"BEAU BRUMMEL."

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18236, 21 November 1924, Page 13

"BEAU BRUMMEL."

0 ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT. jjBERTY THEATRE, TO-MOItEO'W. Commencing with tho change of pro-,-Ujno at tho Liberty Thealro to-morrow fa tho "Warner Brothers' production, "Beau Bnaamel," with John Barrymoro in tho title W( Tho st°ry t- cl!s how Georgo Bryant Bnunmel, aiter beholding Margery, his jfe*tlieart, given in loveless marriago to >m& Alvnnlcy, decides to become a, beau ; Sd hido his broken heart behind the fripSes'of clothes. He wins the friendship J (jeorßO, Prince of Wales, and later King ilf England, who is a bit of a da*ndy hiru,4s!, Then follow several incidents that ''lira an important bearing on tho lifo of ijjjiaunel. He engages in a duel, saves the ftltts of AValcs from disgrace, and generally allows that he is a man behind all tho feffary. His iovc for Margery dominates ill, even causing a brrak with tho Prince iw his most admiring friends. Ilis fairwather fricr.d3 desert him, and ho loaves fcf France to escape creditors and certain pel. Before departing he goes to bid 'jiriswell to Lady Margery, who is willing to elope with him. Poverty- settles Ub fangs 'ea bim; age and want leave their marks, fas Beau is soon a -parody of his past ■rtlesdour. Tho Kin;* comes years later to fckis with a retinue. Brummel finds him--«if wedged in a crowd. All his former 'iilUmales recognino him and scoff at his ;pOrerty, except Margery. She meets him itSfflfy, tells him sho is now a widow, and oJtts to marry him. Too late! Tho Beau ■ji tired of love, as ho ia of life. Soon, Wing mad in the hospital of the Bou 'BtHVeur. acting out his past triumphs, he ■attts hiß end, a, trotric figure who fell "Jtett the pinnacle of popularity and whom ft Vwnan's love might have sated. Tho period Jjaid to bo depicted with tho greatest JHuiacy,. thus addinft to the merit of thti amuro. • ■ Barrymore is supported by an ,«fcptiona!ly strong cast, which includes ".ifirr Aslor, Williard Louis, Ireno Rich, Alrt. B. Frarcis, und <?armel Myers. Itflio second feature, "Tho Cradle Buster," -Glenn Hunter, who presents to tho i a new tvuo of tho suiall-town adoles* youth. Tho pichiro iu replete with , wholesomn comedy, has more thrilla meet' melodramas, and tells a-romantic of , ail innocent youth and. an actress helps make a man out of n. bov who been ''mothered" to death, and who >eon known us "Sweetie" all'lus lifo. Cradlo Buster" ia a youth, who on VA-mty-first birthday, which alec is pendehco Day, July 4th. decides to bo in. Hp starts to smolte, swear occaII v, and even takes «v drink. Ho pets ;d, in an innocent way, in a love affair an actress, cloprs only to have his go 85tray, but whoa he_ has to battlo, and show his grit to win her, he boi a real man, goes the completo jouto, (rinds up by foiling a plot to taiko her Then he is a man.. He has busted f tho Cradle, and ehowa his friends that nickname "Sweetie" is not for him. Roarh stores again in "Lodge Nights." <r offering of the "Our Gang" oomedy . The Liberty Quality Orchestra, Undor Toward Moody, will play an attraotive :al programme. ' • -