Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-13
MANY NOVELTIES SCHEDULED FOR THE SILVERSHEET
MOTIEGRAMS FROM
SCREEN TO PATRON
Film Flashes Of Interest to
Fans Of the Photo.
play 49,.
TN THE ISLE OF CONQUEST"

ture at the Stanley next week, the star
again demonstrates variety of dramatic
expression. Her versatility is gener-
ously drawn on when she is called upon
to journey through roles from young
school girl to an unhappy wife and
thence to life of isolation upon dis
tant island.
The story is based upon young girl
marriage to a wealthy wastrel through
the efforts of designing mother. She
is unhappy until the yacht upon which
they are cruising is wrecked and she
finds herself safe upon an rninhabited
island with the stoker from the ships
hold. The two, having become recon
ciled to life of isolation, are prepar-
, ing to enact their marriage rites when
suddenly her husband reappears and re-
turns her to the unhappiness of the
past. Here the circumstances become
tragic, but conclude in an unexpected
and happy ending for all.
CONSIDER for moment the follow
~ ing bit Of landscape An uuinhabited
island, with scarcely any foliage on it,
practically deserted. And the coast,
well, remember the one in the third
reader, ''the stern and rockbound
coast" That's it. Consider this island
is 100 miles away from the mainland,
and that it is lacking in all modern i'm
provements, including electricity, hotels
and street cars. Now let's jump down
South about a thousand or so miles and
take look at typical tropical island,
which isn't the refrain from comic
song. Riotous growths of trees and
plants, tall palms waving in the air,
banana groves, cocoanut forests, all the
exotic flora of the tropics here. Monkeys
and parrots dispute for supremacy. This
is the scene of many tense situations in
Male and Female" the Cecil B. De
Mile production which begins its last
week at the Palace Monday.
Many different and amazing things
have been done for realism in motion
pictures. but it is doubtful il anything
so extraordinary is on record as the
task of converting this spot of land into
the tropical island required by Mr.. De
Mile. 1t is well known that he is n
sticker for realism in his pictures. The
whole picture might have been staged in
the studio or at one of the California
beaches, for there are pal, trees and
similar tropical foliage on many of Them
But it wouldn't t have been real.
"The story calls for tropical island, "
he said. Therefore we will have a
tropical island.
The transplating tropical island to
the little isle of Santa Cruz, one hun
dred miles from San Diego. was one
which took many weeks. There were
certain drawbacks the savageness of
the ocean around its shores, for in
stance, made it difficult to land the
tropical foliage necessary. And. of
course, there was no living quarters
and no food. These were minor mat
ters, however. hTe essential thing was
the foliage. Now practically everything
grows in Los Angeles. There are horti-
culturists in the city who can produce
the flora of almost any portion of the
hemisphere, and they were called upon
to get together the actual fora of a
tropical island. They succeeded, as
those who viewed this screen version of
Barrie's. 'Admirable .Crichton," last
week ean-testify. -
CONSTANCE BINNEY, the youth :
" full actress in Realart pictures, will
make her debut as a screen star at the
Arcadia next week in "Erstwhile Su
SAN" This story of the Mennonite
maid who won out despite poverty and
from Helen r.. Martins novel. Bar
nabetta," which was the basis of sue
cessful stage vehicle for Mrs. Fiske.
Miss Binney's leading man is Jere
Austin. who made his stage debut in
THE Squaw Man" and later entered
the picture field with noteworthy per
formances in Resurrection" and "a
Perfect Lady
Associated with Mrs. Fiske on the
stage is Georges Renavant, who plays
the role of Emanuel Breary in this
photoplay.,, In the cast is Anders Ran
dolf, whose fnancier in THE Lion and
the Mouse" was hit.
T1OM MIX, the William Fox star. who
l. is said to have reached the hign
water mark of his screen work in 'Tht
Speed Maniac" to be shown next week
at the Victoria, has had most thrilling
career both before and after entering
motion pictures. 1t is some of this
interesting and exciting material, botf
as to the stunts and events. that Mix is
putting into his picture work.
Mix was reared on the plains of the
great Southwest He has been COW
puncher, deputy sheriff and Texa.
ranger He was a scout in the Span
jsh American war in Cuba and thu
Philippines fought in the Boxer up
rising in China, and has been an in
vader of Mexico in the interest of law
and order.
The adventure which Mix prizes mos
however, IS his western hunting WIFI
Theodore Roosevelt as guide and com
panion. f."
rTNHAT Dorothy Dalton is crack shot
i with the revolver is something few
Of her associates in the motion pictur
field knew until she was acting in 9Th
Flame of the Yukon" which will b
shown as the cinema feature next weel
at the Allegheny.
In one scene Miss Dalton s part call
for some quick, straight shooting an,
there was question between Directo
Miller and the star on the proper wa,
Of handling the revolver. Mr.. Mile
asked
"What do you know about revolvers
anyway? You're nuly woman an,
probably never had gun in your hand
before"
"Is that So" was Miss Dalton
prompt response. "I'll bet you I'r
a better shot than you are"
"Done, and We'll shoot it off after W
get through here.
Mr.. Miller shot his best in the match
but was greatly outclassed by Mis-
Dalton. After he admitted himsel
: beaten, the star gave an exhibition o
trick shooting for the company.
TRACE NOLAN enjoys the distinc
VI tion of being SISTER in law" .
the firm of Cohan & Harris. This /.
because her sister Agnes is Mrs. George
NJ. Cohan and her sister Alice in wife o
Gap, III Hapric Misc Nolan tnada hai