Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-11
HUGHES AT HIS BEST
IN NEW PHOTOPLAY
Dangerous Curve Ahead" Is
Far Above Most Movie Fare.
New Things in Other Houses

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TIL" Tragedy. first Of all. is one witch
las - .t"d since Ellison first thought
over tic idea ~ putting pictures int"
motion; sine" the day tho first nickel
rdcou was opened. lon> know IT.
You've seen il. It's the mother who
brings her hnhv {" the movies and mas
to come out light NJ the exciting mo-
mont hcrnusr the yOunGStrr starts to
cry.
Wonderful Thought. isn't itF Hut
it, t',kcn all this tim" for it to assume
Is proper rank in lii"rnturr. Rupert
Hughes ha4 don" It. and lot of other
i"ini> Gc..@"~. Ii" mlrrorrd GnriE infE
m&rricd life with the most human. life
ike reality yet achieved in pictures.
For about thousand t"ct OF nm
there was one long succession Of truths,
rIoakcd with brand OF hum"r not
usually found in sub titles.
For example, tie n"wlyw"dS have
quarrel and make nr. Author Hughes
rlls wisely. 1T WaS mighty nice OF her
10 forgive him. sine" she was in I'll"
wrong. And again. wIen tnGy arc
keep engagements secret but as for
mar, iag". they, don 'nrc VINO KNOWS
ABOUT IT, ana once aG4'n' Mn'' vi"
lhird 0aON comes Ivy !n'S ,a''J panIi
YET like mNma'''r III 'h' nl'r'
H'nt'N AIhl%' :. Li.
Mr' Hughes mas ms 'TMsu' 4T,s. III ~" ~"
,rortod oH ,'"> Sm,,n a., ,V ~ thc .uh.tItIce arc
a., .'nI ,n,nm ,f ,h, .rr,Io. uru,rr,-
,nrri,,. 'ar,I,,,ir Trrn ag,ir. Rut it,,
III - rnr far ,b,.., ,hr nrd nary movie
.t,,f NM tLn hirrr.t iolt r.uNS when
Nr Itmcbcs fools Lc Los been kidding
i,',,, ,i,,,',,,L and n, c,mrs serious
Curyn iLcoJ'' is almost classic; the
ms, fourth i conventional drnmn tx.
r,,tinnniIy wcll done Tho whole is
. rr,Jit to nil concerned. If Mr. I
IIrrIr, ;s tryinc to produce n kind of |
,'rrrr "C'nmcLin IIuiuninp " Of which !
IN, OIJ Tc.t" wa. thr first and this !
.In ,r.nmd hos imnroying rs he goes
,rnn.
TIc boL - 1ot Of helm here from a
rc,rorknh1e ynunc comedy foam. Rich
nri INV and IIc,gno Chadwick, In the /
"n,,. wood srnncs thcy were immense,
and Mis-. Chodwick did her emotion |
olism M the end with distinction.
\rcadia-Sir Henry Arthur Jones,
vhuSdiG "Mirhacl's Lost Angcl and
"Thc Middicman' and sror" more
.taCc dramas is one of those VII" Is
Writing for the screen directly instead
If letting his creations be butrhcrcd to
make n picture fans holiday.
.po,.orJ" 10 tho name of his first
..on. '''hh W., q MIGHT more antly be
noiIod .;\Trs Eroch Arden. It's all
%,. .or,or who is shinwrcrkcd on
"n'% "n isoiot"J island for two years, and
~ ,Sw,I,, not,,.,,s ,n frd her husband mar !
lnrn WI oi,, ,so%' u" or tbo sunnosition that she
rl'" 1k"iI' TLo.o ,rn n iot of accom- /
non,in" feature. such as the spirit OF
paI'iimE !n trSs"in ,rotSar coming 70 advise
i t.. mooLlinc brother whom the
hor, hoir" tr,os =" save, and finally m
lIeI"i'v 'hJcb Liiis vile No .. and
n;ra. az ,s' chance for the returned first
H',,ifo 70 tnkn bcr accustomed place.
VIE T.ho, ,T EIovtnr t%Mr has n part that keeps
h,,s, anS she docs cxcpllpntlv de.
i'et i. otT! ~ ,,rrolieycd drama assigned to
Ln. o.'' Cnmnnnins and directors these
Clayton was n most charming "IIcEe
Widow. and can 40 comedy JUST 'N-
nctly as well ms drama
Victoria - Charles Ray must be
working fast these days. 'Scrau Iron ,
was here only II couple OF weeks ago; /
and now he's back IN Nineteen anu
Phyllis"
In coming back however; NaE mas
made complete change OF CLONES ana |
Incidentally IN type OF pay, btl'Fr x' !
was his usual country pumps" se,i
here he Is young Stha!i Town ""iuH
wearing np,'0- me, minute ''la,. ."turr
clothes hut ne 'hG sai"e ain" oMS"S'.tS .So
3I"rS"naol' nhIir" onnS osnS o"oii' ""'It ,''W
drama ana 'olheuE ,, rIr.lcS 'Ln"'S Vii Vii |
NngIhg ms PsniSIpSih ph h,.I,;s" ,s souo+,r,os
a. nnn',nnT 5onI Tiiu iiTo "Seventeen " and #
y Rlen, ut"' .,.in of nconody of rontb =
Sinrr ulttrLor' aI'", "n;r,t ~ or Tonpc loo
ahKe causnt .Is 'p''''
"hG !on"f .an 1. R,v's charming
NIAlu iIo, ~ 20 Soroo Sicho,u TincoIn |
Tn Tis a,D1s' nn an" wife w Jenntngs and Corn
~ iirnr their characters excellently. |
Regent-Jamcs hirk"ood Is aoihe
aomr Of the screen very hnest acting
That's the first thought that comes 70
mind nfter seeing lhe sooner IN
which he has the Leading role. hoW ne
has changed sine" he supported Mary
Pickford in som" OF her early five
rcrlcrs.
The Scoffer' Is pretty strong
stun, telling n story Of young doctor
who Is forced TO servo five e-year pri-
son term unJuStly heCaus" Nt the
plotting Of a supposedly bosom friend.
The doctor, always a sincere. religious
man. becomes q scoffer at everything.
Love iq his final salvation.
rms plot as can Dc seen II nor
new hut mere J, Is worked out iorce-
fully and we'll. Moan Ipery and Mary