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IF YOU BELIEVE IT, IT'S SO— Paramount
A plausible, well-knit, wholesome story with Thomas Melghan cast in a role similar to his hit In "The Miracle Man." You can expect picturesque things of a reformed crook, especially when he Is in love with an earnest country maid, such as Pauline Starke. Clear-cut characterizations, In suitable harmony to their environment, abound In this picture. Joseph Dowllng, Theodore Roberts and Clarence Burton are especially picturesque. The sure strokes of some studio O. Henry are apparent In the presentation, too.
THE GILDED CAGE— Para
H mount ERE is a feeble myth that reveals its destination in the first reel. Splendorous sets, beautiful costumes and Gloria Swanson rescue it from the impossible. Which is just exactly what those elements are supposed to do. A shapely girl in tights, tumbling from a trapeze into' a bed of feathers concealed on a banquet board, substitutes for dramatic interest. Great stuff for tired business men — and their daughters who pattern after the •xotic Gloria's costumes.
THE CROSSROADS OF NEW p. YORK— First National EMERGING from his robes of clown, Mack Sennett has produced here a crashing melodrama -burlesque. If In Instances It crashes too much and the tempo breaks, who cares? With the cast apparently registering let-the-chlps-fallwhere-they-may, we have n.o cause foj* complaint. It Is good entertalnment. George O'Hara Is the boy who, despite bearing upon his shoulders the hardships and tribulations gathered from Ye Hero's melodramatic past, keeps to the straight and narrow, with Kathryn McGuire acting prettily as his com* pass.