Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-21
LITTLE WOMEN FILMED;
SILVER KING AT STANLEY
Annette Kellermann at Victoria.
Another War Picture at Palace,
and Viola Dana at Regent

sTANLEY-"The silver Kinr" with william
irtaversham Directed by Georse lryins from,
iGs play play by Henry Arthur Jones' Paramount
Many years ago there appeared upon the
stages throughout this country drama which
people talked about and still recall when
Henry Arthur Jones Is mentioned as a play
right. II was "The Silver King" and now it
has moved into the catalogue of the movie
dramas with capable cast of players to
interpret the many roles. Burns Mantle "a
theatrical writer, prepared the scenario and
many OF his titles show the work Of an INTEL
ligent adapter With few exceptions the
direction of George Irving is quite capable.
The motivation concerns an English squire
who comes to America thinking he is a muir
derer. lie regans his lost fortune and ,re-
turns under an assumed name in time TO
save his family the shame of poverty. He
also discovers the guilty, who are punished,
II Is not any easy matter for director
TO take players foreign to the movie camera
limitations and expect the same quality OF
acting from tpem that can be obtained from
players educated in the ways of the studio.
An example of this sense of camera CON
sciousnees is found In the work of William
Faversham. who might have improved his
part by more liberal use of significant ges-,
lures. Cecil Yapp is another important
player. Barbara Castleton is pleasing the
wife. Nadia Gray and Lawrence johnson
have other roles. Others whose work is
warburton Gamble. Daniel Pennell. William
oDay and Helen Meyers.
PAaAcEMWilssop or the ksser % ,Sn with special
by Maxwell karger. Metro play.
Movie historians will find that Maxwell
Karger has tried to record in films the story
of the war from the beginnings of the careers
of two of the principal characters President
Wilson and the Kaiser. This movie depicts
the contrasted lives of the two men, one
debased while the other was exalted, and
many Of the intervening events which led up
to the meeting of the Allies at the peace
table in France are shown. The case liz one of
the largest ever gathered in film production
and required careful scrutiny Of players
who were physically able to interpret the
characters of the men whose names will go
down in the histories of the world
Many of the scenes in this play were made
at Betzwood and in Philadelphia and en-
listed the services of several local players
and the girls from Leave II To Jane" COM
pany They participated in the part which
shows the brutality of the Hun Creighton
Hale. Helen Ferguson, Earl Schenck, Joseph
Kilgour and Margaret McWade have the inn
portant roles
AHCApIA-Iitt!s Women" by Louise NJ; AlcO,tt.
William A. Brady.
William A. Brady has given the screen
classic in his production of Little Women.
and il will take its place with the Mark
Twain stories, "Prunella" and The Blue
Bird" for it's artistic direction. 1t is plays
like these which will do more to bring the
screen to it's proper place than all of the
regular program releases which are manutac-
tured with machne-like precision. Anne Max
well prepared the scenario and she made a
good job of it, because she has kept the
story just in the proper atmosphere instead
of trying to remake 1t, as is the wont of so
many adapters.
Harley Knowles is indeed a good director
for he has grasped the spirit of the story
and made his characters seem real instead
of just puppets. The whole film has an at
mosphere of reality which is a treat for the
film dcvotee to find in these days of clap
trap movies. Rene Guissart's photography
greatly adds TO the general effect in the
study of the home life in New England about
ffy years ago.
Henry Hull brother of the late Shelly Hull.
Conrad Nagel and Lynn Hammond have the
principal male roles while the little women"
are played bv Dorothy Bernard az 10, Isabel
Lamon as Meg, Lillian Hall as Beth and
Florence Finn as Amy. Kate Lester has the
role of the mother. 4 Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney
Drew comedy also proved of high order in
this contrasting field of fun.
vICToRIA-"aree Of the sea-, with Annette
and directed by John q. Adoh. Fox play.
Annette Kellermann is the chief asset Of
this production. and those who remember her
in the spectacle, "A Daughter of the Gods,
will have no regrets for again seeing her
in another series Of stunts" of equal daring.
The pictorial quality of the locales used
throughout this tale of the queen of the sea.
who turns human la fairy tales, is feast
for the eye.
Queen OF the Sea" was made at Bar Har-
Dor. Bermuda, Jamaica, Florida. Mexico and
fn1if nj Of h. RI l,l tY,pa
Of the locations for use in the unfolding of
a fairy story which permits Miss Kelermann
to dive from a high cable into the sea. rescue
men from a ship, struggle beneath the waves
with other swimmers, fight with swords and
escape from revolving knives. Such are the
tasks set for this versatile woman by the
author before he permits her to live happily
ever after, With the star there also appear
Hugh Thompson as the hero prince Mildred
Keets Beth Irvine. Philip Van Loan. Walter
Law, Fred Parker, Louis Dean, Carrie Lee
and Minnie Method
GID 6S5e" pTn Th Yea bS Psrs 4
collins. Metro play.
Readers of Alexine Heyand's story will
| find that John Collins has adapted and di-
| rected this fiction with credit to both. Viola
| Dana has rarely had part which she has
portrayed with such iinesSe as she does her
| role In this story, and it is a justification
| for her rise to stellar honors
Coming at a time when the nation has
voted itself dry, this story about the evils
| Of drink is appropriate. II Ia handled as a
| comedy vehicle. and Miss Dana appears in
the garb OF a man who shams ntoxicaton TO
get into an institute for its treatment. II
is a jolly little plot of miX-ups which bring
a man to n little town which needed Romeo
for the girl to marry because all of the
elgbles had been captured at the time the
heroine decided she wanted husband. Viola
Dana as the leading character, shows her
self TO be capable comedienne. William h.
Davidson, John McGowan. Howard Hall and
Elsie Mcleod have important parts,
RIyoII and COLoNIAI.--"The Common Cause .
directed by u Stuart Blackton with Herbert
Rawlinson and Sylvia Dreamer
This is war film and vet its treatment