Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-23
MOVIECRAMS FROM
SCREEN TO PATRON

I to shown at the Stanley next week. II
happens that Miss Youngs father. Ed
1 ward Kimball, takes the role Of the Hon.
! Peter Mottram, a lovable old gentle-
man. and peacemaker in the domestic
. battles Of the Blundell household. The
F.. NAV calls for some sound fatherly ad-
: ,,Ice from old Peter to Theodore and
(, Zoe Blundel on the ticklish subject Of
,be crucial period Of married life, or
. 'Mid-C Channel"
I Mr.. Kimball, who never misses an OPP
cortunity of putting a humorous touch
: 10 his work, was quick to grasp the oc-
: casion Of delivering heart-to-heart talk
. 10 his daughter on the matter, In the
: terse, straightforward language OF the
2 NAV. The scene was the daily wrangle
: ~ husband and wife over past grieV-
= onces In the play Peter tactfully sug-
f. ensts a reconciliation trip to Paris, In
Z the hope that the diversion OF travel
2 will distract their minds from petty
: warns her gently. that half way be-
: tween the English channel there Is a
/. shoal which every Voyager must
. traverse;
MAURICE ToURNEUR's Deep
. M Waters" is a photoplay replete with
. scenic beauty and more than ordinary
/. interest with it's rugged folks OF the
t. New England coast, played against
T. background of marine beauty, ~
peep waters comes to the Palace
: next week The act 'on commences at a
I. Fashionable dinner in a big city sweeps
: The beholder up to the New England
I. coast, then back again. Returning 10
. The seashcre 1t takes one In GREATNESS
> bounds out over the waves TO rocky
4. noint where a lighthouse Is being erected.
1. SThe deep sea divers, the cranes with
2 their loads of rock and the many scenes
4. Of activity make 1t an interesting screen
+. Offering
. JIIAITING fol, days on a mountain top
. w to photograph the sun coming
I. ,hrough the clouds. standing waist-deep
/. in swirling water for hours, photograph
: ing rocky coast-line cliffs during the
. raging of the worst storm OF the year
/. were few of the feats Of Alvin Wyckon
. r. De Miles "Something to Think
. About" which is now being presented at
: the Arcadia.
And a 5OO-mile trip along the coast of
: California was made before the proper
: bit of storm-torn coast line was discoV-
cred In the midst Of binding storm.
+. SaTNHEY called him Parenthesis be-
. cause he was bow-legged, but when
: he arrived at the ranch he saw 1t was
: sentence It was capital offense when
: he punctuated the atmosphere with bull
: lets. As they started to come along for
I. him he made a dash till his feet tripped.
. Full stop"
Lucen Littlefield who lays claim. to
(. being something of litterateur. In addt-
tlon 10 an actor. has taken this means of
describing his work as Parenthesls. the
. comical ranch hand In "The Roundup.
! which comes to the Victoria Theatre
next week.
. (Fatty) Arbuckle. who celebrates his
advent as a star in this production. the
F, prime humor is introduced In the antics
: OF the western characters of which Mr..
[. Littefeld Is shining example.
.1IP IN the White Mountains at Wood
. Y stock. lives p. E. Rogers. and he is
/. regarded in all the countryside as the
. ablest exponent of the gentle art Of barn
/. dancing. In fact. he is the best little
: barn dancer in all New England. and
+. H' sSeS" so @Son neT' 3 ". W %rfrith vas getting
(. along with his picture. Way Down
. East" which is continuing at the Chest
nut, what else could the producer do than
try to her" engage r f1r G aS Rse o@n Ss fss%
{. scenes? At first. Rogers demurred. which
/. Is another way of saying that he
T. wouldn't take the job. But reflection
brought the conviction that he alone
. should give to the world the real barn
: dancing steps, and then p. F. got on the
f. back of a horse, rode eighty miles and
1. mt White River Junction. VT, took the
! train for Mamaroneck, where the Grif-
A. fifth studio is located.
II wasn't necessary for him to show
J his endurance in the dance, although he
can dance for forty minutes without a
(, stop, but he danced with a vim Just the
same, and his work Is recorded for pos
: n lnA not" GIrs,
DIVE THOUSAND players were used
i in producing the screen spectacle
"Salome." which will be shown next
week at the Regent.
. Much effort was lavished upon se-
curing novel effects. Steam was used to
produce haZy effects in certain scenes
Ten airplane propellers on stationary
pillars helped to produce storm effects.
Z THE announcement that "The Great
i Lover" the stage success Of Leo
Dltrichstein, who will be seen in hts
latest plav. "The Purnle Mask" at the
Adclphi Theatre shortly is to be trans
posed TO the films with John Sainpols In
the leading role. has brought forth many
queries as TO why MIR. Dltrichstein. who
acknowledged to be one of our most
finished actors has consistently declined
10 appear on the screen.
NOT only were the picture rights tc
The Great Lover" sought by film pro-
oucers. but Mr.. Ditrichstein's other sue
cesses. including the tremendously thrill
ing Purple Mask" have brought large
y offers for camera use. which generally
included an additional proposal for the
services OF the actor himself.
season after season he has refused
tempting offers. He divulges his real
: reasons. two IN number.
First Mr.. Dltrichstein is n wealthy
. man and the money inducement Is Sec
ondary to art with him. Secondly. he
aoes not feel that the labor involved,
wOr9 wtIn me large excess profits tax. Is
s A SEQUEL to "The Texan" is coming
! "A to the screen. James b. Hendryx's
novel was found adaptable for film pur-
ICses, and Tom Mix fitted so well into
me part Of Tex Benton that william
FOX decided to produce prairie Flower -
by the same author and following the
fortunes of the same set of characters,
acISd by the same players.
photography on The Texan" has been
Inlsned and work has been begun on the
. new story.
+. NEVER has Viola Dana had n part
~ anording her greater opportunity ia
gSrsplaY her irrepressible charm than in
me Chorus Girls Romance" which will
, w wso,. me main attraction at the Victoria
week or November l.
n The story is adapted from one by
f.. scott Fitzgerald, published in the SAT-
aaTEynay Evening Post under the title of
Head and Shoulders.
Cnlef in support Is Gareth Hughes as
Yvorace Tarbox, the scholarly prodigy of
: X ATHERINE MCDONALD, famed
Tor her beauty. supported by a WELL
n,h, ,uhown cast. including Nigel Barrie, Dor
Tmy cummings. Ernest .Tov. Margaret
star sta,nhheii and William Clifford is the
ar ar OF the latest First National feature
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