Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
NAZIMOVA AT STANLEY;
ARCADIA PRESENTS REID
Betzwood Film at Nictoria-\iola
Dana Regent Star-Chaplin
on Several Screens

a s" t. IF 'E &as" FHF tao%, T' ard A rSe@a %
by Albert CapellanI.
This is a 'ceptlonallv good photoray and
was taken from the play "Ccpton Shoals"
in which the star made her most recent speak
ing appearance in this city. II IS not often
that the combination Of good vehicle. fine
player and well-mounted movie is found
upon the sCreea but there is treat in store
Tor deNotees of the artistic in the Ccluoid
d1 anna when they witness this Metro produc-
ton. The ending has been made happy.
grl lives with her uncle on deserted
stretch of land known as Conception Shoals"
Her life is duh and lonely but there comes to
mat lighthouse n captain a ship. who seeks
leIp for "A woman on his vessel who has just
become a mother The uncle rcsents the
mans coming AVID the action is tense and
dramatic. The love affair is developed be
tween the girl aud the captain
Ala Na2imoVa was good in "Eye for Eye"
but in this play she reaches new heights Of
yer screen career. charles Bryant. her hus-
band, has the role of the captain in this
nm, as lie had in the spoken version. Henry
Harmon enaCts the role of the uncle in a
manner that makes the characterization stand.
out for artistic playing. PiCtorially. the film
Is beautiful to see
AREAADtAsm"Alias ,AA Mike Moran" with Wal,aco
James Cruao ''S'' "'' "''' '" ''
The Saturday Evening Post has again sup
piled story for the films which Is enter
tanning as welt rs good material for the
star. While its basic idea Is of the recent
draft and the element of war is brought in.
the whole thing has been handled in such a
way as to make 1t interesting throughout.
while the quality of the production is excel
fht' du" 10 James tru2c fine direction.
youth changes his place in the draft with
another fellow and the nrst one dies on the
oattiehHId with pOsthumOus honOrs given 10
hln' The hoy who changed with him becomes
ronsri'nce-striCken and eniss in the Cana
dlan army and he. too. is made a hero. There
is enough love interest throughout tho story
20 make II have appeal for the movie fan.
How the Identities of the heroine and the
hero are disclosed at the end is Il delightful
touch of comedy
The acting is good throughout Emory
johnson is the fellow who substitutes for the
nero and the heroine is Ann Little. Others
ar" Charles Qse. William Elmer. Winter
l'al| Jean Calhoun and Guy Oliver
/ nison Written and directed by Ira " Lowry
Following along the lines of the favorite
t"ea of western story. Ira NJ Lowry of
fleetwood Films. has succeeded in producing
pleasing movie with Louis Bennison as the
star. There is but one defect, which is rather
hard to overlook. and that is at the points In
III" story where the hero uses cosmetics to
SIMULATE age and to impcrsonatc an intoxi-
Gated bartender. Tho fact that he, came in
S'"h close "OntaCt with the other characters
ana lhat they did not .rC"ognize the grease
paint IS hard to believe, but the acting of Mr.
Bennison in these character studies was ad-
mirahle and le kept the audience ,nystifed
until the dcnOurment.
Th" hero meets the supposed daughtcr of
the leader of the cattle thieves and when he
goes to arrest them discovers the girl is also
there. A scrap" among the rustIcrs lends
TO the killing of the s,InpOssd rotbor and tLa
lovers are united A little love affair 10 nm
folded at the opening of tho pIay hut tho
Young man Is killed NV tha MOI, ro ,ool,r 49,