Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-16
VARIED MOVIES
FEATURE FAVORITES
Lionel Barrymore, Bebe Daniels,
Ethel Clayton and Enid
Bennett Stars

Stanton--"The Master Mind" is famil-
lar to play-goers through the spoken
version exhibited on the Garrick stage
years ago, when Edmund Breese and
1 Francine Larrimore played the chief
roles. Lionel Barrymore and Gypsy
O'Brien, of the movie cast, are more inn
! pressive actors, but even they have not
been able to save the cinema edition OF
| this preposterous and uninteresting
story. Melodrama is not tragedy, nor
should it ape tragic aims. But in the
most improbable story there should be
some hint of humanity, some bit of char
acterization.
The Master Mind" is simply a story
! executed according to the Monte Cris-
| 70" and Unknown Purple" formula.
! that Of n man who Is wrhngdd by Il high
! official and determines to torture him
the curren author. has not evcn had TIE
! courage of his convictions, and he feeb.N
| ends his narrative with happy ending
of renuneiation. in which the arch -crimi-
and goes away. leaving the lovers in one
anCther's arms. 1t is all ineNpressib!y
weak, childish and unimpressivc. =.
Mr. Barrymore is completely, handi-
capped by part unworthy of his ripe
talent. Other members of the cast ar"
mediocre. excepting Percy Helton, the
boy actor of the old Peter Grimm"
wh9 does Wsbhs pe G ct r'SS
| "spotty" and the cutting is poor, though
some of the camera tricks are adrpit. y
pleasing musical program by the stanton
Orchestra, directed by Albart Wayne,
| features gems from the opera. Lucia I'll
Lammermoor. There are various at
| tractire short subjects,
Strand-"You Never Can Tell" brings
n CT hue - t,lD -
for Behe Daniels has appeared in some
excellent parts. The screen can stand
for some newcomers, for there have been
too many so-Called stars taking up tho
square of silversheet when aGoth"r
player could have been trying to do good
work and not content to rest upon past
laurels.
Grace Lowell Bryan wrote the see
mario. which was directed by G. \.
Franklin. and the team has given the
production fine material. It Is a comedy
picture The story Of Cinderella has
been the source of inspiration for many
writer's. but in this modified version
there are many new twists to the wcav-
ing There is a hat-CheCk girl in n hotel
girl longs for n chance to live as do the
girls In the upper strata of the SoCia
register. and when the chance comes tc
he 4 model she accepts. \ chauffeur is
her best friend. and through him there is
much comedy throughout not overlook.
ing the scene with the luungc-l zurd of
peacock avenue. OF course. the lttl,
chauffeur turns out to be a mllionair,
in disguise and the happy ending results
lack Muhall lis tho hero while Nicely
Edwards enaCts drunk" according &c
the standards of tn" prohibition
DAYS The usual surrounding bill oI
music and short subjects is entertain
inCy presented.
Cupitol--"Slns Of Rosanno" is n sim
III" story by Cynthia StOCkley and wa
dir"rt"d by Tom Forman from a see
mario by Mary O'Connor. This produc
tion seems 20 lack intrllig"n' ""-or, r,''
ion upon tn" parts of the peopl" respon
"N'l" for il. As good products wcr.
"fG"r"l in years past as this and it Ger
taNly is not credit to Ethel Clayton
whose work has been so fine in the past
There are diamonds in this story. bu
rather rough ones and of poor quality
\ baby saved from death by a nativ
! woman grows up to like diamonds be
! caus" it is in her savinr's African /.
ritory that many Of them are mined
The girl = Influenced in nySteriOu
way by this woman. but when her "vi
influence is gone the girl enjoys happi
ness and love.
In the support are Jack Holt, Mabc
Van Buren. Fred Malatesta, Girac
Morse and Guy Oliver.
Regent-"Her Husbands Friend" wa
worthy Of the title, for he went bonds
, man for the husband when that pers9I
: did not need II. because he was wealthy
8 Then the ex-hushand lost his money an,
= was killed. with the result that III
friend had to make good He did unit
: such time as he met and in in Low
I with Il girl. Then the strain was fnan
" Cally great and he asked the attorney
e to tighten it, for he wanted to get mar
ricd. Il so happened that the girl wa
the one TO whom he had been paying ali
mony for the husband Coincidence
a la movie.
Fred Niblo directed his charming wife
Enid Bennett. as the girl, while Rowlan
Lee and Tom Chatterton and Mae Busc
are in the support