Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-04

more opens her New York season ver-
sion of the Dumas story will be in her
repertoire.
j. Gordon Edwards deserves much
credit for making this production, fer it
is the beautiful settings and the care in
the general staging that appeal rather
than the acting of Thcda Bara. She has
given this old stor. modern slant, and
her manncrisms, which have lnad" her so
successful, are ever present in this new
photoplay.
Alice Gale, whose screen record mas
been one of continued success in her
past productions. finds adcquat" oppor-
tunities in the part of Madame Prudence
who is always ready to ask for u loan
of money or eat a meal AS Armand's
sister. claire whitney once featured
player of this organization. does some
creditable acting. while Glen White
makes Il capital iiance.
vICToRrA--"The wild Girl with Eya
TanSuay. Story 10y George Rosener. Di-
rectcd by Howard Estabrook select
program.
Way back in the days when the Cap-
craphone Theatre was located where
the Globe Theatre now is situated Eva
Tanguay appeared in one of those taik-
ing CD pictures, and, If memory serve
well, II was tdllGu ! l''l az 49,
IDENTITY she did care. for after long
LAPSE of time she reappearcd yesterday
In "'The Wild Girl upon the screen OF
the Victoria Theatre. Miss TanguaT
pervades tho story from its introduce
ton. showing her elaborate vaudeville
stage raimcnt until the final feet of iil'n
bring the usual happy ending. When
a story Is written for and about per
sonality It is not unusual to find the
made-to-order feature very prominent
Hence 4 was no surprise to find the
Misc Tanguay To impersuuate Il wild
t,,,,,I,,,. soI,t T., be,. ,,isiou of what She
'''loo' 80 - -, l.. .i..,,.,,
Would IKE 10 pt' Ho"cNei, HH' - ','""'
, dressed Ia the Ftest feminine sarb',
Eva Tanguay inparts tre potent per
sonality which has mace ner repu'"l VOL. .
upon the spoken stage 10 the S'lNe' ',Shoel
medium. she VIII gam nost "l neM
admirers. she employs an lhc l"lrular
Tanguay h1ahherlsihS' iier No'ce. neNv.
no'apie lnr l'S cha'i't, iou ,,,,'ia
missed. Ihe Dessauer ol'i'eH'i| ,''u' ''.
n'uslcdl 'o'hpehsa'lon M''''
lectloilS OF gypsy Inus'c, ,, ,, ,..,,,,
MoSt Oh lne se'.l'ieS ~ 49,, ~ U,,,,' ~, Co..
wv us',P,ie2 hI',a,,rarh,, pintoriaI
/ ani,,,al'l,, Ts -. ,iro ana ,bo charm,
az ph ~ p"s ,d'tr,hI,, s,",,n
a. t,is,,t airoc,or
,,,,',a,,a,. scroans ,vel The great
,,,,-,,'a, 90 ,,,acto noses o,,,ba sized her
nbara,teris,ir ,ace much better than did
the fa,,. front riaws she is not a screen
,ctreso hnt This production will serve
tn nreserye her unusual personality Tom
Moore has ihe part of "A newspapermar
and stuart Holmes is the gypsy who
marries Miss Tanguay in the picturesque
nomad ceremonial, Valerie Bergere. OF
vaudeville fame: John Davidson, Her.
bert Evans and others are in the cast.
! REGENT "The Greli Mystery" will
Earle Williams. story by Prank rroaS
1rodumtIou' 1Ip "' a1'
do some reaI thinking is a rarity i'm thes
,i,,a,, nf nicturad darlinps and dimnles
:, 10 ,ba n,annent of s,,snense holding I'M
a,,artio, ,hronghout This exciting murde
,,,,ster,, and nm 10 the finat solution h,
tho criripoIogist that raises This nro
average production. The skill witt
which the author has caused the myster
of the murderer to be solved showed tina
he had Keen insight OF the element
that go to make up good detectiv
story.
Paul Scardon has graduated from IN