Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-13
NEW HELEN OF TROY
IN CELLULOD WHIMSY
Beautiful Mae Murray Charms
the Eye, and "At First Sight"
Tickles the Brain
By the Photoplay Editor

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| ARCADTA-"At First sight" Lasky-Para-
| story by George Middleton Directed by
| IL Is difficult to write "whim" over your
| door and yet manage to be convincing, but
| Lasky has done 1t here This delightful
| little picture shows what can be accom-
| plished in the way of gentle humor when
conventional situations are enliveued with
the fresh infections of keen author and
a talented director. Nothing could be more
| cut and dried than the central complication
Of the girl whose heart is caught on tho
rebound. and nothing could be more at
tractive and lively than the way II has
been handled by Mr.. Middleton and Mr.
Leonard Add to the merits Of the photo
play lighting Of extraordinary beauty, rich.
ness and depth, amusing and spontaneous
acting and clever cutting and you have one
of the best pieces that have come from
Paramounts laboratories in months Then
there Is Miss Murray, engaging Miss
Murray with her half.spiritual, half.volup-
tuous beauty. Gazing at her one understands
the sin Of Paris and why the splendor Of
Greek manhood flung itself for ten years
against the walls of Troy. Sometimes two
eyes are worth the sack Of a great city.
Constant Reader: It is said that
Charles Chaplin's nationality is British
though he was born in France.
There was much gossip yesterday about
the future Of the Garrck and Forrest Thea
tres. II was rumored that either playhouse
would become a frst-run Paramount fea-
ture establishment. To check the. impend.
ing food of denials, the photoplay editor
wishes it understood that he has no official
knowledge Of the matter and merely prints
the report for what it may be worth to
readers.
William s. Hart has definitely allied him
self with Aircraft and will release all Hart
subjects through that channel. Thomas II
Ince will supervise the productions, as he
did for "Bill" In their Triangle days Hart
starts work soon on n new film, written
by G. Gardner Sullivan, author Of many
Of the Kay-Bee successes. OF course,
Triangle will fight the move. Meanwhile
it's announced that Charles Ray and
Enid Bennett will be featured by Ince in
Paramount pictures.
The Burton Holmes battery Of rapid-fre
cameras has been heard from one section,
under command OF Mr.. Holmes personally,
has just sailed from Sydney, Australia via
the Philippines en- route to China and Japan,
after the conquest Of everything picturesque
and interesting in New Zealand and Aus
tralia. What with shooting" the Maoris
Of the former and the Bushmen of the lat
ter country, as well as the Eeysers, vol
canoes, large cities, mountains, sheep
ranches cattle ranches rivers and TIords
of one or the other, Mr.. Holmes feels that
his campaign has been most successful
Mrs. Holmes and Herford T. Cowling ac-
company him. The second section Of the
Holmes battery, with Louis Francis Brown
in charge, has just sent in $4,000 feet of
exclusive pictures from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga
and Hawaii.
The Lusitania is getting popularer every
49, lit -
sank her in THE Little American" and
now Lewis J. SeznclI is about TO spring
a photodrama on the pubic, featuring
Rita Jolivet, which is built around that
dire happening. Miss Jolivet is an honest
to-goodness survivor. 1t was to her that
the late Charles Frohman is said to have
remarked at the crisis on board: "Why
fear death? 1t is the great adventure"
The story will be true to fact, but will be
worked out fictionally