'SUNSHINE ALLEY'

Evening Star, Issue 16782, 10 July 1918, Page 4

'SUNSHINE ALLEY'

«. I QUEEN'S AND KING EDWARD \ THEATRES. Few screen "stars" have tho following of Mao Marsh, and much of the interest found ill ' Sunshine Alley/ which was initially shown at the Queen's and King Edward Theatres to-day, centres round her appealing and whimsical personality. Her clever "acting and interesting and mobile face hold the attention right tlrrough the five reels of this fine Goldwyn production. The chief characters in the story arc the proprietors of a bird and animal shop, and there are many enjoyable scenes in which birds, parrots, monkeys, cats, and dogs supply the amusement. Down in the crowded and poorest quarters of a big city lives a little girl who is a. creature of joy. Early in tho day she sings in her grandfather's bird store, and finds constant delight in the companionship of her feathered friends. One day her grandfather is run over, and she is compelled to sell her beloved singing bullfinch to a society woman in order to meet the. doctor's fees. The bullfinch becomes ill. and the little girl is sent for to treat it. While tending it she. meets the son of tho house, who speedily succumbs to the charm of her sunny disposition, and with equal celerity gains her love. And through the devotion of tho pair a scapegrace brother is reformed and the aged grandfather cared for. Mae Marsh is a sheer delight throughout the play, and in her grandmother's quaint wedding dress she is an attractive and appealing figure. Robert Harron is at his best as the young lover, and Dion Titheradge is excellent as the weak brother. This is an appealing human story, made doubly engrossing by the magnetic work of* the" little Goldwyn "star." The touch of drama, is supplied by the theft of jewels from tho lover's mansion, and tho suspicion which momentarily falls upon the little visitor. The story wavers all the time between laughter and tears, and the theme, as will be seen, is quite new to the screen. Afternoons and evenings 'Sunshine Alloy' will be shown at both theatres till further notice.