Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
isp1ISTIC INTERLUDE
'0FFERED AT STANLEY
..u,o Production Without Sub
Titles at the
Palace

TbNL n readers Of Booth Lark,nB
b not new nor IL the idea OF the story
tcn's nove,, a, 70 IN the movie fans. IL. VIII
sntireis hi uiI dirccteds the piece, WIN
lam NeW eWe,ohnn in role that haraly
Thomas ;.od 10 his talents. put Wnich
SENS SUI Tho satisfaction Of those VINO
h flls lls.,;.bt ~ In seeing their idol on tne
take densr natter what he might pc ~.
Green nv ,ro many small towns IKE .he
Ihei., hut 1t Is somewhat o,
one plc'too 20 ony one who has not nved IN
problem 49, " niTces where the running
one Of 'a0T1 bonneville Trolley would pe
| Of even even. = sigbt to fully appreciate tne
welcomho .ho story. This town, ike mahs
plot o. .ni streets" boasts OF its doml-
With nnlitician lawyer, who always
Ieerins crush the beginner. In the
wants ,oyc-. =. the beginner, VINO mas
end: nom. ,, returns to take the place
studied n,or ,aM in the battle for supremacy.
Of the te; ;,,st enough of the romance 10
There Is !yroosinr. In this respect DORIS
son make II and Diana Allen lend their able
Sd,tssnfSgi, the best part Of the program
Prooae'o Ps 'ootfered by Frank Buhler with
vas ts,;o tnas acm. 1.-THE Magic Dolls,
n arus., ,sas devised by Andre Ch0tin'
vhien via, WI, music by w. Frank Har-
with ggnss sPe. who participated in 1t were
w. inDov n%Dorbet. Andre Chotin, Amata
Henri ond Marcel Darcy. Ropert
Grassl a". n local pianist, offered
hmpiu,, mot with hearty welcome oy
solo 'nst ,sha realized the sterling quaiitS
\ the youths work.
.,,.cE-The Ballins have done
PAL..hjo niece of work in '"ihe
rally ny, End" 1t has been widely
!curnSeys sa the first complete dramatic
mrss.ion mrsius.Ii without titles, but the pup
kfoouJ;iii'nn .p;i nnrobably ignore this purely
nc v;aa, W., distinction in genuine ENJOY
Rcnn'.f 90 On unusual story. beautituily
ment mentanhed, ~ we'll acted and directed
pnostos,"rart p.s an artistry that is strongest anu
WIN a. aanreaiing in its very simplicity.
nCTytt nCTyttrappgpbout oppbt all the earlier scenes
aI.0 III 10 this section of the country
pevpTf at home, for the locations
VIII Sin .', wore about Phoenixville and It's
Snosem tn%en,e steel mills. The story OF the
,. M..i" convent bred girl and her broken
s,orce nss, among the sordid surround
Vns ~ tbc home Of an unlettered Ia :
hns,, h,us, takes her to New York and then
=" Pane and the sets that have been
s,,;i, for the unfolding of the plot are
su,ono the most satisfying OF recent pro-
Hugo Ballin's skill in developing his
.,n,v vnderstandably without the use
Al titles Is admirable. There are one OF
two nloccs where spoken titles might
iarp belped but the broad outlines OF the
sontinuity are not marrpg by this lack
Al words on the screen; in fact, there Is
Z sense Of more homogeneous knitting
tosether of the scenes when they are
not separated by the necessity Of read
Mabel Ballin, in the part Of the con
rent bred girl, is a lovely and appealing
6rure and carries the final scenes to 6
ane point of acting. Wyndham Stand
ipg Is excellent as the man who brings
her real romance, but even though he il
the hero, he Is overshadowed by the yer!
unusual performance OF George Ban
croft as the mill worker. This Is -;
human bit Of characterization that vii
be remembered long time by those wh'
zee it,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Honey
Nckle" will be recalled as having beel
played at the Broad Street Theatr
with Ruth Chatterton as the star
Now Mary Miles Minter has the leadin
role George Scarborough wrote tn
piece and Joseph Henabery directed II
This is light, frothy bit Of movi
entertainment, just as the play an
book were. but of sufficient pleasin
power to suit the warm weather audi
snce. The heroine is Judith Baldwin
pho proposes trial engagements wit
several Of her most ardent wooers !
order to see which of them will 'wear
best as possible husband. The storie
she COnCOcts create great deal {
CONSERVATION. but her daring plan I
test the qualities of the men who pro
fess to love her produce exactly tn
result she desired.
The cast includes Monte Blue {
leading man, as well as Guy Oliver
Willard Lewis. Mabel Van BureI
Princess Naomi, Grace Goodall ar
William Boyd.
VICTORIA-Eugene O'Brien in h
htest starring vehicle. "Worlt
Apart" is the feature this week. Il
Is seen as Hugh Ledyard, whose eS
poits range from the gilded life of Il
so.called smart set" to the thrillir
adventures in the underworld. In Il
early part Mr.. OBricn rescues q your
woman who has fallen into swift
nowing river, while he is encumbert
with heavy clothing. Olive Tell is see
Is leading woman, and others al
Florence Billings, Louise Prussin
Arthur Housman and Warren Cook.
.REGENT-May Allison is the star
The Last Card" which had its fir
fhlladephia presentation here tn
week. The star is seen as Elsie Kirl
wood, considered the happiest marri,
woman in town until her husband
lodged in jail for the murder of n mt
whose body is found in the baseme
Of their home. Elsie gets at the seer
Dy bit OF clairvoyance. The leadil
man is AL Roscoe.
- RITA KRAIIC