Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-17
TWO FILM BEAUTIES
IN NEW PHOTOPLAYS
Equisite Mae Murray at the
Stanley-Mme. Petrova at
Regent and Victoria

STANLEY -. THE PIow Girl," tasNy- Para /.
mount. with Mae Murray. Elliott Dexter and


mount. with Mae Murray Elliott Dexter and
II is always easy 10 ryricizc over Miss
Murray. be her play good or bad. I'm this
| case the story is fairly stimulating and
has enough touches OF comedy to put II
across with patrons who like mixed styles
| The star is beautiful young actress
| though tho latter torn Is bit too iauda-
| tory Whatever dcnCicnc .es she may have
| hiStrionically arc quite concealed by het
| charm of individuality and exquisite face
/ In The Plow Girl" she plays drudge In
| British South Africa. and the point OF the
| picture is made apparent when an attempt
| to palm her on MS a missing heircEs Is cN-
| posed Not very "puuchy," TO be sure. hut
! Stll an agreeable connection, acted very
| well by the company, and particularly 50
BY the Messrs Dexter and Roberts. The
FORMER appears as an EugiiShwan, the uh-
| ject OF tho plow girls affections: the latter
gives clever study In makeup and manner
OF boorish old Bocr. who sells Margot
tho heroine to Stoddard tNtr. peNior. or
more Importance than either narrative or
acting vs. the lighting What marVels the
Iasky people make OF just room with
| shadows and candles In ~ How the eject
Of sinister mystery Is srataiucd through
strange and striking illumination! They are
indeed tho ones 10 do "Olivcr Trust
Imagine the scene hy the bridge the cham
hers of Fagn and the death VI Bill realized
In the fashion of some OF the episodes In
The pluw Girlr' 1t IS something To look
forward to with delight, II Miss Murray
would only play Nancy! she could accom-.
plish much In that sympathetic role.
VICTORIA AND REGENT" "EStrayaEnnc
iior%anE, ii En dIrsstsd 9SG 5y burton Ti Ri6s " "'O
This is thriller. with an alleged moral
lesson appended and the wlCkedest villain
OF weeks. lie is n banker; IL rejected by
Nine Pctrova playing spcndthriit So
cicty girl tries to force her into marriage
with the information that her father Ia
forger fails gets her subsequent husband
into his employ: fakes entries into said
husbands books has him sent up' and
tx finally exposed, u Ia Claudius King of
Denmark, by means OF movie, which
Nine PctrovO has written and which IL
shown on the screen This part OF the pic
turN is the best. The resulting death OF
the scoundrcl IArthur Hoops) IN hcad-on
collision OF engines seems rather an un;-
climax. incidentally il may bc noted that
Mr.. Hoops died before "ENtravagance" was
completed, but the film loses nothing there
by. as ingenious assembling has been done.
Mime. PctrOva is good looking person and
carries off her part with assurance If little
emotion The play itself should pay it's
way with audiences that take their thrills
straight"
At the invitation Of Stanley V. Mast
baum. prominent moving picture men In
every department OF the industry includ-
Ing members OF the Stanley Exhibitors
Association, will assemble In this city on
December and attend a dinner In the
Bellcrue-Stratrord Covers for so will be
laid, An orchestra composed Of musicians
from the Stanley circuit viii play. one OF
the numbers being The Stanley March,"
composed by Harry W Meyer director OF
the Stanley Theater Orchestra
Henry Christeen Warnark author Of
The Honor system the William Fox film
which will follow - Daughter of the Gods"
at the Chestnut street Opera House s a
dramatic critic of the Los Angeles Times
He has been successful as scenario writer,
having to his credit, among other features
Fires of Conscience" recent vehicle OF
William Farnum
Jay Emanuel Is not content to manage
the Ridge Av, nue. Theater but Is out for
the cause OF Prohibition" MS we'll In fact
he wants TO sell IT, No-nut the move
ment-but a film play.