Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-29
MANY BIG PICTURES
'AT STANLEY HOUSES
urh. sheik" Attracts Crowds;
,.rool's Paradise" a Hit.
Other Films

.,,,ov- There was n welcome all
e"nd waiting for that thirty third
rsos host seller. "Thc Sheik." before
dg.s,c camera started TO grind on a
W. econc. Unlike most films this
n n1Vp,otion Of the T.. NJ. Hull story
little word Of mouth advpr-
s's. n.s n needs no stars and no bill
rSs rS nostcrs. The jammcd house which
rad r,,sd its first showing yesterday morn
I,.s would have ferrctcd ont The
ts,t's,' hiding place II no theatre had
MIN named at. all. ,
.astion as 10 whether the film will
xp'.i,go for those renders Of the novel
Asir high expectations. Frankly. it
h.nb "Thc Shcik'' Is not caviar.
Men Mon indeed. It is only ham and eggs.
~, they are well cooked. Director
nsvid NIclford has trickct out desert
pnrv that ont deserts all that have gone
ssfore, II the original Sahara ever got
! glance at the California; made prod
Mt Il would burn up with envy. There
are sandstOrms. -Wysti" moonIights.
ssme cavalcadcs against the skyline and
romfortable looking oaScs. all very real
and full Of color.
There is never that haunting charm
md artistry that made Elsie Fcrgu-
sonis first picture. 'Barbary Sheep
q treat. hut there is atmosphere piled,
bieh and thrills that follow pretty con-
scientiouslv the plot Of the novel. The
main difference between film and story
4 a decided tanning down Of the crotlr
and much discussed love story of the
u "son Of the desert and the proud
English beauty.
Rudolph Valentino seems TO fit won
|dcrfully into the title role. Others may
not agree. Int in at least one opinion.
lie does IL" best work Of his career.
Agnes AyrCS. than whom there is mono
more beautiful. did not acccntuato The
haughtinc>S Of Diana. bur she Sipplici
charm. sympathy and attrartivcnr>s for
the part. AdOlph M"uiou and Waiter
Long were cXccptionaIly good rs novelist
and desert rhiCftain RESI- cctively.
"Thc Shrik s. chances of su"rcSs can
BE- summed up cXrcll"ntiy by saving that
the ushCrcttcs at tn" theatre looked back
over their Shoulders Wnil" walking up
the aisIpS 50 as not to miss my
thing. Could any tribute be- moro fit
ping for such story rs "Thc Shcik:"
a. "Tho SbeiL. '%.'"' ',,n,,i;od ,mG, '"'nH,ms
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msstcr rffwt "TooT, paroii', i''''
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.oeiot, and oIIil,,'i ''n, ta,, t"a ",'.E ,r2m
,com r"go, "z,, ''m, bo. a. n",a."i'' "",. pnll-
rb;cb %nid. irt"ro.. ,nI'" onI pi''H"
scar, ,,on,o,t ~ ~. 'l,.a "'I,nl.T" lTt
!. both tbontricoli,, '"r .IIns,"'
=, cincr,o,icoii,,H W. p',n naPS oU'
same Tina i"ri,,II,! ~ , ,u.n. anu III 'n'
Tho ronrL continn rs 'I'n w. anu ,'"''
dsr to"S e., 'i,''" - " i, .tu .IrAlcnn Dor
line's ar,i.ti,. ' sohn. M 'i"''tialN " sL WIN -"
.acia, nirstios of r'L ...rTo a In.mSs rs III"
III" I'S' "''' '''' VI h"e '""'rS "' Ana
i, 10 ir.t oa ou ,ho. -,
,onncos thot ..EaoI. W. Ii''' SupI 'I!!e hh-
1STGGrSTrD, ~" Uo' onnar,, m"rH"i>r IT,, was
,,ory ..Tho ~ ,,,I, "n H'"lla'u hTi rack
Suggestion 10 "ni all '', ,hn, "'G q Inc Inc l,aa{.
lwistful story. bur If i hard +, ra,.iI.
khe result of tho wholesale rharoos ~ 90
GOOD. 1t is a bit hard 70 foreivo tho
Intrusion of some entirely unnecessary
siamese scenes. bur their gorgeon.mo.,
and interest give even thesc fhc riqht
| to be there. The kernel Of rho Storr 10
left the love of the man who goes biinI
for the actress and the rick nInvcJ @
upon him by a girl who loves him and
when he was sc6rncd "'N
In the picture, however bc iv ,,rod
| las nosn% ~. H., ''triS ~, oll i"e Girl VINO
finds her in Sinm, and Ihnrr I"orn, Ia' har 'ar
nue coIors. and returns to rho giI ,r NV NO
has rejected. II is the oil story nf rho
search for an illusion. the rcalitv If
which lies by the home firrsjdc
Dorothy Dalton is Poll patchouli rho
uue love, and Mildred Harris Chaplin
Is the will the wisp. Conrad Narpl
~ ~ the young man who goes blind and
l1eodore koSlof plays an intcrpoIatcd
oe, Na%el IS the real star: he has
SW Su'er Ioh" work that was half so good
,nio,,.,.I .I"I,"n' Witn limitations, is Il
|apd % "oY,r,'% "'' i,I'I., nn! N"SI"h - striking
|no n,I.T HI.r alI' however. it i Ih" ART of
,nl,a n'''' .r ground which the picture re-
'es, hch other things hitch. that
Imoai;n rU'a'n 10 the rescue, and. aided by
tsn'aLN' maton a. ANA lllu$iv" photography.
kcenoS, w. s'e"'S stand Out as few movies
|"Foo,,o p!, I'm laE"h nil in all.
|,s tbo ,r,,eI, a." "ulst % Is every hlt as good
lad lepitimotn '"u'"u tLn Npcc'hiS winch play
.vitb n ',,,"" nmn"r itntutrts; tl; II - true art,
And tboro ""o" PEN penihu H.,
bath or trick M tnIonhau S'nsle pcrtumed
no end '''p"o"e from o"sinnlng
Stanton-.ln a YEAR of s,norsoooto
cles in which the Iimitlcss build;n~ ~
sets and the massing uf m,mmot Il
lops knows no Limitations. "Thp Ounru
Sl.l
lcas n~y,ni m"' "''i' put on, as Amer
nvaSion. II it is. then the American
Ypectaclc is in bad wuy. "Shoha" +.
10 dazzling in It's material mognifnou.n
70 bcwildcring in IT,. kulnidnsr"mi'. rnyb'
Ing crowds, So J,sn"nnorti"pp ,""oS,op1t '%uSn. %
Eapldity Of its flashes from one Inrotimn
10 another tho1 thn nv"mnan oaa,,, ,".t, ,oI'
mas not time In rraIiyo vLot hn ~ Nv
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