The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

the m "np ». "ley Ml «v JANE M'LEANr ®y ''*r,t. «.at new picture I nai, company. " » LroducU,n. -^°',;\.„,,a to conveyI meaning it w« ^^^^^^ [its purpose Is to fro 0/8 vi\'^ivir''?^ ">em'"' ca,; 'he t"y to ll'"<'i to-""t>vC t to «» a L .your "10 0^ \0« t>.» ■^^^ r^at '^^^Wat^ \e9 \e6 ,son 90C vetV k^n«9 rV.ot«»"i, ,o4 AtvK *, to lf?„«»V p purpv" • , „ ,ar a» .oclety and to p ^^^ocracy possible that :;,,ent where ^mocracy 1. " while, '-rw"::-'".' -noed on t^. hv James Oppen °Vn":ht" r::t.r/pro.o.ue has helm. An Ihte ^^^^^^ "'"''who S to eee It and benefit rer:y-fesWJtlnvo7.^X^^^^^ ^•r'^'^ttrrhX^aiwryaio ,«,thln a pKtur ,4. m J^^13 tneny of the hope-jh, mm t;'^» . ,oman woman I •match ■ BtocVX-*""' IDLE WIVES TRUE TO LITE Powerful Photoplay at Maxine Elliott's Theat-e Faithfully Portrays Foibles of Human Nature. Lesson for the Young. By REV THOMAS B GREGORY. IT w«» my sood fortune last evening to »ee "Idle Wives." at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. Thlrtynlntfi street and Broadway, and it was— RIDICULOUS. But hold on a minute. This does not mean what It would seem to mean. do not Intend to convey the Idea that 'Idle Wlv<-j» is slllx, or C9mlcal, or purlle. t sa.y the picture Is ridiculous: .and ft is ridiculous simply beoausii (t Is a perfect replica of human nfe. and human life Is the most ridiculous of all things. In fact, the only ridiculous thing under the stars. But bold on once more, please I am not slandering human life, or making light of It. If I thought there was a drop of cynicism In my blood I'd let It out if It killed me: for one had better be dead than be a cynla ■contrasts vrVIDLY SHOWN. A Most Unusual Picture Presented In An Unusual Way. Direct From Tremendously Successful Run At the Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York. It Creates a Sensation Wherever Shown. xiP . eeV r^e^ >\Jl >i All These Clippings Are From New York Newspapers Alone i .cWo "TT J'O^'^" oUt>6 \ he the ' ••~w,e t*' at ^'t^^cate to ttt% a«vnlt^;3^odef,\>cVde';l,Vat Z the »l>l«"<}fVii ^pllin^s a^'^'-^"'' iraate* detail. ^^^^^^^ bacKground t^^o-^rat^ry'inuT-n^ the scene in 'Thronlversa. Tl.m Company h.s undertaken to preee-t a «r,es of P ture. that w,U serve as .^^^ '^%:r "nno. he"; ou, add to t Xs-^h-oombeTu" recognised ana appreciated. . think of what human be and ought to be, and what It actually Is. it laugh It IS funny It is height of the ridiculous, ist between the possibility [caJlty. between the oughtthe Is amuses us to the iste. itrast Is brought to you .ly while you are watchWlves ■ It 13 a powfrlon. and It Is powerful betrue to nature — human I and women as they In this world, ves" takes no text.. Ibut E a sermon greater than as ever heard In a pulon.) nger of tjw"Qlence. the aving notU)r"«Xo do the ination of ii/mjimless life, irresolution, nausea and !l th^s IS brought home picture with a great ..ght a light that fairly shudder want to know what a little child IS in a homo? > see Idle Wives." and he homes where. In the jiurseries. professional employed 10 scientifically trie children 10 do without I en \\ucra»^ heir parents. After a look into those nurseries >u will love yJ9\jT child more than /er hug It closer and harder than [ver before In this great "pjciure we are made f* feel the supreme necessity of apIreciatlng life and most of all the kmple life, the life of smcpnty and ^uth. A^s opposed to the hollow maslerade. the hypocrisy tn silk and pphlres. that is so characteristic the existence of the idle rich SO\S FOR YOUNG, nodenially we are e:iy«n to aee w not only arnong the rich, but ^ .one ail men there 13 a spirit of foolish dtsconient \l^t <^auses the mT)rai n reck -of tnnu^A'ftbie •^•ounff lives the blasting of beautiful hopetf .1 — .|| never bloom again times mother, ^ho knowf loves most, puts in her that Ma best heartfeTt to*"-to . . her advice eTt prayei begs son or daugh* listen to hei and to profit by but the un ;e dissat