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...Elinor Wylie...
Three other pictures have been secured: An "Aesop Fable" in animated cartoons; another action picture of "Broncho Busting"; and a Ben Turpin comedy "Three Foolish Wives", a burlesque of Elinor Glyn's "Three Weeks". No pictures will be shown until about 8 o'clock, but the returns will start coming in over the special wire at 6 o'clock and will be continued as late as the audience desires. The Crimson Ramblers Orchestra will play during the program, which will be open only to Union members...
...Hour. Ever since Three Weeks was written, the public has furtively expected bright red adventures from the pen of Elinor Glyn. Again she presents the pink pills of platitude. Somewhere in Russia a pre-War prince corners an English girl in a lonely cabin. She pulls a gun on him and they hold the pose for hours. When she finally faints from exhaustion, he gets cold feet or kind heart and carries her off to Petrograd to buy a license...
...tasteful "quality" advertising. Many were the readers of the World on June 29 who, beholding the following advertisement in its columns, turned startled eyes to their paper's title-line to discover if their newsdealer had not made some mistake: ¶Just Published! "THE PRICE OF THINGS" by Elinor Glyn, author of "Three Weeks" Here is a novel that will open your eyes! Each succeeding chapter grows more daring. From the Magic Pen of Elinor Glyn flows a throbbing tale of audacious characters, startling incidents, sensational situations, daring scenes, thrill after thrill! So realistic is the charm, the fire...
...sense of the theatric saves the play from the Elinor Glyn class. But it is like spoiling a good bedroom farce with too much cheap philosophy. Phoebe Foster as the harried heroine hardly fosters interest. She is pretty, but wears dresses that add nothing to her charm and years to her age. One wonders that Lee Baker, who grates his teeth as well as he can in the sinister role, does not prefer Lilyan Tashman, who seems at least as real as her slang...