Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-13
MOVIECRAMS

GLORIA SWANSON'S first starring
VI vehicle is The Great Moment" an
original photoplay written by Elinor
Glyn. The picture will be at the Stan
ley the week of August %.
In The Great Moment Gloria
Swanson is seen as the half gypsy
daughter Of an English lord, whose
father rears her in strict seclusion.
fearing that her mothers nomadic in
stincts will assert themselves over the
subdued English culture. Later, how.
ever, on trip to America the girl
falls In love with young mining engi,
neer, is bitten by a rattlesnake and
taken by him TO his mountain cabin
There, intoxicated from the whisky
which he had given her as an antidote,
she feels the gypsy spell and brings
about a situation which results in many
dramatic and highly sensational cpl
sodes. The picture was directed by
Sam Wood from the scenario by Monte
NJ. Katterjohn. The supporting cast
includes such capable players as Alex
B. Frances, F. r. Butler, Arthur Hull,
Raymond Brathwayt, Helen Dunbar,
Clarence Geldart, Julia Faye and Ann
Grigg.
THERE is curious sentimental twist
i to the movie which will open the
fall season at the Rivoli. The title Of
the picture Is THE Lost Romance"
and the one which follows 1t is "A
Divorce of Convenience" in which
Owen Moore is starred with his new
wife, Katherine Perry, who succeeded
Mary Pickford. The theatre will open
on Monday.
DEBE DANIELS will be seen In an
ID other sparkling comedy drama at
the Arcadia the week Of August %. 1t
Is entitled "One Wild Week." with
the charming star, always gay and
dashing little figure, animating most Of
the scenes. Frances Harmer wrote the
story. Elmer Harris, we'll known
author of stage and screen, supervised
the production, which was directed by
Major Maurice Campbell. and the cast
in support of Miss Daniels, besides
Mr.. Kingsley, includes May Kelso
Edwin Stevens, Frances Raymond
Herbert Standing, Edythe Chapman
Carrie Clarke Ward and Bull" Mon.
tana.
hIOVELISTS and dramatists woulc
~ have us believe that when the choic
between a domestic career and stag
career Is offered to a woman Of histri
. onlc ability, 1t is the artistic caree
which wins out. Yet when such
choice was offered to Mary Carr som
years ago, It was the maternal instinc
which proved the stronger. Mary Car
Ia the actress who enaCts the role q
Ma Benton In the William Fox specia
film production, Over the Hill" base
on Will Cartoons famous poem, whic
will be the feature attraction at tn
I Stanton Theatre when that house re
opens for the season of 1921 1922.
I Although still comparatively young
Mrs. Carr has succeeded in giving on
= Of the finest and most sympathetic por
G trayals of screen mother that tn
a silent drama has yet known. 1t wa
y at the age Of sixteen that Mrs. Carr
' then an amateur, attracted the atten
ton of a member Of the Girard Avenu
stock Company In this city, as a re
suit of her work during church enter
tainment. Her engagement as ingenr
with this company followed The train
ing which Mrs. Carr here received WI
= of tremendous value. Eventually cam
. her marriage of William CARRIE wa
: the player who brought about her engage
I, ment with the stock company. Al
though flattering offers reached Mr.
Carr for long time from some of Il
=. foremost dramatic producers In Il
u country, she resolutely declined then
Her invariable reply was that, as b,
tween her children and the stage,
was the former she loved best.
IS T EWIS S. STONE, who plays Il
d IL leading male role in the origin
e Gertrude Atherton photoplay, Don
IS Neglect Your Wife (" which will
o shown at the Stanley Theatre ne
q week, has had varied picturesq,
W career, Mr.. Stone, who has appear,
In the recent oSldwyn pictures, "A(il'