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THE NEWS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1920. mTEBEST MOVIE PAGE I NT OWN I H0LBR00K BLINN Keens Them Guessing WAY DOWN EAST' RANKS WITH BEST of bullets and calls it a day well spent! The lady, you see, had been in- love with his ver good fran' before she married the glowering magnate of Wall street, so --hat could be simpler than to cut the Gordian knot in fine, free-handed Mexican fashion and clear the way for happiness? Fred Tilden makes the high-handed consort so thoroughly ibjection- e-jTN Wl ff ft- A II- MARY HAY'S saucy turned-up nose and flirtatious ways keep several gentlemen, including a very timid professor, in a flutter of doubt throughout the action of "Way Down East." IS BOLD MEXICAN IN THE BAD MAN' "THE BAD MAN." A comedy by Porter Emeraon Browne. Presented at the Comedy Theatre. THE CAST. Gilbert Jonea Frank Conrov Henry SmLh James A.

Irvine Morgan Pell Krl I Tilden Lucia Pell Frances Carson Red Giddlng John Harrington Jasper Hardy Wilson Reynolds Angela Hardy Kdna Hibbard Panfho Lopes Holbrook Biinn Pedro Herbert Hevwood Venustlano James H. Bell Alvarado Whits Hawk Indian Joe A Mexican Cook Frank Bixby By McELLIOTT. "The Bad Man" should be sheer delight to those who have never outgrown a lurking taste for a sublimated Deadwood Dick sort of hero, swaggering in at exactly the right moment to ayenge the heroine, summarily do away with the villain, and ride away into a purple Mexican twilight, triumphant and picturesque to the last. That's the very choice role provided for Mr. ttolDrook Klmn by Porter Empr- son Browne at the Comedy Theatre.

Lopez is said to be Villa thiniu disguised, and certainly Mr. Browne iiaa nis tongue in his cheek when he sketched the portrait of this bandit extraordinary. Does Senor Lopez's ver' good fran Gilbert Jones, need ten thousand dollars? Very well, the magnificent robber filches the villain's wad and pays off the mortgage. Is the titian-haired lady held in bond by an obnoxious husband? Lopez nonchalantly pumps him full AMUSEMENTS. REPUBLIC "The Lady of the lamp" ELTINGE B-wey.

i.uiuiuKM,!wi Ton AT an.1 S1-; "LADIES NIGHT BOOTH TIIB 4S 8t at 30 ltlueaa TODAY aud Sat. at i. "Big auccrsa, flawleaa acting cannot fall to delight." Louis Do Foe. World. HAPPY-G 0-LUCKY I'LAl KI) OXE YEAR IN LOMWN AS HUDSON SffiJT of B'war Kn.

S.St. unaao IWAI and Hat. at 130. TAYLOR HOLMES in "CROOKED GAMBLERS" W. 4 id SY Eva.

.2 Mats. Sat. A 1.SU mm COMeDY Spnolal Matlnoo TOPAT (Ibac Pay) IVlLfVUDVV alata. Wed. aud Most Thrilling Mystery Play Ever Staged "THE BAT" IriTI Tntl Weat 4 at.

Nlghta at rUL.lUn MaU. TODAY 1.80. SCAMBLED WIVES with ROLAND TOUNO-XPIJETTB DAT Loew's New York Theatre Roof ConU 11 A. to 11 P. M.

Roof to 1 A. M. "HUMORESQUE" Loew'a American Roof Sft V-f Race a dce. 4 Btrpoera. Monte a All Saata Kyuoa.

other). In tlw Tneatre. lirrant Waahbura. "A Fall Hoaaa." KowarTCd B. S.

MOSS' BROADWAY AT 1 8T. rir Ialiy.t. 15AS.11 Mata.2SAS0e. Sn.Kctnt'. "HUM0RESQUE" AXu B.

F. KEITH tdllJtllLlJi "MILESTONES" Kew alack Hennett Com oily. "ITS A BOY." 'Cello Helen Beholder Capitol Orand ouch. CONTINUOUS 1 TO 11 P. M.

GRIFFITH PICTURES' "WAY DOWN EAST." Produced by D. W. Griffith. Presented at th "Forty-fourth Street Theatre. TUB CAST.

Anna M.wre Lillian OIh Her Mother. lavid Ijtndau Mm. Trt-moiit Bernard uuna Trwnont Mrs. Morgan Belmont Her Sister Patricia Fruan The Kecentric Aunt KIrenoe Short Lennox Sanderson Sherman S-lliIre Bartlett Burr Mcintosh Mrs. Burtlett Kate Bruce Iavid BartleLRicliard BarUwlmeus Martha Perkins Vlvia Oxdt-n 8-lh Holcomh Porter Strong Keu)en Whipple.

