Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
|,|O FINE ACTRESSES
PLAY aSOTLED DOVES"
Misses Talmadge and Brock
well Portray Loving Butt I'm
wise Girls at Stanley
". and Victoria
BESSIE BEATS THE DUTCH
BY the Photoplay Editor


BY the Photoplay Editor
M 8rA Nr nv. .Tr. N.,,, >. so,o,L s.,z,i.t ,y,,,
Norma Taimadge and Eugene q Brien. STORY
,r ~ WILLIAM pans orsutt SCENARIO by Hsrr,
Edward jose 'o"' d. '''"'e'' D"''''u W
Could you marry N man because you liked
nis nrst name:
There arc inst tvo l.nds NJ mov,,
y actresses. the pIacid, prettv. routing ones
4 who meander Through miles of foota ge
adorning but No, aniivanint, 4, and tbe
dynamic. strongly indiyidual ones. who
make You forget footage in admiration OF
their talent Norma Talmadge. who be.
longs in the latter diyisIon has been given
"a nonuIar nIavar ~ tha doy yo, eho bas
weatbered. sSsm u rach n n"S ,r,nitv instead
..va,, .,s a',anes 'ne spec.a.o' t,. !, -.
He forge,s tbe xarid s,o,v s,,cb ta tb.
Quick, pulsing charm Of the actress The
Moth is better, nodded than Poppy"
(Which IL resembles) and Infinitely better
than THE Law OF CompensatIon." But Il
was a disappointing affair, disappointing be-
cause its long exposition of characters and
situations promised to break out into some
thing like dramatic fury at the close. There
was very husky punch (the word can't
be avoided) when Miss Talmadge's grace.
less husband fees from the corpse of his
self-slain paramour, just as the plot-threads
are Tightening about the heroine. her Cay
ley Drummle' adviser and her pure but
@uoiWB ioNtIs ne bllBHltSl
could nave devised stirring ending after
tnis preliminary wallop But Mr. circuit
or the script adapters nave laid down on
tneir JOB by sending the weakling william
ABROAD ana grouping their stars tor the
ma chnch. happiIy not SHOWN. The Moth'
Whlcn processes 10 expose the VICIOUS
Mor,nless , lves OF The hich, successfully
sa,s 90 ,ha ia ,ashinnaa Lind sor,a
se.s vi tne oiu-iasn'oneu , % nli'u, ',n'. so.ile
clever acting by Bassard short and Adolph
Nenjou. Printed kilograms are another
little flaw
ARCADA-"Wooden shoes" kay; Bee; Triangle
s,orv ~ anu IaGH h rov
rnond b. West. Photographed by Charles
stumar.
Have you Dutch girl In your heart"
Pictorial effectiveness and faithful simu.
lation Of locale are the outstanding features
Of Wooden Shoes" We don't remember
ever to have seen a neater conception of a
Dutch village than Director Vests. The
quaint inn, the facial types the dresses and
headdresses-all are capital But the photo
play literally beats the Dutch in It's idea
of Holland inhabitants Such an emotional
lot certainly never lived with their ges-
lures almost French fra antic sneech and |
general excjtability IT'S reassurInp to know
that the Netherlands has become such an
efferyescent nlace since tho war "vynodon |
Shoes" Is primariIv n nrcttv 6In, Erop, i,s
oneninp 81 n nieb, asbo, - ,,,,,h ,,t,o.'s 10
II pleases the eye with soft (rather too softJ
the Hoyden school. We prefer Miss Barr-
scale in roles that demand dignity pose |
Two nice bits of acting are supplied nv |
Margaret Thompson and Don Likes.
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VICToRIA-"Tbe sout NJ Satan, r, ,.,
G GLADYS dy y,s sBrockwell and Charles Clary.~ Story
PbotnsranPPd uPPn "a LEWIS; e prected BY otis Turner
'''''''
are are you married TO bigamist"
me roN RUE seems 10 be when in
eouo'' give tnem ,he old stun Especially |
Lonu our Wlliam OF the poor-country-
sHI-polshea-scoundrel formula. Besides, 1t /
nas .ne auVantage OF being. applicable to
sny & roA feminine star except Miss Brock
en, "no Is as , uiinposing as rural lass
e 10 .ipres.INe IN peacock feathers,
1equins anu an atmosphere or cigarettes.
Due ,nis Is nafdiy oelng fair to The Soul
remains Pure, through bigamous marriage
career. and falls into Mr.. Clary's tailored !.
arms at the end The picture is much bet
Ter than the title. almost on par with
some OF the leaders such as that concerned
WIN tne lather, mis- heart hewn from the
soch .ol furitanisn' Inc SOUL OF Satan"
mas hotning new to oner photographically.
~ Is rairiy entertaining release, fast in
ccene sequence meiodramatlc' vigorous and
oruoe'
KEYSTONE CoMEDIEs--''His Uncle Dudley"
snnsrvsas sna osEa SSok, ok, with Mack swain,
Tie former AZ 'tbe Vinnieerii 'presumaeiyl
screened pr'ateiy'
would De absurd to pretend that those
twin laugh-promoters are the best Keystone
has ever released, and equally absurd to
pretend that they are not both exceedingly
comic in spots and approximations. mainly
the latter The editor doesn't remember TO
latest and few funnier than Mr. SWANS
ponnsrIi Su. ~ 'ne sen,liieh'aI settler gentle