Show I.- I. CC 1 Griffiths Griffith's Love cove Flower Great Production I. I Every time we jve see a Griffith picture we weare weare weare are compelled to repeat one statement He lIe is in a. a class by py himself We Ve cant can't help but say ay it tt over and andover over o again after thinking o 0 o the wonderful production The Love Lo Flower which we witnessed at the American theatre last evening where It Jt began a four tour da days days' s en engagement engagement engagement en- en and we think always s of oC the number of oC worthy followers this master has in the directorial line who put out excellent excellent excellent ex ex- ex- ex j pictures so good you jou wonder If perhaps the master has not rivals The I answer always comes come however when he turns himself loose on another production 1 I I tion lion and shows what he really can do i Here again the greatest of oC producers has Mas tread on thin soil and with a theme II of oC love of oC a daughter for tor her father tather a love that would even have her plo her own death to save him torment he has treated it with exquisite delicacy and I 1 sureness and given it tt those thoe inimitable I I aa as only he 8 can odd do making k of the whole I a matchless I product t of the screen r and which compares with groat greatest est favor I I with all of ot his former matchless matchless' screen screen stories I st strength and d ree revelations excitement A prevail of beauty ea this this this' r i I picture It Is an unusual sort of oC a Grit Grif I production for it borders on the melodramatic in which the master hand injects a wonderful deep breathed ro romance romance romance ro- ro mance of ot the out-of-doors out happy happ thrilling thrill thrill- ing z and n delightful i h J with scenes es esC of C quickening quickening quick quick- ening n beauty e and a gallery o of scenic I It is a story with and vibrant spirit taken from the Colliers Collier's Weekly tale Black Beach by Ralph Stock done with that zest and fascination fascination tion of ot story telling only Mr Griffith can provide I n Besides sides the wonders of oC his production his players are particularly well chosen and each adds distinction to their previous previous pratt pratt- ious bus screen work Richard Barthelmess who has beer been so popular In most of oC the thelast thelast thelast last Griffith productions js admirably cast as a wealthy young plantation owner In this tills production and adds new laurels to his already won honors Carlo Dempster Dempster Demp Demp- ster the daughter v whose hose love for her father father tather fa ta- fa- fa ther in the main thread of ot the plot Is charmingly delightful vivacious and spir spit Her daring her athletic ability her charm her er e everything thing was admirable Then too there was George MacQuarrIe as the Cath father r and Anders Randolph as the hounding detective who are both deI deserving de de- serving servin- of special mention In smaller I parts but with Just as much worth were others in the cast among them Florence I Short Crawford Kent and Adolphe Les- Les I tina t Whenever we think of ot a Griffith production production pro pro- we think of oC the best The Love Flower Is an artistic achievement in its beauty and its acting a spirited photodrama photodrama photo photo- I drama in its story and a revelation of production in III these days das of many good pictures I II I |