Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-30
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vYuLLIAM GIILErTE's Held by the
w Enemy will be shown at the Stan
10y week q. Noyember s. a THIS " wiil Ia also 50
opera festivals played by, the Stanley
gn,,cert orchestra, under the direction
81 Albert r. Wavne. The opera chosen
is La Boheme." In response TO many
requests from music lovers Emily Stokes
wesk and viii sing the principal soprano
I'm In Held by the ENEMY" Gillette's
dramatic powers arc well exhibited
Thie play, produced In tssS has held the
turi,atIor OF Held by the Enemy" not
a single important feature has escaped
There are many striking roles in Held
by tho m Enemy, N.Y., hswis stone, ,S. WEI, wei
OF Captain Gordon Haynes, Agnes
Ayros. an actress Of many accomplish
ments. was chosen to portray Rachel
HAYNES, and charming Wanda Hawleyi
Mays an equally q, Ny. importent 9, N part Jack
while Robert Coin plays the heavy. with
his usual, skill. Walter Hers, the funny
fat boy actor, supplies the necessary
comedy. ~
MAE MURRAY. the charming star,
AVA supported ny 1OOart bosWortn, VIII
be seen at the Palace next week In "A
Norman Maid" something entirely dit
ferent for hcH II is O thrilling drama
taken from the novel Of the same name
by Paul West. 4at
"a Mormon Maid"ais n bold state.
ment Of alleged conditions In the Nor
mon church in days gono by. Robert
Leonard directed the picture so intelli-
gently that IL isssatd never to impress ~
preachment The story of "A Nor
mon Maid" Sd n has It'd. tS do with ca, family In
they prosper and then the father is made
10 sign the Mormon pledge and his
daughter Is soughtfas wife by one of
tho elders Of tho church. What follows
whom tho girl tries TO escape makes tense
has the role of the father u
THE popularity of 'The Right to
production for Paramount, has been evi-
denced by the Success OF the story In
book form AS "PHomne Qui Assas.
sine" by Claude Farrere, the novel had
a sale on continental Europe that ran
into six figures.
A special photoplay edition will be
profusely illustrated with photographs
from the movie, showing Mae Murray
and David Powell in the leading roles.
The film will bc) shown at the Arcade
next week.
DATHER than resort to the usual
~ method of photographing large the
sorts Of that character. William G, Dow.
Ian, director Of THE Chorus Girls Ro-
nance" Viola Dana's Metro production,
decided to build the interior OF the caba-
OF the Immense stages at Metros west
coast studios IN Hollywood. The picture
will be the feature at the Victoria next
week. ta
TT IS pretty costly to do things nova
i days. but At was even more costly last
spring-at least ID. W. Griffith found II
SO when he was at work making the Aim
version of way Down East" which is
the season success at the, Chestnut.
For I'M, instance Just to erect 9 t barn at the
roneck, more money was spent than was
required to build the original barn that
served as the architects guide and the
builders model and to pay for the farm
Of lsO acres on which the original barn
scouts who had gone down East came
back with photographs Of typical build
grounds: one Of the selections was OF
q New England barn that stood on the
ls0-acre, farm Of which mention has
been made. d. w. Griffith passed on the
every detail was begun
After a time the cost of bthe project
was estimated and every one was sur
prised to learnthat the amount was STA
more than the cost Of the entire farm,
including the original barn. High prices
for labor. lumber and for everything
necessary for the work on the new barn
In copy Of the old were responsible.
ID DECENTLY the papers carried the
~ story of n man who had made
portable house and was transporting II
to Florida on an autotruck. In "cne
Week" the Buster Keaton comedy flm:
which recently completed an extended
engagement at the Arcadia, appeared
portable house, which was put together
by the comedian. .s..
It came boxed, and when the villain
Of the piece marked wrong numbers on
the crates the house when put together
looked anything but what the illustra-
ion In the catalogue showed. In wind
storm the portable dwelling revolves at
so rapid a rate that the occupants have
to leave In hurry, but everything is
finally adjusted to the satisfaction Of
the audience and the movie director.