Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-30
PHOTOPLAY FAVORTTE
APPEARS in PERSON
Rita Jolivet, Featured in LEST
We Forget" Warmly Greeted
4 at Stanley
FARNUM in TRUE BLUE


FARNUM In TRUE BLUE
sT.ANLEY--"Lest We FORGET featuring
Rita Jolivet. written ana dlree'eu ny
Rita Jolivet received a hearty well
come last evening when she made a
personal appearance in behalf Of the
liberty Loan. She is also featured in
Lest We Forget" which is war photo
play. The plot, though interesting, Is
Of a prevalent type in recent pictures
The best part of this production is
its technical side for which the artistic
efforts Of Henri Menessier and the as
sembling of the scenes by Charles A.
Taylor. are responsible Rarely have
such realistic scenes been Incorporated
into a moving picture as those showing
the destruction of town and the
beautiful Photographic effects taken dur
ing the flashing of fireworks. The tor
pedoing of the Lusitania gave several
opportunities for some daring diving eN-
hibitions by the extras"
As a girl of France, who later becomes
cast. t. Rogers Lytton, who was seen
here in the support of Mrs. Fiske, makes
a sinister German secret service agent,
and Hamilton Revelle is the soldier-lover
of Miss Jolivet. There are many people
used throughout the production, and the
work of the soldiers Is especially fine
An added feature Is the film appeal
of william Farnum for the purchase Of
Liberty Bonds.
ARCADIA-."Lets Get. a, Divorce with
"DlvorCons" Paramount play.
The return to the local screens Of a
production In which Anita Loos and
John Emerson have colaborated is in
Gicative of enjoyment for screen fans.
In the film adaptation of Victorien Sar-
dou's "Divorcons' the adaptors give an
other instance of their taste and artistic
discretion.
There is plenty Of genuine comedy
throughout this production and it keeps
up at lively pace, affording Billie Burke
an opportunity to indulge In her we'll
known coquetry. PREDATORY to Sardou's
main situations, in which the volatile
Cyprienne, following her lively cafe ad-
ventures Is reconciled to her husband,
new scenes of the heroines convent days
are shown.
Miss Burke reveals marked improve
ment in her histrionic ability since her
former screen vehicles have been shown.
and with the intelligent direction OF
Charles Giblyn she makes "A lively, ro-
mantle girl and wife The subtlety with
which John Miltern invests the part OF
Henri de Prunelles, the husband is
admirable Armand Kalise, remembered
here for his vaudeville appearances, is the
lover with whom the girl is infatuated.
The story has been artistically mount
ed and the photography of the usual
good standard.
vICToRIA-"True Blue" with William
Farnum. Written and directed by Frank
Lloyd. FOX production.
Director Frank Lloyd, who made Les
Miserables" with Mr.. Farnum, has
achieved another photoplay success.
Although ne has not given the star the
usual scene for a big fight, he has, how
ever, supplied him with an opportunity
TO display his muscular ability in ham
ding his brother roughly in the cabaret
episode.
The plot concerns the desertion of a
wife and a son by an earl, who remar-
ries after the first wife's death. The
son of the wife by his second marriage
is a ''waster." and condolences bring
the two sons together. The first son
makes a man of his weaker brother.
who is employed on ranch. There is
an element of love interest rather faint
ly sustained in the part of a school
teacher.
William Farnum does some of his
characteristic acting. His method of eX-
pressing brute strength by his mobility
of features as we'll as by his clenched
hands is well known. An excellent por-
trait was furnished by Charles Clary
as the father, while little Francis Car
penter, who has been seen in many of
the Fox kidde pictures, impersonated
the hero in boyhood.
The parade of Saturday, a Drew COM
edy current news weekly and a scenic
reel completed the program. During
the first hour of the Sunday perform
ance, TO which admittance was given
with the purchase of a Liberty Bond,
more than $500 was subscribed.
REGENT-"with Neatness and Dispatch. %
with Bushman and Bayne; scenario by
June Mathis from Kenneth l.. Roberts =
story. Directed by William S Davis.
Metro play.
A favorite team of the cinema. COM
posed of Francis Y. Bushman and Bev-
erly Bayne, has been again chosen to
interpret another story from the Satur-
day Evening Post. This tale is one of
the best comedies that the Metro Office
has turned out in some time and affords
the players many opportunities for the
display of their talents.
There is a fruitful farcical element in
the situation of man impersonating a
crook in order to help girl escape from
the custody of an aunt Real thieves
enter the home and the pseudo crook
captures them and in the end wins the
girl for himself. The situations that de-
velop are breezy and are well acted. Mr.
Bushman is the nephew of the police
commissioner who helps the lovers and
Miss Bayne is the girl who fosters her
sisters escape from the locked room.
The episode of the Brown Bag" in the
series showing the exploits Of the Ger
man propagandists as exposed in The
Eagles Eye" shows some good thrilling
material.
Mr.. Fix-ItS' with Douglas Fairbanks
Is the current feature film at the Palace
Theatre. The Strand is showing THE
Honor of His House" with Sessue
Hayakawa. as a major Offering Heading
the Locust's bill is wolves of the Rail-"
with William S. Hart. The Orpheum
Theatre in Germantown is presenting a
spring season of pictures. The present
attraction is The Kaiser. the Beast of
Berlin"
Making the Movies
What is probably this seasons most
unique vaudeville act was presented
last night at the Broadway Theatre
under the title Making the Movies ="
Fun galore is contained in this genuine
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