Show Theatre Reviews Reviews' I Reviews c. c Mary pary Pick Pickford lc or ord Delights Fans Pans At t Paramount Suspense and Sympathy Feature Feature Fea- Fea ture as Mary Plays the Little Moth Mother r It Mud children Mary children Mary Pickford S Summed up that is la Sparrows which Is appearing at the Para- Para Empress bunt theatre this we week k One ne has not seen so much slimy oozy clay since the trenches ol or Ypres ipres after a two weeks' weeks deluge Ith h its alligators and Amazonian lora fora it presented a rather allegorical alle- alle i orical setting for this strangely concocted bab baby farm story There There- TherEs s s1 no quibbling with ith the dir directors h hey y have made a good job of f pro- pro ding liven EYen Ufa with ts is mastery of depicting woodland enes eves enes will have ha t to st stand nd at att atten- atten n- n on iOne One thing is cert certain tp Sparrows s' s s' s sno no bedtime story ft has a lot lotof lotof of wary moments in U t and no non can an n bit of suspense Oli One Olie has not a more worked up AU- AU fience lence 1 nce for a long long- time Cavalry across across' western plains a ve her heroes e 0 fr from tie the tf It Its It's s 's s cause caused ripples s of of applause De De- ers ploughing through wind windswept swept nept seas to rescue the gir of sinking ships have caused breathless moments But here men women and children shout out- out right The audience was visibly y touched despite the evident un- un allty of the whole piece It lt is a picture that is different irid d it presents Mary Pickford in quite Julie uHe a different light than in In- Lttie Littie Lit Lt tie tie le Annie Rooney There are nd n tenement fights no pie throwing growing contests nor slapstick comedy Here she is mama to toen teen tt en little orphans and her task Is save them from the cruelty of deformed old baby farm fann keeper t gives her an opportunity to play the he small girl role a part for tor which she is so admirably suited Mary ary made her strike In the ovies in that type of character Her admirers are glad she has again reverted to her old roles despite her success in n the more mature pictures She Is right at home with gr r children and with her acting tracts attracts the sympathies of the au audience aulI au- au a lI nce-a nce a. a factor that tends to keep her erthe r the object of hero worshipping movie ie fans Sparrows is not a areat great reat picture but it is entertain entertain- ng In addition to the feature there fire re a Hal Roach Poach comedy and a ay vaudeville y act I |