Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-17

Home has been put off until the peek
Of June 26. The success Of the Norma
Tdimddge film Is cery encouraging. Just
az rds that of "Peter IbLetson'' at
the same house last winter.
ENLMER RICE, who wrote the revo.
- lutionary stage mclodramn. "On
trial.. and was also the author Of
Wake Up Jonathan" in which Mrs
Fiske starred at the Broad last winter
Is responsible for For the Defense. +"
which comes to the Arcadia. Ethel
clayton is the star. Here is young
iady who since her early days with
Lu6in; has done her screen acting
modcstly and we'll. but of whom there
has been little blowing of trumpets.
Old timers remember her in 1.-The Col.
lege Widow" The Great Divide. /"
THE Sporting Duchess. - The Lion
and the Mouse. The Fortune
Woman" and Of more recent date,
,,pettigrew's Girl in which Mont.
Blue nearly stole honors away from
her. She's appeared in n lot more
but has been generally handicapped by
commonplace. program material. Ii
her young husband. Joseph Kaufman,
had lived. her career might have been
filled with more triumphs. since he
was director Of about the same fine
promise Of $. Rankin Drew, whose
death was another blow to the screen.
For the Defense concerns n
Hindu physician apparently bit like
the Swami played by Robert Edeson
in the short .li~ad Haunted" re-
Gently seen here on the stage) who be-
comes infatuated by Il beautiful patient
and entices her TO his Office. Shortly
after she returns home ,dazed by his
hypnotic powers. he is found mur-
dered and. of course, suspicion points
to her. n trial scene, said to be one
Of the best seen in long time on the
screen. comes as the climax.
Vernon Steele (whO. strangely
enough. played in another picture with
the word defense" in the title and an
Indian character. Witness for the
Defense') is the hero. Bertram Grassby
the villain and Zasu Pitts an importau.
character.
THE Palace will have new Clara
L Kimbal Young film. entitled 1.-The
Worldly Madonna" which gives this
beautiful star dual role of cabaret
singer and nun. 1t is indeed good
news that Miss Young is to play
Enter Madame' and number Of
Others of similar caliber. At one time
the screen had no better emotional nc
tress. and when she was playing in
such pictures az "Magda." "Shirley
Kaye 'The Marionettes' and Eyes
of Youth" and before that when she
did The Easiest Way Camille"
and "Trilby." and still further bnck,
when she made that screen classic.
my Official Wife," Miss Young was
to the films almost what Ethel Barry
more is to the stage. If somebody
would only give her another my Off
In THE Worldly Madonna" besides
the star. are young George Hacka-
thorne, who played in "The Little
Minister" Richard Tucker, former
Edison star. and Milla Davenport.
TOW CHANEY niH be seen at the
l. Victoria Theatre IN "The Night
Rose" an original story BY Leroy
Scott: Wanda Homlev appears at the
Regent in "Bobbed Hair" and SeSsue
Havakama plays one of hts Oriental
features AZ tho Capitol. The Locust,
Imperial and Belmont miH shoe
"Orphans Of the Storm" the Ambas.
sador, Just come under the manage
ment Of Fred g. Nlron- -NtrdHnger,
piH have "Reported Missing" for the
first three days and tho Colonial and
Great Northern toill shoW "Smiltn'
Through"