Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
PLOT TO DESTROY
U.S.. FILMS FOUND
Germans Accused of Trying to
Burn "Womanhood" in Ohio.
Garden Again
By the Photoplay Editor

Ohio, always productive of strange hap
4 penings, is cited as the source of daring
Z attempt to sti1e American patriotic en-
deavor. The New York Morning Telegraph
IS the authority for the statement that a
nationwide plot has been engineered by
agents Of the German Government to de-
stroy motion pictures attacking Prusslan-
ism. This came to light with the arrest of
George Ham, an operator in an East Cleve-
land movie theatre. He is accused of trying
70 do away with a print of Vitagraph's
"womanhood, the Glory of a Nation" Pa
irons Of the Chestnut Street Opera House
and other local theatres will recall that in
this film a vigorous attack is launched at
German cruelty and brutality, Kaiserism
being thinly veiled beneath a fictitious
name
Following the arrest, Walter w Irwin,
general manager OF V. l.. S. F., issued a
warning to the motion-picture interests Of
the entire country to take every precaution
to safeguard films against damage by per-
sons who may be in the employ of the Ger
man Government
Hams arrest followed the discovery OF
100 matches in the shipping case contain
ing the reels Of 'Womanhood."
Mary Garden surely is living up to her
facetious title of Milady Barnum Ever
since the opera singer signed with Goldwyn
the press sheet of that organization has
been rich in the rarities of interviews.
Listen to the latest:
How How are you going to forestall disappolnt-
snaaqow player merely?"
a1 snS snk saa Tns ;ssn bseD
M, AT is the truest river OF life. and you can
Cu suppose Oy tbaf bafmp9irs ~ o SHe Ghanne @ Why DO
sns snoua cease TO express the emotions which
they wsre SsnT not IN f%as TFfss6s sso1S
ssSrIInlo! NO, indeed. Voiceless. should stin
AAtkKET STREET THEATRE-"Souls Trium-
sssnLw w., Fine-Arts-rriangle, with Lillian Gish
VOonnor. Directed by John b. O'Brien.
= In not remarkable picture, Director
ypnen shows how to make young ladies
cc,uaetive In spite of themselves. Lillian
,Sna Sisn mas usually maintained a curiously
rnaeserving prominence, but here she stands
~ ~ prettily and effectively. Part of this is
70 good lighting and part to repression
emotional stress She looks younger than
s~ ana gives some variety to the stale
S sole OF the goody-goody wife of the repro
stte Lucas. Not much can be said for this
slhrlo' It is machine-made and ia
The work of little Francis Car
krsn'er is' as always, a joy to those who
y 70 see intelligent, good-looking kids
the movies. Souls Triumphant" is fair
production, without lavlshness. II is
plOoaoiy "cold-storage" affair. There's
y1'saoly lively fire in 1t. by the way.
nance o'Nell and Ekaterina Galanta, the
aver Russian, appearing In "The Wan
~, have been signed by Herbert
.srenon for his forthcoming screen drama,
tne'Fan of the Romanoffs." The latter is
olsedi Of course, on the recent discrown-
asns OF Nicholas. Miss ONeil will portray
me- SHarina. The principal actor will be
f.ti.stu1or an exiled Russian monk, who Bit
,slg opposed Gregory Rasputin. "the mad
h said to have dominated the Gear
rnu Czarina. Brenon's announcement that
was to put on such "a film play Isl inter-
s IN view Of the fact that one of the
~ famous emotional actresses appearing
5mtls country told the photoplay editor
.sial weeks ago that she was planning
s.en spectacle with herself in the leading
K Evidently the public is going TO get
/. ~ tuh share Of celluloid Romanoffs.
x AlDert Capellani win direct Julia Sander
MOVIE HATES
SHAoig wrath my kindness sm0thers
"Ns4eer 4 Vieto these dvfaO mothers.