Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-28
STANLEY FILM PROVES
A REAL FASHION SHOW
Favorite Screen Players Appear
In Other Timely
Productions
STANLEY Ltd" with Bert
Lytell Story by the Hattons and directed
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Lyteli story by the Hsttons and directed
by Jack Conway. Metro play.
Ltd. usually represents the amount
of responsibility of those interested
In firm and so one may use limited
TO describe this new production. It is
a good movie and yet one seems to want
to hear the voice of the players. Adroit
use Of the American Italian words
made the leading role SO popular on the
stage. Bert Lytell relies upon his
ability to act and the use Of good titles
to put the part over.
Modes and mannequins are shown in
great profusion to the delight of the
+ feminine eye aud the masculine orbs.
One can enjoy seeing these fashions
because there are no bills to follow. As
movie it is rather slow moving but
contains enough Of love interest to hold
attention, while the character study of
the Italian dressmaker is we'll drawn.
Bert Lytell has the role of the dress
maker, who trusts everyone even to
his ruin, while his love for art gives
his bookkeeper. Mysteries. A delicious
bit of comedy is shown in the gum
chewing episode. Alice Lake, Jusnita
Hansen, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Xii
gour and George Mcdaniel have i'm
portant roles.
A pleasing added attraction was the
showing OF the Pri2ma natural color
movies with "Petrifed Forests" as the
subject.
FALACE-"Teeth Of tho Tiger" with David
dpsstsd pws sstoTy s 9y Mqsrce lie Ssao
A "stool pigeon according to police
lingo, is a person who was once crim-
nal aud now aids the detectives. Such
might be the term applied to the hero
of this story, who, although a noted
crook. aids in tracking the murderer Of
his millionaire friend.
There are enough situat tions crammed
into this play to make up serial movie
which would keep crowds coming for
weeks. One incident will do as a sam
pie of the ingenious author. Teeth
marks are found in an apple in the
murdered mans room and they are those
of the girl in the house. Now it is
known that she was not in the room
at the time. 1t is then shown that the
murderer has obtained plaster cast
There. indeed, is an original idea.
David Powell rises to stardom in this
vehicle, playing both the parts of Ar
sene Lupin and Paul Sernine. the re
tired gentleman. Marguerite Courtot
will be recalled for her work as an
Edison star. and in this piece she gives
aIle suPPort as does. does MSr.Es NJ Stedman fdr r.
films, does good work.
ARCADA--"BurElar by Proxy with Jack
PHS Ptfkford i,rs stosy ,an and direction by Jack
In the very old days this would have
made a good one-reel movie, but now,
when the public has been educated up to
lengthy productions, it is up to the
companies to supply them with footage.
There is q lot of good, wholesome mer
rimept; it, is probably due to the ex
cellence of Jack Pckford's playing and
his understanding of the requirements
of the part. ,,. .. ...
To pass house, from whose open
windows there comes the sound Of g
pretend that he is in trouble, Is but thu
beginning of the fun. When the hero
leaves the girls house, her father dis
covers that valuable plans have beer
taken and the villain accuses the de
parting boy. Then begins lot of worl
by the hero and real burglar. who
I Joins the boy. And the search is on fol
the missing papers. Near the end of thu
picture it is shown that they were taker
by the man who wanted to marry thu
girl. But the boy won her instead.
Gloria Hope had the role of the girl
and she appeared to like her position
as Wis Wis for Mr.. Pickford. Robert
Walker and Director Dillon also hac
roles. Clever material is in the titles
while the photography is well done.
vICToRIA---"Checkers with special cast
Story by Henry Blossom, Jr., and di
"a rooted by Richard Stanton. Fox play.
The only remorse to be found witt
1tthis film play is in the name of tn
famous horse, "Remorse, for whicl
20 many imitators Of Charles Ross re
i ceived salary on the vaudeville stag
Ns syears ago. There is much more TO tn
NJ film play than there was to the canvas
and spoken one, for the latitude of tn
cinema camera lens is much greater
than the proscenium walls.
Melodrama, of the sort which wen
with the old twenty five cent gallery
is the chief forte of this piece. No sts
is cast, and yet the film is filled wit
good players who have evidently bee
selected for their ability to represen
the types in the stage play.
Thrills are given aplenty when
train wreck is depicted and when tn
horse race is shown. To use an air
plane in a meiodrama is to keep abreas
of the times, and the director took thi