Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-10
SUMMER PHOT0PLAYS
OF VARIED INTEREST
Thomas Meighan, William
eaversham and Bryant Wash
! burn Weeks Stars

u,.v-"The Prince Chap Is a nns ,s
N'ns quality infrequent Oh ,a Ja
screens breathing annS Cheer SsSssh 70 the specta
someness sacnts a Thomas Meighan IN
tor ] ~ Is delightful ON the SPOKEN
role tina. 70 years ago Cyril scott nao
stage so" william DeMille Is the a,rece
tne and and his work is OF TN tne rsa,,zss ST, the
tjs brother Cecil; TOT ne .tories with n
slI snI, value of having s'o''e
messssger me,ssagard Peple wrote the play: An An
EdwaLu uu,riends a former model py
srt,,,S srtist, her child. He Is engagea 10
marry n"Ug a girl who does MA nIs of o another,
why he has h.,,as taken another .nts T man and the
go sne 'Sisconsolate. After a lapse or
artist 10 or 40 the widow VINO once
ten year, man returns to seek his love,
love-, !, 10 then that he reallZes ne i've
eu' yard who has grown up ~''o
ioyeIy nv little lady. u,o,, soa,t mora
pernap1 ,nn comedy side of the story, put
wiz, wt,,,s,s silyer-sheet production IL ls Just
N t,,I, io,, straightforward tale OF tne
p,s" po.s, quarter, with much that IS nu-
ar,,s't arr TO commend It.. Lila Lee p.o'es er
man sG sSo is better in the support OF
that s"V ,ban she was as q star, and
PLAYERS ,,oon these roles until such time
snou.u 10 really ready to merit stellar
s,ors as again. Kathryn Wlllans 10 ar ar
,.s nono, player who knows what 10 10
ih a role and does It,. .-,.
Will ~M.oro are several artistic touches 70
InS,e nSh,oetographic points is the film, and
tne pWiipv. the photographer, Is to De
Guy orded for his fine rain ana foS
effects
,.,...-"The Man who Lost Himselr'
a, . nroof that some of our movie corii<
nanies do not realize the possiol,i,t,iiS,ns5 VI Vi
iSe MIA yers they have. Here is Wllliam ~
,Inne,pprsSsm ,ne in a comedy film which hts
Ia ncrfectly, though heretofore ne
nr nus given other types of plays 1or the
,orsen George d. Baker mas suppned
,Se directIon and II. de We're Stackpoie
the story. u,xp,o,, co,znic,,
.o,oases, and deals with livery ad-
,snt,re of an American, who Is made
IN impersonate an English earl atter
scrape, A salesman Is placed n the
home Of a man who has made his family
a lot OF trouble, but the folks are NOT
nuite wise enough to discover that the
adouble" is not the real head OF the
,ovse Because OF the escapades OF the
nriginal. his wife has left him, but when
,ha newcomer meets the wife there are
many complicatiore before 1t Is shown
that all is we'll and the wife Is told or
the substitution. OF course. the death
~ rho earl leaves the way rightly clear
for the wedding.
Mr.. Faversham Is comedian OF
ability, and should give the screen
more OF his efforts, while in Hedda Hop
per is found a vis-a-Vis who Is charm
Ing. Downing Clark returns TO the stage
from his duties TO motifs Gest ana ls
well cast. The play has been beautifully
mounted.
,rcodia-"The Sins of st Anthony"
Is the best picture In which Bryant
Washburn has appeared for long time.
In fact, II is so different from the films
ne has made in the past that it is
worthy OF attention. James Cruze di-
rected, while Charles Collins supplied
the story
A scientist Is engaged to a woman
who later transfers her affections to a
soldier who has more pep" than her
ruItor It appears that the lady in
question has been corresponding with a
soldier whom she has never met, but
one day a hero turns up and, of course,
ne is entertained in fine style. In