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one who doesn't spear that it is one of the greatest
films ever.
Of course, it was not without a thorough brushing
of his dusty soul that Anatols introduction to fili
land was possible. Very much like his brother in¬
spirit, Lillo, he submitted to the process. In the first
place, le consented to an early marriage, the very
last deed you would have him commit. However,
the marriage status provided him with an impen¬
trable armor against the darts of morality snoopers
te von
point the gay white way in the dark red of passion.
is marriage, at any rate, has the effect of turning
Anatol into a reformer of wild, wild, women. With
that mission in mind he proceeds to reform a flapper
who has permitted her heart to become a receptacle

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A halo radiating in competition with a self-illumi¬
nating pate.
for the diamonds and pears a gray-haired rue and
frequenter of the Rhinefeld Roof bestows upon her
The result is very much the same as in the Blac
Diamond episode of the original and unreforme
Anatol. Disgust. But if you think that Anatol,
I saw him in the picture, would turn away from the
woman with that one terrible word on his lips y
are mistaken. To begin with, Anatol insists t
she throw the jeweis into a river, and the spectator
treated to the sight of Anatol and the girl perform
the mockedronning from the dizzy height of Brook
bridge. Of course, she drops only the empty bo
There is nothing spectacular in throwing br
from Brooklyn bridge. That's only the relude
the real music which starts when Anatol disco
the deception as he drops in on the flapper the
after and while she is entertaining her gallant
friends at oysters and champagne. No word is po¬
ful enough to express Anatols outraged righte
ness, and there isn't a piece of furniture in the
strong enough to withstand his iron hands. E
thing goes to splinters pictures, chairs, tables, y
even the grand piano sinks into its wooden
before the vice crusader's wrath.
I could not help but think of a cartoon-
many years ago of your old friend and colle¬
Herman Bahr. Reminiscences were strengthened
the circumstance that the film version of The Con¬
Bahrs best known play in America, also was on
hibition during the Anatol run. It shows Bahr wit
lo radiating in competition with his self-illumi¬
ing pate-Bahr canonized. And I wondered how
would receive the news of your own canoniza
through the mediation of your dearest son, An¬
And also that President Harding has expressed him¬
self as extremely delighted over Anatols escapades
in the service of cleaner and better pictures. An in¬
vitation to the white house or, what is fully as great
an honor and more profitable, an offer to write for
one of the large American picture concerns, is sure
to come your way.
Hoping to hear from you occasionally, I remain,
Yours truly
KARLSCHAUERMANN.
Marion Andrews announces the attractions listed
on the Grand Opera course have evidently met with
the approval of Milwaukee music overs, for the sale
has been unprecedented. Milwaukeeans are anxious
to hear such operas as Monna Vanna, Lohengin, The
Jeels of the Madonna, La Boheme and La Navarraise
presented by the Chicago Opera Ass, and the Scotti
Grand Opera company which will bring the world's
famous artists, Mary Garden, Antonio Scotti, Lucian
Muratore, Rosa Raisa, George Baklanoff, Forrest La¬
mont, Edith Mason, Edward Johnson, Alice Gentle
Queena Mario, as well as the ever popular Heffetz and
the lovely Lucrezia Bori.