet never accept socially one of the . yellow race, joins in a Boxer uprising, portraying the part of the Goddess of the Red Lantern. Her prophecies prove false, the white people win the war, and rather than be killed she swallows poison. In a Chinese play, we know there can be only two conclusions, either the Chinese turns out to be wholly white or — death. East will always be East, as the poet says. All in all "The Red Lantern" would be a stupendous accomplishment, even if it didn't contain the added attraction of the superb Nazimova. THE STRONGER VOW GOLDWYN There might have been an interesting element of suspense in this picture, in fact we might have derived considerable enjoyment out of Sherlocking the motives as we went along, were it not for the fact that Goldwyn has carefully eliminated any need of our using our brains at all, by minutely describing each character, what he does and why, in lengthy subtitles. As a book, "The Stronger Vow" is rather well illustrated with pictures of Geraldine Farrar. THE MONEY CORRAL ARTCRAFT We liked this William S. Hart picture, which is a pretty tame statement to apply to anything so well done. Briefly, it is a consistently told melodrama about a Westerner who comes East to protect a millionaire's bank. The whole is excellently directed, with Hart at his best. THE TEST OF HONOR — PARAMOUNT John Barrymore, who has hitherto confined his screenic efforts to farcical work, here demonstrates that he can be as serious on the screen as on the stage. 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