Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-07
RECEPTION" PROVES
a STRIKING SPECTACLE
pomance Of Henry VIII Fills
Stanley Screen With Pagean-
try--other New Films

etsnIey-"Deception based mainly
the romance" Of Henry VIII and
r. g,rs Boieyn, spans the most pictur-
lSms nSm neriod Of the career Of the amor
~ Iusty. vivid second Tudor King oi
T.,,snd. The lovely and pathetic
ss,rs OF Anne Is the connecting link oi
X historic episodes shown. There Is
u.urotracted resume Of the Kings rup-
,ured relations with Katharine OF ARA :
% son. ending in the divorce and the dis
clscement Of the queen wire OF twenty
s,r waiting. An impressive recap
.tion shows how Anne in turn was
iI..hroned through the court machina
ay Ins which used her lady in waiting
uons SEYMOUR, as the lure, and which
sn.ilr sns brought her bcauteous head tc
tns Th;s picture. with It's variety and
.,,hness of pageantry. its fitting and
nvished acting, its skilled employment
~ east crowds in many of the scenes
* Sdsiity TO period in settings and cos
~ .,As and It's clear and admirable
uhotosrsphy, is a motographic master
pW.,nv pfW Porten a. Anne and Emil
,.nnines as Bluff King Hal illusively
s.rnatc their personages from the his
te,,cai standpoint and manage to make
NJ, verv real In action and psychol l.
ssy ~ The other members OF the cast,
ssrticularly the unnamed impersonatort
katharine, Jane Seymour and Mary
Tudor, are wholly excellent In convey.
irs their characters. Though this II
Ia 10 be a German made flm, and is
Certainly cast with Germans, 1t is Diff
S,ult TO detect any invidious propagan'
IA in this Paramount version.
"Tbe Hunt Is Up medieval spec
..Ja and special music serve to pre-
aors appropriately for the feature. Its
.pnsctacles pt Of divorce. accommodation,
ssppronstion and tournament are in them
sslyes highly educational as well as i'm
pressive.
s..nton-"The DEVILS Garden" as
,Ioy was not much Of success, but
i;nnel Barrymore has found lot OF
movie material in it and has come forth
nncs more with a good dramatic char
scteri1ation. The direction was by
Kenneth Webb and w. B. Maxwell
Crotc the original novel.
Here ia disclosed one OF the early
sct;no pieceq of the charming new Real
syt star. little May McAvoy. She is
s,cellent in her role as gypsy, who
canes into the life Of the former official
Who has committed murder in jealous
a nj rage. Doris Rankin. wife Of the
.tar is her usual good self in both act
;ng and naturalness. II. Cooper Cliffe
isa servant who looks and acts the role
70 perfection.
dtion through the Vaccinations of an
other man. who has tried to lure the
wife OF the deposed postmaster. The
Jealous husband kills the benefactor.
Sut repents of his deed. In a school
Are he rcscues the children MS his peni-
t,ntial sacrifice. But to disclose whether
he Is killed or not would be to spoil a
rood ending. Comedy, news and scenic
pictures, as we'll as good orchestral
music, are added.
Arcadia-"T Broken Doll is one
Of the best things that Monte Blue has
done for the season. lie perpctuates the
school of movie acting that made Charles
Raw such a lovable country boy type
In this role the new star comes forth
With enough force to claim the stellar
nortion allotted to him. Wilbur Hal
wrote the piece under the title Of
"Johnny Cucabod," while Allan Dwnr
has made fine bit of countryside poscy
cut OF ii. 49,,
IA boy accidentally breaks n little
crippled girls doll. He endeavors In
every way to restore it, even to "bor.
rowing" some money belonging to 4
ranch hand. A villain comes into tht
lcene and then the plot changes favor
ably, with the result that the "bnt
man is killed. while the. youth who is
suspected Of theft is left free. OF course
new doll is provided. The chain o.
circumstances developed from the fac
that a boy has big heart and wanted
b replace a child's toy.
Mary Jane Irving is the child ant
plays well. while Mary Thurman, once
4 Sennettian beauty. is the leading