Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-25 | Page 9 | Sennett's Genius in Fullest Revealment

I - FULLEST Sen! Exemplified in "Down on the j Farm" to Be Shown at the Alhambra Theatre "Down on the Farm," United Artists' Ar-tists' latest release, opens when the champion rooster of the ranch puts the sun to work early in the morning or what proves to be the busiest little lit-tle day every experlence-d on any farm. From that moment until the close of this JMack Sennett five-reel comedy sensation that will be shown today at tho Alhambra theatre, ever: resource of the enormous Sennett studios stu-dios in the suburbs of Los Angeles is involved with results, thrilling-, comic, hilarious, farcical and furiously funny. Thrills are divided by laughter; suspense sus-pense is relaxed in grins, and dramatic action of grave episodes such as only Mack Sennett can devise. Louise Fnzenda in the role of the .j '- country girl of beauty and"awkward grace," is in the best characterization she has ever offered to motion lovers. There is felt the authentic appeal of the. legitimate actress in her performance perform-ance and there is seen the grotesque comedienne whoso celebrity is now firmly established. Marie Prevost, graceful and beautiful comedienne of the Sennett forces plays the role of a badgered but faithful wife of a poor villager, the victim of tho town's Shy-lock Shy-lock and a bill for back rent. The villlan in the case a sort of cross bemoan be-moan xshark" is played with rare power and comic results of seriousness serious-ness by James Finlayson. Little John! Henry, Jr., tho star baby of filmland is seen in episodes ranging from cute to tragic and his faithful and gallant friend. Teddy, the Sennett Dog Star participates nobly in scenes of hazard and thrill. Likewise Pepper, tho feline fe-line actress of many moods, is seon in moments of climax authority while the entire menagerie of feathered and four-footed "ensemblo actors" are involved in-volved in tho spectacular events of this rustic masterpiece. "Down on tho Farm" is an unusual comedy of that type of quality that lis derived from its unique blending of many elements comedy and travesty; satire and straight drama; character delineation and grotesqueries, humor and pathos, merry and grave moods. It is a surface attack on the emotions emo-tions and will not fail to set motion picture fans in a whirl of shifting sensations. sen-sations. It is Mack Sennett's genius in fullest revealment. no