MATRIMONIAL PROBLEMS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18902, 18 January 1927, Page 11

MATRIMONIAL PROBLEMS.

fitaARRIAGE CLAUSE."

I9OKBDBAMA AT THE LIBERTY. Ml yts> regard marriage as Romance -jA | M.lt|l"B"; others, the more hardenJ u Jitrj6lUn the more experienced, look „ u Bwioattering point of romance. JUttuiW widely differing points of tiii/iiti ii*i »» ■" t° t>e {oand in ,he yhStimi, in verbal diacnsalons, and in STgita'ikare. The subject of marriage JJ( jStolt with a vast number of times m flpli bat never with such truth and '£a if! "The Manlige dilute," a Uninmfjmacllon which commenced s week's MUtjtfi tie Liberty Theatre laat night. Tho itarll.-in effective and sincere one. It is MiKt vims, but is remarkably well bailie*! ty light and delicately-introduced lunar, romantic colouring, and the comblatloa of triumph and tragedy battling for Tktory. Stage lite is essentially an alluring lift, and "The Marriage Clause" deals with lit lifts of the people of the theatre. In tat story are found the full glamour of the footlights and the music, also the realism of the other aide of the back-drop. Many people desire to avoid the stark reality of matrimony, and cling to the rpmantic side of the transaction. .When, such a theme is exploited, avenues for situations of lively interest ire opened up. Such situations, how- ' ever, tie found mora frequently in novels for young ladiea than in real life, but expert treatment' by competent authors, skilful artists, and good directors, can extract from the theme a reauriably fine play. And so ft it with "The Marriage Clause." Skill ' lUmpi ntry icent in the picture. %W^H» l «-ii»iPj««* i hr BHlle Dove, i ••wmgly pmrerful dramatic actress-who mm particularly In delineations of emotonal character!. She interprets, in this rotate, o»e of the beat roles entrusted to It?" ""' in Knm «»M»r, »nd makes •M| appeal to each and every mem' of tte Mdience. An excellent cast supports ""/tow, Francis X. Bushman and Warner QUI being particularly outstanding in virile aid yell-played parts. Others are Sylvia rtMU and Barry Towasend. HflwrtFootner's sensational story, "Ramweile House," starring Betty Compson, is 'Hi.!* ! u .W, in ?, attraction. This is a WUta of everglades, and is full ■hSj" W*-; nis m ° 8 ' ingeniousJT WBdnced, and holds tho attention from ntMwa to.last. Miss Compson has an atWWMrole, ,nd one which gives her an opfZlw ,Ia . ol "'4S m t 8 of her best work &S»; OM, / 0 1 V, " T lth her is B <*n John >mm, of 'Monsieur Beaucaire" fame. kttmmme™' make/Up a Tery Bnter«»'n'llSflS! tt /, orc , hei,tra ' nnder thß direction "•jsraest Jamieson, played an exceptioni2aß., Pr i ,F fT/- Mr Keith Werry was -I^Wfc P lSrj Ud S d .'?f his artietic 'cello solos (Weber) an < , "*"*•