Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-27
TALMADGE, BUSHAAN,
LUCAS IN FILM PLAYS
One Feminine Film Star and
Two Masculine Ones Seen in
Laudable Productions
nv the Photoplay Editor

ARCADfA-"Fifty-nf Ftns Arts-rr,snsle
shirley directed by kiian DwSn
once again Fine Arts gives us the best
intimate drama, the best studies OF per
sonalitles tho best general direction OF sew
eral weeks. Il is not only that Mr.. pwan
has the technical photopiay points at his
flngertips that he uses rectangular fade
outs with skin. and that he can get bit
OF pathos from a closeup OF baby's
stumbling feet He knows people. The man
Is human. and with his humanity he car.
ries the artistic sense OF what TO do and
what not TO do. His present Aim In story
OF the old triangle In n Washington Square
setting. II is plotted conventionally. or
simply, as you look at II, and II is not
full of surprises. but II II surprisingly genu-
Inc, touching and extremely well photo
graphed which one expects, not In vain,
from Fine Arts invariably.
Norma Talmadge plays, with nice char
acter appreciation and appropriate ebul-
Hence, the role OF bohemian" girl, whose
code OF share alike doesn't make her mar
ried life with n rich and bored patrician
any too happy. There is an inhnity OF
happy little touches in the picture. which
combine 10 make II one OF the best OF re-
cent releases.
RFoENT.-"In the .Dip,omstle service" DUAL;
Beverly nayne; story adopted from az , un.
tion by Francis x Bushman.
Mr.. Bushman, Il is evident is going In
for authorship and production as well az
matinee idol stun This writer's necessarily
limited viewpoint had been that the actor
was much overrated until he saw In the
Diplomatic Service" when he was convinced
all over again that Mr. Bushman is over
rated histrionically, but that he has the
makings OF a bully sensation" director.
with a good fund OF leader" humor on
which TO draw. The incognito author OF
this screen play hasn't done much for the
world at large the director has. II is a
continuously entertaining and often thrilling
piece, with any amount OF capital "busl-
ness" and small jokes thrown in. and the
master mind" OF crooks. the stalwartly
handsome hero and the palpitating heroine
are commlngled In dextrous fashion. The
photography and settings are fairly real
istlc. though some faults could be found
with the former on the whole. an inter
esting picture. and one that will be beloved
by the cultivator Of excitement
Tho Stanley Booking Company evidently
didn't think much OF ''Rummy." new Fine
Arts-Trlangle, or they would have played
Il at one of their more pretentious theaters
than the Savoy, where II was run one day
this week. Nevertheless, II Is n feature
that has many things to recommend II. in
cluding the hest newspaper atmosphere
the movies have ever accomplished some
real and rare acting by wilfred Lucas ir
the part of the Incorporate, prematurely
aged newspaper man. and a scenario that
while rather machine made, Is all tho sam,
calculated to rouse you emotionally. The
development OF the story Is curiousy In
verted, but not clumsy. The only charg,
that might be laid against "Rummy" is IL,
dreary and sordld air, which doesn't pre-
vent IL from being one OF Paul Powell,
most careful productions. He directed II.
Lewis J. Selznlck, who has been stirring
up matters In the cinema world lately, hai
leased the big Biograph studio in th'
Bronx. New York city. II Is one of IN,
finest producing centers In existence.