Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
MAE MARSH STARS
IN money MAD
Billie Burke in Breezy Comedy
at Arcadia-Harcourt Play Il
Regents Feature

sTANLEY-'Money Mad with Mae Marsh. D- d
rected by Hobart Henley. Written by Leta
zelner. Goldwyn play. -
Money Mad" is a slow-moving melodrama
which lacks interest and could have been
told in half the time It takes to unfold the
story. What it does do. however, is to bring
to the screen an intelligent conception Of a
Hindu in the acting of Macy Harlan, who
appeared in a similar character in Eyes of
Youth and as a messenger in the original
cast of THE Wanderer"
The substitution of drugs causes the death
of the wife of who Is money mad"
who believes he will inherit the estate. In
his Vaccinations he is aided by q Hindq
There is a daughter. however. to whom the
bulk OF the money will go. A paramour Of
the father seeks the family pearls and she
kills him, blaming it upon the sweetheart Of
the daughter AS in the popular melodrama.
the "fadeout" shows the villains caught and
the lovers embracing
Mae Marsh the daughter gives a charac-
ter study of a young girl that Lillian Gish
might profltaby emulate. Macy Harlan 10
excellent as the Hindu, while John Sain-
polls makes a thoroughly villainous husband
Corinne Barker. Florida Kingsley and Alec
p. Francis have small parts. Rod La ROGUE
is n leading man who is TO be heard from in
the future, for his work is convincing and
original.
Burke Scenario by Eve S' unssii Directed ~
Chct Whitley. Paramount play.
IN furnishing the plot OF this story Ixola
Forester and Mann Page have supplied
Billie Burke with the right kind Of material
for the display of her characteristic charms
and mannerisms. The result is good but
very light comedy with an added thrill by
| the Introduction of German spies. A girl
| promises to marry the first man who catches
| her after race which is started between
| three suitors. An amateur detective. not In
| the race. is the winner of the girl
Billie Burke makes a winsome girl of tho
| 1,1N ot,tn p,,lr To ,ar AoNt NtSSss
and A ]. Herbert, Alfred Hickman and
William Davidson are the suitors. Thomas
! Meighan plays the role of the Secret Services
agent who captures the girl and the spy.
| BENJAMIN Deely gives an interesting study
| of the plotter The settings are artistic and
| the direction up to the Paramount standard.
REGENTr"A r." Pair of SIX Stockings with with Cen 1
wards cyril Harcourt. author. Select play
| This is a delightful comedy and will be
| welcomed on the screen as it was when pre-
sented on the spoken stage in this city soma
| time ago 1t is light and intimate, If such .
| thing is possible the screen. While the
| play depended upon its spoken witty lines
| to get it over" the movie scenario by Edith
| NJ. Kennedy is successful because of it's con-
tinuity.
Again. there is part which suits Con-
| stance Talmadge if it had been written
| for her and she gives to the role of wffe
who cannot agree with her husband, even to
| the style of automobile wanted a feeling OF
| naturalness. Harrison Ford is the husband
| who is mistaken for a burglar and is bound
| with n pair of his wfe's silk stockings. while
| Louis Willoughby is the man whose room u
| taken by the wife while a guest at house
| party, Sylvia Ashton. Wanda Hawley, Rob
| ert Gordon and Florence Carpenter are In
! the cast Walter IIdwards's direction left
nothing to be desired.
! Revivals are again in force and "A Sol
| dier's Oath brings William Farnum to tho
screen of the Victoria. Bound in Morocco
| has Douglas Fairbanks the star of the
| Palace, Strand and Locust programs.