Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-17

cysckerjack organ up there. IL the
uawsst Connie Talmadge picture and
LES more points In its favor than
number of her more recent releases.
First Of all 1t is an adaptation OF the
u.rrard University prize play by
~ Rachel Barton Butler, which played
r broadway last season. Maybe that
Jnssn,t mean much. but from oil ac-
uonnts "Mamma's Affair" which is the
neme of the comedy, had lot Of
mnnch and pep not always found in
prize plays-especially college ones.
Tho picture, like the stage play. has
-, unusual constellation Of celebrities.
While you're watching Connie. save n
h;t of your attention for two women
,yb6 have prominent roles in her sup
nort. First Of all, as Ewes mother
Eve Is the name Of the heroine, you
tnow-there is Fife Shannon.
Fife was a popular favorite on the
s,ape when a lot Of you movie fans
were in your nurseries, and she was one
of the leading lights
Watch for These in the old DAILY
Two Stage People stock stock COM company Syb,dh II
,ounted stars in every part. Later she
.uneared for many years with Herbert
KeIcey in plays like Years Of Discre'
tion.'
PLAYING the part of Mrs. Marchant
NOT nj all a pleasant lady BY the
rar1-there is Katherine Knelred. Miss
Kaclred Is really the mother--perhaps
forerunner would be better-of the
modern tyne of stage vamp. She was
ths original in "a Fool There Was
wbicb Robert Hilliard played so long
an the stage. and she's done big char
scter parts on the stage ever since.
Kenneth Harlan and George lie Guere
have the leading male roles In Mamma s
Afair" and there are others whom you
al know and like. Underline this one
and then put an X in front Of the
comedy.
THE other top notcher OF the week
/ Is new Charlie Ray film entitled
"scrap Iron" Bully title, isn't it?
Yes. and 1t is distinguished for several
reasons too. First of all, it is Rays
arst attempt at directing. and If he
Yields a megaphone as well as he put
over that appealing, likable face Of
his, his debut ought to be a wonder.
The story of "Scrap Iron" may be IA
miliar to some Of you. The late Charles
z. Van Loan, author Of so many corking
snort stories, wrote IL some time ago,
and it appeared in the Saturday Eve
ming Post.
It's all about a blacksmith whose
name is, appropriately John Steel. and
who had a wicked pair of fists which he
knows how to use. But, wonder of won:
ders, in the big scrap Of the finland
It's some scrap-Charlie Ray gets
licked. Can you imagine a popular
young star like Ray directing himself
and telling himelf to get licked by. some,
body slse in the picture? But it's all
part of the story.
OLLIE BURKE'S old stage comedy
- success. Jerry" has sprung up
again. although nobody would ever
recognize it under it's new name. which
is-don't laugh--"Don't Call Me Little
Girl"
That title almost gives away the star
to any real. sure enough fan. You
guessed it-Mary Miles Minter-and
the words of the title are the same that
she has been saying for a long time,
dispatches tells us. Jerome Patrick,
dependable stage man. and Ruth Stone
house, she of old Essanay Company
fame, support Mary in this story of
lOVaDle tompoy.
AND. by the way. a big and mighty
n important piece Of motion picture
news has become known this week: 1t
Is that the Aldine
Nep House Books Theatre, at Nine
THE Big Four" tecnth and Chestnut
streets. has signed
a contract with what is known in film
dom as The Big "'Four'-which Is
Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks.
Charlie Chaplin and ID. w. Griffith,
with George Arliss now added-and that
, all the films made by these leaders in
the industry will be shown at the new
Felt Brothers playhouse. 1t will open
some time in October with Fairbanks
Three Musketeers.' followed by
Mary's Little Lord Fauntleroy."
George Arliss' ''Disraeli." Chaplin's
The Idle Glass and Griffith's "Two
Orphans" In addition, there will be
the new Rex Beach pictures.
"RIP VAN WlNKLE' is still at the
~ Academy. Watch for little Ger
trude Messenger, as the attractive little
Dutch rolypoly. Up at the Stanley,
there is The Affairs Of Anatol," with
i'ciu ureuhInS up Dtuutllul SET VI
furniture without ruffing his hair.
The Old Nest" in which Mary Alden
does herself proud, is at the Palace.
and Experience, which speciahzes in
Dick Barthelmess and pretty girls, is at
the Capitol, Strand and Colonial, the
latter two uptown.
A stroll along Fifty second street
reveals that frst-rate Betty Compson
picture, "At the End of the World"
at the Locust. Tom Meighan's prison
story, The City OF Silent Men" at
me Belmont, and one of Doug Fair
banks best comedies, The Habit of
Happiness" at the Rivoli. That latter
mas George Fawcett in wonderful
part go and look for him. The
Coliseum, up at Sixtieth and Market
streets. has inaugurated a system of
reduced admission prices.
THE Stanton will reopen October 3
i with "Over the HILL" which ran
~ SO many weeks on Broadway. Mary
Carr became famous overnight as the
pathetic mother in this film. The
e Stanley will have Norma Talmadge In
The Sign on the Door," beginning
NNeptember 26, and the Arcadia will have
Sert Lytell in The Man Who" by
Iloyd Osbourne, on the same date.