Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-04

lowed by new Kinogram. Winter
Hall, Walter HERS and Maynie Kelso
! have important roles, as have Margaret
| Loomis and G. Clark Ward.
NTCTORIA--"Rough Riding Romance" with
Tom Mix. A William Fox play.
The new William Fox programs are
worth while, for they seem to have
eliminated, all of the foolishness which
once marked this output. OF course,
some of the stories are quite impossible
in reality, but then everything seems
to go in the movies if crowds are any
criterion. This subject Is filed with
the sort of material which brings forth
the "oh and ah !" of the boy fans,
while the women like Tom Mix for his
daring stunts.
An idea Of some of the thrilling
things to be seen in this weird tale Of
the West is the lassoing of a ventilator
on moving train and the perilous en-
trance of the hero in the apartment OF
the girl who threw the note out of the
window. Riding horses into barroom
and the daring riding of a horse up and
down stairway in home are others.
The plot concerns the girl in dis
trcss who is rescued at the righ moment
by the hero. who goes through Il lot Of
hazardous stunts before this is accom-,
plishcd. Tom Mix is good rider and
has likable personality. His at
tcmpts to look at ease in evening
clothes are funny to see. His heroine il
.Juanita Hansen, whose appearance is
striking. Spottiswoode Aiken has
part of Importance, as has Pat Chris
man. Music by the Dessauer Bros. was
well received
REGENT Turning the ,Gal,. Ish,lesi II. INIT! wIth
directed by Elmer Clifton Paramount
play.
Dorothy Gish certainly turned the
tables of criticism by reason of her re
alization of the fact that she is come
dienne and not portrayer OF heavy
roles She has fine sense of farcical
playing and seems to enter into the
spirit of the piece.
In the main, this plot is not unlike
many other movie scripts, and yet 1t
supplies an hour OF fun. For selfish
reasons. which include obtaining the for
tune of the girl who is in her care,
an aunt has the heroine sent to an
asylum. While there the heroine meets
n young man. with whom she falls in
love, and succeeds In turning the tables
on her relative, so that the girl gets out
and the aunt put in the asylum. Not
very heavy material, but well handled
by Elmer Clifton. Raymond Cannon
makes good impression by his acting,
and always reliable George Fawcett has
a good role.
Remaining PhOtOplays
Few pictures have ever created such
comment as THE Miracle Man." which
is on view at the Palace Theatre. 1t is,
in general estimation, the best movie of
the season and really should be seen by
everybody who desires to make the com
parison of the yearly photoplay output.
The plot has to do with faith, but
without any element of religion entering
into its unfolding. Thomas Meighan has
the chief role of a crook, and the other
players are important actors. George
Ioane Tucker directed the story, which
was written by Frank l.. Packard.
As the announcer would say, ''See it
now
Other movies holding forth are ;
Great Northern-"The objectionable
Sin" Imperial-"IIer Kingdom of
Street.-The Grim Game" with Harry
Houdini. Alhambra Right to
Happiness" with Dorothy Phillips.
Colonial-"Lombard Ltd" with Bert
Lytell. Capitol-"A Temperamental
Wife, with Constance Talmadge.
Locust--"Mis Majesty, the American,
with Douglas Fairbanks. Strand--''In
Mizzoura, with Robert Warwick.
Rivoli-"The Lottery Man" featuring
Wallace Reid and Wanda IIawley.
West Allegheny-"Raffes with John
Barrymore. Jumbo-''The Misleading
Widow with Billie Burke. All Of these
have been favorably reviewed in this
column from time to time.