Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-26
THE 20. HENRIETTA"
PLUS DOUG AND JOHN
wild and Woolly," at the STAN
ley, Brilliant Farce; judith"
at Arcadia
BY the Photoplay Editor

STANLEY-"Wlld and woolly." Aircraft with
DouElas Fairbanks and Eileen Percy St9Iy
Loos. Directed by John Emerson. Photographs
by Victor Fleming,
To the Great Three of screen comedy:
Greetings and salutations Also, unlimited
credit for a rattling good fantastic farce
incidentally, it's the snappiest thing Fair
banks has ever done. His Picture In the
Papers" may have been more novel for
its period. Manhattan Madness" perhaps,
furnished the basis for wild and Wooly."
But wild and Woolly" for lightning speed,
for the genuine comic touch, for racing
melodrama, remains peerless. II is a dyna-
mo of human energy, daring, skill. The
Great Three-Fairbanks Emerson, Loos-
all have their share in these joyous pro-
ceedings; Fairbanks for his corking new
stunts and athletic insanities; Emerson for
his superb sense of film tempo, beautiful
long shots and fine Photography Loos (who
has too much of the eternal boy in her to
need "Mss'D for her racy and picturesque
adaptation of the original story. Perhaps
it's Loos, after all. who counts the most.
For this unpressagented little 20. Hen
retta" is gaining every day In sly, dry
humor and the trick of writing burlesque
leaders, a trick which she virtually in
vented. She always writes with her tongue
in her cheek Here she actually puts her
fingers to her nose. After poking the most
ridiculous fun at the movie West with its
"Howdy. stranger" and "Nell amt had
much book larnin " she actually makes us
accept the craziest West ever screened. 1t
gives us rare thrills. So again, bravo
20. Henrietta"
ARCADIA-"Her Condoned SIM" Biograph.
With Blanche sweet and Henry 3. Mal'haI,di q "a 4
Thomas afSPiisg Raiisy AdTichs "a" drama Judith Of
Rethula." Directed by David w. Griffith.
Photographed by George w. Bitter.
The mammoth film spectacle" of yes
terday Is apt to prove the champion MIN
flivver of today unless you hive man OF
tremendous talent directing it. That Is why
Judith of Bethulia," with its preposter-
Gus new Keystone name; its often SHY.
illogical tnting and a very slight amount OF
added material, is just as glorious martally.
Just as pictorially lovely and plastic ana
Just as we'll acted as 1t was when the
Stanley first showed it years ago. The ART
of a Griffith is anticipatory. What he does
in 1914 others do in later years. SO 'Jud-
it'll" has none of that antiquarian interest
that most old films have 1t is still as
tinguished by high dignity. by the epic
flavor, by the shock of spears, by the cellu-
loid-poet's true feeling for line, design ana
spacious composition, 1t displays Walthall
in a somber, gigantic role, the best piece or
acting he ever did, aside from The Aveng-
ing Conscience" And there is Blanche
Sweet, very splendid to look upon and al
most but not quite, heroic enough Tor
Judith" and other stars. But II is Grlt-
fifth that counts-always.
PALACE-"The Siren" Fox, with Valeska
Frost. Directed by Raymond West. Photo
grapSed by Donald buchanan.
There have been some pretty villanous
harpies in the movies ever since the days OF
Thedas rise from the ranks. But Claire
Milton hussy anything but Miltonic inNher
of toly ba author
of THE Siren" has involved Claire (Which
is TO say Valeska) In a whirlpool of incident
most of it of police court nature, which
simply won't be described, partly because
dramatic reporters brains aren't as big as
all crime and partly because it's so much
easier to go TO City Hall on busy night
and read the blotter for yourself. Murder
husband-desertion phoney gambling, the
badger game, jailbreakng, swindling-
these are Just few of the pearls on VIII
liam Fox's latest movie rosary! Some good
photography of a crude sort has been placed
in the production. Some wild-eyed emotine
ia indulged in by Miss Suratt There is
nlenty of pretty" footage-"Memories' and
that sort of thing But, my word, Mr.. FOX
these aren't the middle ages Of hlmdom
vICToR1A-"OrientaI Love-" Triangle;Key,
stone with ora Carew: Directed by waiter
Wright Supervised by Mack Sennet
Here is a, brisk farce that somehow isn't
as uproarious as II ought to be, consid-
ering the money that has been squandered
on costly sets and magnificent lighting
The first caption gives the name Of some
gentleman as the "cina.luminist" He's
really the hero of the production, for the
story is thin, and most OF the action re-
wolves about such musical comedy stuff as
an Indian water-slide, fierce potentates and
husky harems 1t pleases the eye but
doesn't shake the risibiities.
| PALACE-'The ROugh House," Arbuokle Para
mount with Roscoe Arbuckle and Al ST.
John Directed by Mr.. Arbuckle.
Fatty" in his third Paramount farce,
again proves the not.unheard-of theory that
dough adheres to the feet, that soup can
be served with a sponge and potatoes sliced