Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

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any one Of them she is to renounce him
forever.
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episode develops, 20 TO the Knickef-
becker and see for yourself, or. better
stil, read the story In the EvsNNd
LEDGER.
IN THE MOVIE FIELD.
Harry Palmer. the newspaper cartoons
ist who was sent over to take IN the
OF Liege in particular. in the interests OF
David Horsey and the Centsur Film
Company In Bayonne. n. T.. is back ~
New York. having returned early in the
week on the Epsilon from Rotterdam.
Mr.. Palmer reached America only to md
that the negative and the only positive
print taken from the 1900 sketches he
made on the battle-ground near Lieee and
Brussels had been stolen. However. Mr.,
Palmers trlp will not GO for naught. His
camera eye" and retentive brain still
retail n vivid impression OF the horrors
Of war. However. Mr.. Palmer's pictures
will be the product OF an eyewitness 81
the carnage.
Many Of the song writer's have ded-
icated their newer songs to the leading
photoplayers. such as Hearts Adrift,'
to Mary Pickford I'm the Garden TO
John Bunny. who will appear with his
new show at the walnut street Theatrs
in the near future, and "Kathlyn" 10
Kathlyn williams. Lucille Love" and
Poor Pauline" OF serial fame.
The Crosskeys Theatre, at s0th and
Market streets is rapidly nearing COM
pletion and will open about the FIRST of
the year II viii he devoted TO photo
plays and vaudeville. That makes the
ffth theatre for this locality.
The Selig production OF Rex Beachb
marvellous photodrama. THE Spoilers"
entered on the third week of It's Phila-
delpha engagement yesterday afternoon
at the Chestnut Street Opera House, where
It Is being presented to houseful audi
ences. The management announces that
Zip to date this master film production
has been shown to more than $1,000 Phita-
delphians, and from present indications
the' engagement here will run we'll into
the new year. In addition to The Spoil
ers." patrons will find other excellent pic
lures. which are changed daily. Per-
formances are given from 1 to in the
afternoon and from to II in the even
ing "The Spoilers" is projected at 2:se
and $3.50 daily.
ANOTHER THRILLER COMING.
Tho announcement that George RAN
dolph Chester, one of the best known
writer's in America, has been engaged
by the Reliance Motion Picture Company
to write 15-instalment serial entitled
Runaway June" which will be ready
for release early in January. is news
which every movie fan" will receive
with the keenest interest. Mr.. Chesters
fame is worldwide by reason of his
Get Rich-QuiclS Wallingford" stories
which first appeared in the Saturday
Evening Post and later in book form.
1900, 900 copies having been sold to date.
II is understood that the price paid Mr.
Chester is in the neighborhood OF $4,000,
figure which Is regarded as being the
highest ever paid an author to write
serial or any other story for motion pic
lures.