Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-25
or YEARS BEST
|MEDIES AT STANLEY
Waiter Long Shines in The Dc
tatcr,' r. n. Davis Farce.
Other Openings

I acter man! Better than that. score
tO1 for that old dependable william.
4 walter Long. who, since the days when
" ~ played "Gus" in '"The Birth OF a
Il NotlOn," has had n permanent option
O. the Evil Deeds Market.
4 IN 1.-THE Dictator that popular
I. Richard Harding Devils farce, resur'
tected for the second time on the screen.
walter Long acts like youngstcr lot
I out from school to q picnic. and he
walks away with all discernible honor;
An Audience, which had often thrilled
at MIS- villainy. laughed itself hoarse NJ
Il his comic impersonatlon of "Bif Doo-
ley, q chauffeur.
s.Bi6" Dooley, be It known. attaches
Z hImself to the hero of "The Dictator
from the very beginning, because
(s'BiA" claims) the young man owes
TSid to collect, "Bif" follows the
vounr chan on an ocean liner. is showed
Into the hold to 'stoke" his passage
steals ashore at the first port Of call on
4 scow loaded with ammunition. ana
finally becomes involved in typical
latin revolution. 49,
Still plaintively demanding his
"sixty," poor "Biff" narrowly es-
canes execution (thanks to the fact that
he believes he is being initiated into the
army and refuses TO TAKE h,S p.ao.
BY the WALL but hnaily covers n.s oM,, S,a
chest win meda,s anu .o'i.' ..pinN
money when the her" ut'".m I,,oos Tho
sstor S .. .ns ,"". " .hn iiscroce Of
sweeping floors.
Wallace Reid plays the part y. y.
Brooke Travers, the hero. ana pays !, !;
well. again demonstrating that ne Is
not far from being one OF the screen
best exponents of high comedy II NE y,
sometimes falls bit below the standard
set BY Jack Barrymore (who once
played this same role on the screen ana
whom Reid often strangely resembles
there is small blame attached to that'
rbeodore Kosloff IS seen all too sci
dom ma ono of the revolutioniSts. Allan
Hale 10 admirable rs spy, and Kalla
pe.ho ,s fot and funny president
YNs 90 rho heroine. is so cxtraord :
insr,ir GOOD. that all those who have
stond un for This charming young
su,. rbon o,bers earned and criti
s,..J have nm excellent opportunity
- ..I told Won So"
'' s - ,ool;rc
Ihere are II" wv M";s W. ", ~ W.
at 1t. Inc Dlr!a'or ~ VII. ~ ~,
occasional c9nlc SnIr.S .;,n, ",,' a,,rr,ws
put OF almost ia,,J;,u,
hie,' that Is guaranteed to defeat the
heat.
Kar,ton-Kathcrinc Macdonald as {
.aieseirl in n department store is Sc
mrsnee n combination that it ought tt
IL h.
rel They will find only moderate en-
tsrtainment in this latest Macdonald
feature with the insipid title of "IIel
Social Value" The story is one o
those kind which causes people to say
~ can write better screen plays thar
lots / see" Briefly stated, the plo
roncerns the troubles that ensue whcI
blueblood marries a shopgirl. Only
a. It happens, Miss Macdonald looks
her part better in society than out. an'
the husband fails to fit his character
at all, though his acting is first rate.
Miss Macdonald has never done any
thing on the screen which would entitl
her to laurels as an actress. but she i
Showing bit more animation than sh
did in her earlier appearances. Ant
well. hoy stewart Bcrtram "rnSsbF
Whter ran ana he'lF hoSs ,nr.
al give her eNcelieht support put the.
cannot prevent the scenes from dragging
A,.od,,-Comodies which centraliz
.An,t .ha rotaJ Sbomrocl, never rov
a. osel% ~ or;einoiitv and Come o.
;, punort HUGHES, Iotest scree
sre.t st,nEs c,,sa to tvre Withou
a. oiovo, ant;na which i contains th,
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Vctorfa-Just why Bert Lytell M
been continuously featured in pre-
posterous comedy themes. all of the
verging on the ridiculous. for the In
year, Is flm mystery, which m0
lock Brown" is better than some, BIT
far below l.ytells ability and standar'
In it he plays the role Of IA clerk wi
has aspirations 10 be a great det"ctiv
4 RGd who. Dy accident. Becomes inyOlV,