Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
VARIED AND. VIVID ,~
ARE WEEKS new FILMS
Charles Ray, Dorothy Dalton,
Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter
and VIM. IngersoII In Casts

stanley---"A Village sleuth" is really
a story OF the whims Of boys who want
to become detectives or policemen. Many
youths like this sort Of thing. and Il
will be interesting for the elder boys
to see how Charles Ray represents the
lure OF criminal tracking. Jerome
storm, who probably understands the
acting of, Mr., Ray better than any
other director by reason of his long as
ISOLATION with Inn. has again come forth
which might easiiy have been mado out
Of the, material supplied by Agnes
Christine Johnston. r."
:. Reading detective stories has fred the
his duties in an effort TO- rid the. town
OF the mystety which he believes is ex-
istent. In his search for a. criminal or
some sort, he meets several strange peo-
pie and 70 some OF then, he, cannot
inmates n an institution. one OF them
keeps asking, Where In the ;knife?' A
girl is involved In this situation, but Y
develops that the person is a harmless
inmate OF the home. while the greatest
Winifred Westover 10 the little girl.
and she makes an attractive type of
country lass. Donald Macdonald (not
the musical comedy juvenlls) has an
impSttant pat pSs, az = has A. George r. nasiv Her
Schade, and Lew Morrison.
PaIace--'EIalf an Hour" reminds one
Of the man who spent three months In
Manayunk one weekend. 1t Is Q dreary
picture. and one can quite understand
the list or sir james NJ. sarrie's works
On the stage the role Of the foolish
wife. lovelesslyS married to rioh
.'bounder" OF an American, was done BY
The production was popular and
critical failure. but perhaps tho large
vogue Of Dorothy Dalton may redeem Il
as a motion picture. Her work Is
mRsked with tho ..vigor and assurance
Bhe does not strike the note. Of sympa-
thy it may e-beeause OF the Limitations
Of. the. character. Charles Richman,
however, is entirely satisfying as the
husband: 4, This. part mark. his return
Director Harley Knoiss has endowed
the production with conslderable dignity.
II Is O Famous Players release. and the
cast "a quite up to that eorporation'a
ArcadiA---"Somethin to Think About
is a most opposite title for this inter-
esting and. for him, novel Cecil B. De
Mile production. There were signs
% dolns the b.dsco stun Me p.opi. ~sS were were
getting weary OF his eternal boudoire,
sex Implications, perfumed baths and
seminaughty heroes and heroines. Now
he has staged q real Return. OF the
With sscompiisSed T setors; some s sstraot. sss
dinhry Photographic effects and q mar
rative that II mot always sincere IN Mt
least appealing, varied and colorful.
The story deals with country life, with
tNtaN AA ~..t - .la
tthe construction OF the Hudson tube is
psculiarly web donel. The moral of TIE
tale IL q hit far-fetchod: but as pre-
ssnted by Gloria Swanson. Theodore
Roberts, Elliott Dexter {his return to
SssJss ssd HassF sss rs:ss 1 lon" . ts sSSse Sseis
peolal note is. the work OF Miss swan
sof, and Mt Roberts. -, ~ -
The scene In xhioh the blacksmith is
is,a p,eturs likely to appeal to. all in.
telliSent people. =. - y ..
yictoris--"Partners OF the Night" Is
Scott. Paul scsrdon has directed many maDy
pictures for Goldwyn. but this is a bit
better than his other vehicles.
- Criminal plays are always interest.
Ing and exciting II properly done, and
ns for ns wa@ VII @ Who 81 sGSa %s, far
so many years leading player of a local
stock organization. and Emmett Corri-
In the cast. Mario MaJeroni' Prank
Kingdom, william B. Davidson and
Pima Nesbit who enacts the role Of
Mary, are also 'notables In filmdom.
To be assigned to track down a girl
he met on an ocean liner Is the task
OF the hero In the guise of a police de-
tedtive. She ID believed to have the
makings or q good confidence woman
and the chief Of detectives knows this.
There 10 9 sort or "frame-up' with the
amateur detective, ana he puts his abili-
ity against that of the crooked chief
In the end he straightens out matters
even to the return OF the money which
was taken by a youth while under
the influence Of the confidence" crowd,
and, OF course, the dishonest detective
y punished. There Ia Just enough love
interest throughout to supply. that ele-
ment for the fans.
Regent Darling Mine, features
Olive Thomas, who gives delightful
performance as vivRcious Irish lassie
IN this Selsnick picture. which Is one OF
the last she made before her recent
death John Lynch and Laurence Trim
pie wrote the piece, which was directed
by the latter There Is q wealth Of
comedy In the narrative, II tells Of n
Girl who leaves her native Irish shore.
accompanied by a pet goat. Arriving In
New York she sheds her personal ra-
diance throughout the slums. until she
uptown. where she becomes involved, a.
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