Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-10

reels, showing ali week at the Chestnut Street
Baron ChevriaI .......,...,..H. Cooper Gllne
TSsTe,c T1sa ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Marssrst sryr
MTree Mmre ds TarEy .fiaSei Madissn
NJ Beauehamp ........,., Clarence iH5er,itsfs
Henri PS de srf fSrsy Dion oTitGsrsdse
Mnnssn do fsreiIs Mrs Cecil Raleigh
There are many persons for whom the
stage no longer holds n true exponent OF
delicate rlsque comedy since Richard
| Mansfield passed away. To many MS
mannerisms. conceit and little eccentricl-
ties we're only an added Joy to a remark
! able personality. In all his great reper-
toire no part was better suited to him
than Baron Chevrial In "A Partisan Ro-
! nance" Now this character is upon the
screen and presented by II. Cooper Clihe,
whose Nobody, in "Everywoman," Is well
remembered, and who now is playing in
Experience"
Little need be said or the play Itself;
/ II Is OF the snappy, risque, delicate style
Of the French dramatIsts, far more suited
to the legitimate than TO the screen. 1t
| loses the sparkle from situations which
| should amuse. with the result that an
| unpleasant and immoral atmosphere is
| felt. This Is not the fault Of the scenario;
| II Is n cleverly constructed anG extremely
well-acted piece of work; 1t is merely the
loss of the lines
Unfortunately, Cliffe, a. the Baron,
brings forward too much the sensual side
of the character rather than the amusing
idiocies OF n girl-struck old fool. lie
makes him totally bad, a man of vicious
instincts; while Mansfield, the great
artist, emphasized the comedy and sub
ordinated the evil to 1t. OF course. Mr..
Mansfield was n great artist, while Mr..
Cllfe is merely capable actor and does
we'll within his limitations.
Theda Bnra has n rival as the VAN
pirc OF the Screen" In Dorothy Green,
who. as Rosa, OF .he ballet, makes n
most alluring picture and gives most
convincing and human portrayal of the
schemIng and designing woman. who
takes and takes from the old man, and
gives as little as possible In return.
The remainder OF the cast was excellent
throughout and the staging elaborate
and beautiful In many OF the scenes.
Especially effective was the supper scene
near the end.
During the course of this story all the
principals get married to the wrong per-
son and live exceedingly unhappily until
death do most of them part, wherewith
those that remain remarry the right per-
son and live happily until death do again
them part. We think the picture seems
to preach: IF at first you don't succeed,
sto."
The next and last picture in which
Geraldine FRrrar appears will be Maria
Rosa" n Jesse l.. Lasky production on
the Paramount Production. With Miss
Farrar will be seen Wallace Reid who
played the part of Don Jose, in Carmen"
George Beban, the film star who made
such profound impression in IAN Allen"
and who will soon appear in a new World
Film feature, Is n red-hot baseball fan.
During the summer he howls himself
honrse at almost every big bail game at
the Polo Grounds In New York. and when
vaCatloning at the seashore invariably
organizes team. He plays behind the
bat and Is heavy hitter
AS its Happy New Year to the world
of motion pictures, and particularly to
its exhibitors. the Metro Pictures Corpo-
ration announces that Mr. and Mrs. Sid
ney Drew have joined the happy Metro !
family of celebrated screen stars. Mr.. |
Drew, who gained unique place in the |
comedy world on the legitimate stage |
before he became famous as a star and |
n director of comedies for the screen, will |
produce one-reel subjects on the Metro |
program.
The coming of Mr. and Mrs. Drew to |
the Metro forces marks the fourth addi- |
tion of the great Barrymore-Drew fam
fly now under long contract with Metro, |
the others being Miss Ethel Barrymore
and her brother Lionel. The last two !
named have achieved the greatest sue
cess OF their career appearing in stellar