Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-17
COMEDY FEATURES
NEWEST MOVIES
Weeks Screen Favorites In
clude Enid Bennett, Marjorie
Daw, Claire Whitney and
Jack Pickford

| stanIey--"Don't Ever Marry" Ia a
marital comedy In fact, It is one of
the bright sort which comes to the screen
| too infrequently. Marshall Neilan shows
his fine. hand of direction in this piece
and II also gives the movie fans a ohanse
In his style OF direction. for they have
just conceded his THE Rivers End" TO
be one Of tho melodramatic masterpieces
| OF the last year.
Just picture a man who has three
wives. At least SO the friends OF his
happens: @ c' a S young ser elcetrioisn @ T' is Sc.
| cretly married to the daughter OF
| man who does not want him for a SON
| is put Off till a more opportune time. A
| girl friend of his Ia also enamored of a
| man who wants to marry her. but whom
| she does not want. and 30 she announces
| at a gathering one evening that she is
| the wife Of the already married man. or
course, the real wife does not under
| stand, but when told Is ready to forgive
| the husband when she goes to his apart
| who claims she is married to the same
| man. Three wives-but the explanation
| Is really too good to disclose to patrons
who will see this movie.
OF chief interest is the fne acting of
little Wesley Barry as the bellboy.
There is a big future for this kid II
properly handled, while Matt Moore
| needs no Introduction as the hero. The
wives are played by Marjorie Daw, Betty
Bouton and Christine Mayo Others who
appear are Tom Guise and David Butler.
Palace-"A Common Level tries 10
show that the modern man Is nothing
more than the ancient one, but with a
new way Of doing the same thing. The
stone age had It's rocks, and today the
slangy person claims that the wealthy
have their rocks" Burton King, the
director, tries to depict this change In
way that is both pleasing and in
teresting. AS a contrast to the main
Chaplin's The Immigrant" good
comedy.
Claire whitney, seen too infrequentiy
on the screen, returns In the leading
role and Edmund Breese has en- i'm
portant part In a Common Level" a
employed in the different sets, which de-
pict the earlier ages Of man, while they
again appear to advantage In the mod
ern episodes such as might be found
In reading a blue book.
The plot Of the story deals with the
life of n beautiful girl and hnancier.
The man offers wealth to the maiden but
when he thinks of the many truer ways
of winning her heart he gives up his
idea of Midas-like gifts and uses other
methods. A number of visions are used
to introduce the men and women of an
cient days and Attila the Hun and
others are introduced.
Arcndia "A Double Dyed Deceiver"
has evidently deceived it's director, AL
Green, into believing that Jack Pickford
could be impressive. effective and realis-
tic as a fun-carrter Of Texas. who had
gotten his man" In gin-mill scrap
Such a role is hardly for young Jack,
who Is too tender. appealing and gentle
of soul. Fortunately. however, the
character undergoes a change Of heart
when he comes under the influence Of
a mother-love he had never known before
and then we have In many sequences the
real Picktord. who has multitude Of
admirers because of his wistfulness.
The picture Is based on a familiar o.
Henry story. and that authors we'll
known method Of providing a surprise
at the conclusion Of most of his short
some regrettable reason the director has
SKINNED over the situation entirely too
lightly. He also tips his hand too soon
In the picture and takes away the effect
of the later revelatory episode. It's over
almost before one knows it's there.
The Spanish mother and father.
tricked into believing the young gun
toter is their long-lost son, are ad-
mirably played by James Nell and
American consul of sydney Ainsworth
Is in that players best vein of evil
doing tempered with ennui. Marie Dunn
furnishes the love interest opposite Mr.
Pickford. Artistically the picture Is a
delight, the scenes In the South Ameri-
can Spanish home Of wealth being agree
able and yeracioua
Victoria - Dangerous Days" Is a
thrilling story by Mary Roberts IRine-
hart. whose writings are familiar to
readers Of the Saturday Evening Post.
and devotees of her style will find that
the attention she has given to the cap
tions in this play are really worth while
In fact, they are a good example OF the
advance in this branch OF the motion
picture art. The production as a whole
has been adequately staged by Goldwyn
and comes as thrilling climax to many
light, summery shows
This Is not n play Of the war, and
yet there Is present the element which
went to make us some of the struggles
within the factors that contributed so
much to the success of winning II,
namely, the munition maker. A large
steel foundry furnished the background
against which the characters move IN
relief, and their movements will no doubt