Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-06

| got into when they were all goinn
through the whole scene together and
feeding" each other. 1t is the test
Of the dependable actor that he can
! do both pieces Of business SO that they
| will match up perfectly in the coiu-
rleted film ! think it is there. proba-
bly,. that Meighan fails. I've just seen
him again in THE Miracle Man" ana
| I'm inclined to think that that was the
height of his greatness.
I'm becoming more and more an ar
dent admirer of Betty Compson. Watch
that girl. I'm almost daring enough
to venture the prediction that she Is
going to pass 'em all before long. And
| Theodore Koslof Gosh, how that
genius has leared into the very front
rank They make wonderful pair.
| I'm sorry I cant solve the Norma
mystery for you. / could almost weep
over her recent pictures. for have
most hopeless crush on her person.
Penrhyn stanlaws was the man who
directed 1.-The Little Minister" I'd
not only recommend him for the Farnol
stories but for any other story. think
that he and Hugo Ballin are the two
most intelligent and artistic men now
handling mesaphonesD
MARY" writes: II want TO express
my appreciation to you for writing what
I felt about Peter Ihbetson' and
Dreaming True I am not a movie
fan'-haven't time, for one thing--so /
may not be qualified for your column;
but I don't care whether I am or not,
l want to tell you that, thanks to your
comments, can feel fairly safe that
when / do 60 to a movie I am going
to see something that like.
at works like this: Peter Ibbetson'
and 'Tol able David won your praise.
l saw and was conquered. Foolish
Wives I passed up. You see, ! am
Yankee enough to guess, and your COM
ment was enough to make me pass:
Your opinion of Connecticut Yankee
agreed with mine; also am n Mark
! Twain enthusiast. Do / agree too much
to suit you?
about Nazimova. did not like
her last pictures. DO you recall Elsie
Ferguson's Doll House? cannot
see how any one who saw that could sit
through Nazimova. However, you never
said anything about Ms earlier pic
tures--particularly War Brides I
saw it both on the stage and film, and,
rs recall it, her acting was splendid.
Here is n chance for you to disagree.
Another point upon which l dis
agree most emphatically. That Is upon
the rights of directors, entirely or part.
ly, to change books to suit their ideas.
I think you said you felt 1t would be
better to change the titles. 1t makes
me boil when I 60 to see something
and find something else. This was par
ticularly true about The Mntiny of the
Elsinore.' I don't know whether you
were unfortunate enough to see 1t. The
story, or rather the book part of the
story, started fifteen minutes before the
film was finished 1t would have been
splendid film had they been less will.
Fifth avenue tea hound stuff. 'NuF
sed. am also London fan, so natu.
rally resented this.
"Glad you like your letters typed
they are the only kind I have a chance
to write. Yon may notice I have said
nothing about wanting your picture
printed or wanting 70 know how you
look-and I am feminine, a married
girl who's been married long enough
II you have ever read the Bah Ballads,
you would know the reason. sup
pose you have. SO ! won't explain. II
you haven't, you should. You would
enjoy them.
"If you have reached thus far (per.
haps you start at the bottom), want
20 ask you if it wouldn't b. a good idea
10 write some general comments--
short ones, not merely reviews---on the
various moving pictures (of course,
after they have left the big showings).
In this manner we would be able to get
a good line on what not TO see. II Il
isn't possible, just keep notifying us
through the letter box.
"P. S.--What has become Of Ho.
bart Bosworth?'
(Bosworth has Just finished rak1ns
"White Hands" and hasn't yet started
on its successor. I'm glad my com.
nents have sorta helped, bat I'm a
little fearful Of the responsibility of
guiding another in his choice of pic.
lures. You may not always agree with
my opinions, you know, but I hope
you'll always believe that I'm trying to
; view them as clearly and in.eligently
as my limited mental equipment viii!
allow.
It's Just because ! did see--and ad.
mIre-- Nazimova in her earlier work
that I'm so brutal in expressing my
, opinion Of her now. shall never for.
get her stage work in "War Brides. ="
1t was fine.
As to changing novels for films, re-
member that I said I approved Of it
only when the title of the novel is not
used as the title OF the film. If the
producer says Suggested by -"
feel that we are forced TO accept the
, film story on it's own merits---or de-
, merits.
You're too deep for me in your "Bab
Ballads stuff. III have to look 'em
over again.