Neville Hi Holler KUgar Nelson Kate Brewster Mary Hay Professor Sterling. Hale Maria I'oole Km My Kltiroy By BOYLE. No one but Griffith could have done it. To lift out of the discard a senti mental old play so old that for many of us it's remembered affee tionately as the first we ever saw ana to make 01 it a new one, thrilling with life's truth, this is a real achievement. I went to "Way Down -East" with a memory of it as I saw a certain old-fashioned stock company play it.

The heroine's part had been acted by a blondined and Very hardboiled lady of forty or thereabouts. With a recollection of her in mind, it was difficult to imagine the tawdry old melodrama transformed into a photodrama of Griffith quality. But "Way Down East" takes its place with the best of that great producer's pictures. Naturally Lillian Gish has very much to do with the success of the As lovely, trusting, courageous Anna Moore one's heart goes out to her. Richard Barthelmess as David was another reason for my high opinion of him.

Mary Hay is a fascinating little flirt. Burr Mcintosh is a very real Squire Bart-lett. There is a great scene in which David rescues his heartbroken sweetheart just as the ice on she is lying numb and exhausted crashes over the falls. Ihe audience broke into cheers and screams at that high point. But the real worthwhileness of the picture lies not In the scenic effects, though they are exceptionally well photographed, nor in Lillian Gish's beauty, which for many people is enough to justify a pic ture.

To the story itself, the funda mental humanity with which it deals, the simplicity of the characters, is due the absorption of the Deople who with caught breath watch the tale unfold. Mr. Griffith thought it necessary to justify the use of that old stand by of the dramatist the mock-marriage and the scene of the ice jam by historical instances. TheJ casual observer will not be so skeptical of these think, as of the villain Sanderson's infatuation for little Kate, an in fatuation sufficient to keep him on his bleak country estate in the winter! However, we are accustomed to grand dramatic license not only to movie makers but to makers of spoken play. "Way Down East" is a beautiful and satisfying picture.

PIANO PLAYING lm At1 ceurw far ZT- Leara to Play Fopalar Muiic tucr cll It mart. 01. 2 tor bWM A ull ft iemoi. AIM tuht il. powLftK.

U51C HUH able that you are heartily glad to see him breathe his last to the tune of an effectual Mexican bul let, parson ana tana Hibbard are the only women in the play, and both do splendidly their widely different parts Miss Carson being lovely, wan and concerned as the wife, and Miss Hibbard charming and petulant as a Texas flapper. In truth, all of the roles are ex cellently handled. Frank Conroy, of "Lost Leader" remembrance last year, appears to quiet advantage as the discouragea young ranchman, and James A. Devine, as a shrilly, garrulous invalid is mar-velously lifelike. or sly and not too subtle fun.

fine acting and thoughtful presen tation, we give you "The Bad Man. Mr. Bann glorious robber is, after Crilda Varesis flamingo prima donna in "Enter Madame," the gayest stage portrait of the new season. AMUSEMENTS. Knickerbocker Mth 'The Sweetheart Shop A Sprightly Musical Commedy.

CiF.O. COHAN B'way a 41 Bt lea. 8.30. Geo. M.

Conan'a NEAvfJbRrCAM GENIUS AND THE CROWD Henrv Miller's The w- Henry Miller Blanche Bates Nepi.y "The Famous Mr. Fair fttAWI 'AC mi GAIETY, iray Mta. Ut. War. and at.

I th St era. at 15. t- Mtii1( wed. Beat (Mate 0RGE WHITE'S SCANDALS with aN PAHAMOl' NT WEEK" IY0U I Thomas Meighan in "CMtlaa CieHiw." B'WATATl Bennett Oomedy. 4HTH ST.

1 1toU Coneert Orcliiwtra. IALT0 in "Tko Ro.ad-U." FamoiM Riatto Orcbeatra. mm so. Criterion Oeorre Fttxaiaurtae'a 7fl8Eifltt0L0V8' Cont Nboa to 11 P. M.

Bwayat44A St PICTURES SMABK B'way 4Tth Norma Talnudge "Tho Branded Woman. Strand Orchestra STARLIGHT VaTYt A EAST 177TM T. "WW SUMF SCA BATHINfl BROOKLYN A I A BrRI.ESO.rrK FTR LAdln THE ENTIRE FAMILY HKVuaiiij aui 1H19 r.r.K. PARISIAN WHIRL CONEY ISLAND. HENDERSON'S THEATRE Mat 30 fiLf Etc 8.33 Ion Errot Wolf fillbrrt PatHeela PEARL REGAY BAND AKD OTHER STAR ACTS.

