BAB'S DIARY

Evening Star, Issue 16823, 27 August 1918, Page 4

BAB'S DIARY

EMPIRE THEATRE ‘ [jail’s Diary.’ {he charming Paramount photo-play, starring Marguerite Clark, vss floated for the first time at the Empire 'ipaaii'o to-day. It is a cumedytha;i;a of the type best suited to Miss Clark’s winsome personality, and as the irrepressible Bab she has achieved one of the best character portrayals of her career. The story tells of Barbara Archibald, a very <dtractive boarding-school girl, who is at homo for her holidays. Bab’s parents wouldn’t let lior “come, out” until her elder sister, LeiTa, was “off the she!:,” so Bab thought »hj« would get e-sen someJw. so she invenis a lover and a Damp, the latter—a combination of a patent' malted milk and a boy’s name that she has never known- Harold Valentine. Sho sends herself flowers with extremely sentimental pcctry marked with his initials, and later buys a photograph which she allows her family to behove is Valentine. Her mother and Leila aro furious and frightened by turn?, while her fat hj cr. understanding her better, stands ready, as usual, to help her out when tho storm bursts. Mai tern become extremely complicated with tho announcement to Bab hv Carter Brooks, an old friend, that Harold t alciiline is cue u f ids b-v-t friends, and he will help her out in spite hf the family, promising to bring Valentine that evening. Bah is panic-stricken, and tin,' evening brings Harold Valentine in person. Bah nearly faints at seeing that ho is witnoui, a, doubt tho original of tho photograph which she had purchased at hazard. Then tilings really do begin to happen with startling rapidity. An excellent supporting series, including a Burton Holmes travelogue, ‘Topical Gazette,’ and a chapter oi ‘Who Is Number One?’ completes tho programme, whieli will he, shown again this evening.