Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-08
SURATT POLKA DOTS
! IN WRONG" PICTURE
INDIVIDUAL and Weird is "Tbe
Slave" -"Unconquered" at
Stanley Melodramatic
By the Photoplay Editor
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suna,ts The Slave" Fox with v.,..,.
NIsn' Photographed by Iosenb p,,,yy Uy Wllllam
cha.,i Is rattling good story nv q X
C,"eSterton, The Wrong shane" a. ,,,Lt.,
80 soIutlon OF murder depends on four
So.,,e. Oh paper clipped from a diving con.
Lar, th.er rather Brown solves the proh-
scrInt a. 81, nus conviction that the manu-.
sbans NnIllainous In outline. "the wrong
q. nape, Wei, without Intentional oS,arsss
~ may oe said that pnotoplavs vritto, 80
pIVuuceu Dy Mr.. Nigh nre in that 90 &c.,. -
r. I I.I'liensely interesting on that accoun,
t,. one thing they are filled win ,n,os,,r. .'
erS ,Nsor, which indicates by suggestion
Of nnra more awful things than a ton
slave" I" 'sIcal horror would. In THE
attatr @ une terror Of the situations anallv
.sans s,, such strength that the direc,or ~
ineu eu Ine whole nightmare int io,,.,.
90 oe ulu IN The Premature PurioiS u,,,
7. OF evil remain in one's ,nor,or,,
- strange, weird, much out.of-the.orS,.
inaa:o picture picture individual to a degree vs.
rno,',o SIa.l, on, always a plant and WORKABLE
~ ~ioNie actress. is so much more i,,,nrn.at,,e
mere than on the stage that o,n aipl Ip,os esslye
10y 10y sne ever should 60 back 10 n phot,
sIephhs very we'll the ladv ~ noiLaN ~,
anu outandish hosiery disnIav- n
mauIooe large and insane. IJer s,,Sro..
Is quite 'actory." ' support
with Fann,e "vvyynQuered," Lasky-Paramount
ReiohsIn nd bpesishton psshton osmun. Directed by Franz
70 ,s fhotosraphed by Dent Gilbert. "nN
giving the star a chance 10 epoto ho
tne central purpose Of a movie s,or, .s,r1 Ue
Gonquered is right on the lob. N tells an
inVolVed' long, lurid tale of a notbor's
IoNe' OF Noodooism, Of an almost .sacrieoa
ana OF happy ending Miss De NIIe and
osnun nave written some acceptable stories
hoa o 'ne Lasky people, and this is not half
oau, viewed as melodrama in which the me-
Chahlcs protrude over the human aides ~
the plot. But it's rather stale. even count.
ing IN the merits of Miss Ward and a star
cast This includes Tully Marshall. always
poignant and striking on the screen Ho.
part Bosworth, who has an appropriately
mean" part, and little Billy Jacobs. the
precocious baby discovered" a few years
ago oy Mack Sennett. It is more than pos-
sible that the Fannie Ward fans will swaI-
low such Inconsistencies as the script con-
tains, but the detail in production is not
always up to the Lasky standard. "Uncon-
quered" will thrill the ingenious but not
the wise men.
So far General Film has distributed these
THE Third Ingfedlent," The Green
Door" Friends in San Rosario" The
Guilty Party" Past One at Rooney's" Z"
THE Cop and the Anthem" The Gold
That Glittered." "A Service for Love-" The
Marionettes," Vanity and Some Sables,"
The Defeat of the City" NO Story" and
The Love Philtre Of Ikey Schoenstein."
There are at least that many more others
coming. "A Service for Love-" one Of the
most appealing, was shown at the Palace
yesterday, This delightfully."- improbable
yarn exhibits the o. Henry talent for plot
ting and characterization at its best. II
has been daintily staged, well lighted and
nicely acted.
EUen IN these days Of million dollar pro-
ducttonS and excessive care Of detail, the
best producers slip notO and then. One OF
the most amusing errors Of months Is Vtsi-
ble IN q trick picture protesting to portray
Yep attack on NeW York city The
German dircrdJt Is seen passing over the
Statue OF Liberty. IT'S all very clever, err
oept that the "todves" IN the miniature set
are as irrmovdble as rock.
Agony Note In the weeks best photo
play, the heroine is hit on the mouth, shot
in the back, locked up in her husbands
house, attacked by doctor, upbraided by
her flance and insulted by his uncle. Which
for some mystic reason reminds one Of F,
P. AS immortal parody on Stevenson
quoted from memory:
I'm the shows I see, with Nurse,
How the sneakthief gets the purse.
Doors Ter opened unlocked
But Nurse and are never shocked.
Gangsters, crooks and lobbygows.
A pretty lady with a souse.
o, what fun It Is to go
with Nurse to every movie show"