Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-26
Chs Daily Movie Magazine
Mt present the Philadelphia audience is
n notoriously difficult equation to figuree
out and managers are frankly AFRAID


Here's your ''Heliotrope' cast:
"IIeliotrope' Harry Hasdock. X
Fred Burton
Jimmy Andrews. ...... Wilfrcd Lytell
Alice Hasdock. .......... Diana Allen
Mrs. Hasdock. =. Julia Swayne Gordon
Mabel Andrews. ....... Betty Hiiburn
Sol Goldman. ..... Ben Hendricks
George Andrews. .. Clayton White
Governor. ........ William ii. TOoker
Warden. .......... .Thos. j. Findlay
Acorn writes: "I'm afraid that our
recent contributor, Witness, Tor Mite
ncss) is addicted too strongly to he
letter boxes of the current movie maga :.
zines. Otherwise. why the dislike Of
the personal criticisms that he, or she.
mentions? To my mind, these same
personal criticisms are what make your
letter box different and enjoyable. We
all like to hear what the other fellow
honestly thinks about the different ac-
tors and actresses, and the different
photoplays. We get enough of the
stereOtyped. sugar coated criticisms ant,
so-called interviews in the aforemen-
toned magazines. So let's continue TO
hear these frank criticisms from the
fans and from yourself.
"Why Is il that our own Quaker City
gets the latest productions so late!
Blood and Sand Across the Conti-
nent.' 'Grandma's Boy, One Clear
Call etc., all appeared at our neigh
boring Jersey seashore resorts long be.
fore their showings here. Quite often,
while on business pilgrimage through
some of our upstate towns, / run
across picture long before its appear.
ance here.
.,yN Al. e =
Talmadge in Polly Of the Follies'?
some of her others.
''rhe best that I ran across this sum.
mer were 'Smiln' Through and
Grandma Boy Also saw The Rise
of Roscoe Payne (under another title,
which I forget. Guess you can help
me OUT, and Yves Barry in 'Penrod. '
The former piece was good though long,
the latter also much too long.
" 'Ienrod would have been much
better. to my way Of thinking, If it
had been produced with Wes Barry In
II series of two reel episodes. Each in
cidpnt in the feature was skinned over,
and could have been developed greatly.
Saw an ld-timer several months
wreck was much more realistic than
some of these toy train stunts in recent
pictures (such as in THE Old NestD
In what locality was The Juggernaut'
| filmed?
Zone Of my favorite old timers was
| 'Pudd nhea1 Wilson with Roberts.
''Is Bill Hart going 80 do any moro
pictures? What's your opinion of this
! gentleman? He doesn't seem to be men
toned much lately"
I'm not going to tell you my opinion
vi Bill Hart. Most of the fans think
he's great and I'd make rlyself so ter
ribly unpopular if told you how h'
horcs mo to extinction that l refuse tC
express any opinion at all. Besides,
! I'm not in q cantankcrous mood today
| l feel good.natured and optimistic ard
! ply ruin everything for me-. And. as
Of the readers 81 this column. ] always
{ do that, you know. That's how | hold
my job. And. it the fans knew how
! violently dislike Hart. they'd have
/ me fired by popular consent. SO you
] simply have to excuse Inc from givinl
ever the slightest inkling. | know I'm
o coward, but I'm fearfullv afraid OF
the wrath of my readers. Surely. yot
must hava noticed that.
1.-The Juggcrnaut' was filmed in tn'
! Nitagrnph Brooklyn studios and various
parts Of Long Island. Don't you re.
member that Earle Williams was al.
most drowned nt the time they staged
The train wreck and that several other!
in the cast had narrow escapes?
Are you sure they have changed the
title Of 1.-THE Rise of Roscoe Payne
II you are talking Of the Irene Castle