Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-23 | Page 20 | Lucy Cotton Appears in ''the Broken Melody'' for Three Days at American Beginning Today

Lucy Cotton Appears in "The Broken Melody" for Tliroo Bays at Anierlr can, Beslnning Today. f VCY COTTON', former artist's model, recognised by notable painters as an ideal type of beauty, and a screen favorite for the past two rears, has tho leading feminine role in Eugene O'Brien's latest picture, "The Broken Melody," which opens a three days' engagement today at the American theater. "The Broken Melody' is a lyrical romance ro-mance of a young singer and painter pursuing pur-suing their arts under tho twin difficulties difficul-ties of poverty and loneliness. Miss Cotton aii Hedda Dana, the singer, and Mr, O'Brien, as Stewart, the painter, have the sort of ro'es that will increase their popularity with the film fans who love good-looking yoong folk hi wholesome romance. ro-mance. Stories of lovers who give up ambition for lovo arc many, but "The Broken "Melody" i: a play of lovers who have careers and love, too a new idea in ploty. pleasantly worked out, finely photographed pho-tographed and acted. Mr. O'Brien has been fortunate in his selections of leading women, but Lucy Cotton is said to bid fair to top all previous previ-ous leading ladies for the Seznick' star, with her clever acting of a role that combines com-bines simplicity, dramatic quality and swee incss.