Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-08

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many EokomoS and Siovr Cuic' thd:
they bury ard obNtcratc the StGnlevs
Of Philadelphia and tho Cdpitols Of
Ncm York. The producers hare TO
look further ahead than the chanting
of praises by Nc,c York critics.
uERE. by the way. is the difference
IL between tho stage and the screen.
4 New York success on the stage has
n prestige that sweeps il through MI
tho KOkulnoS the management may want
10 play. 4 picture that wins the ap-
proval 0f New York has TO go OUT and
start all over again n creep into the
hearts of the rest OF the country.
AnI it ISN'T just the country towns
TINT urn UP their noses nt the choicest
t.d-bitS of the cinema. The npighbor.
hood houses in the big cities like Phil
adriphia and Boston do not follow in the
CourS" of Chestnut street or fremont
street. Wn"n il comes To their apprecia-
tIou "f pictures. That Locust Theatre
"pi>odn showed that, and yet, not two
hours before, another group Of people
IN TIE SAME HOUSE appreciated
that picture.
Once in n while big pretentious film
comes along that pleaSes first, second,
third and last-ruu houses alike. The
Three Muskcteers
An Occasional which comes here In
Film Goes Big" another three or
An Oror four weeks 70 the
opening Aldine ----
will probably be like that. The Four
Horeomon Of the Apocalypse' ought
TO do very we'll in any house. Way
Down EuW" is q third.
II il 70 be wondered AZ. then, tha'
r." producers pr"f"r 10 make such rs
Sur"d hits as "Ovcr the II!ll pictures
which ar" winners hcfOr" they come uUt
If the studio-instead Of gambling. It,
the samo old story. There have Away.
be"n-on the stngc-thOsc who every
now and then. did something out-oC,
the ordinary, beautiful, without eve
L1p.ng to nuke money on il.
IT'LL have to be that way in N,
L films, too. Sorc producer with vision
an6 purpose will have TO take pnrt y
H." money he makes on "hokum" auc
sink = IN Sentimental Tommy" o
a "Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde" Robert
son, who directed those films and tn
company that backed him, must hay
received son.c compensation in the word
uf praise they received from IL,
".Su.aIed fow. 80 Maurir" Tourncur mus
,rI.l look hnck on the beautiful "Rlu
B.r or "Prunclla" with plcasUr" an,
satisfaction even though they were ran,
tu .ur"> from tn" money standpoint
4 DHILADELPIIIA Is not facing tn
L prospect of a rush Of "Scntimonto
TDn.mIc," or pictures Of that kind
WIFI rho departure Of 9TH" Fou
llor, cmrn" there is prospect OF nj
most mbrokrn "hOkum, with tn
hapDy certainty. however, that ever
w"', or SO, something clever and dis
,rRrrIug may slip in,
The KnrltOn is to open very soon an
there j. "A definite hone thar the frs
,4c,uro may be something 70 be sur
nud not Miss. Gcorg" Arliss IN IBIS
r,.r'.." which is h"ad"d for the still
to- -be-oxumincd AIdin", is Nnothc
hright spot.
Tlr imba,sador. which opened la,
Saturday, hHS been doing nicely. Thj
attractive house AZ Fifty sixth stree
an d Baltimor
ambassador Is to avenue. will hay
Haze "QuO Vadis" t'H! eHl"rii
II i4 "Quo Vadis," about the first q
the film epcctucics. which was bciu
shown in tho larger cities Of II
United StntrS whil" American pro
durcr- acre still sticking to NV" al
tlrrn rrcIrro. |. wa, n wonderful pie
t4rr too, and tho rromi"" Of ""mrI"