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NKW VOHK. MONDAY) AUGUST 13. IMI,
THE PHOTO-DRAMA
Five little minutes of William Fafnum on the cinema screen lends more dignity to the art of the photoplay than five months of the usual silly prattle of most of the slick-haired toddle-top demons of our day.
There slipped into the . Park Theatre yesterday afternoon one of the finest bits of motion picture characterization that has been seen in New York for a year. And Mr Farnum, although he finds himself the central figure in'a story of life as old as the hills, gives us a lesson in facial expression, photo-dramatic excellence and all 'round good pantomime that will cause those who see him to once more
take heart and renew hope that the picture play is not going to the dogs. * * *
The really worth while part of "Perjury" is the acting of Mr. Farnum In America there is not another man more capable or more talented by nature to act before the camera than he. The wonder is that he has not long before now set himself aside, selected good stories and specialized in the socalled "super-films." the kind that are good enough — and have sufficient power and appeal— to stay on Broadway for months. * * *
His great "intellectual" head ; his human, tender, courageous, manly countenance ; his fine hair ; his eyes
that speak to the lens , his lion-like frame; his neatness and his grace. He has them all.
He caresses his baby-girl, and you wonder if it isn't really his own. He sinks that huge fist into the midsection of an enemy and you grunt of pain. He acts. He is positive at all times. You never wonder what he is about to do. You behold what he already has done. He is no poser. Oh, for a few more like him ! Or, perhaps we should say, more pictures with him.
His work in "Perjury" is worthy of more than the usual amount of space devoted to an actor, because he really acts. Q. L. M.
Direct from its New York run
'"Mr. William Fox
presents
another of his Special SuperFeatures, starring
WILLIAM FARN U M
In a photodrama of tremendous human interest
PERJ
By Ruth Comfort Mitchell Scenario ly Mary Murillo