Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-19
NEW FAT COMEDIAN
NOT A PIE THROWER
Mcintyre. in Travelling Sales
man" at Stanley, Sets Novel
Fashion in Grotesquerie

sThNLEY-''rhe rravciins salesman" fan.
tyre ,nI Do.H Esnyon story ssss;.s I'm
p.sE D. JIncs FORBES dissc,sd b. 1u.sr6
iia1s. ''us7 r. WIZ
Tho screen has new comedian enc who
doesn't seem t. strtks any espacHaliv anus.
tnE or novel mote 90 Ntat. but wh1 grows
on YOU ~ thc end you rcnlif- tNa, ho
ms put orrr novel cH sc' that o' Ero.
@Nlue uonsense without Niu'sscc Mr. Nc
,n'FLr looks F1nrtN'nE l,Fe FATTY Nrhuckin
hN doesn't f7il down o. waIinu IN r'nce
meat The d.T1-crre il refreshing and it's
Nol WI keiy the now school % expression
WI md ltHsif Q.-u'y founded IN an that
" exponent doya there is Certnln amount
OF restraint and surety nnd his musical
comedy eNp'~'enrs Is apparent in little
u cks that ruske FOR raysty IA for the
piaN, u ~ familiar t' most theatre -FocrH
,nFnrEh tN" stage version. played both hy
Nc Nclntyrr aud Th0uas \ Hoes u
conc'rn' the fo.llau of o. vrtn town villain.
WHO socks IN huv oui the pretty telegraph
operators property by drummer, himself
hn'tHn WITH the te'eErA ph.c rnsH charms
To 'ramr''r ln'orevt. nn' rfr nNlcary ~.
ching or g"rpr's!r-. has hcsr eked ont with
rare cal Incident s1d facial hypiNy. uEoWise
'onc wcll.wri't0u lc1dcrr \ particularly
clever Thr'cr ~ IN, g'uErd had man -
contributed rr Harry SDrthrup Direction,
cutting and Photography are o' the best.
AHCAp',,,.""rs. Sin, T- De-. E,y.n.,s .1rl.
and ttnp srl tU"Gmsn Gtc-, bv IaSn nrh
sccnsr, by : g Vs,,ks di-rr'ss nv Waiter
Edwsria. p'n:ozrrutst Nv ) p Jennings
Again TIE tral tho courtroom thr tear
tul hcrNln', the crowd. The verdict Hut
something bitter thsg the usuRl mo; guilty"
nna.r. f1r . story ~ NN human values has
hccr evolved Rrd Plthougr ltr "rsNn,mors"
has caused 4 ~ he cut here avl thorr b,
the ccra'r. y has power or a grim sort
wcll-su'taiatd action = logical climax and
Just IShn and hsruv crd~v n - very
forcihly acted Mr tjeoCnu oTCra another
of his hard cunning men Ct tho world"
studies. white tho irjchiug Miss Wilson
ard the earnest NJ hickman have good
pa"tH The atmosphere ~ tNrt NJ "I!r'u
WautNd," N TINT , young stenoSrapher rlIr-
dcr7 her employer when the 'nltrr tries to
mako hcr take 'ths eas est way. Thia part
NJ ths narrative is rather tedious and 'grit
with tho establishment, ot the fact that the
deTd mans clonfa; .-.end. n notable cT'rn-
nal lawyer, means % prosecute the case
Tor tho stat" Aganst the r, VINO, ur-
known To him. la hts daughter the story
t1kes ON nrooCta Of tragic % Encss KoNunn.
~ the lawyer IN the trial scene On Witch
by the Way. he defends nc, his fr'sad bot
the EifD. has snrrs arrrstrE mCwog;H Tho
picture moves slowly but ps lt ,s essen
TALLY an intimate. realistic s'udy o' peoplc,
end not nciodrRnA THIS viii not be
minded by maay.
nEGEiNT--,,"A Woman, Napr., wGrli.pEly
br Nl.ari Mn,E, a'@nari1 hy Irevtca MN'
FranhcJ o. AriNu- gd,soa
This starts N win an excellent theme
tho desperation OF youaE married women
fitted 10 lonely live -RnI with excellent
u'T1osnher. NJ the small town gort But q
becomes rambling npd incohC.sut toward
the end and fnall" almost dissolv's into
NJ ntCN,glbU'ty \ great deaf ~ tns as