Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-25
BABY NINE" STANLEY;
OTHER NEW FILMS
Metro, Fox and Mutual Con
tribute Pleasing Bills to
Picture Houses
By the PhotopIay Editor

| tractiVe Goldwyn feature. starring winsome
Madge Kennedy; and "The Spy" Dustin
| Farnum offering from the Fox studios. Vis-
| ible at the Palace, were both recently re-
viewed in detail in these columns.
| ADDED ATTRACTION At sTANLEy-"Re
treat OF the Germans at the battle Of Arras.
fourth OF series or OHicial Erltlsh WAT
! Pictures. Taken on the Western Front.
| This series Of pictures are the finest war
! films that have been brought to this country,
| They are complete In every detail and give
| a comprehensive pictorial description OF the
| war. The photography is excellent when 1t
! Is remembered under what difficulties the
| cameramen must work. The tanks are
| shown and the task of these levathans is
! more clearly shown than any word picture
| of them could ever he.
| ARcADTA-,when a Man sees Red" Fox, with
william Farnum. Adapted from Larry
| Evans's story 1.-THE Painted Lady" Directed
| by Frank Lloyd.
Considering that the sea captain villain
| Of this film has abducted the heros sweet
| heart and betrayed his sister. there seems
| to be ample provocatio for ruddy haze
| through which william Farnum views the
| strongly melodramatiC situation I'm which he
| IL placed As usual, this actor gives vivid
| exhibition of muscular virtue. The frenzied
! skipper Is vigorously choked, the little sister
| is avenged, the reformed painted Lady,
| who transfers her affections from decadent
| millionaire to the manly mate OF the Alba
| tross," is regalned and prospect or idyllic
| times on a Pacific isle is forecast in the
| final fadeaway.
! The picture is called "A Romance Of the
| South Seas" but the Polynesian scenes are
somewhat careessy faxed. The rocky coast
| Of the alleged tropic land is plainly that
| OF Santa Catalina, off Los Angeles. while
| the elaborate cafe scenes emphatically sug.
| gest the purlieus Of Geary street, San Fran
| cisco rather than any sub-equatorial realm.
| Furthermore, the natives revealed are
| representatives of the negro race numeri-
| cally scarcer in the true South Seas than
| Caucasians. Despite these defects, how
! ever. many Of the open-air scenes OF
| the feature are exceedingly picturesque and
| beautiful Some Of the sea-strand views
! are well worth a trip to the Arcadia. Jewel
! Carmen as the painted Lady Is as pretty
a screen heroine as ever. G. Raymond Nye
| is highly forceful and sincere as the savage
| "od man" of the "Albatross.'
REGENT.z"North e. Eifty-tbrSs." FoEy gith gi1
clair Directed bv Richard Stanton,
Lads and lasses of the Robert W. Serviss
| brand OF elemental Nrilty enact their pas
| sionate roles in this feature against back
| ground OF magnificent mountains and rocky
! hillsides cloaked in snow. As frequently In
! Aim plays. the photography is artstlcally
| far superior to the thematic material. In
| this instance the tale is that Of Ingomar
| and Parthenla over again. maid or
! civilization forcibly seized and wooed by
| rough "caveman" with a tender heart
| stirred by honest love. When Mr. Farnum
| as Roaring Bill" clears himself of muir
| der charge, Winifred Kingston as winsome
! Mabel Weir succumbs to destiny and abduc-
! ton ends in the sound OF wedding bells.
There is a good deal OF repetition in the
! early portion Of this screen drama, but ex-
! citing episodes crowd upon one another
in the scenes in which Bill proves his limo.
| cencc Auxiliary roles are well sustained
by Edward Alexander Rex Downs and
Frank Lannng.
vIcroRIA-"TheIr Compact" With BuShman
and Rayne From stsTy Of Ghsvies v, A LSsSSs
and the scenario or sheloE Le Eimoi 2 ~ D,reetep
Bergquist. Metro production.
There is no attempt at blgness in this
latest output OF the Metro studio and yet
by the competent manner in which every
detail is handled and the excellent quality
of the story, 1t ranks among the best Of
recent stories OF the rough, western type.
A steady interest is maintained with an
even tempo throughout, while the many
scenes of arid land and towering mountains
form a natural setting that is noteworthy.
There are no herds OF cattle or swift riding
COWBOYS but just a faithful gathering OF
varied types of men that are likely to be
found in many mining camps. The pho
Biography at times shows careful details,
while the double exposure work is novel.
basis Of the story and the manner in which
her husband is kept in ignorance of her
infdelity is carefully shown. The censors
have added their mite in the way of few
! inserted leaders, but they were quite un-
necessary for the splendid acting OF the
players told more than could the words
lust what was meant. Metro Is rapidly
advancing in the cinema world,
BEIMoNT-"The Runaway" Mutual Film Cor.
SanderHOn. Adapted
play by Michael Morton.
Those who like TO see Julia Sanderson in
a series OF pictures showing her in varl-
Gus surroundings and in many different
costumes will be delighted with THE Run
away" Miss Sanderson is good to look
upon. The opening pictures showing her
dabbling her bare toes in running stream
are particularly charming. She Is a coun-
try girl, an orphan living with an uncle. II
Is planned that she shall marry a young
man of the village. To escape him she runs
away to New York and takes refuge with
an artist who had boarded with her family
and discovered that she had artistic gifts.
In New York she is driven by force OF cir
cumstances to the stage and makes a bril-
liant success as a leading woman In a comic
opera company. The story Is improbable,
but one need not worry too much about
that for the pictures are beautiful and
Miss Sanderson is charming. She makes
her movie" debut In Philadelphia In this
Aim.
COLONIAL AND LocUsT-"'Jhe Yankee
gs R,bS 2sSse f. sDsSas %s Sire ss Sa S ss
ard stanton. Fox production
There Is a trace OF the last serial story
filmed by the Lubin forces under the title
of The Road of Strife" In this new release
from the prolific Fox forces II also serves
10 bring Enid Markey, former Triangle
star, TO the sIlversheet once more. while
George Walsh Is again able 70 live UP TO
his title OF "smile-a-minute
The authors have laid most Of the action
In the oVerworked Balkans with 2 small
portion sf tho oneninn II Amerioa. Hero