Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-08
'iHEART OF A CHILD"
sTANLEYs OFFERING
a,iroya, Lew Cody, William
Farnur and George Walsh
This Weeks Stars

.,.r.nThe Heart of Child Is
,s,,s iIeht and reflects In gay moods
Az. aL"H Hsoul within, despite outer sadness
and sordldness oa eoes sS district Of Lon-
mem This child, placed there by CIR
don, ,nces is faithfully portrayed by
cun,,,,ova cunl,sva in a characterizing role that
Ess ssns her in the foreground OF cniia
IP,n,Snersonators. sympathy is ners ,,, d.o,,
iinp. M tart and Is ever present throughout
The nsV s,oty' smallwood directed this story.
hS hS was written by Charles Bryant,
w Wi,'ou stars husband. on the basis OF FRANK
ipe impenby's novel. OF course, u prings oT,
st paIvii ,vriise,s best acting phases, but much
ms ny ,Sn WI effect is due ,the directors having
OF olW,f,,lv w qot In sympathy with the roie.
care CT ILnroine is n waif who sees ner
Ine,,or Ine killed and who Is taken 70 tne
no n,oso via the chorus-girl route, later W
Se cared for by nooieman y, pttn nc
. De sa tor his marriage to her despite tne
Ilo'. Ilos'a.hInat tions OF his aristocratic sls'ers
MA va opening dscloses q scene OF
JI,TeoppTon JI,e pT dance. as done In the streets;
. "a "a Gght. Later the bank holiaay o.
tbs he clerks is shown with a mucn de with
sa.moiIs,Io amIiI effect. The artistic ,quauties o.
rea,Si IssI "isv are such as TO hold attention
u,ish u,,ishap p snectator throughout the showing.
S1.u.odv as we'll as tragedy marks tne
,tot Victor Potel. n former COMEDY sthr,
intersperses the lighter mopehm'sN om Newman
Bryah', no Startling have important parts
,,codla--"The Butterfly Man is in
dsSd an Arcadan when It comes 70 the
asating OF love to his many screen
sominine players. Lew Cody, who IN.
nnrsonat tes this charming hero. probaply
knows how 10 make love peter tnan ama
n,her screen idol At least. large eTowo
Stttested TO his popularity at yesterdas
shaving Of the picture, which WAS a.
ssncted by Ida May Park and written py
George Barr McCutcheon.
The lavish manner In when TINS pay
,,s been mounted speaks we'll Tor the
nsS nsS standard OF the Robertson-Cole
aims There Is not very much thread IN
thla niece of dramatic goods. but II does
nerrhIt the hero an opportunity 10 dls.
piav his ovemaking abilities with mucn
susto. The cast in support VII SVnHpr tHrnaar
nsces he has been in. =, Louise Lovely
Rosemary Theby and a number OF extras
add TO the ensemble. . ,.,
Tho fact that n woman 10 the directing
genius adds to the, interest IN the storsv
bscause she gives the production toucr
a, fennininity that a man might perhaps
ovsr,ook in the love episodes. The nero
4, devoted TO his mother, and when shs
dies the persons involved In the tale are
very sorry for him. Ere this. thousn
the man mas nlaue lONe " h'a"s
hut Is saved from 2 bad situatioI
through his rescue of the daughter OF .
man whose wife has been devoted to tho
phlanderer
y,ctoris-"The Adventurer" into this
theatre will see william Farnum a!
me robust hero of this story by f. Lloyo
sheldon, with direction by ]. GordoI
Edwards. Admirers of the star VIII mo
much that Is likeable about his role u
This romantic play, because he Is anoroet
enough hero stuff for a dozen men,
As a count In search OF adventure
the hero goes into an inn whore he pre-
cpItates a fight with some braves who
make light Of the charms OF singer
who has Just paid for the wine OF th'
count. He takes the girl away upor
his horse. In the Spanish capital ht
marries the girl Later she Is sought b!
the prime minister who even goes SO fai
as to plot for the shooting Of her hus
Rand There Is treachery in the court
and after several intrigues the king. I!
Informed Of the plots. OF course. thu
hero gets his just reward by beini
made grandee and also by winning
happiness for his wife.
There are many interesting pictoria
shots by the cameraman. and the beau
tiful Spanish settings have been care
heroine does effective work and prob
ably will have stellar roles IN the nea
future.
Resent-"A Manhattan Knight Is no
much different from any other kind o
knight except that there Is more actor
n the George Walsh version than ther'
probably was in the medieval variety
Gelett Burgesss novel. Find tn