Picturegoer (1922)

60 THE PlCTUf2&GOtR MAY 192?. far ; he seems to go from bad to worse in each serial, and no better screen Chinese could be found than Warner, w ho certainly looks the perfect Oriental. Robert McKim on the screen is everyone's ideal of all a good oldfashioned villain ought to be, and in The Money Changers he has a real roaring melodrama in which to be wicked. It is crammed with true melodramatic ingredients, including a drug king, lots of Chinamen, a big politician who is a crook, the powerful villain who deals in souls and drugs, and everything else you can think of. Many scenes take place in Chinatown, ending in a big fight, which is somewhat drawn out. However, the police do not seem to have hurried themselves to put an end to it. though they </<> appear and restore order later. Ail venture and intrigue are here in chunks, and picturegOers who enjoy a tense hour or so will find The Money Changers good value. Roy Stewart and Claire Adams play leading roles, and the long supporting cast do excellent work. L'pton Sinclair wrote the story on which the film was based. M< Kim is a native of California ; he first saw the light at San Jacinto, a little desert town, and was educated at Berkeley. He commenced acting in San Francisco, and was at one time Lily Langtry's leading man. Koher is an adept at iniquity of all kinds. Here's a list of a lew crimes he has committed on the screen : In kjig he shot ,i paralytic who was helpless, wrecked a train and killed a host of innocent infants on their way home from a school treat, set fire to a hospital full of wounded men, poisoned a bridal cake, ran away with umpteen wives (including his best friend's), stole Salvation Army funds, and ended his year by blowing up a Home for old ladies with dynamite; and nineteen-. Orphans of the Storm." twenty and twenty-one's records are worse ; but in his newest screen -play, A Certain Rich Man, he has his best part to date and is not a villain. McKim does a good deal of directing as well as acting. Henry Arthur Jones wrote a play called " Michael and His Lost Angel," which had a short-lived run in London some years ago. Now it has been translated to the screen, and has acquired the intriguing title of Whispering Devils. It is the drama of a man's struggle against evil forces, and Conway Tearle plays the clergyman, " Michael," and Rosemary Theby, Audrey " (the Lost Angel). Tearle's admirers will like him in this powerful characterisation of a Welsh minister whose meeting with a beautiful woman has such momentous results. Some beautiful and picturesque settings add much to the charm of a strong and well-acted feature, which is exceedingly good as to direction and subtitles. Conway Tearle made a brief return to the stage of late, but is resuming film work very shortly. Like Ktpps, A Dear Fool, which also stars George K. Arthur, is almost a one-character film-play. " G. K.," who plays the whimsical reporterauthor-hero, pleased the author of the book (" Artemas ") by his interpretation, and will be certain to please picturegoers. He appears in almost every scene, and his pleasing personality and the way he takes life and affairs just as they come dominates the film. The other characters have been rather subordinated to his, but Edna Flugrath docs her best as a girl reporter, and Edward O'Neil is a natural-looking editor. Bertie Wright, too, is good in a caricature role. British comedy-drama is somewhat rare, but this otu> is an excellent example of its kind, and George K. Arthur deepens the pleasant impression he gave in Kipp^. Harry Carey's May release is a fascinating blend of action, suspense, humour, thrills and romance, and will delight his large circle of admirers. In the title-role [lilue Streak McCoy) Carey is a happygo-lucky cowboy in love with a girl from the East, and the part gives him more chances for humour and characterisation than usual. Some effective work is done by the late " Breezy " EasOn as Carey's boy chum, a role the poor little fellow filled in real life, for his father, Reeves Eason, was Harry Carey's director, and the little star and the big one were almost always to be seen in each other's company. You can't look beautiful when you're doing your own housework. You can't look even nice — unless you're in a film." This was the pronouncement of a film fan at the end of an Ethel Clayton screen-play. True it is that this star, who specialises in " home " stories, always contrives to look " nice " whether she is seen cooking luncheon or cleaning house. But, then, like all shrewd housewives, film or otherwise, she pays great attention to her attire. Observant fans must have noticed ,how she always covers her dainty frock with an equally dainty overall. And everyone else who does the same will find that " you can look nice even amid the throes of house-cleaning." Delightful house-frocks and overalls are obtainable nowadays, and some of the prettiest come from The Stand Mill Company, Ltd., 7, Bradley Street, Manchester. A post card to the makers at the address mentioned above will bring you full particulars, patterns, and colours of these pretty and practical garments, which arc not at all expensive. It is not surprising that the kinematograph exerts an increasing appeal to those who have the good fortune to possess an artistic temperament. It is, however, surprising how few people cultivate the artistic gift — especially as there are to-day so many openings for men and women who can make the kind of sketches arid designs that are wanted, and well-paid for, by the leading advertisers. There are two essentials for success — the right temperament and the right training. If you have the former you may now obtain the latter by correspondence, in yotir leisure time at home. If doubtful about your natural ability and you send a specimen sketch to Mr.Chas.E. Dawson -of " Dawson Girl" fame — at 57, Berners, Street, W.I, you will receive from him an expert opinion on your chances of success in the fascinating profession, and. as vou are a reader of " PICTUREGOER," you can thus secure professional advice from this well-known artist free of all cost.