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V6
Visual Education
9fte Films in Review
JAVA HEAD
IT is said that Hergesheimer was fifteen years in winning public favor. It has taken him as long to secure a place on the screen, but he has at last arrived. "Java Head" is an interesting, vivid narrative and it has made an interesting, vivid picture, filmed with all the meticulous precision and care of the Lasky studios.
The story is that of a New England youth who is unable for sundry reasons to wed the lady of his choice and so takes to the high seas, landing eventually in Shanghai. There, in the quaint and winding streets, he rescues a Chinese maiden in distress. This same maiden proves to be a Manchu princess bound by iron-clad traditions, and since a white dog has looked upon her face she is fated to die. In such an emergency, what can the hero do but marry her and so save her from unmerited death? But then he takes her, still wearing her rich oriental robes and her peculiar Manchu makeup, back to his prim New England home. Of course the lady of his original choice suffers, and of course he suffers, and of course the oriental wife suffers. Finally she makes the supreme sacrifice and removes herself forever from the scene, via an overdose of opium.
As can be readily understood, every one in the cast has a remarkable opportunity to show all kinds of emotion, and nobly does every one rise to the occasion. Lcatrice Joy is a poised actress and handles capably the difficult role of the Chinese girl. Jacqueline Logan as the forsaken love also docs excellent work. The settings arc a joy, particularly those of the New England coast, for the filming was done right in Salem, Massachusetts, the locale of the novel.
The picture is one of sharp contrasts in atmosphere and characterization, and in addition to the prestige of its authorship, possesses considerable merit from an artistic standpoint.
Released by Famous Players-Lasky.
PEG O* MY HEART
YOUNG Lochinvar came out of the west, and through all the wide border his steed was the best. And little Peg came out of the west, and through all the wide border her brogue was the best.
Every one knows, of course, about Peg o' My Heart. A stage play of record runs, lithographs and popular songs have made her name as familiar as that of the Prince of Wales ; so that her screen debut is a matter to gossip about.
The tale follows the familiar Cinderella pattern. A poor little girl from Ireland comes to live with her English relatives, who have proud ancestral halls and all that sort of thing. She shocks them outrageously and every one else besides, but eventually she leads to the altar an aristocratic neighbor of the dignified relatives. This type of story is eternally popular with the American populace, and in this instance it has been filmed by King Vidor with ability and fine intelligence.
Laurette Taylor, who created the role on the legitimate stage, makes in this picture her first cinematic appearance.
JAVA HEAD
It is one thing to accept life from the Fate that was bent upon snatching it away; it is another to make the best of that life when one is an oriental thrust into an occidental environment that is strange, uncongenial and unsympathetic, without even the ministering hands of Love to make smooth the way.