Select Pictures Magazine (1919)

SELECT PICTURES MAGAZINE Page 7 CLIP THESE INTERESTING ITEMS YOUR LOCAL PAPER WILL GLADLY PRINT THEM (TO BE RUN BEFORE OR DURING SHOWING) The Best Weeper Wins In “Happiness a la Mode,” Constance Talmadge’s latest starring vehicle in which she is presented by Lewis J. Selznick on — at the Theatre, Miss Talmadge portrays a young wife with an unfaithful husband, who succumbs to the wiles of another woman and asks his little wifey for a divorce. She gives him his divorce and she is allowed three months in which to file her final decree. Wifey was just clever enough to realize that the way to win back her man was to trade places with her rival. The other woman was now the promised wife and she was now the “outside ’ girl, the ro- mantic sweetheart. Her plans are brought to a fruitful conclusion when she invites him to dinner and pretends to have a nerv- ous breakdown after the meal. He takes her home and sends for the doctor. While hubby is tenderly caring for her, the fem- inine rival appears on the scene and, seek- ing to arouse the sympathy of the man, starts to weep. But little wifey is not to be outdone and also bursts into a flood of tears. The best weeper wins. Who was it? See “Happiness a la Mode.” The Things We Mortals Cannot Have, Are the Things We Most Desire The greatest joy of living is in the real- ization or fulfillment of our desires. Our hopes for the future are what keep us buoyed up and keen for life. Once a thing is accomplished, however, it is a dead issue and we forget it and trim our eyes to new problems and new desires. And so on through life. We live for the future, not for the past. . , . This theme is splendidly illustrated in a new Select Picture, “Happiness a la Mode, a sparkling comedy plus drama, starring that delightful and charming young bit of vivacity, Constance Talmadge, who plays the role of Barbara Townsend, a young wife. . , Her husband, young and fickle, tires of her. She was the accomplished ideal—a memory of the past. She had been wooed and won, and consequently was not as in- teresting or fascinating as she used to be. Her young and foolish husband began to enjoy the company of other women and little wifey didn’t wake up until one day he asked her for a divorce. Being possessed of a large share of feminine pride, she agreed. She still loved him, however, and determined to win him back. She realized that to make him in- terested in her she must trade places with this new “flame.” She must become the sweetheart—the unattainable. How she did this furnishes a rollicking, breezy story, full of laughs. “Happiness a la Mode” can be seen on at the Theatre, in which the star is presented, as always, by Lewis J. Selznick. Women, Keep Your Husbands Guessing “Of course, there is no question as to the superiority of the feminine sex over the masculine when it comes to a game of wits in a love affair.” It was no other than Constance Tal- madge, who is presented by Lewis J. Selz- nick at the r Theatre next 111 her latest Select Picture, "Happiness a la Mode,” who ventured to make this bold assertion. The importance of making such a statement forced her to try and look very serious and dignified but she could not re- press a mischievous smile which stole over her lovely face. “Well, that settles it, if you say so,” said her interviewer with an air of resignation, “but nevertheless, I, as a man, am curious to know on what grounds you base your assumption.” “Oh, that’s easy,” laughed the vivacious little star. “Don’t the men always propose to the ladies? Aren’t they always the ones who get on their knees and say pleadingly and with a pounding heart, 'Darling, will you be mine ?’ ” “Admitted, but that's because it , is the custom and has been for centuries.” “You say it’s because it is the custom. But customs and beliefs change, you must remember; otherwise people would still be wearing hoop skirts and knee breeches and burning witches at the stake. “People of this age defy custom. They are continually introducing something new or different from the old way of thinking or doing—especially the American people. Don’t you know that if a man thought it within his power to make a woman propose, he would do so? He would do so just to show his importance, his strategy. But it can't be done! Man has always proposed to woman and always will. That is one custom that has endured and will endure to the end of eternity. “Before the knot is tied, he is afraid to take any risk—he isn't quite sure of him- self. Woman keeps him guessing and he can’t make sure whether or not he has captured her, and to ease his mind he gets humbly down on his knees and asks her. “If a woman doesn’t keep a man guess- ing, even after she is his wife, then it is her fault if she loses him. In my latest picture, ‘Happiness a la Mode,’ the wife kept the husband guessing from start to finish. She was so indifferent to him that he did not know whether she loved him or not. A little man-hunting female comes along and the result is that wifey soon finds hubby asking for a divorce.. She grants it—and then keeps him guessing all the more. Her problem now is to beat the other woman in a game of wits. And she handles the situation so well that hubby is all up in the air. He wants his wife back and he has another woman on his hands, who no longer interests him. Well, in the long run she gets her husband back. So you. see, even after marriage a woman can handle a man with ease if she only cares enough to keep him worrying about her.” One couldn’t contradict her with such determination written all over her face. “You win!” said her interviewer, hope- lessly, as he wandered away. Harrison Ford Again With Constance Talmadge An excellent cast supports Constance Talmadge in her latest Select Picture, “Happiness a la Mode,” in which she is pre- sented by Lewis J. Selznick and which is offered on —= at the Theatre. Harrison Ford will again be seen oppo- site Miss Talmadge in the leading role— that of a frivolous young husband who doesn’t realize how much he needs his wife until he has lost her. This makes the ninth picture in which Mr. Ford has ap- peared opposite Miss Talmadge. Others of importance in the cast are Betty Schade, Myrtle Richelle, Paul Weigel, Thomas D. Persse and A. Fremont. Unique Way of Getting Divorce There are many ways of getting divorces, but one of the most unique and amusing- schemes ever concocted for getting evi- dence for a divorce is seen in Constance Talmadge’s latest Select Picture, “Happi- ness a la Mode,” in which the star is pre- sented, as in all her Select Pictures, by Lewis J. Selznick. However, for obvious reasons, it would not be advisable for prospective divorce seekers to adapt this scheme to their own use; the judges also go to the movies, you know. Go to the Theatre on and see how it was done. You’ll laugh until you cry. Constance Talmadge in Role of Young Wife Constance Talmadge appears at her best in the role of a young wife in her latest Select Picture, “Happiness a la Mode,” a bright comedy of married life. In this, as in all her other Select Pictures, she is presented by Lewis J. Selznick. That most perplexing and interesting of all life’s problems—marriage—is given a novel twist in this latest of Miss Tal- madge’s screen successes. Constance Tal- madge, as the young wife—very young— has heard that disastrous results are the outcome of marriages where the wife keeps too close “tabs” on her husband. So she gives him all the freedom he wants. He thinks that she no longer cares and under the beguiling glances of the “other woman,” he soon believes that his wife is no longer the woman he thought she was. He asks her for a divorce and though she still loves him, she gives it to him. And then she sets about to win him back. The plot is unusual. It is not a shoddy triangle story of the old type but a brand new, fresh and wholesome drama of youth up against the realities of life. This charm- ing story of life which can be seen on at the Theatre will furnish you with many good laughs and will also leave you something to think about. Walter Edwards directed it.