Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-17
SUMMER PH0T0PLAYS |
ON LOCAL SCREENS
Melodrama at the Stanley and
Victoria-Arcadia Has New
Griffith Play

sTANLEY-"stolen Orders" Drury, Lane
Hamilton. Directed by Harriet Knoles and
george Kelson. Special production.
This photoplay is a lurid and vivid
melodrama of the war, from the cele-
brated Drury lane workshop of Messrs.
Raleigh and Hamilton.
There is no doubling the interest of
this production or its ability to cause
creeps end shudders. 1t is almost
serial given as a single showing. for
there are certainly enough dramatic
situations contained in it to furnish
thrillfest of several weeks duration.
Happily the proddcers and director
have not resorted to padding.
! The immense possibilities of the mo-
ton picture camera have been utilized
to the utmost. and. although the story
is old fashioned in its general com
plexion. it is naturally up to date in
| theme and in the use of the most mod
ern of mechanical war contrivances.
The story has been Americanized and
centers in the Vaccinations of a group
of German spies who have as their tool
a naval officers wife who has become
involved in seemingly inextricable
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assumed by Kitty Gordon, Carlyle
Blackwell. Montagu Love and June
Elvidge, but since Drury lane casts are
always notable for their length quite
n sizeable group of secondary players
are required for the intricate plots
unfolding.
An added feature is "a Desert
Hero a travesty on the conventional
Wild West drama. Roscoe ("Fatty')
Arbuckle is the star.
ARCADIA--"True Heart SUSIE directed by
With Lillian Gish Robert 70 t' fi Harron ' and
Clarine Seymour. Aircraft play.
The tempo of this story is slow and
should be speeded by the injection of
SETON of some sort. The fastest thing
in it is the auto of Sporty Malone,
and the dance party might be consid-
cred a little speedy, but it. requires
patience to await the end of the story.
1t is claimed that the story and char
acters are taken from life, and that the
film is dedicated to the millions of
women who are still awaiting their
sweethearts.
A boy and girl are schoolmates
in small town. The girl sells some
livestock and pays the boys expenses
in college. although he does not know
from whom the money comes. When
he returns. a minister, he meets a girl
who is stopping in the town, paint
and powder kind. whom he marries
All the while the little girl who loves
him and who has sacrificed SO much
for her true love helps the wife. The
latter escapes the humdrum existence
of the town for fling of life in the
city. In the end the triangle situation
is righted by the wife's dying and
leaving the way clear for the expla
nations by the girls aunt.
Lillian Gish plays her role with fine
understanding of it, while Robert Har
ron has quite style of depicting the
country boy and minister. Clarine
Seymour is excellent as the wife.
, Others who contribute are George
Fawcett, Kate Bruce, Loyola O'Con
nor, Walter Highly and Raymond Can
non. The photography was made by
William Bitter, -.....
VICToRIA-"Secret Service with Rober
Warwick. Story by WIN lam, Gillette anc
directed by Hugh Ford. Aircraft play.
Let it be understood at once thai
: this movie has nothing to do with tn,
recent war, but that it is a stor,
founded upon the play by William Gil
lette It'is a story of the Civil War
and contains much that is of interes
to all movie fans.
The work of spy is the basis o
t the plot, which has to do with 1
captain who goes to the lines of tn,
enemy and while there meets the sistel
4 of man he has helped from the battle
field A discarded lover of the cir
traps the soldier and he is about t.
+ be shot when the message is brough
y that the troops of which he is mem
ber are coming and he is rescued. Afte
the war is over the lovers meet and ar
q married.
: Robert Warwick, who has recent,
; returned from military duty in Europe
! has the chief role (well adapted to hi
! style of acting) while Wanda Hawle.
. is his Wis a-vis. Theodore Roberts
Raymond Hatton, Normal Selby, Irvin
:. Cummins and Edythe Chapman are ais
in the cast.
= REGENT - '..Almost Married. with Ma
lsasS BY s'eTy pS mero and Psg
k The spectator will leave this pla
a with feeling of having spent pleas
h ant hour of enjoyment, because the plo
e is light and the acting good. There ar
o many opportunities for the injection o
+ farcical material, but the producer
e have seen fit to keep it down to tn
e comedy drama variety of the movie.
f A father pretends he is married t
r the girl whom his son wants for wife
e This situation is brought about as tn
e result of joke, but it all ends in goo
!. humor as love triumphs.
d As vaudeville entertainer May AL
lisop makes a pleasing appearance, an
= the background afforded for the role
= well staged. Walter l. Pefcival, Fran
9 Currier, Harry Rattenbury. James W
Jones and Hugh Fay are in the sup
+ porting parts.
a Mary Pickford in Daddy Lon
n Legs" is at the Great Northern an
Palace Theatres. This is a fine produc
tion and contains one of Miss Pick
ford's best roles.
The Alhambra has Priscilla Dean i
6 "Pretty Smooth" The Strand an
Locust screens are holding Come Gu
A of the Kitchen" with Marguerit
Clark. The Rivoli is featuring "Mod
: ern Husbands" with II. B. Waltha
Q as star.