Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13


TIME other. 'Sinbad.' featuring Al
J. Jolson. Mt the ShubCrt. is not can
did. 1t bills ''thc worlds greatest "n-
tertainer" in Il Joyful production.
Nothing here to indicate the character
or lack of character of the SHOW. The
star makes IL remark over tn" fo"tliGhtS
about $50 as the price of admission.
Persons who rave that much taken
away from them for a scat ought Ger
tainly to have at least a hint of the
discomfort and bushes they are paying
for.
'~'Sinbad'' when it is not dirty is dull.
The ClovcroSt and ClcanPst thing i'll the
show is the troupe of trained dogs.
Probably there would be a canin"
actors strike if they could understand
English. For what is Obioctionabl" i'll
''Sinbad'' is fortnight, plain, uncam
ouflaged and rubbed right i'll :" that
there will be no pcradvcnture OF a mis-
take about the meaning. The occasional
in~sinuatiOn and innuendo which is used
TO spicp some musical comedies and
which is accepted as a convention Of
this art form has no part in "Sinbad.
The slogan is II dare YOU not to
understand, no matter how poor II fish
Won are" And most of the time the
audience can say to the artists, Il dare
you to make me laugh For where it
is not salacious it is stupid. High
priced entertainers and gorgeous trap
pings make what is unClcan of Sin
bad ~salacity de luxe. But they do
not make it any the less tiresoma or
tolerable.
In New York a somewhat large class
of gay whiteway FOUNDERS has grown
ND that must be fed such stuff. Such
typical show as "Sinbad' would
be better confined to Thea place of its
origin. The quarantine you'd be in
voked against it.. Why iStributc its
%corrupting influence throughout the big
cities of the land:
Mr.. Jolson has a surpluSugc of per
sonality. lie works hard. He can
speed a song across the footlights. Its
a shame he doesn't employ his un
doubted comic sense in IA more worthy
way than he does in ~''Sinbad." His
comedy can be both clean and amusing
1t has been, frequently, in the past.
s0TOBY'S BOW" is just a fair
l. story in modern binding. There
nothing unexpected about the course o
its events. once the situation of a New
York novelist. famous and incOgnlto
in the home of an aSpiringly ~literar!
daughter Of Dixie is established. 1t i
like reading the retelling of a familia
tale-the ending does not matter. bu
one is interested in the novel way tn
theme is developed. 1t is a pretty little
light comedy, humanity acted. RestOr
alton of George Marion to Characte
acting is a worth while achievement
He is as good an actor as he is n stag
director. under which hushel he Ina
concealed his hiStriOnic ability fo
many seasons
DRoBABLI the greatest defect whi'
il can be found in the movie industl
today can be attributed TO the rapidiI
with which the manufacturers Of fiji
entertainment turn out their product
1t is all the fault Of the system viii,
Is known as the contract plan al
requires a certain number of subjeC
zach week. A comparatively short til
ago the manufacturers were turning o
productions at the rate of Il story
day, but some sagaCiOus producers ha
lessened this mad speed. Of course
Is hardly necessary to state just he
inferior these carefully contriyed cell
hold rush pictures are.
Although many of them are still bel
ngound out in the studios and are bel
ofreened at first class houses, the ten
lig.ey is now yeering from the has
Reproduction. In this type of Ill
the THE experts at the laboratory ha
man Ike up what is known as dup
OF .,doctored" film in order
ksasAs as per contract schcl