Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-12 | Page 10 | 'The Prodigal Wife' Excellent Drama at Utah Theater

I'THEPRODIGALWIFE' Mary Boland, who is featured with ' Lucy Cotton in the Screencraft pro- i duction ot "The-Prodigal Wife," and now showing at the Utah Theatre to I capacity business, thinks only such moving pictures should be made as f have a purpose. ! As opposed to those screen stars ) who demand that they shall appear i exclusively in stories which will give fullest scope for their beauty, Miss Boland cares little for whether the f story presents her !n the most attract- I ive light, or not, so long as it pro vides the opportunity for real acting, ' and contains a message that will touch the hearts of audiences. In "The Prodigal Wife," Miss Boland Bo-land is called upon to depict a woman f, who is utterly destitute and wretched, j Underlying the dramatic force of the ( story is a beautiful object lesson of the value of ideals. The manner with which Miss Boland brings this pur- j pose homo to the onlookers, without l tljcir being conscious of it, is a signal tribute to her own ideals and to her remarkable talent as an actress.