Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
PAULINE FREDERICK
SCORES TWICE IN ONE
Double Exposure of Star at
Stanley-Other Photoplay
Bills
BY the PhotOplay Editor

sTANLEY--"AsHES OF EMBfRS," Fnmops
.,ors ss FSrPss1 %Ss iIai.sS, sirseSsd 6y Joseph
AZ last Pauline Frederick has gone the
way Of all movie-fiesh and been doubly ex-
posed, The result. as displayed at the stan
ley yesterday In Ashes OF Embers Is
highly successful The only bad thing about
that film. outside the usual Paramount
painted drops trying TO look like exterlors
seen through windows ia the title. What
does Il mean? II the two words were quite
synonymous thoy might signify the similar
ity OF the twin sisters on which the story Is
based. Anyway, that similarity gives Miss
Frederick a chance 20 play both OF her
photoplay types. the handsome lady with
more sex than principles. and the hand
some lady with moro principles than pros
perity. Starting as sisters. one Miss Fred
erick rises" by marrying a wealthy old
gentleman while she carries on with young
engineer whom she starts on the road to
ruin, while the other is put into prison for
her sisters theft serves I'm trick by which
tho rich husbands suspicious are diverted
from his wife, and ultimately saves and
marries the engineer. while her worse half
Is shot by the disillueioned husband. Nat
urally. the action is based on coincidence
and II is occasionally improbable--a COM
mon enough photoplay fault--but II gives
Miss Frederick the opportunity OF scoring
doubly. She has few superiors in her
fields.
ARcADIA-"THE JUNGLE CHIP" Ines:
Hickman; story BY Monte NJ Katterjohni d.
rected BY Walter Edwards.
The results OF mixing the unciviized with
the civilized, the ingenious. honest and
violent maid OF the wilds with what lead
ers" always call 'the world of sham and
mockery" is a favorite stunt on the screen
and especially on the Incescreen An
other case In at the Arcadia In
The Jungle Child" This time the subject
Of the experiment comes from the Amazon
River The fact that she is a white girl
reared among savages makes her no more
tractable when she learns that the white
man she has married and then followed 10
civilization Is only seeking her inheritance
and the arms of other women She up and
kills him and herself just as promptly
Again we remark that the story is a little
steep" In spots. and again we admit that
| the films have got away with II. This time
| II Is the production and direction that dc
| the trick. Not in long time have tropical
| jungles and rivers been produced in Cali.
| forn'a with so little effect of putting palms
out in the studios back yard. There is rea
| atmosphere In this new Triangle feature
PALAcE."THE BIG SISTER," Famous Play
sceted Wh bS Vac Jobn Il 3 r srGry by Elmer Henry
| The quiet witchery of Miss Murray /.
| this films chief merit. Earlier Lasky pic
| lures have shown her to be a demure, grea.
| eyed, tenderly suggestive little actress, bu
| never before has she touched quite tn,
| human chord OF her latest role. Perhap
| that is why so few pains were taken witt
the plot work. which is shopworn to
| degree We all know the poor girl who win
the millionaire's heart despite a criminal II
| the family and a blackmailing scoundre
hanging around the premises. But sym
pathy for such stereo heroine is easil,
aroused in this case. Consider her wistfu
mouth and strange feminine appeal. Th
excellent direction OF the feature is ais
an entry on the right side OF the ledger
Mr. O'Brien has a rare talent for scene
matching. but ne might learn trick Il
centering fade-outs from the Fox people
And again we have the unreal nawspape
clipping II isn't done. Mr. o'Brien. How
ever, Miss Murray is lovely. She ha
adapted herself to the screen fneiy-al
except her walk, which is pure musica
| comedy.
REGENT-"THE .Gn.DED CAGE" World
with Alice Brady; story by Frances Marion
| directed by Harley Knoles.
The mythical European principality
dear to the hearts of the movie producer
and writer's. c. Gardner Sullivan pulle
the most amusingly symbolic one to date
''wredpryd." in civilization" In 9Th
Gilded Cage" the scene of the love story