Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-25

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Walter Hampden artistic production
of Hamlet. which Will be repeated
ar the Broad Morday and Tuesday att
ernoons. The star mo mclanchoIy Dane
IS maSterful Characterization.
MISS ANGLlN > performance in
AsI "The Woman of .Bronzc'' is n
highly finished ACCOMPLISHMENTS .pch
as ono expects of this talcuted actress
hut the thought came To us, Why do
iiscarJ tbo pIn,. or r,tiT, rutose IT'S, ="
order to nut ON some lcss convincing
piece from abroad
Even the charm and skill Of Miss
Anglin and several members of her com.
pany-and wc cannot resist Il WORD of
praise for Mr.. Gerald Ilumcr delight
fully sympathetic and charming inter
pretatlou of the role of Polly. the young
friend of the sculptors wifc-do not
suffice to lift this French emotional
drama above the level of Fictitious
dramaturgy Last year 1t was Lonely
Soldiers or BllIctrG 'pla!co un9er
both titles), an EngllSh war comeIy'
amusing enough but very slender "nlcn
Miss Angln chose as a venice.
One wonders why s1e u'" not 20 on
with that very aole ana unuSuai sophis
ticated comedy me open lrei OS
an American Playwright, iiulpgiI i Goi ?t.I
nef' III WhlcH she openeu az W w hno,.J
iheatre mere Two yearS asu. rs,aS Ia
that IL was put oH N ~ .,i,,!e us ;ii,,o.a "
year ago. puI tnat MISS NnS.iu ~. iIi"'or 81,
preNentgsn u ,ns w. would welcome
"p . peyiyaI Of this unusually interesting
s,iar which sccmcd to us one of the
,ast rnaritorious hits of seriously
Thought out comedy seen on our stage
i, rns.ent ycars
-
TNRST thoughts. second thoughts and
" IN fact. NIL thoughts after seeing
g.rhe Miracle Man. " confirm the ono
impression which came to the writer at
its private review. and that is that it
rrpresents the ideal photoplay for the
cntiro compositc audience of the cinema
world There is something in the film
story for every one. Back of it 9ll
thor of tbe original magazine story,
Frank l.. Packard.
" poon1e oro foo nronn to overlook the
,;,,;uaai ,1,atorioI from which pboto-
Is, ,,,, ,,,ado ard tho author is MANY
ia!a AZ IS n, tho dir, hockgrornd 70
.anes I'M p,aru ~, rracedencc IN some tinker
80 So pse'dad tbo main idea George
wuo ai,nI1 .nol;,ol tLc nossihil;tios of
" ". Sonau oI, io ,,,odo IL ;nto n nIav
- 4 Rl-np
anu uso' ~ caiIo,,t rtotor;oi ,rLap ha
age OF 'He ~ o,,co "ao;m !, il rho
Jna;re of no reviowor TO iay stress upon
~ ~; tLor,o bohind IL ali in the orig
~, s.,r,Iod storv
MAJ pr'p''u ''''''
The authors are coming luCo iind iuu,i
own. Inc hrst OF thenl "no ieaI'Gtu 'i q ~
this was keH Beach' VINO prouuGeu NE
own books in movie form several years
Ittg rpppUtIV there
formed tho Eminent Authors rum
Plays, which are beng produced az thc @
Goldwyn studios IN Cailt0rnla, ana lne
authors lnclHue MSrG hI9oo Weaob pasi,
hart, lie hoy scout, l'eA oehCh' p9oi'
King, Gouverneur Morris, octaFus IVY
Cohen and Rupert hugnes' VINO I'ersoi
ally supervise their scenarios .ior lhe
directors. Thus has one company rea'-
lied the Importance OF the writer
COME years ago when II was lnlpos
- sible for Sarah Bcrnhardt to secure
theatre because the theatrical trust
barred her out of it's houses, with a
large tent she toured the country with
= satisfactory results. To-day it is not
so much a question of the trust keeping
productions out Of theatres, but. the
fact that there are not sufficient places
while the established ones are doing
sueh business that they are giving over
their road time to other attractions.
iain'p%,a aiil hn "Iep1 Iot Of % money in Il for
tbe man or men who erect more play
houses. Right now there are managers
who are looking for places in which to
present their wares, while the movie
companies are eagerly awaiting an op,
portunity to show their iilms IN 1T the hrsl
available auditorium OF SIZE Inc Only
unoecupled theatre IN the clty IL lne
Little Theatre, ana that Is 'inS as "
seating capaciVE'
Perhaps things would not nave been
in such chaotic condition II the strik
ing actors had not mussed up tne route
bookings ana aso ,otcep Inc h epansGs tbn ~