Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-11
CREATOR OF SHERLOCK
ON THE RAMPAGE
"The Firm of Girdlestone" a
London Thriller With Dick
ems Trimmings
BY the Photoplay Editor

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The Firm OF Girdlestone" begins In an
atmosphere OF Charles Dickens and Arnold
Bennett and ends In a wild rush Of Lincoln
]. Carter and old-fashioned Grifith. II GER
tainly Is an unusual film. meritorious In
each respect and competently directed,
though weakly acted. Readers Of the orig
mai romance tamong whom the writer can
not number himselD know that the story is
the ancient guardian-plotting-w ward 's-death-
to-get-her-money, and that sir Arthur has
acutely given his faded situation a new
bloom by plot-twist worthy OF o. Henry.
The feature was made In London. and,
IN It's conservative use OF close-ups and Its
ignoring OF cutbacks. vignettes and fast ac-
ton, betrays that fact A great deal more
could have been made OF the eliminating
events had the Griffith method been fol-
lowed and much Of the playing Is antiquely
unreal But the British locations are ad-
mirably done and the lighting clear. The
directors, Mr.. Rock and Edna Flugrath
have worked well And Tho Firm OF Cir
dlestone" will attract many Just because
OF its curious mixture Of styles.
The fall crop OF legal actions Is being
harvested as per schedule. and the air Is
thick with flying suits and the like The
once of Herbert Brenon issues n statement
10 the effect that a temporary injunction
hkhluet Mltilam FOX ana the FOX fllul
Corporation. prohibiting them from showing
In the United States The War Brides
Secret" has been obtained. II will be re-
membered that Mr.. Brenon. who quit Mr..
Fox after making "A Daughter OF the
Gods" soon TO be displayed at the Chest
nut street Opera House, is about to offer
War Brides" with Naximova.
Meanwhile Mr.. Fox is busy. According
20 New York paper, Justice Pendleton. in
the supreme Court, has been asked for an
injunction against the Herbert Brenon Film
Corporation and Lewis ]. Seisnlck to pre-
vent Brenon from advertising Theda Bara
and Annette Keliermann as his stars. Ha-
ho-huml
The cast OF the Lasky production of the
Geraldine Farrar spectacle. founded on the
life OF Joan OF Arc, has been announced as
follows: Hobart Bosworth, formerly Uni
versal star and once head OF the company
that bore his name: Wallace Reid. OF The
Birth OF a Nation" Carmen" and Maria
Rosa" fame; Theodore Roberts. noted as a
character actor In many Aims; Tully Mar
shall. late OF Fine Arts and Intolerance" ;
Cleo Ridgely, Raymond Hatton. Charles
clary and Marjorie Daw. That sounds
promising
International Film Service Inc. will pre-
| sent fashion drama" within few weeks
II will consist of a series Of episodes, The
Adventures OF Dorothy Dare" each com
plete in a reel The idea is TO combine
thrill and costuming. which is noyel, to say
the least
The current offerings Of the EVENING
Unconstitutional News Pictorial are as
follows:
Women don trousers-Armed with axes. fair
sex saw and split wood for cubhouse-Seattis,
Wash.
Saying the babies-HeGlth officers raid and
| tile paralysis mana ce-Phil ladelphia.
Studying hRrd-Freshmen beat sophomores In
Wreck kills two, hurts sixty.---rrolley crash
| on bridge sends structure crashing TO ruin
| Cleveland. o.
Movies to the rescue--Allowed to picture
Army football game. from which public 4,
barred by quarantine-West Point. n. y.
Lifting up q city-Put props under whole
town TO raise grade Of streets-Astoria, Ore.
Undcr-ses jitney-ons-man submarine. TWEEN