Select Pictures Magazine (1919)

SELECT PICTURES MAGAZINE Page 9 CLIP THESE INTERESTING ITEMS YOUR LOCAL PAPER WILL GLADLY PRINT THEM (TO BE RUN BEFORE OR DURING SHOWING) Constance Talmadge in one of the pretty negligees she wears in “Happiness a la Mode,” and Harrison Ford, her leading man. Constance Talmadge Seen in Beautiful Negligees Constance Talmadge is seen in many beautiful negligees in her latest Select Pic- ture, “Happiness a la Mode,” which is of- fered on at the , Theatre, and in which she is presented, as in all her other Select Pictures, by Lewis J. Selznick. One of pale blue pussy-willow taffeta trimmed with gold-colored silk grosgrain ribbon and pink rosebuds is particularly exquisite. Another of mauve-colored georgette embroidered in golden-brown chenille, with a chic Dutch cap to match is equally as beautiful. These and several others are shown off to advantage when Miss Talmadge as Barbara Townsend, the beautiful neglected wife, “plays sick” in order to win back the love of her husband, who has deserted her for a “vamp.” “Happiness a la Mode” is a charming, delightful, snappy comedy plus drama, in which the star shines. It will make you smile—laugh—howl. Women, Hold On To Your Husbands How a young and beautiful wife loses her husband and then wins him back again is delightfully portrayed by Constance Tal- madge in her latest Select Picture, “Hap- piness a la Mode,” in which, as in all her other Select Pictures, she is presented by Lewis J. Selznick. Now there are various ways of losing a husband and one of them is for a wife to tyrranize him and never allow him to get away from her apron strings. That’s the way a lot of husbands are lost. But still another way to get rid of friend husband is to let him have too much freedom. Barbara Townsend, portrayed by Miss Talmadge, was ambitious to make a success of married life. She realized that to pen up a husband and jealously watch his every action, would be fatal to her aspirations. So strongly was she impressed with this idea that she didn’t realize that she was allowing him too much freedom and that she could lose him just as easily by giving him too much rope as by trying to tyrannize him. So when he came to her one day and asked for a divorce it was a painful shock to her. He had mistaken her attitude for a lack of interest in him and “another wo- man” was the result. Nevertheless, Barbara was proud and she gave him the divorce, but she didn’t give him up. This action was merely the first step in her grand plan to win him back. How she wins back his affections and defeats the schemes of the other woman forms a very clever story which the star portrays with unusual skill. Walter Edwards, veteran director, piloted the star through the story and an unusually strong cast supports her. It can be seen on at the Theatre. Clever Wife Outwits “Vamp” Homebreaker The cleverness of a young wife, who re- alized that the only way to make a man happy is to give him his own way, and give him the things he wants only for him to discover that he doesn’t want them at all, is the basic motif of the plot of “Hap- piness a la Mode,” Constance Talmadge’s latest Select Picture, which can be seen on • at the Theatre. In this, as in all her other Select Pictures, Miss Talmadge is presented by Lewis J. Selznick. Instead of raising a tempest when she hears that her husband is beginning to tire of her and is falling in love with another woman, she lets him frame up divorce evi- dence. She is told by the court that her final decree will be granted her in three months. Just as soon as he is separated from his wife, friend husband begins to realize what he is missing, and all the old love, which had been temporarily forgotten, returns. He attempts to persuade her to call off the separation but she refuses. The other woman learns of the attentions Dick is paying to his wife and she becomes horribly jealous, calling his conduct dis- graceful. But Dick now realizes his mis- take and the divorce is never consummated. Situations Reversed in “Happiness A La Mode” Familiar situations are reversed all the way through Constance Talmadge’s latest Select Picture. “Happiness a la Mode,” in which she is presented by Lewis J. Selznick and which can be seen on at the Theatre. “Happiness a la Mode” is the sprightliest comedy plus drama in which the Select star has yet appeared, the role of the young wife being particularly well adapted to her. The story is unusual from start to finish. The author, Edwina Levin, has kept away from the bromidic and the expected, and although she works with perfectly natural human situations, she turns them about in a way that makes them totally new and amazing. It is no easy thing to take the eternal- triangle situation and make a novelty out of it, but that is what Miss Levin has done. The developments that one expects, do not happen and those that do happen are total surprises. The picture is genuine and true to life and while it will afford the audience many hearty laughs, it has some very strong dramatic moments as well. “Happiness a la Mode” was directed by Walter Edwards; Harrison Ford is the leading man. Others in the excellent cast that supports the star are Betty Schade, Myrtle Richelle, Paul Weigel, Thomas D. Persse and A. Fremont.