EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18635, 9 March 1926, Page 13

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

"MORALS FOR MEN." Whv is there a special code of morals for men* They make mistakes, write out a cheque and forget them, but women pay to he end. No answer is supplied by the problem play; "Morals For Men," which deals >n masterly fashion with the love affairs of two women, at Everybody's Theatre this hfuT«»/ U ?* ighs the laws ot »»» the these > ho »? P - Ves thcm wanting. Perhaps birth of ?hi C °, m "l g ? Were »»Pon«lMe for the «»„•• th * feminist movement.'"Morals I'or wh£h jP„ resents the Problem in a manner which engrosses the attention. It provides ""S" "the unselfish womanwith a past, who mutely must accept the inexorable decree of modern society, but there is no.i ?i. ? r - d v abo,lt t,,e film - exalts ail that is best in the man, who was the conqueror of environment and found his place in society, and iu the woman, who rose only to fall again. The theme of the picture was suggested bv "The ' Lurk herum, one of MorrisV novels, and the east comprises a galaxy of stars, including Conway Tearic Agnes Ayres, and AlycS t L.. . B f?* ,B > Ha >' es is th e girl who begs Joe fetnckland to return !o' the paths of decent living and, in her own words, "stages a comeback" herself. Joe effects a thrilling rescue, saving Marion Windsor, who falls from the stern of a pleasure vacht, and she makes him feel that he could conquer the world. Ho finds his manhood; and his marriage to Marion is a never-ending honeymoon. Bessie's return voyage to the land of self respect takes longer, but she marries Harvey Larkfn, and she tries to forget the days of the Eureka Hotel. A . blackmailing taxi-driver, who robbed her when she felt herself something less than a woman, returns to torment her, and she seeks Joe's aid. Marion misinterprets their actions and leaves Joe. How Bessie sacrifices everything for Joe's happiness, and convinces Marion of his fidelity, but fills her own cup with bitt'erness, makes a drama which is- full of poignant scenes and surprises. Many pictures less interesting than "The Lady Who Lied" have been utilised as ft principal attraction. It deals with the eternal triangld and the universal unwritten law. The film opens and ends in beautiful Venice. Pifi, a woman of the night, appears to ruin the happiness of two lovers, who meet again at a French outpost on the edge of the Sahara. A young doctor has Meanwhile married the woman, who fled to him when made desperate by her discovery of her lover's affair with Fifi. The physician obtains the other's admission that ho Btil' loves his wife, but eaves his life, when he is bitten by a deadly snake, on his wife promising to put the man out of her lifo for ever. . Realistic scenes ' are screened when deefcrfc pirates descend on the whites and their Arab servants. ■ Near the Doge's famous fountain, a year later, tho lovers meet once again. Included in the artists are Lewis Stone and Virginia Valli, with Nita Naldi in her favourite role aB the vampire. A Gaumont Graphic, which opens the programme., has more than ordinary irterest. Under the baton of Mr W. J. Bellingham, Everybody's Select Orchestra renders special selections. -"Barcarolle," from tho beautiful "Tales of Hoffman," was heartily ercored las); evening. „