Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-19

"T A DAME AUX CAMELIAs," or
IL "Camillc. to call it by its better
,nowr name. is about in the class with
Eho"" "Uncle I m $
,.;uo,o Cabin and ''The
Puts Jczz rr nnI,. iiE " f"r,iI;oritv
td"''' decidedly not IL
tr,o. Bernhardt. Dusc. Modjeska.
Tiora Norris. Olga Ncthersole and
Ttbel BARRYMORE have all played in
rSrsions of it. Comedians from around
loo Nilcrs time down to Raymond
Hitchcock have burlesqucd 1t. And
NOW we are going to have ALA Nazi-
nova. who has become almost as well
tnown on the screen as she was on the
stage, apply some Russian Jazz to 1t.
Tor the version in which Nazimova
iii % appear at the Stanley Theatre next
week is going to shock and surprise n
,ot Of pcople. Not morally, perhaps,
but because it has shaken the very
living daylights out of the ordinary
stage version. modernized it, put
motorcars. short skirts and jazz into it
and changed the deathbed ending.
The settings are of the distinctly
modern school, impressionistic or some
thing like that. As for the end, which
has Armand far away from the bed
side of Camille, Nazimova and her
associates claim they have followed the
novel on which the play was based, not
the tragedy itself as it has been played
on the American stage. At any rate,
It's going to cause great deal OF acrid
discussion pro and con.
To add to the Dumas flush, which is
over spreading the local photoplay sky
line, couple Of relatives (perhapS
ancestors would be better) of 1.-The
Three Musketeers" as seen at the
Aldine. and the "Camille' on view at
the Stanley, have been resurrccted out
OF the past and are on local screens
next week in West Philadelphia. The
Ambassador has "CamilleN as made
about four years ago with Clara Kim
ball Young in the title role. Paul
Capellani, who was heard from a great
deal in those days, but who has since
returned to France, directed the film,
and PLAYS Armand besides. 1t followed
soon after Miss Ioung's always to-
be.remcmbered "Trilby."
The Rivoli has the fourth Dumas
picture of the week in the shape of an
other Three Musketeers' made in the
days when half Americas theatrica
population had hocked to the Triangle
lot in California. Drrin johnson, a.
DArtagnan: Dorothy Dalton, Louis,
Glaum and Walt Whitman are in 1t
1t is interesting to note that the last
named also plays (though differen
roe) in the Fairbanks picture.
IN THE meanUhile, ereryJOdy IS re-
l marking hOw mcH the players as
sOciated arith Fairbanks haze caught
the spirit Of their parts. It's not SO
much matter of fine acting, as thd
Dumas fms 6nd their faCoritcs re-
created inst as they hare imdgWed then
all these gears. 1t rould seem as i
Paulctic (AramiS). Scigmdn (P0rthoS)
De Brulicr (Richeieu), MenjoI
(Louis NIH,) Bdrbdra lie Mdrr on
iodyJ and mGny others lOWnd the film
inst as mUch u 1r0rk Of lore as FAR
' banks 50 mumiteStly did. Aud it's IN
cdcni1Uy another crtdCnt fact that IN
laitcr got his inspiration achCm he die
"A N0dCrn MuSkctCer' ScrCrdt year.
ago.
DHILADELPHIA surely has jumped
l. on the "fo,oplay map with
vengeance, and just when things looked
the blackest. Tw
Kdrlton TO months ago note wa
Change Policy taNth en- n ii oiiiS sc fo,un, Iona
run photoplay houses. Then the Sta2to
opened with cover the Hill,' whic
next week completes its eight weeks
run. Last week the Aldine opened wit
'"The Three Musketeers," which vii
stay a. long as it, you and the rest
from Monday the Karlton. the newcs
Philadelphia want it to stay. One wee
Stanley house on Chestnut street, come
into its own, and becomes an extended
run house. This is as it should be, a
this attractive house deserves the best
Cecil B. De Miles Fools Paradise,
which is dimly related to Leonard Mer