Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-23
MARION DAVIES AT STANLEY
April Folly" Features Beautiful
Star-other Good Films

Stanley April Folly" with Marion
Davies is based on story by Cynthia
| Stocklcy aud was directed by Robert
/ u. Lcouard. 1t tells of youthful writer
and q romance with her publisher, al
though much Of the film is devoted to
/ the development of the novel which the
. girl wrote. The writer impcrsonatcs a
patrician woman and on shipboard Is
saved from a bad Situation through the
timely efforts of passenger. She is
carrying a diamond to the aunt of the
woman she Is impcrsonating and band
Of crooks make things rather unplcas-
ant for her. AS in regulation movies OF
popular appeal. she foils them in their
game. OF course, the love interest is
paramount
Marion Davies makes pleasing
heroine and her heraldcd beauty is a
help in many ways. Conway Tcarlc
has good role as the hero, while
Madclanc Marshall is the genuine lady
of blue blood The play has been beau
tifully mounted. An added film is the
rOmicalitics of "Jiggs 10 Society," made
from the McAlanus cartoons.
"Arcadia-''Judy of Rogucs' Har-
bor." with Mary Miles Minter. story
by Grace Miller White, and directed by
William Desmond Taylor. concerns a
girl who believes she docs not have
everything she should have, although
in reality she possesses the things many
other girls do not have. Perhaps it is an
attack upon selfishncss as found in some
little girls. 4 touch Of the modern has
been inserted in this novel story by the
addition of some bolshevistic material.
Miss Minter plays the role of little
orphan girl. The money left by her
/ E,,Nl i. -. L.rL
In the cud. old coincidence is given full
play and the child's mother and other
characters are brought in for the final
scenes, with the girl falling in love with
the nephew Of the governor. The play
has wealth of detail to which Direc-
tor Taylor gives careful attention.
Victoria Should a Husband For
civc?" is a special production by Fox.
r. 4. Walsh compiled the data and di
rcctcd the play. which is a thriller Of
the type that makes the serials famous.
This company does not usually deal in
serials. so perhaps this time it has com
biucd all Of its thrilling episodes into
one picture. It's title is as magnet.
for 1t attracted crowd evidently
stecled to seeing plays of marital com
plcxity.
4 husband believes his wife has a
4 past and he does not want TO forgive
her. The son of the couple falls in love
with a girl who he thinks has a past.
/ She turns around and aids him to win
race by riding the horse herself. as
did Anita Stewart on that same screen
few weeks ago in "In Old Kentucky.
. Miriam Cooper was welcome player
on her return to the screen. Mrs.
James X. Hackett had Il small role.
while Percy Standing and Vincent
Coleman had other parts.
Regent-"The Walkoffs. with May
Allison. Story by Frederick and Fanny
Hatton and directed by Herbert BlachC
recalls the stage version made by Oliver
Morosco. because it is so different. Ot
society. by society and for society. this
play by the Chicagoans deals with the
sister of man who has divorced his
. wife. She is known as ''walkoff.' y
: She goes to the studio of friend. where
she overhears herself talked about. Sht
decides to make the man propose to hei
and then pay him off. but after dca
Of plot and countcrplot she finally fnd'
out that it is a case of real love. So al
those who are separated are brough
together in harmony and happiness
Miss Allison is attractive as the heroine
while Emory johnson plays the role o
a Kentuckian with feeling. Others arr
Efie Conlcy. Darrell FoSs. kathleer
Kerrigan and Ivonne PAWS.
Capitol - The Blooming Angel.
with Madgc Kennedy. Wallace Irwii
wrote the story and Victor Schcrtzinge
directed it. This comedy runs a
smoothly as one might expect the fac
creams, from which the title is taken
TO be. To the eyes of the audienc,
came the laughter As a twinkle or {
smile. and the testimonials as to tn
films merit were many. \ college gir
marrics a fellow student. although h
does not possess the money that sh
would have been enabled to possess ha
she chosen the swain of her aunt's sc
lection. In fix to make money, sh
sells a preparation of face cream an
engages a circus elephant to help wit
her stunt. This results in making Mis-
Kennedy gold winner. Pat O'Mallc
,, is the boy and Margory Wilson, Ar
thur Housman and other GOldwy
players help out.