EEPLECEIASq THE FUNNY PLACEvSft3aT AT TWO THEATRES ON BROADWAY FOX Present York Sleeps" I ASTOR and 45th Street. Week AftemooB. S5-fH-75. Xlglilo ap Sat, Sun. Si Holiday, 50-4-Jl.

TTh 11 oSr (S9 THIS AND THAT IN THE THEATRE By Mc Elliott "Hitchy Koo 1920," with Ray- Lmond Hitchcock, Julia Sonderson and G. P. Huntley, a famous English comedian, opens this evening in Boston. Charles Dillingham has gone down to attend the premiere. Oliver MoroBco has accepted new farce titled "A Lady for a Night," by Hutcheson Boyd.

It will be produced in Los Angeles shortly. Edna Vaughn, who has played with Jane Cowl, is rehearsing in "French Leave," under Charles Co-burns direction. "Genius and the Crowd," with George Eenavent, opens tonight at the George M. Cohen Theatre. Amelia Gardner has been engaged for an important part in Cornered," the play in which Madge Kennedy will return to the stage this season.

"Honeydew," a musical comedy, with melodies by the famous violinist, Efrem Zimbalist, will have its premiere at the Casino this evening. William Faversham begins rehearsals of "The Prince and the Pauper" today. Richard Walton Tully will tonight direct the opening of the tenth season of Bird of Paradise" in Akron, Ohio. Learn To Dance DANCE PALACE TERRACE GARDEN Continuous Dancing Two Bands OANCINO Cmhift, 7. SO 12.98.

6unmy. 2.M to il.JO. Private Lattoai Day or Cuoalao. ndiftdual Inwiwtor TtokM flaia 71. Lrara tat New Daaw Tbtc "HlrxA-Trot." 1 SO Inmrnotors Caotnto Kwj Tnoadiy.

KiRmmu.v uaKciNa tukh. thih. Ty (Labor Pamlag 2.M to 12.30. Dahse Caprice Flatbush Ar.Sterlio? PI. BROOELTX Continuous Dancing Every Night 8 Marvellona Band Always 8ofurllilng ir Extra Matinee LABOR DAY 2.30 to 6 P.

M. Subway Station at tho Dt CUT BACKS AND CLOSE UPS Thirty books to reach the screen is Harold MacGrath's record. Just now he is spending a month at Cape Vincent, New York, and in spare moments when the bass are not biting he works on another novel which will eventually be filmed by the Mayflower people. Pearl White stars in "The Thief," Henri Bernstein's play, which Fox is producing. When are they going to make a movie out of our dear old Caesar's Commentaries? Jean Paiee.

con fides a Vitagraph press agent, will star in "Black Beauty." We had thought a horse Blayed the leading part in that 1 classic of children's libraries. AMUSEMENTS. CENTRAL fth B'way. Bra. 8 so ru ronvTT In an Orig-laal Musical oraedr.

"Poor Little Ritz WITH ANDKKW WMBES. PIAYMOUSE 222 V4, 830 "AT AT 2:30 THIRD MONTH MM d4rh Sr Theatre MaU- D. W. GRIFFITH Tho of the World "WAY DOWN EAST" Thr Hvir fnoia. ftwrial Muale.

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HUDSON RIVER NIGHT LINES Dally balling fran Pier SI. K. (at Deobroeaaa Ueekdax P. M. A TP M.

Oaadaa and ITolldaya P. M. P. M. Hail ISiod half boar latea.

(Dayllgbt Savinr Time.) Due Albany o'clock following morning. Troy I IS A.M. Direct rail connections at Albany to all point North. Eaat and Weat. Kxprea Freight orrle.

Autoa Carried. HUDSON NAVIGATION COMPANY l'htuie Canal fMMKt. NOW PLAYING WILLIAM While New LYRIC THEATRE 42 Street Near Broadway. CONTINUOUS NOON TO 11 P. M.

Hl'NDRKDS Tl'RNKO AWAV AT MOTH HOUSES. I THE CINKMEL4JDRAMA SENSATION OF THE YEAR TII.I, I CONTINUE FOR A I-1MITE1 t.SO AGEMENT. I SAME SCALE OF PRICES AT EITHER THEATRE. DDlprC rtxllrEO 111 W.12StaSt alornlDgaids 1920. V.

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