Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-04
srREEN TO PATRON

Ann bolss 0;.ture which will have iss
Paramount pvt ~ The Stanley next week.
local prem,o.nrrJl film days Miss for.es
In her suiib sbe was dreamy; she couio
rs roguisn 'n eves surprisingly VIDE.
bpen ber ,not at her pictures TO-DAY w
When we loon roa inst a bit too rouglsn
zee that sno Zoo wide at times. But al
md her. e.eS es..scoring added to her popu
this unss undestt tbe crowds. She mace ner
Gsrity with .ne .;,h her poetry and humor,
elf popular onJ md above all, her appear
snce. porten began to do her real wors s
Miss for.end ndevelopment after she mao
for her own noot success. Those VINO nave
made ner !, the films Of the last years
seen ned nel with the more refined cnar-
are pieasstL Lar mining. She is beginning
acter vi hn,r much power OF cbaracterl-
| to show ~" nossesses. She won success
sation sny nth the primitive effects OF her
Monde beauty. -
toNEL BARRYMORE, who will be
~ 4, "Tbe DEVILS Garden his
~ seen nnho,odramatic vehicle at the
htest neYt week, is by some critics
Stan..sDn 70 be the most versatile
cons,o..eof ~ The Barrymore Drew fam
memSer .,oyers, He was born in Phila-
~ 81 and ia the son OF the late
delpnis. BARRYMORE and George Drew.
Maptuo9 Mapt,o9 he made his first appearance
u iTSe aTgo Rivals" playing with his IL
-i.ms @ grandmother, Mrs. .lonn
,uslr,0uS who had the role OF Mrs.
aaIspaVpI astor an absence Of two years Liot
hlel yoeture was in Squire
lels sollowed by Cumberland 81
ne .nneared In support of Nance
aav.ill ~ in several plays and then was
ynrad d IN such productions as The
fsu Jb Jobn Grigsby" and Arizona: ~
W.. WI, be toured the country. with the
,.ss J lanes A. Hearne in "Sag Har-
III, uncle, John Drew, then took
s,ansl IN charge. For two seasons he
v ~. with Mr.. Drew, playing in The
iecond in Command ana Lie
dummy. g., ,-s ,.,o
.,srs 10 20 into motion pictures, Lionel
'.,sds bis screen debut with Griffith.
hen came "The Exploits of Elaine
/, which he attracted attention. He
| i,,lowed this with a series which in
oludsd "a Yellow Streak" "The
0uitter," "The Brand of Cowardice'
and "The Copperhead.'
WHEN Thomas Meighan was near
w Ossiring, N. T., taking scenes for
bis new Paramount picture. The City
of Silent Men," which comes to the
| Palace next week he found time hang
ing heavily on his hands between scenes,
III a. la IN a
country. He was strolling around non
chalantly, when suddenly he was seized
ly several farmers, who told him that
,ley had him now and he shouldn't try
u make a getaway.
For A second Meighan could not con-
rehend the situation and then he re-
cmbered that he was wearing his prison
arb and the farmers evidently thought
had escaped from Sing Sing. He
,uld not persuade the farmers that it
aas perfectly all right for him to wan
.,r around alone until Director Tom
orman and the remainder of the COM
any, who were summoned by telephone,
anne to bis rescue.
THE proper casting of characters for
l motion picture production Is an
trt in ITSELF In the Office Of a casting
director Is generally found an alpha.
,etical list of the different types, such
as Leads" "Heavies," Juveniles"
ETC., etc. To these the director refers
unless, Of course, the part In question
calls for some well known actor who is
especially identified with that partic-
ular type Of part.
This holds especially true In the case
Of Herbert Rawlinson, the star of
The Wakefield Case" which is to be
hown next week at the Victoria. AS
lhc up-to- date type of detective, he is
. a class by himself.
That's why Lawrence Weber insisted
hat Mr.. Rawlinson should create the
lart Of William Wakefield, Jr.. in the
thrilling mystery story from the pen of
Shannon Fife.
CONSTANCE TALMADGE In Dan
y gerous Business" will be the star
q the Stanton the week of June 13.
The scenario for this production was
written by Philadelphia and a stu
rent at the Temple University. The au-
Thor Is Miss Aladelaine Sharp Buchanan,
member of the recently established
class In motion picture scenario writing.
rhis.is the Stanley V. Mastbaum class,
|named in honor of the founder Of the
stanley company.
UH the third time Carmen" has
been transferred to the screen, only
thls occasion the original French
rrsion has been used--and this is far
lusrent from the libretto of the opera.
,m naer the title of Gypsy Blood" this
wy oe shown at the Victoria week Of
MARf P1CKFORD will be the star
at the Stanley week of June 13 In
Nv nrst showing of Through the Back
r. An innovation is announced
connection with the screening of this
ture' This will be the presentation
o une same screen, preceding the new
s.ule' OF Mary Pickford short sub
'vt OF the vintage of 1914.
ran, nn ,nose days the methods were ex-
"e'y crude compared with present
lr., MUTTON picture production and
raat 'a ioVers will be given an unique
sras s ih mat they can compare the diff
bo,n bnve between the acting, direction.
l,sVstaphy and general detail of the
bosoHt vi seven years ago and the
bppidys bo.t OF today. Moreover, this
Svrt ~ subject will reveal to the admirers
ous Mary the advance this star
it,i naGe IN her work since 1914. In a
rhans sirl role Miss Pickford has a
,hiae hainee 10 become involved in inumer
mis,h complications all provocative al
.a, yet touched with pathos.