Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-10

uhu NJ leHSt IOuT OF Inem Rre ulStlnCtIN
of the entertainment. only variety.
The fifth has slightly more solid and
pretentious plot.
The Stanley will show Constance
Talmadge's latest comedy. and every
body knows that this young lady is the
screens most consisten. exponent OF
the 'fapper'' and that her films are
almost invariably airy comedies. The
present one is called Folly of the
Follies,' which sounds especially SUN
merish."
John Emerson and Anita Loos. who
have turned out SO many of Connie :
vehicles, are responsible for this one.
An advance report has 1t that "Polly"
IA a good bit better than her last three
or four features. That's encouraging,
ms she hasn't had the best Of material
lately. That's funny thing. too ;
three or four years ago Connie was
getting the very best. with such on.
standing light comedies as up the
Road With Sally" Scandal" "A
wells Boots and Sauce for the
Goose" And, at the same time, her
sister Norma was having the worst
possible luck with tawdry and hack
neyed vehicles. Then the tide turned.
and Of late Constance has had only
really deserving pictures - Mama 5
Affairs"-while Norma has had THE
Passion Flower" The Sign on the
Door" "Smilin' Through" "The
Duchess Of Langeais' (renamed) and
now Hichens Voice from the
Minaret."
1t seems as II fate wouldn't tolerat"
giving both sisters the kind of things
they deserve at the same time.
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their fluctuations. too. and their recent
output has been decidedly lacking in
that verve and biting satire which
characterized the pictures they made
for Doug Fairbanks, and the specials
they made about the same time. The
main trouble seems to be that they're
writing too much.
Folly of the Follies' concerns n
country girl with a passion for theatri
calls. An amateur affair that she gives
Ia ruined by an unappreciative uncle.
and so she goes TO New York and be-
comes one of the Ziegfeld girls. and has
all kinds of th-r-rilling adventures of
o theatrical tinge. Flo Ziegfeld him.
self is introduced. by the way. or rather
Ire is impersonated by member of the
long cast.
Another who appears is Frank Lalor.
Here is a name not very well known to
film fans, but who is to be remembered
for his screaming performance as Don
didier' in that delectable musical com
edy. ''The Pink Lady" and who also
played for n number of years as Mott,
the tailor" in "Comin' Through the
Rye Lalor did one splendid bit in al
earlier Fairbanks comedy. but, gen.
orally speaking. has kept out Of the
movies. lie has a role in ano iIcr EN-
crson -I.oos screen comedy. Red Hot
Romance not yet shown here. There
is no more amusing stage inebriate
than LalOr, and in the Fairbanks pic
ture he showed he could carry this tai
cnt onto the Silvcred Screen.
Also in the cast of Polly of the
Follies are Kenneth Harlan (did you
Know that romance is rumored be.
tween him and cOnnic:I. George Faw-
cett. Billie Dove. Horace Knight. Harry
Fisher, Paul Doucet and great many
others.
HNHERE are large number Of film
l. fans who will b" more interested in
an added attraction at the Stanley than
in any one other picture in the city
This added attraction is Martin John
sons Jungle Adventures. which in
New York had the honor of being shown
separately as a main feature.
Here is something way out Of the
ordinary case of romance being
brought from q very far country indeed
to the doorsteps Of prosaic, ma,ter.of.
fact Philadelphans. Martin johnson
and his wife penetrated to the very
heart OF the BOrneo jungle country
with small body of blacks and brought
back with them films of the animal.
plant and native life there which DOS.
sess a marvellous educational value. and
are. at the same time. unbelievably
thrilling. Way back in the days of the
MINIS infancy we had the Rainey AMI
ma! Pictures, and thrilled to see un.
iolded before our eyes an African
water hole, with elephants, lions, rhi-
noceroses drinking there. For some
unguessable reason little attention has
Deen paid to this most fascinating prov
ince. OF moving pictures. Possibly the
game was considered too dangerous TO
be worth while. At any rate. ONLY
the Burton Holmeses, the Bruces and
their kind, have gone on making travel
pictures, par excellence but the farawav
corners OF the globe and the dark spots
shot" '"'
. This voice from the South Pacific,
therefore, supplies a very real want.
THE Aldine's picture next week il
the one we spoke of as being
farthest from the ''hammock variety"
o. screen play. It's called "The Splen.
aid Lie, and features attractive Grace
Dawson, very well known 10 PhiIa.
deiphians, who will make personal an.
pearances In connection with the show.
ing of the picture.
The Splendid Lie" is about a vou,v
Firl who through family misfortunes
mas 10 go to work to support berseIf
and her grandfather. Quite innocentIv
she is involved in an unpleasant scan.
dnl. and no sooner is she free of tbot
than another pitfal ronfronts her when
married man annoys her by his ar
tentions. az
Summed up, "The Splendid Lie" ;s
1np OF those n ms which set out to show
Just how much punishment and trnmbIe
ana misfortune and persecution an
American girl can stand without cov.
ing in; ''
:, Noel Tearle. who is remembered as
the worst of the brothers in Over the
hili, the one whom the "black sheen
dragged through the dusty street Mt the
end-has part in ''The Splendid
Lie and Jere Austin. old Kalemite
and always dependable and sincere
actor, Is also in the cast.
THERE nre really two kinds Of
! vacation films One is the airy
comedy such as Constance Talmadpe
plays. and the other il the melodrama.
preferably of the &. q. o. d. (Great
Out OF Doors, in which logic and sub
tiety and psychology and plausibility
are all thrown to the far winds. and