Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-06
"THE CHILD" ENTERS
DOMESTIC TRIANGLE
Good Acting, Artistic Lighting
Combine With Tame Plot
in Gas Men Love"
BY the Photoplay Editor

ARcADIA-"As Men Love" PailssParsamIpuVW; ara = ~
by i. Mason Hopper Photographed by James
Attempts to turn the common drama'ic
triangle into a rectangle by the insertion
of n fourth side-'the child'-are intre-
ouen,ly successful The author of 'As Men
Love" has come nearer IT, perhaps than
most of her recent rivals. But she ooes
not quite carry off the situation. or at least
carries Il off In a comparatively tame iaon
ion. Elaborate preparations Tor cIi'naN
that interests without enthraliins arr
scarcely enough. The earlier portions OF
the photoplay in which sort Of Phaedra
note is sounded in the wife's infatuation Tor
her husbands best friend are vigorous ana
trenchantly done. When the child falls
Il victim to infantile paralysis and the cast
off friend a specialist. Is summoned 10 tne
home TO treat baby, the crucial moment is
reached. Il does not stir ones pulses
greatly. The most admirable thing about
the production, aside from the usually natu-
raj acting, Is the really artistic complha-
ton of photography and lighting interiors
have rarely been treated with such care
and fnesse for detail One set of softly
Illuminated study Is a little gem of shadow
and contra sted light. The playing OF House
Peters is a feature OF the film. He is ike
able. sincere and not pretty" The other
two chief actors do not bring any especiai
fitness to their tasks. by tne way Wh"'
kind of physician fails to disinfect him-
self in such cases pollomyelitts.
"Civilization" comes to the Regent April
is and 10.
Allan Dwan director general Of the Tri-
angle studios. Yonkers, is determined 10
work on a constructive plan. People with
no ideals will rdicuie me- he said in re-
cent interview. "G not only believe In ideals
but look upon the screen as the greatest
exponent of higher thinking and living ana
I want every play that I direct TO get
over some constructive thought which Will
tend to elevate or standardiZe the ideals OF
old and young The country - ripe for
it and | believe that the majority of the
public will be in sympathy with my ef-
forts. I do not agree that we as ma
tion have been shorn Of ideals by the
Money King" Mr.. Dwans work will be
watched with interest, for though he isn't
ashamed to admit that he has ideals and
speaks Of women with a God bless EN-
look in his ayes he is not a dreamer, but
regular business man. An innovation in
the Triangle program for the week of May
20 will be the release of two five-reel
subjects simultaneously. Dorothy Dalton
will he presented in a social study, I'm
faithful" written by Lambert Hillyer. The
other half of the program is William Des-
mond in an adaptation of w. Carey Won
derly's "One Week." n comedy entitled
THE Marriage Bubble" This is entirely in
the nature of an experiment to test the
attitude of the public.
Many of the scenes of THE Price Of
Pride Carlyle Blackwell's new play for
World-Pctures Brady-Made, were photo
graphed in and around Georgian Court, the
magnificent estate of George J. Gould, at
Lakewood. n. j. Prominent in the COM
pany are June Elvidge, Evelyn Greeley.
Pima Nesbit, Frank Mills and George Mac
Quarrie, making one of the strongest pho
topay casts of recent months.