Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-01
NEW CHINESE FILM =.
STAR AT STANLEY
Charles Ray Thrills at Arcadia.
Victoria Has Patriotic Film.
Vivian Martin at Regent
Tor the, Freedom NJ the East
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The chief appeal Of this production is i,s
introduction Of Lady Tsen Mel as the first
'hinese woman to appear In an American
made motion picture. She has all Of the
charm and grace which is expected of tho
chief player and 10 n fitting subject, for the
moving pictures because her features are
well recorded.
This is a Philadelphia made photoplay and
many Of the scenes will be readily rccog-
nized by local audiences. care has been
taken 10 make this production a thing of
beauty as well as n vehicle for the intro
duction Of a new pla yer.
The story depicts the reign Of terror sun
posed to have been spread throughout china
by the German agents and the work which
the American representative did to stop This
with the aid Of the Chinese princess. Those
in the company beside the star are Lai Mon
Kim. Herbert Hortona pattee. Robert FL
lott Benjamin Hendricks, Jr, and Neil
Moran.
ARGAnIAn"Th Law Of the North WITH
charles Ray. Directed by irwin =. willat.
mount play.
This is the sort OF play that viii keep
any audience interested to the very end.
because 1t has all the elements Of suspense
and il well handled by the capable direction
Of Irwin WIilat. The story. however. is not
the sort which Charles RAY has been APP
pearing in. and some of his admirers may
object for this reason.
There is a wealth Of detail aud the real
ism with which this production has been
staged is indeed a credit to the films. As
for the story. IL Is a simple tale Of the ali
duction Of the sister OF the hero by the man
who has killed their father. The villains
sister later becomes the wife OF the hero
and all is forgiven. The villain is attacked
by wolves.
Very effective work ia done by charles
Ray, charles French. Robert McKim. Doris
Lee and Gloria Hope. Thomas II. lnce
supervised the production.
NiCrGRlA-"wh, america VIII Win with
tpeCial east. Directed by Richard stanton.
from 'sceuarlo 10y Adrian Johnson. Fox play,
If William Fox thinks he can continue to
make productions which have the plea Of
patriotism rs their sole reason for existence,
he may find a lot Of them unpopular with
the film fans because some substantial plot
~ needed az well.
The story is supposed to be the life Of
General PershinG, but 1t is in rather poor
taste because OF the crude way in Which
it has been handled. There Is the burning
Of the Generals home with the loss Of his
family. and the final scenes show the cap
tIre of Berlin and its destruction. \ spe-
Cial cast of Fox players attempt TO imper-
senate such well-known figures as President
Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt, General Per-
shing and other celebrities, hut their work
is not faithful.
R~EGENT-.ner Country First with vivian
story by Mary Roberts Riuehart. Paramount
play.
Vivian Martin seems to he having rather
poor luck in getting her work before the
public, because it is a long time since \