Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-10
FARRAR STANLEY STAR;
BINNEY SISTERS FILMED
The One Woman" at Palace.
Elsie Ferguson at Arcadia.
Sporting Life at Victoria

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Macks story Godwyn play.
willard Mack has written so many
cessful plays and photoplays that It is not un-
| uusual that he should have provided good
vehicle for Geraldine Farrar. Although fun
| damentally this story is of the rather ord-
! nary western type. 1t has been given some
! new twists which add to the interest Briefly
outlined, sheriff asks the heroine to marry
| him after she has been insulted by the VII
| lain, who is stabbed
Geraldine Farrar Is the best of the oper-
| attic stars who have gone into the movies
| and her ability to play before the camera
| makes her an acceptable acquisition for
| photoplaydom. Thomas Santschi is the. lead
! er of the bad men and Milton Sls makes n
| good sheriff
| OF equal Importance with the motion pic
| lures at the Stanley Is the musical program
| which IS to be regular feature each week,
| A selection from La Boheme' engages the
orchestrn's efforts this week.
PALACE--"The One Woman with Clara WI;
Barker from the story by Thomas Dixon. Sc
| It is interesting to compare this product Of
Reginald Barker's direction with that on view
| at the Stanley this week, since 1t is unusual
| for a director to have two new pictures
| brought forward the same week. The story
| Is of a philosophic nature and eXpounds the
| 'hcOlS VI SOcHISnl, Dul just u WHAT "uN'hh-
| tage or disadvantage is best left to the
| spectators individual judgment.
| The players present their roles with in
| telgenCe. Dawson Butt has the part of
| clergyman and Clara Williams is the woman
| in the case. Thurston Hall. who is remcm-
| bered for his many personal appearances In
this city. is capably cast as the governor,
Little Ben Alexander, of Hearts Of the
| World fame. is the boy.
| ARCADTA-"TDdcF the Greenwood w
Elsie Ferguson and, Eussne q Brien. story Sy
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One feels that the Arcadia attraction is
very seriously lacking in action and that the
reading matter could be curtailed to great
| advantage. 1t Is action which has made the
| motion the popular form of entertainment
that It is Possibly the fault lies with the
adaptation Of Adrian Gil-Spear but 1t is more
likely that the shortcoming rests with the
| author.
The vehicle does not attain the standard to
be expected for Miss Ferguson but 1t must
| be said the fault does not rest with the
actress On the spoken stage Maxine Elliott
| has the role of the society girl who took to
the life Of a gypsy to escape the ennui of her
daily routine Of affairs Eugene O'Brien.
formerly leading man for Norma Talmadge.
| plays opposite the star. Others in the cast
are Edward Burns. Charles Craig and Mil
| dred Burns.
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the play Of the same name. Aircraft special.
Maurice Tourneur has always been the
| tistic genius of the motion-picture screen
| and his work Is that of the master To those
| who have seen THE Blue Bird" "Prunella"
and his many other artistic although not
financial successes. he will need no introduce
ton. There is ample opportunity to weigh
| Tourneur's worth In this instance. for he has
| the old-time melodrama to work with and
not the beautiful stories he handled in the
\ former pieces. What he has accomplished
with the material will be screen history.
A melodrama without actors would not be
| possible and so 1t Is noticed that he has Sc
| lected a cast of players whose workmanship
| seems to have counted for more than their
| stardom names. An instance Of this Is found
| in the wonderful girl actress, Constance Bin
| ney, who has a prominent part In the story.
She rs a veritable screen find and 1t is not
| too much to predict that in another year the
electric signs will contain the name of this
| dainty person. Her sister, Fair Binney. Is
also in the cast. and since It has been an
nounced that she Is to play opposite John
| Barrymore, it is n foregone conclusion that
| she also has arrived" Ralph Graves War
ner Richmond, Charles Eldridge and Wlllette
| Kershawe are others in the cast.
The story concerns the attempt to spoil
| horse race and the trickery of drugging a
fighter who is to appear at a London sport
ing club There is the love interest and
other details which made the melodrama of
| Cecil Raleigh and Selmon Kelley popular.
REGENT-"Flye Thousand an Hour" with Hale
and directed by Ralph Ince Metro play.
George Randolph Chester's stories have al
| ways made good movie fodder for the fans,
| and this one Is no exception. He has a fac
| ulty for creating character which can be
easily interpreted by screen players as we'll
as actors on the spoken stage. It Is a
| foregone conclusion that the hero Of this tale
| will acquire the million dollars he sets out
| to get at the opening of the story but it 10
the manner in which he overcomes the OBJ
| stacles that supplies the interest in its un-
folding.
Hale Hamilton has been a popular actor
on the spoken stage. and he readily fits into
| the silent roe in the art Of the hero. Play
ing opposite him Is Lucille Lee Stuart wife
| of the director. Florence Short, Gilbert Doug
| las and Robert Whittier are in the cast.
The Strand has Billie Burke in THE Make
| Believe Wife," and the Locust Is presenting
| Enrico Carusc in MY Cousin" Dorothy Gish
| is at the Belmont in Battling Jane" while
| Clara williams Is the featured player all
week at the Rivol in Carmen Of the Klon-
| dixie"