Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
Mouiegrams From
Screen to Patron

| Aircraft perturbation of Robert Louis
| Stevenson's novel, which Will be seen al
the Stanley next week. Maurice tour.
precedent established by the stage.
Stage and motion-picture producers
have both relied on feminine art foi
! Interpreting the courageous Engnsr
/ bow who slows himself away In the
hold Of the "Hispaniola" to cast his
fate with the fortune hunters.
| Several stage versions have been pro-
duced since the late eighties. when
Stevenson had the book published and
in every instance the leading role was
/ taken 6y a woman in boys makeup.
| The last example was when the play was
! produced by Jules Eckert Goodman al
the Punch and Judy Theatre, New Yorl!
city in 1915. Jim Hawkins was played
! by Mrs. Jules Goodman.
| Shirley Mason, II is said. fully lives
| up 10 the reputation established by her
predecessors Of the stage IN depicting
| the part
She is supported by Charles ogle as
| Israel Hands, Bull Montana as Morgan
and Lon CLANCY in the dual role OF Pew
| and Merry. ",
WALLACE REID took a brief flyer
w In stage drama recently. He was
ters" at the Little Theatre, Los Angeles.
wiub the understanding that he wouldn't {
leave town with the show and would Work
during the day on his new picture, sick
Abed," which comes to the Arcadia ana
Palace Theatres next week.
The star, who made his cebut as an
actor in one Of his fathers, Hal Reid s.
melodramas. though he has appeared IN
pictures exclusively ever since, was
right at home in the legitimate and
enjoyedS his adventure thoroughly. So
did the people of Los Angeles, who came
in crowds to see "wallie" in the flesh.
TT Didn't make me want to stay on
the stage" laughed Mr.. Reiu ..ai,, aiter
able to come home to nice nome anu
family every night, instead Of chasing
around the country with road show
and putting up at fourth-class hoteis'
still looks pretty good to ,,nS me no Clara
Kennedy, from Ethel Watts Mumford
stage farce of the same name sam
Wood directed the screen version anu
Bebe Daniels. who scored IN CeclI b.
De Miles Male and Female" and Why
Change Your wife?" and who will
snortly appear as a star. is leaGins
woman.
UA ND red-hot cook was he, sings
"A the college glee club as they re-
late tunefully what hapepned on the
memorable FRIDAY morn" when tine
] captain spied lovely mermaid
The sea cook" serves often as hu-
morous figure in song and story. Ray,
mond Hatton has made him 90 duty
| In the films. Mr.. Hatton Is Mugridge
the sad-eyed. philosophic knight or tne
| galley in the adaptation of Jack Lon
| dons "The Sea Wolf" at the victoria
next week.
Mr. Hatton gives a touch of comedy
| to an atmosphere mostly grim Nlolenct
and red -blooded adventure. He portrays
! the "sea cook with unusual success IL ID
said ,
! been produced on an extremely lars'
scale and to abound in spectaculai
scenes. Noah Beery has the parI .,
and Tom Forman are also in the cast
This ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Is a George
| Melford production.
| THOSE who assert that the entranc'
l. Of motion-plcture interests into leglti
mate production constitutes peril U
the future of the drama DO SO wltnou !,
4 Thought. Is the contention of Harold BEL
Wright whose photoplay. Eyes or IN
World" commences Its last week at TN
Chestnut Street Opera House Monoay
"I believe that our entrance INTO TN
legitimate field constitutes wbich fuI ca,
onIv prove OF greatest beneht TO Ameri
! can dramatic literature. statements ina
we wish to produce meretriclous or III
artistic plays, merely as feeder 10 mo
ton pictures are nonsense, Sro,,aI y
The nI;hlic You cannot force on peopi
entertainment they do not ike. !
"EIIrthermore, our critics seem 10 o.
ignorant OF the fact that the art OF. wiz wiz
iS1 nIava and the art OF writing Hlo
H. PnIctures are as distinctive as IN
nIaving OF the violin and the playing o
''T does not follow that because ma
can write a stage play he also can Wnns W.T..
| for the screen any more than u follow
that Rachmanlnoff should be able to pia
a Stradivarius.'
T1OR use by his popular cowboy sta,
L Tom Mix, William Fox mas s, pu,,
chased the picture rights OF two "es'
ern novels by James B. Hendryx. =.
'"rhe Texan" the first, will go INT
production shortly at the Hollywoo
studios The other is Prairie tIowers.
caiity, it is understood the leading role
are in strong contrast ..,r.
According to present plans
Texan" will follow on the FOX reieats
chart THE Untamed," from the DooK op
Max Brand. Mix at present Is at wor
upon "The Untamed," which Will De r'
lea sed this summer following The Tel
ror" Both are scheduled for presents
tion in Stanley theatres here.
uTHE FORTUNE TELLER" as
q l. stage play. with Marjorie Rampes
as the star, had a long and successi
run from coast TO coast o,
1t was even then said that Its I, scoi y
was too wide to be portrayed to best a.
vantage on the stage. To get the De
results it was seen that the story WI
adapted for the screen.
Seeing the possibilities In 1t for Or
matte picture no time was lost In star
ing production. II will be shown ne
at the Chestnut street Opera hou
e July 10, ,., 18Th,
tense situations and enough humor
give the former predominating place ~
TO depict the most magnificent moth
story ever told.
= UoR boys and girls, sixteen years
! L age and under, the Stanley Co, one
/ cash prizes for the three best essays
the picturizati ton Of Robert Louis Steve
sons adventure story, Treasure Island
|, which will be presented at the stanl
] next week.
After seeing the picture the boy or q