Visual Education (Jan-Dec 1922)

340 Visual Education so sedulously trained to gullibility as those of today. There is a deal of "rough stuff" from beginning to end. The feature is best worth seeing folks matchless ocean pictures. Never before, perhaps, has the appeal of the sea in all its moods, from smiling calm to crashing storm, been so beautifully recorded by the camera. {First National.) Kindred of the Dust Rare screen fare for the discriminating. Made' from Peter B. Kyne's story, the film is thoroughly big and fine — a happy blend of drama, sentiment, pathos and fun. In spots the action is a trifle long-drawn-out and there are a number of overlong titles, but the net result in entertainment is far above the average. Lionel Belmore as the California lumberman known as The Laird, Ralph Graves as his son, and Miriam Cooper as the charming sweetheart, are as human and real as your best friend. This is a picture the whole family may well add to its album of screen memories. (First National.) The Masquerader A picture that approaches perfection, mechanically and artistically. The cast sparkles with favorite players, chief among them Guy Bates Post, who created the dual role of John Chilcote and John Loder on the stage. It is seldom that a novel which has commanded millions of readers proves equally satisfying in screen form, but there is no doubt that in this case the trick has been turned. (First National.) Rose o' the Sea Anita Stewart has an exceedingly tame and conventional vehicle in this story of a flower-shop girl who, after assorted hardships, finally marries her sweetheart's father — the picture's sole touch of originality. So well is the production put on that you find your attention "playing hookey" among its technical perfections, instead of following the fortunes of the lovely but per fectly uninteresting heroine. No reason to cancel this from the children's list, except for its utter futility. (First National.) The Siren's Call The Yukon country is the siren in this case and not Dorothy Dalton, who, as often in the past, is a casino girl — a spotless lily in a very spotty environment. The picture gives few opportunities for real acting. There is a good piece of "action stuff" in the form of a fight on a raft. Not a film for which John Junior should be allowed to divert his nickels from his toy bank. (Famous Playcrs-Lasky.) Sonny This picture gets under your skin, despite a feeling that the recipe called for considerable hokum, that the villainy was "lugged in by the hair of its head," and that the like-as-two-peas resemblance idea has earned a vacation. The story is exceedingly well handled. Richard Barthelmess is delightful in his dual role, and Margaret Seddon is sincere and appealing as the blind mother who little by little has the truth about the young masquerader revealed to her inner sight. Entitled to the family permit. (First National.) While Satan Sleeps Seeing this picture version of one of Peter B. Kyne's best stories, "The Parson of Panamint," the fastidious picturegoer is tempted to lift the ban from melodrama — so excellently is it done here. Jack Holt does convincing work in the part of an escaped thief who, posing as a preacher, is engaged by a church in a crude little western town, where he works out his salvation. The scenes centering around the death of the dance-hall girl are so beautifully handled that few fans escape without surreptitious dabs below the eye-brows. One wishes a less sensational title had been chosen as a box-office substitute for the original; the film deserves kinder christening. (Famous PlayersLasky.) JUST FINISHED! A new set of Stereoscopic Pictures and Lantern Slides on Natural History These life-like pictures, far superior to ordinary photographs, are a splendid help in giving Visual Instruction. Complete descriptive label accompanies each stereograph, printed directly on the back. Sample collection and complete list on request. 434 N. Parkside Ave. H. LUSCHE Chicago, 111. The Woman Who Walked Alone An English society drama whose trite story, overloaded with coincidence, is redeemed for many by its fine acting and interesting atmosphere. Dorothy Dalton, Milton Sills, Wanda Hawley and Maurice Flynn head a capable cast. One baffling defect is the failure to explain the heroine's sudden appearance as a busy tavern-keeper in South Africa, hard upon her divorce in England. You mutter "movie license," but fidget over the hiatus none the less. Distinctly a picture of adult appeal. (Famous Players-Lasky.) Yellow Men and Gold Lively and lurid is this tale of adventure about a treasure hunt. Melodrama of the deepest dye, it has a closing twist that makes you suspect Gouverneur Morris of writing it tongue in cheek. As the pantalooned boss of a Chinese crew, Helene Chadwick is an engagingly different heroine. While, as with all stories of Treasure Island stripe, the plot involves much violence, few parents would strike it off the children's list on that score. (Goldwyn.) VISUAL EDUCATION ON WHEELS (Continued front page 320) — concrete sense impressions which not one in ten thousand will ever have opportunity to gain through an actual visit, yet which the poorest and most limited child may enjoy through these effectual "visual visits." In a very practical way the museum is applying that wise saying of Comenius in which is summed up the whole spirit of visual education: "As far as possible, men are taught to become wise, not by books only, but by the heavens, the earth, oaks and beeches ; that is, they must learn to know and examine things themselves, and not the testimony and observations of others about these things." MOTION PICTURE USERS Schools. 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