Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-20
HON. >SESSUE AWEARY
OF BEING VLLAINOUS
Gives UP Bandit and Branding
Parties-Politics and Irish
Lore on Screen
BY the Photoplay Editor

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by James {. Van Tress'
Sessue is evidently tired Of looking
wicked; leading Mexican bandit raids on
Fritzi Brunettes and branding injudiclous
| Fannie Warls with hot metal. so we have
| him h"re returning TO the santies that
| marked his sympathetic" roles. Not only
| does Hon. Sessue immediate himself on the
| altar of love by giving up all chances at
getting Vivian but he actually scuttles a
| launch with himself and bad lady. who
| had inconvenently married the hero (also
| In 'ove with Vivan) aboard Such a pious
| spirit has not been apparent in the movies
since Marie Dressler sued Keystone. As all
| OF you who have followed Sessue's film ses-
sions know, he is bully good actor--repose-
ful, plant expressive, mobile and manly.
So In this film he carries a lot of situa-
tions. heavily embedded in footage, to au-
thenticlty, and is generally his interesting
self Clever Miss Martin is attractive with
nothing In the world to do. Young Tom
Forman, of course, Is an appealing foil,
There is some OVERRIDING of things among
others in the company. Beautiful lighting
Is occasionally marred by camera-slips As
for the story-well. 1t sounds mean. but the
story has feminine authorship" written all
over It
sory By .S ROBERT WEfq sqa uefs and ESs ga er
vlsed by Allan Dwan " '''' vaughn super
IL you can overlook the very obvious finish.
the weird and unthinkable politics, and a few
faulty newspaper inserts Her Excellencv
the Governor" will provide some entertain
ment and not little theatrical interest, II
Is one OF those affairs in which hero and
heroine ma themselves on opposite sides of
the patriotic fence. Mr. Lucass character
opposing the beliefs of Miss Miler's char
acter' treatment of Individual scenes and |
some convincing bits of playing arc the |
strong sides Of the production, which is |
good geographically. without, however, |
many OF the art effects 10 which the De |
Miles. Griffiths and Brenons have accus-
,oIhed US. Lucas as usual, displays forcibii-
ity and humanity. His vis-a-yis. when she
has become camera-wise, will be an ex-
cellent bet It's up to the Individual specta-
tor whether he can swallow the narratives
for the sake of the moments
Of pith
'iHiTsqHAlhfssfy Hss2g With MsSsi fhf YIN O. Th wl.p
66farrisan' 6araIsad' story BY Katharine KavanaGgh
John Jhbec'Sf ~ 9s,,T Tod Browning. Photographed by
AS piece of exterior composition. interior
Illumination and artistic close-ups this is
IN exquisite piece of work. Tod Browning
got MS directoral training in the Griffith
amp 10 Metro. somewhat in need of lust
MS sort OF pictorial discrimination. no
'rings fine sense of values and he handles
Mss Taliaferro In way that has never
'een possible before. Miss Kavanaugh has
uppiied n piquant. pretty, vivacious, II NOT
cry suspense-creating. tale, full Of the Gel
ic wltchery of old Ireland Sin a modern
citing. 1t Is all most alluring to the eve |
.nd fairly stimulating to the Imagination
ne acting is nicely attuned to the spIrit |
I the script, except for Sam Ryan's iudi-
rous STACEY squire
III Mack Sennett intends turning out Para |
1ount comedies as extraordinary as "a
'og Catcher's Love" (Keystone). also mt
he Victoria, there seems nothing for his
ompetitors to do except shut up shop or go |
nder his banner. This fendishly sly ex ,
austively tricky" tremendously thrifty"
arce not only utilizes tho wonderfuI dog
EDDY but invents for it's slap-dash Mot
he most amazing technical stunts ever !
creened. The action ranges from the
cean to the clouds and the earth. Laws Of :
AZURE are defed as coolly as IL thew were
tate laws Slim" Summeryille (most d.
cious OF human hatracks) returns in trail
ig clouds of comic glory, and pale Peggy
earce obligingly let's herself be almost |
onsumed by flames-in the name of laugh |
sr II Rabelais and Lincoln J. Carter
ad collaborated on a movie, they couldn't
ave outstripped this one.