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“The Fall of Eve” billed as a comedy by Arthur Eckersley cast composed of Mabel Cameron, Alan Devitt and C. Carroll Clucas, proves a travesty. A drape set of an artist’s studio is revealed, with artist waiting for the girl and his aunt, visited by a doctor friend who reveals that artist is a hound with the ladies. Knock on door, enter girl – Eve- who has lost her way in dark hall, asks for suite 16, backs out, does a Brody downstairs (Offstage) carried back, gets fit of aphasia, wakes up with arms around artist, says “My Husband!” with “Where am I?” Motion picture fadeout with artist. Aunt never shows up. Nobody knows what it’s all about. The two men clown on the curtain, unable to repress sheepish expression. Audience yawns.
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Variety Magazine, LVIII: 22 October 1920