Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-10


and and the Arcadia has collection OF me
w Nsno Cecil b. De Miles colorful rom
Kor,ton, where it's popularity grows
"Tbe Queen of sheba" continues at the
THAT tragic figure Of moviedom,
a coorpe Loanc Tucker, whose death
..,,rred lust after he attained fame
O'nh "The Miracle Man" made just
~ other picture before his final ILL
s.ss and that picture, after a long
s,lov finds It's way to the Stanley
...osr next week. 1t Is by Alice Duer
uulsr. and It Is called Ladies' Must
Live"
r-om advance reports. II is nothing
ms "The Miracle Man" but has some
,be same artistic touches that Mr..
Tucker knew so
Manu- Stars we'll how TO impart
II aIadieS to his films. The
IL, T;re" come y element,
NUS however, Is larger,
.,orsb n little bitter in character.
pottr Compson, since starred, plays the
.sSing role. quite different one from
Mst in "The Miracle Man. Leatricc
Joy John Gilbert, Mahlon Hamilton
nd Robert Ellis are among the sup
porting PLAYERS. .
Wassili Lcps, for n number Of years
,losely identified with musical affairs In
Philadelphia, will conduct the Stanley
srehestra next week as part OF the
engagements plan to balance the
nSotoblay portions Of their bills with
kigh.class music
xT TITLE LORD FAUNTLERoY," "
Lthat Frances Hodgson Burnett
Avenile epic, played by Mary Pickford,
mems at the Aldine on Monday for an
Indefinite run. Little Mary" not to
4. outdone by her athletic husband. has
matched the Fairbanks "D'Artagnan'
and has gone him one better by as
mining not only the role Of the curly
headed and velveted Little Lord. y
Sut nlso the gentle and appealing
6Dearest," his mother.
This is Miss PickfOrd's first "all .
nov" role, by which is meant that she
Sas assumed masculine garments or
many occasions, but
Mdru Has always has be Il
ploued TtpO revealed in her true
poyts Refore garb somewhere near
''" the fade out. 1t Is
mt the first time. however. that the
star has handled two roles in one pic
tre In fact, what most folks con
slider her greatest piece OF acting was
In dual role capacity in William J
iocke's "Stella Mars." where she
played the hideous child of the slum,
and the pathetically beautiful invalid
In Little Lord Fauntleroy' she has
two mice roles" inasmuch as botl
mother and son are aristocratS to their
fngertips. oven when they are living
in their modest New York fiat anc
Cedric the Little Lord has his tight'
with the ncighborhood boys.
Mrs. Durnctt's story has been ad
kprcd to closely. and all the fnvorit
characters. including Mrs. McGinty, tn,
apple woman; Mr.. Hobbs. the grocer
and Dick. the bo0tblnCk, appear In al
their old time liieable forms. Kat
Price. who was one of the old Vita
graph comedy quintet, which includet
John Bum, Flora Finch. Hughie Mae
and William Shcn, plays Mrs. McGinty
and Claude Gillingwater, last seen her
on the stage in "Three Wise Fools,
plays the role of the stern Earl q
DorIncourt.
Miss Pickford's brother Jack, VIII
has ceased starring on his own. helpe
direct this newest feature, but muc
Of the hardest work fell on the shoul
ders of Charles Kosher, the camera man
who had to perform remarkable doubs
exposure.
TOINCIDENT 10ith the opening o
~ the Pickford feature, the Adm
management announces neW re0im
d popular prices, 1ohich should b.
ee'comc nercs to the photoplay fans
Beginning Monday, from II A. If
snhl p, M., tho admission ,oill b
Wfy cents and in the evenings serenity
fre cents. George Arhs,, In "Dis
rseIi, " is In the offering for a shomin
q this house, which toaI probably ais
AoGse Grifith's way Dopn East
JUST as novels are varied every noS
v and then by all publishing house
with volumes of short stories gathere
together between two covers, Marshal
Neilan has sandwiched in between tw
extended features picture consistin
oi four entirely distinct and separat
short stories. He calls it "Bits G
LIE and 1t will be shown at tn
4 arcadia Theatre next week. Include
IN the collection are samples Of satire
comedy, melOdrama, farce and tragedy
20 that everybody ought to be satisfied
Mr' Neilan himself wrote one Of tn
stories and the rest were taken fror
magazines. Hugh Wiley's vivi
hop' Is one of the four,
10 play the plentiful parts, 1t re
CURED a cast rather longer than usua
especially as there was no doubling !
orass. Noah Beery and Lon CLANCY
tsracter men par excellence, hav
roles, as does Wesley Barry. tn
Meekle- faced Juvenile, and Harrit
hammond, erstwhile bathing beaut!
Ered Burton, Rockclffe Fellow,
Teddy sampson, Anna May Wong an
James Bradbury complete the list I
notables.
THE good old out of doors, so popu
lar with picture makers, especialI
Mt Is the rugged northwest" or Il
osrren Alaskan wastes" is feature
prominently in an Anita Stewart AL
" w. the Palace and feature call,
shame Mt the Victoria. The frs
aamed' which bears the enigmatic ar
mSmlllar sounding title, "PlaythinRs
n.cstlny, shows Anita as schoo
teaChcr in the North Woods countr
nhame has John Gilbert and Ros,
mary Iheby as featured players. WI
nam Russell appears at the Regent
sGnething called Desert Blossoms
wN'ch may or may not mean cactu
MMahy Of the scenes were snapped ne
pncath Valley, Calf, on the Moja