Life — July 21, 1921 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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The Silent Drama The Twice Born Woman § the program will tell you, “‘The | Twice Born Woman’ has an ap- peal which disregards creed.” Creed, however, is only one of the many things that the authors of the piece, Malcolm Strauss and Eve Unsell, may be held guilty of disregarding. Among them is good taste. Another is scriptural ac- curacy. fessional ethics—if such there be in the fourth largest industry. Something very big and fine and ennobling may be done some day with a film presentation of the incidents in the life of Christ, but the | present effort serves only to emphasize the many limitations of the screen and to point the long road that lies ahead. Carnival UITE the best picture that has come out of England thus far is “Car- * a Harley Knoles production, with n Lang and Hilda Bailey in the leading réles. The story is of an Italian actor, Silvio Steno, who becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife is unfaithful. They appear together in “Othello” and, when the final scene comes, Steno, as Othello, attempts to strangle Desdemona in dead earnest. Of course, the stage hands rush on in time to prevent him from doing anything that he might be sorry for. Miss Bailey, as the wife, is decidedly | decorative and pleasantly emotional, and | Mr. Lang appears to particular ad- vantage in the Othello part. Most of the picture was taken in and the exterior scenes are con- sequently splendid—almost good enough, | in fact, to make up for the interior scenes, which, with their wealth of hotel lobby furniture and potted palms, com- pare favorably with the worst we can do ourselves in American movie studios. Wealth DD one more poor picture to Ethel Clayton's list of starring vehicles. The title this time is “Wealth”; and | it is somewhat duller and more foolish than usual. The old reliable Cosmo Hamilton is responsible for the story. Comedies FTER recording such depressing pro- ductions as the above, it is a real pleasure to be able to announce that us: invariably delightful instigators of mirth, are as funny as usual in “Hard Luck” and “Among Those Present,” respec- tively. We wish that a few of the so- called feature film stars maintained as high an average. RES. For Review Next Weex—“The Conquering Power” and “Behind Masks.” + Keaton’ and Harold Lloyd, those TRUNK Lh LINES ( OF OF THE BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM iJ Cites,Jowns and Rural Communities A third might be termed pro- | BELL SYSTEM ‘Telephones owned and affiliated -. med «. Miles of wire ows lumber Uniting a Nation Within reach of the call of your telephone are more other telephones than may be found in all the other countries of the world. This is made possible by the Bell System of telephone com- munication. The central administration of the Bell System by the American Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany— Provides for invention and scientific research. Provides for the economic manufacture of equipment. Provides for the standardiza- tion of methods. Plans for future extensions. Insures financial stability. It is the complete cooperation between the central administra- tion and the many operating com- panies that produces nation-wide telephone service. Tt would be impossible for un- related organizations to provide the best service to the greatest number at the lowest rates. Only the united effort which insures continuous development of telc- phone communication can carry through that controlling purpose of the Bell System. “ BELL SYSTEM” AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed toward Better Service Supply and Demand AM very fond of auctions. I go to them nearly every afternoon. I am also a student of economics, and I am fast becoming terribly perplexed! Apparently the fundamental law of supply and demand has no bearing what- soever upon auction room devotées. My friend Jones, who went with me the other day, wanted to buy a set of china plates; I was therefore unprepared to see him purchase a large four-posted Chinese bed. Later I drew his attention 3 to the discrepancy in his choice: he pointed out to me that the plates went high, and the bed went low. However, there still remains a vacant shelf in his kitchenette, and he has just applied for more space in the storeroom in which to put the bed. ROWNE: It’s a poor won’t work both ways. Towne: Yes. Some people who marry at leisure repent in haste. rule that comicbooks.com