Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
FINE WORK IS DONE
| IN "AFTER THE Show
New PhotopIay by Author Of
"Footlights" Is Far Above
\ Average-FiIms Elsewhere


Miles latest feature. The films fault
fade into comparative insignifcancc be
ss,de i,s yorr nositiro ,,ori,s
sue its very positive n'eL''S' ., :,
In the nrSt place. II IS written U!
Rita Weiman, author of ''Footltghts,
who has managed to hit the bull ey,
twico ir sucoossior "Aftor ,ho Sbov'
nus not the variety or INC punch O
SFootlightS, but It rivals it In artiSir>
and acting. Both are stories Of tho
stage, and done in q real, belCyablr
,Uav for dieorer+ from ordinary
> i..-,. -, :,
U,ie .,, noAuIn' ,
William DE Mile has taken TINS
story, simply slice ont Of an every
,day sort of chorus girls life, and has
Ewoven . r,cturo s.rr,r,,ro TIM, "a vivid
;s,,oo.. srn.,m. aa1 a.,rm,,, Tho
kcboractors 1 .,s ".u ool,d +b,.. 40
snatnroi tbir.s Wobn%, = tooyod i.vi'
fIainii ~ "'bero., No.. h7ro rfSi, f,rIf.
tanJ tbeir ,,i-tnos
after the Show toll. of country
tgirl who enters thn rhoru and Is n,
gfriended and projected ., "Pap. f'n
sold doorman who once 'pla,od N1.h
tBooth. One Of the hackers Of tH'
with her. There ensues battle in fH"
girl,s heart between bis love and mat
Lof Pop.
The latter hnaI!v SeNS that ho !"
ilosing his control ot tNe girI ana mdN'S
great sacrihCe |" WIN her IRON ',e
lsoung man. 10" pr - - -,
onpI!S1'lg nlS IHri",St ,.binb ,|.p +bern
NUs sia anI of Iet .don,r r''''N ~ '''
nv nv e's" % w Wv" - 1900. .,-
Sera hnt r''i"s . ~ s,ooG g n,,. 0re was
sT,bor,oo o,Io fo,,1fnI rharoctcr man.
t,;yan - Ias+ rooi ror+ anJ showing
,hat bo ba1 = - L;,, - dn rroa. thinp,
fIndooI ho r,i,b+ ,,,oro oc,cL vI,b
spootb :, IL ia. .,nrri,g r,icre
sof ,UorL no 90 is tLo n,bor who
sJa,or,.oS +b, Licroy, ,,.,;.o This IittIo
t.,rI 60 ,,,is,aI,o,I,. .,,,,,,tod'. r,ti,n.
S5da as a ,.soronJ NIary I4ckford "
n;nsd ue a. tbr,S,, o' ro t,rIt 81 her OWN WIN rho
snt;no+S,,, ~ n,.;tic. orJ Fore Sh" hos
cnnra"enTsI, con,b,toj tbot froIing
and has ALWAYS done sincere and *.
~ no,,os i,,,o ho- n,,r IJer rbar.
antoriontio, % =, n,o 90 boortv and
so,',a, H' 'aC,l J bo. ros.roiroJ or,o,ionai
PrI. I,.ia,,
f"ofA 10 i''''o'''"
u,. 7rLoro o-o +,.o r.o,. of
+-aat;nn Port r.o,i,s ri, ~ Para
disc" One is 10 look at il as a weak
tnd Intellectual adaptation of Franz
Molmar's biting and iuimitablP story,
which, as "Iilloul," has set New
York talking. and the other is to look
at it purely, as a moving picture which
piyes a popular and handsome star an
scceptable opportunity TO display his
talents,
az, r /. 1o...;..,, :; oLoh,,,
IMP 10 RAJ aulse - . piUuao!S
peter than ha,t the average pIctureS,
Every now ana elen IneeT T Is a 'UGtL i.L
ol Iva. sa'ils' anu -! ~" JtS 90 VIZ" .L"
staggering Coney Island barker who
visits the Celestial kingdom. Just what
the fans will think of this visit to 81.
. 1Peter and the saints 5 hard to con-
lecture.
Virginia Nalli is a charming heroine
and Victoria Bateman docs an excellent
piece of work in another role. The
photoplay is good.
Arcadia-About the most useless and
futile thing in the world would be 10
criticize harshly Eugene O'Brien film.
Everybody knows just about what they
are, and the OBrien fans land there
are a great many of them) go pre-
pared to like it anyway.
So all that needs tO be said of The
Last Door is that II Gives O'Rricn
zood onportunitv. and that il tells
rather thrilling, if often improbable
tween between supper one evening and
breakfast the next morning. All sorts
of exciting adventures take place dur
ing the night. and O'Brien. Martha
Mansfield and Nita Naldi. together
with fine cast do their work we'll
W. P. s. Earle, the director, has sue.
ceeded admirably in nroducing n swiftly
moving n;crure
Victoria-That always hard work |
ing and interesting player. House Pc !
ters, has had all too few opportunities |
recently, and it is real pleasure to
greet him in a new picture. In this |
case, 1t is The Invisible Power" by
Charles Kenyon. the playwright. Ii |
IS a story of the underworld, and the |
regeneration of criminal, but, al
though the, material is not new, it is |
fention from frst 70 Ias+
Irene Rich. De Witt Jennings T,vdia
Yeamans Titus and Gertrrde Ciaira
give Peters abln sunnort Tho oil ,i,o
fo the big scene Of emotionaIier a.
the films Climay. Ono Of thn host 4oary
ures of the picture is the rnaI,tv ~
the .nolIce scenes Attan+ior n,as oa,i
TO small details in tbi, regard and 49,
A result, they become vory rem,
Regent-Interestin personBIitio. j.,
long cast helm ont HCourage +" Siino-