Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-27
TOPICS OF INTEREST
TO MOWEDOM'S FANS
Some Thrilling Futures" Un-
derlined-New Pieces for Paul
inc Frederick and Wallace Reid

Two unusual feature photoplays arc
booked for the Stanley. One will be
Maurice Tourncur's production, 1.-THE
Life Line from Il Drury Lane mclo-
drama, week of October 6. and the sec.
oud will bp Pauline Frederick in Bonds
of Love- the feature week of October
13. THE Life Line" contains two big
i thrills. theatre fire and the wrecking
of ship on the rocks. The cast in
cludcs Lew Cody, Jack Holt, Seenas
Owen and Pauline Starke.
'Bonds of Love- is made to order
for Miss Frcderick's dramatic talents.
presenting her in a daring role that is
said TO appeal to all classes of photo
play fans.
Wallace Reid has heretofore charac-
, terized the statement that 'the female
of the species is more deadly than the
male" as ''all bunk But in his new
Paramount Aircraft picture. THE Lot
terry Man which is coming to the
! Palace next week, Mr.. Reid was in
! structed by Director James Cruze to
rush through mob Of some 800 women
| extras
The ladies had been previously tipped
off to tear his shirt into bits for SOU
venrs and to make the experience eX-
citing for him.
/ According to the plot, Mr.. Reid has
ratified himself off as q husband for
dollar d chance. and the extras" were
the women holding coupons on hand to
see that justice was done. When the
star started. his mad flight they fell upon
him. remembering their orders. He
finally reached safety, refusing an en-
core,
TIN cast Of players surrounding
Madge Kennedy in her newest Goldwyn
picture, "Strictly Confidential" at the
, Arcadia next week. were chosen for
their temperamental affinity TO the
characters in Jerome X. JerOme's story
of the servant problem in England.
Madge Kennedy is Fanny Ottoman.
, the little favorite of a provincial con
cert company touring the British Isles,
who later becomes a star of the London
, music halls, marrcs a lord and dis
covers that all her relatives are her
servants.
John Bowers. as Lord Bantock. pur-
, suing art as an adventure, meets Fanny
and marries her without telling her of
his social position. Herbert Standing
plays the significant role of Bennett,
the butler. Never, it is said. has he
had a better opportunity to display his
gifts as a comedian. Both Eugene
a ]
, guished themselves in Mabel Normand' S
, production of isis Hopkins play roles
| scarcely less amusing.
George Beban. character actor. and
Charlie Chaplin will share the honors
on the program at the Victoria the week
of October &. Beban will appear in the
first showing of Hearts of Men," a
p picture in which mirth and pathos are
blended. As Nicola, the Italian i'm
migrant. thrown by Il strange fate into
S a gunman town of Arizona, Mr. Beban
is said to surpass even his creation
/ in The Sign of the Rose
e Charlie Chaplin will be seen in an
2 up to date print of The Floor
: walker, one of the funniest comedies
g this prime favOrlte ever appeared in.
a The stunts that Charlie does will cause
. many sides to ache.
: The fifth company sent this year by
y Universal to make pictures in foreign
Z: lands has just left for Japan. The
company is headed by Marie Walcamp
Q who heretofore has been starring in
i serials OF western life. The object OF
Il the expedition is to film a serial en-
= titled The Perils of Lac TIE" J,
+ Allen Dunn, who has been cOnfnin2
. his efforts to writing western scenarios,
. has turned out this adventure story Of
n japanese lie.
Eddie Polo departed for England with
a serial troupe recently. The Pole
company is now in Scotland. photo
graphing scenes for The Thirteenti
Hour" Some idea of the size of the
l. japanese expedition may be obtained
from the statement that the party
carries with it Il complete portable
. film laboratory. including film tanks
u drying drums and a printing machine
e to say nothing of varied costumes anC
!. 90 900 feet of film.
e Marguerite Clark will be the star al
a the Arcadia week of October g. Sh,
= will appear in Widow by Proxy" {
It perturbation by Paramount -Artcraft o
'r the stage play of the same name, b,
Catherine Chisholm Gushing. 1t wa,
}. adapted for the screen by Julia Craw
d ford. who made the screen successes
a Tom Sawyer" and 'Huck and Tom. :
: On the Tenyo Maru sailing from Sar
e Francisco this week one of the passen
.e gers is Billy" western pony, tn
70 gift of Douglas Fairbanks to the I'm
: perial Geological Gardens of Japan.
ST The star has friend, a Japanest
!. merchant, who visits him every year
10 He was very much impressed by a lit
+ tle western pony that Douglas, Jr., "a,
1t been riding, and expressed wish Ga
the aapanese children might see BiIly.'