The New Pictures

Rugged Water. Cape Cod and its amiable natives who make their living from the sea, or more profitably from the summer visitors, is the background against which Joseph C. Lincoln wrote the novel of this name.

What knack he has of local flavor and of briny personality the cinema seems to have missed. The story is of an old salt possessed of religious zeal and physical fear. A handsome life guard wins his lovely daughter.

Tracked in the Snow Country. Best of all the cinema dogs is Rin-Tin-Tin. He is herein occupied in joining a pack of wolves with whom he is presumably related and tracking the fanged fury who killed his master. All in the cold countries. Good if you like canine romances.

Lightnin'. Until a month or two ago Lightnin was the most popular play ever displayed for U. S. theatre-goers. Depending on the durability of the story, the picturemakers stuck to it. Again the theory is proved that a good play does not necessarily withstand the canning process. Lightnin' is fairly amusing, fairly vibrant to the widely known heart strings. The performance of an unknown, Jay Hunt, in the Frank Bacon part counterfeits that characterization carefully.

Under the Rouge. Crook stories carry on. This one deals with a lady pickpocket, protected by the hero. He goes up to the health farm and marries her. And if you like Tom Moore the acting is good enough, too.

A Slave of Fashion. Norma Shearer has blossomed so suddenly as a lady of large electric letters that it seems idle to deny her powers of performance. Admitting her undeniable attraction, it must be here recorded that she is not yet an able actress. She plays a country girl who takes a rich Park Avenue apartment under false pretenses and charms the owner into marrying her. Mildly worth while.

The Street of Forgotten Men.

"The Bowery, the Bowery, we won't go there any more," etc. But you can't keep the cinema away. This is about a beggar with a home in the country and a lovely ward who does not know how he makes his expenses. Percy Marmont gives an especially good performance, the detail is excellent, the entertainment fair.