Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-15
MOVIECRAMS FROM
SCREEN TO PATRON

-,,ropoRE RosLoFF. Russian in
..rrretat,ye dancer, returns, to the
screen @ as a member OF the cast OF Cecil
p. DeMille,s ,,Wyo,y MY i, ,es, "rs Paramouut @
W.,.r,ft special showing at the Stanley.
,Sas,off known In nearly every capiA
os tbe world for his artistic dane
~ made his screen debut several years
sso % in "The Woman zoo nsWIlie % ""-
de1 e1Ir,a w. Russian artist plays role which
Iii, anproximates his own person.
cGGs pG,w As Radinoff. the Russian violinist
SSorms the fourth corner OF the mat
rimonial square when ~ ome o"s as, oi
III tory. Ills long training as panto-
tne So conyeyor of artistic ideas gives
mILIos's screen work n hnish which
nsnhs him high among technicians or
the cinema art.
1,uARIEs RAY is a stickler for real
H., when he saw that Paris
creen." his new picture. whicn VIII oe
.nnn at the Arcadia next week, called
sor scenes on q farm, ne lns,steu tnat
The whole company Journey 10 rea'
ias co II happened that one day recently
..s,,Ie oU Raw in overalls and broad-brim-
.,sd hat was industriously pitching hay
INTO a farm wagon while tne camera
in,yp inuopsJ merriiy. when the scene was
"shot" an old FARMER ''o''o'" 0"'''es
10 dsay, S"v young fellow" said he conf.
,,riIaIiy. "howdja like to cut out this
her prancing in front OF that eontrap-
,Ior and come down to my farm as
,Vnd ,'rsd man and do some real haying? ] |
,ny n.I,o nv help good money-eighty a |
month and board.
u1-HE STRONGEST" by Georges
L Clemenceau, which William Fcx
Nf
Nav 2i, with cast of International
ran;,,ation. was made in America. In
order that every detail OF the picture
might be correct Mr.. Fox imported from
psris well-known French architect.
who designed many of the sets used In
,ns ' making of the Aim version. OF the
story from the pen of the Tiger OF
France 49,,
rate of q well-known chateau situated
tbirty-one miles from Paris. on the
Marne river. which the architect de-
signed for Nine. Sarah Bernhard
u,uE power Of child's love to
/ straighten the viewpoint OF men and
women whose outlook on life has become
distorted Is demonstrated at the Met
ropolitan Opera House. where Mary-t
pIckford continues In "Pollyanna," her
first United Artists production
This picture-play differs from any Of
her recent productions In that she por-
trays little girl throughout the entire /
picture. There is something convincing
In Miss Piclford's characterization. She
does not merely act the part of a little
girl she is a little girl. Her work iu
"Pollyanna" indicates that she has de-
voted unlimited time to the study OF
children. for seldom lfas any small char
ecteristic escaped her.
As Polyanna Whittier. Mary Pickford
quickly wins her way to the hearts of
those who watch the film version of the
familiar novel and play and succeeds In
holding deepest sympathy until the very
last flicker In the final fade+out. Miss
Pckford puts delicate shading intoi
her work and It tells. She often carries
her audience to n tear and then suddenly
snaps the tension by bit OF quaint,
laugh-provoking comedy.
GEORGE FITZMAURICE. who has
" rapidly become one OF the most sue.
cessful motion picture directors in the
business passes another milestone with
the first production to be released under
his own name, "On With the Dance"
featuring Mae Murray and David
Powell. This picture. which is declared
nary. will be shown at the Garrick
week of May % as the first production
of supplementary cinema season. II
Is announced there will be presents tons
at 1880. $3.50, and Q. George Fitz-
maurice started his cinema career as a
scenarist with Pathe. 1t was there that
he met Ouida Bergere. who afterward
became his wife. and they collaborated
on several stories, "On with the Dance"
was worked into photoplay by Miss
Bergere.
It is said that Miss Murray Is shortly
10 desert the screen for the stage Miss
Murray, II will be remembered, first be-
came prominent as beautiful dancer in
the "l9l5 Follies." She Is to be starred
In play by Samuel Shipman. co-author
OF "'Friendly Enemies" East is West 4"
Last"
NORMA TALMADGE and ALA Nazi.
~ nova are announced as two OF the
popular stars who will appear at the
Stanley in the near future. Miss Tai.
madse comes the week of May 81 and
Nazimova the week of June 7. and both
WI be seen In the first Philadelphia
moving moving Of new photodramas. Miss Tai
an adaptation of one of owen Johnson's
novels In II Miss Talmadge has a role
sald 10 be admirably adapted to bring
sul s hcr many taisnts. She plays Inga
sonderson who risks happiness to re-
taE in full debt of gratitude she owes
Ior ner start TO success as n magazine
artist. "
N5lmora appears In '"rhe Heart of
mid adapted by Charles Bryant
rom Frank Danbys novel The locale Il
~ " me ilrst part In the Limehouse dis |
We, OF London corresponding to New
,prks rSs lower East Side. The Heart of |
mia Is said to present n wealth Of
opportunities for artistic settings, The
,sIeer OF the heroine carries her from |
& w., tenements to the Theatre and thence
Tr'o me world of British aristocracv
s,e rH mas been taken in providing strik.
~ interiors as was the case II,
stronger Than Death" !"
MANY NILES MINTER vii, amman
IN al the Arcadia. week of NAV o.
W,tner latest Realart picture. NURSE
zsno,le, The story written by Israel
rsnss nsWnL WI, gives Miss Minter a part that
OF portrayal ''ss'' P"ait'es
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