Show I Miss Pickford at at Her Best I I In Famous Caprice a a. Tour Part Players Production She Gives Un Un- usually Fine Performance By GEORGE BLAISDELL BLA If you would see a delightful picture go see Miss Pickford i in U Caprice In Inthe Inthe the introduction we are given a din din- mond in the rough At the conclusion wo we see the gem For every facet in the tho stone stono Little Mary gives a anew new definition of caprice Mercy Is a achild achild child of moods wo laugh with her and andas as suddenly ud enly check ourselves es as we seethe see seo the cloud pass over oyer her face faco Through out tho Jour four parts it seems as if the tho heartstrings are under the of ofa a hair trigger control l and there thero is no foretelling a moment in advance on which w side of the tho emotions the tho strain will wll lie To bo be sure mostly it is enu enuine ine inc humor but there is never neer an any certainty taint about it Caprice as theatregoers may remember is the stor story in which the tho then Minnie Maddern achieved her first success A country girl is woo wool cl cland and won by a youth from the cit city The lads lad's father opposes tho match un un- successfully The bridegroom soon comes to the tho conclusion his father was Vas right The Tho bride brido is taken home by her father Then Thon sh els cis sent to boarding school where her chum proves provos to o be beher beher her sister law but the wife conceals her identity The Tho husband is taken abroad by his father the tho better to foret forget for for- get et his matrimonial troubles The husband hug hus- band returns in time for the tho commencement commence commence- ment balL baB lIe cannot nd the wife who has departed from her home Ho He meets her ller later at the ball All s 's well that ends cads well We are treated to a hearty laugh in inthe the tho opening A young youn hunter is treed b hy a boar bear Bruin Brain is going right up after him Mercy appears and calls caBs Off fl the animal W We see seo him descend anil not only eat out of her band but follow fol- fol low Jow her honie with the hunter bringing up a discreet rear In the following scenes Tack Jack Darnton a young man from the city accidentally hoots Mercy in inthe inthe the atm arm Ho He carries her home The Tho friendship begins right there thero It is not to enumerate the tho many fine situations crowded into this picture There Thero is the tho dramatic interview inter inter- view ot of Jacks Jack's father with Mercy in which ho he tells the tho girl her marriage e with his son will ruin the tho young man mans man's s life There are aie the humor and the tho pathos of the girls girl's attempt to com coin mit with a weapon which she conceals from her own t ns us sho writes a. a word of farewell There is is the gayety of the weddin morn when she sho loads Jonda corn into the front ot other other her bridal gown and goes out ont to fec feed the chickens and t the c attempted inter inter- f ferance of Jacks Jack's father There are the scones scenes following the marria marriage e when the tho husband is ashamed of his I mountain bride where in to toa a Rug suggestion of her her father she puts pats the lamp In the window ns as a signal for him to come and got et her Then too there are the man many good situations In the tho boarding the tho ridicule or of her fellow pupils changed to 10 respect and admiration on account of her heroic work when the tho structure took fire and Mercy carrie down own the stairs a girl bigger than herself In fitting conclusion conclusion sion there thero are aro the rapid alternations of comedy and pathos in the last part when the tho husband is unable to identify beyond doubt the little woman in fin fin- cry but when arrayed in her old time timo mountain garm is taken to lis arms The backgrounds are well weB chosen some of the exteriors bein being of marked beauty The Tho studio work is of the usual Famous Players standard One of the big sots sets is tho ballroom scene in inthe inthe the last act The support i is excellent Owen Moore as Jack lOCH 1005 well weIl the much ho he has to do James Gordon as Jacks Jack's father is strong in a p part rt not always popular Others who materially contribute to the making of the pie pie- I tare are tc Boots Wall and anel O Ogden den I Crane On the story side i is as clean as a whistle As a part four comedy corn com edy drama it is a rare Production It Itis itis is a picture c containing nt inini so many fine touches one viewing serves gene only to whet the tho a appetite petito for another look Mar Mary in Capric a four four- part motion picture comes to the American theatre the last Jast three days ays of next week |