Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 September 1916 — Page 9
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916.
j4f The Movies
Br Mique O'Brien.
"The Ne'er Do Well" repeats well, ust as does that other Hex Beach lassie, "The Spoilers." The reason is bvious. "The Ne'er Dov Well" is &n mcommonly good picture, witi\ a real uman interest story, splendidly told, or a background.
Many who saw "The Ne'er Do Well vhen the picture was first presented it the American, only a short while fgo, were back yesterday to lend eclat o the return engagement. Kathlyn SVilliams does some wonderfully effective "work as Mrs. Cortlandt, the woman of affairs, who carries on a desperate flirtation right under the nose ,W her heart-broken husband. Wheeler Dak man was a happy selection for the hole of Kirk Anthony. There are some ftelicious character bits. Sydney Smith, or instancej- is a scream as the fupsy it tie Panama official. "The Ne'er D6 ell" closes tonight.
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The regular program at,1 the Varieties was interrupted long enough yesterday afternoon to reel off the much discussed American-Mutual art film, "'Purity." In this picture Miss Audrey Munson, who was the sculptor's Tnodel in "Inspiration," is again an artist's model, posing in what Du Maurier, described as the altogether." .One of the pictures she poses for isi the means of lifting a poet and an jartist from obscurity to fame and fortune. The early scenes are allegorical, land some beautiful dancing numbers are introduced. "Purity" Is a remarkable picture, treated in a most artistic way. It may b.e seen at a local ihouse ere long. Patrons of the Cresicent, last night, were also given an 'unexpected treat when four reels of "Purity" were given aa extra measure -With the regular program. It was very nice of the management of the ^Varieties, .and of the Crescent, to provide this* extra entertainment. But •Vouldh't it have been nicer still if t"Purity" had been announced in advance? Not all of those who paid to i„«ee "The Patriot" or Charley Chap]In in the Count'* relished the idea' of sitting t:,through an hour and a half of allegorical and studio stuff—beautiful and ^rlistic though it be—in order to see what they paid to see. Let us have these "private exhibitions" of mornings or after 11 p. no. hereafter,
Messrs. Managers! "Gretchen, the Greenhorn," the Tri-angle-Fine Arts photoplay, in which Dorothy Gish is the Btar, and which will be shown at the Varieties today •anc\ Wednesday, is the seventh GrifflthiAupervised film in which this popular 'movie player has fce.en featured since she joined the Xrian.tla forces. The six,others are "Q11 Heidelberg, "Jor-i-dan is a Hard Romi," "Betty of (Jraybtones," "Little Meena's Romance." tr"Susan Rocks the Boat" and "The Little
Schoolma'am." i "Gretchen, the Greenhorn" relates the adventures of an immigrant. The
Widow. Garrity (Kate Bruce) and her six children have imported roles. One
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the kiddos, Georgie Stone, is obliged •j. to follow cldsely upon the heels of some of the Keystone acrobats. He
Jumps on the rear of a speeding automobile, boards a revenue cutter on the wing and does other Helen Olbson I stunts. Ralph Lewis, Eugene Paletto it and Frank Bennett have Important parts in this picture.
One of the funniest scenes In "The Count," the Mutual-Chaplin comedy at the Crescent, occurs in the ballroom. Chaplin is dancing with Miss Purviance
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