Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-27

= "The Heart Of Maryland" by David
Belasco; film version by the Tiffany Film
Company; produced at the Chestnut
Street Opera House.
When announcement was made that
"The Heart of Maryland" was to be
filmed, the writer's heart glowed with
retrospective joy. for he had seen almost
all the rehearsals of the speaking COM
pany in the Herald Square Theatre, New
York, in the middle 90s He had seen the
author Of the play rave and rant and
swear. He had seen him bounce Mrs Car
ter about In a way little short Of cruel.
And so he hied himself to the Chestnut
Street Opera House-expectant! Alas!
another fondest hope went glimmering!
Another Illusion Of the days of yester-
wear went to wreck and smash! For. to
tell the truth, Mrs. Carter Is not sue
cess on the screen.
The film version of the Belasco success
Ia well done It ia beautifully photo
graphed; It has its thrilling moments.
And IL is satisfying so long as Mrs, Car
ter does not appear in heroic size on the
screen, Her gestures are stiff, even ANA
teurish. Her facial expression Is CON
tortion, denotlng physical rather than
psychiCal or mental anguish And she Is
~ wears too old for tho part of Mary
land Calvert the young Southern girl,
who sacrifices all for her lover,
Comparisons are invidious or insidlous,
or whatever the quotation may be, sun,
a the risk of offending, It may he spid
In all candor that Edward j. Morgan,
who PLAYED Alan in the speaking version,
was better than Mr.. Shay, the movie
hero; that Angela Mccall, daughter or
the light opera impresario OF another
generation. was prettier and more citec-
tive as NIaryland's cousin than her silent
prototype.
AS for Thorpe. the villain. there was no
r. j. Henley. Nor was there an Odell
Williams nor the other stars with whom
Belasco had surrounded Mrs. Carter.
Yet, withal, II is "A photoplay far above
the average, well worth seeing. lnCl-
dentally the temperature in the theatere
was 90 degrees less than that on the
street, and that is something In favor OF
the silent version of THE Heart.
State Convention Plans
Hundreds of exhibitors and other mo-
tion picture men are expected to attend
the Pennsylvania state convention and
exhibit under the auspices of the Motion
Picture Exhibitors League at Reading
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
June T. and .,
Convention Manager Ben II. Zerr. who
is president of the Reading local and the
state bodv can he seen at his desk Mt the
headquarters daily, wadnE through the
heavy mail. In all probability the eN-
hibjt room will be taxed to its capacity
with various displays.
Paiah Tcmnle. where the convention
will be held. consists of two floors. The
lower one will be used for the eNhibit,
while the upper part will he devoted TO
entertainment of various kinds.
The Reading local Is arranging TO hold
a grand ball on Tuesday evening during
the exhibit. Many of the screen tavorlteS
have been invited to attend and ALREADY
numerous acceptanCes have been received.
On Monday evening a dutch lunch
will be given the visitors, while banquet
will mark the close of the affair Nednes-
day night At the latter 1t is expected to
have as one of tho guests Governor
Brumbaugh and other state officials in
addition to Mayor Strattoh ana MS Caol-
net. of Reading.
one of the treats to he enjoyed will be
the demonstration promised by Pop
Lubin, who has agreed to send 100 or more
of his players bringing them to the city
on a special They will be accompanied
bv the Lubinville Band. Arrangements
for the Lubin delegation have been placed
in the hands of Mr. Lubin's publicity rep
rcsentative, j. Allen Boone. Mr.. Zerr,
accompanied by Frank A Gould, State
publicity representative for the league,
visited the Lubin studio, where they were
cordially received and assured that the
Lubin people would do everything possible
toward making the Reading convention
success.
While the exhibitors are in session there
will be entertainment a-plenty for the vis-
itors' wives and friends. The delegates
will be conveyed over the mountain rail-
ways and participate in the parade on
Tuesday afternoon.
Among the exhibitors who are active In
the arrangements are included j. G, Han
sen, Carr & Schad, Frank D. HILL l.. G.
Bright, Smith & Kantner, Charles Graub.
l.. B. Reinert. Charles l., Snyder and Hen
Johnston.
Lubin's Jitney Tourists
Scarcely any of the Lubln players or
extras" think of riding to the studio
these delightful spring days in trolley
cars, The reason for 1t is the arrival