Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-25
SCHILDKRAUT FAR
TOO GOOD LOOKING
DECLARES GARRY
BY HELEN KLUMPH

orTNHERE'S new menace in the
l. movies" Garry announced pom.
pously before she even said hello to me-
And even the censors haven't realized
II yet, But they would" she added
wisely, ''if they had been watching
the filming of The Two Orphans
up at the. ID. W. Griffith studio at
Mamaroneck.
She was referring to Joseph Schild.
kraut, the handsome young Continental
actor. who Is making his debut in
American films in the newest Griffith
production. Ony for n moment did
fear that she was going to tell me that
the master director was going TO thrill
us with some new transcription of hell,
more horrible even than the one in
Dream Street" where the dragons
waddled and looked strangely like croc-
odiles.
"Mr. Griffith won't have TO resort to
colored photography or anything like
that for novelty in The Two Or
phans. " she added. "All he needs is
Joseph Schildkraut. And il his smile is
half as devastating to the girls in the
audience as 1t Is to the girls in the com
pany-well, all the young men in the
country will have to brush up on their
courty manners II they are to be in
the running with him.
when he first arrived at the studio
the girls-eyery one from the pretty lit
tie bobbed- hair telephone operator to
moonstruck. L didn't know any one
could be so good looking they all de-
clared. At their earliest opportunity they
iourneyed down to New York and saw
him play on the speaking stage in
'Iiliom and then they decided that his
good looks had very little TO do with 1t,
after all. 1t was his manner they like.
COCOON he began making love to
~ every one within earshot. from
lovely Kate Bruce. who plays mother
parts. down to the very Youngest tlapper
in the picture. He did it eloquently,
grandioselyi- within Few days he had
covered so much ground that he was
the one topic of conversation among
the girls.
And. Of course, the inevitable And
he said to me- ruined everything. They
found that he had been paying the same
extravagantly fattering compliments to
all of them His repertoire of lovemak
ing-even re enforced as it was by the
experience of having played over 200
leading parts in European repcrtory
theatres-waSn' extensive enough to
provide fresh theme for every new ac-
quaintance.
'For day or so the ones who had
compared notes were disconsolate. But
the next time they saw him he smiled,
and all was well.
They are just beginning to realize
that perhaps he IS not TO be taken as
seriously IA an American. but they all
adore him nevertheless And while he
makes love to all the others. deep down
in his heart he has the greatest ad-
miration for Lillian Gish. He thinks
that she is a great artist-and he thinks
that scene in Broken blossoms. where
she hid in the closet is the finest screen
acting he has ever seen.
"NTR. SCHlLDKRAUT likes acting
AV1 on the screen so we'll that it's
possible he'll leave the speaking stage
and just do pictures But every ones $
afraid that some company would get
hold Of him that would just capitalize
on his good looks and then where would
his acting talent be-"
Where Katherine Macdonald is"
answered. 'FreQuently promised. but
never seen. They don't need TO act
when they get that good looking. It's
great relief just to see them"
''Well. come To think of it, Garry
added thoughtfuly. II guess I'd. like
to see Wally Reid and some of the
other handsome favorites once or twice
before Schildkraut sweeps them out Of
the way.
"All right" I agreed. Lets 60"