Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
MANY STARS GLITTER
In PHOTOPLAY HEAVEN
Marie Doro at Stanley-Fair-
banks at Arcadia-Rob-
erts at Palace
TWO NEW FOX PICTURES

and artistic lghtings, attractive acting and
pretty exteriors have carried weak stories
before. and will probably carry this one.
What was shannon Fife doing when he
wrote 1t? There is a strong suspicion that
he was half asleep Or has Paramount is
sued commands that Miss Doro Is to DO
nothing the rest OF her life except ne
peasant maid of Brittany in love with
grand gentleman who decides. after O'e
reels. that kind hearts are more than coro-
nets? In Hearts Desire" the fragile and
wistful little actress virtually empttes the
same bag of theatrical tricks so prominent
in "The Lash" Again we have the sea-
coast lines and aspects. the French atmos-
phere and the same old, boring thih mar
rative. 1t seems shame that excellent cell
| luloid to say nothing of high-nriced
player and intelligent direction. should pc
| given over to such inane stun. But IL VIII
! get by" with large number OF rams ne
| cause II Is simple and wholesome ana tetch-
| ing to the eye. The production throughout
| Is almost nawless
ARcADrA-"In Agaln-out AEsnin:" nArtCHrHln,a, nAHrHnl,a
Ioos Directed by John Emerson
Welcome home, Intelligent rough-housc'
| All the time he was with Fine Arts Douglas
Fairbanks had a way of putting torth
| comedies that were vigorous funny, swift,
| He never made the mistake or neglect!uE
| the essential idea. His first venture on ms
1
| for all these things without going mlch
| further. Frankly. I'm Again-Out Again
| starts off with the handicap or lengthN
| footage-al Of IT good. mind you-that
| somehow lacks the stunt stun assoclateo
| with the Fairbanks grin the FAIRBANKS
| vaulting and the Fairbanks disregard OF
| danger But it is all good. clean, breezy
| nonsense and will delight the Douglas en-
| thusiasts immensely. Anita Loos. clever
| est of women scenario writer's and master
A. has civ al
| verse twist to His Picture in tho Papers
here Instead of wanting his photograph
| printed the hero this time wishes, Oh SO
| desperately, to get into jail, where the
| only Girl lives. Her father Is the sheriff
| How Fairbanks tries many times Nainly
and at last succeeds by pretending to be
| a mb-planter catching the real culprit in
| the bargain, is made always drol and often
| convusive by author. director and star.
| Settings and character playing are the high
| lights of the picture. That disreputahle
| porch worker with his note-concealing wig
| is gem. And Douglass leap, via rope.
from a roof and slide down coalchute will
| get" any one. But Miss Pretty, the hero
ne is decidedly below par. What became
| of Mildred Harris?
PAI.ACE-"The Cost of Hatred" Lasky-Para-
W9nn win dneGT2rH y 1o9% mopern Maria Snu m
rected by George II Melford.
| 1t isn't always the most intricate plots.
| nor the most peasant, tnAt make tne neSt
| films. "rhe Cost of Hatred" is both
brutal and simple Yet IL is about the best
/ thing Lasky has turned out for months,
| Poignance, human tangibity and a fine eye
for natural beauty and composition of
figures mark the entire picture. There is
nothing vulgar or dollar.catching about II.
| It's savage power is quite logical and right
ly worked out But how, oh, how, did it get
| by the censors? Under the old regime the
| production would have been slit into rib
| bons before 1t received the official stamp
All the lashings and kickings would then
have been ordered out; all the suggestion
| of the womans intrigue would have been
| salved with a "phoney" leader explain
ing things. AS It IL. this opening crash
of domestic tragedy gives all that follows
| value and pith. and. let us hope. some pro-
| ducers the lesson that the dreary beginning
isn't a necessity. Only a few of the bully
facts about the picture may be enumerated
Miss Wiliams's touching, realistic por'
trait of the girl Mr.. Roberts's rugged
| dogged father Tom FormanS actual and
| likable hero: the directors brilliant
beautiful sunlight effects and splendid cut.
ting and assembling. THE Cost of Hatred
is not "for little people or for fools" But il
is strong and intense
William Farnum.; story adapted iron IRON
| by Frank Lloyd.
William Farnum just has to fight or hs
| isn't happy. Consequently he mauls
French gentleman in his office in the early
, part of this tale and later reduces n would
be lover of his wife to jelly in a swaggei
French residence, besides flooring the sam,
, person at a party in his own home. Asid,
, from these squabbes there's not lot o
action in American Methods" The orgina
, story s rather the sort OF thing burlesquet
, In Very Good Eddie" That is, 1t Is al
old d-fashioned, pleasing account OF an OBJ
. | yious domestic situation. with the principa
> players sitting In armchairs and musin,
| over their separate woes. But II has beer
: well directed and Is we'll acted. Miss Car
man, she of The Half Breed" and "Th
: Children In the House." takes the stella
honors. Here is a leading woman witt
| brains as well as luscious good looks Mr.
t Farnum is manly apd appealing. Will h
E please get a haircut before his next re
4 | lease?
Pearson. Story by Adraln Johnson. Directe
. by James Vincent
; This is an ingratating plot-and was s.
| fifteen years. Perhaps the reader remem
|. bers "a Royal Family" done on the stag
q by Annie Russell and Charles Rchmar
a The same situation has been bobbing u
in plays and movies regularly ever since
s So here have the Emperor Macmillan
o of Astoria and the princess of an adjacen
r kingdom falling In love. He doesn't know
8 who she is but she knows who he is. an
s leads him a. mad dance till Identities ar
n established. Not very exciting material 70
1917, but well handled by author and pre-
9 ducer Especially fine are the Interior seti
which are large and elaborate. The pho
q Biography varies. Miss Pearson Is passablt
save when she becomes kittenish. Irwin
. Cummings Is not an emotional type. TIL
= bits" are good, particularly that Of Grac
a Henderson.
: The Chestnut Street Opera House con
" | tnues to exhibit Joan the Woman" tn
Lasky sun-play, with Geraldine Farral
= Wallace Reid, Tully Marshall Hobart Bos
y worth, Raymond Hatton and Charles Clar!
e "S1, 100000 DOLLS" SHOW
j. CASINO PATRONS FUl
Lew Hilton and His Crowd Max
Things Hum Last Night
Those who journeyed to the Casino Thei
n tire last night enjoyed burlesque that wa
ID indeed out of the beaten path. Its seen