Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23

more, Dig George SeIgmnnn as Dill 6
Stanley feature for the coming week.
Other film novelties will include
duction at the Aldine; Domestic Rel
the Arcadia; "a Blind Bargain W
"Affinities," with Colleen Moore, at th'
ALTHOCGH the film makers dppdr.
~ emily do not realize the fact there
are iunumerable chances for them ND.
den pithin the pages Of Dickens: Prob
abty IL has been the typicdHy Victorian
length of the Dickens novels that has
generally scared them diodp, but thc
fact remains that nearly every story
that he prote could be made into a
film.
0NLIVER TWIST" has already been
~ flmed--twice, If memory serves
us correct. The revival which Nat
Goodwin and an all star cast presented
on New York stage eight or nine
years ago was transferred almost intact
TO the screen. and since that time the
Lasky Company gave 1t vigorous pro-
duction. with Hobart Bosworth as
Skies, Marie Doro as Oliver. Raymond
Hatton as the Artful Dodger and Tully
Marshall rs Fagin. Radical departures
not only from the plot. but from the
spirit of the author, marred that pic
ture.
English and continental companies
have made picturizations Of Our Mu.
tual Friend" David Coppcrfeld, y
"Oliver Twist" and "Old Curiosity
Shop" William Farnum appeared In
the dual role Of Sidney Carton and
Charles Darnay, in "a Tale of Two
Cities" and that same romance was
done by the old Yitagraph company
with Maurice Costello. Jack Pickford
and Louise Huff made 9. rather dis,
jointed and incomplete tlmization OF
Great Expectations.
ANY one of those mentioned could
bear rescreening. In fact, we under
stood TINT Jackie CoOgan is to make
David Copperfield." but this seems In
comprehensive and will probably mean
either that fragment Of the story
will be told or that it will be mutilated
in the filming, since only small frac-
ton of the novel concerns David as a
child.
A director who Is master Of correct
atmosphere and knows also the real art
of story telling (such as Maurice Tour
neur or Frank Lloyd could give US
splendid photoplays from Great TX
pectations.' with its unforgetablc
scenes of thrills and melodrama in the
marsh lands and by the water front. or
from Barnaby Rudge.' in many ways
the best story that Dickens ever told.
Frank Lloyd. by the way, welded
the megaphone for "Oliver Twist and,
Judging by his work in other costume
pictures, such as The Eternal Flame
and "Smilin Through he was ar
ideal choice. In addition to Seigmanr
| and CLANCY, the cast includues Gladys
, BrOckwell as the tragic Nancy, Lione
Belmore as the kindly Mr.. Brownlow
| Carl Stockdale as the villainous Monks
Eduoard Trebod as the Dodger, Tay-
| lor Graves as Charley Bates. Lewis
Sargent as Noah Claypole and james
Marcus as Mr.. Bundle.
IT'S n peculiar coincidence that mon.
L keys enter into the plots of two OF
next weeks features. The most impor-
tant of these is 'Trifing Women"
number of years ago, when Rex In.
gram was not so we'll known and was
working in modest way at Universal
he turned out picture ca lied "Blacl
Orchids It was product Of his
own brain and pen. but because Of his
circumstances at that time he coulC
not give it the elaborate production
| he desired.
Now. when THE Four Horsemen'
ard The Prisoner of Xenda' and THE
ConGuering Power" have made him one
of the most famous men in directoria
ranks. he has decided to refllm MS
fnvorite. 1t is a weird story. much
on the Edgar Allen Poe order and con
tanning n continental background and
in many ways a continental atmospher.
Of storytelling. 1t concerns stony
hearted vampire who sets n son against
his father. causes numborless duels and
is finally trapped by one she has toyed
with and meets horrible doc mwith tho
man she really loves. 1t is in that
doom that the monkey takes a hand
and III" monkey is Joe Martin. the huge
ape thar is we'll known to movie fans.
The sinuous vampire is portrayed by
Barbara LAMAR, who is one Of the
screens coming stars, Ramon Navarro,
Of whom the same bay be said with
added emphasis. is the youthful lover
while the valuable and versatile Lewis
Stone Is to be seen as the Marquis Fer
roni, the man who traps his rival and
the vampire. Old Edward Connolly
without whom Mr.. Ingram would be
utterly lost, has the part Of the hero 3
father, another slnitten by the evil
womans charms.
"A Blind Bargain" is the other pic
ture with the simian complex: This is
from a short story called THE Octave
Of Claudus." by Barry Pain. and con-
Germs n villainous physician who ex-
permients with theories of evolution by
the gland grating process. AS he en- =
terS his private dungeon to get one of
the monkeys he keeps for the purpose
he is crushed to death Ivy n man he has
10 l,,-
periments. Lon CLANCY has the dual of
the physician and a huu"hhack, one of
the formers victims. lacQucline Logan
has the role of the heroine.
EAI'S, IN addition 10 dHr,n0 one OF
i Peter y. Eync's "Good Men aud
shall, Noah BecrV and IoId Vale in N"
large cast, ,cil also crhihtt SercrGl oi
the series Of Btble pictures ot "hich ,ce
hare henrd so much here PhWiGdei.
phid. This series, made by an Crpsri.
cnred company and under cdrcfW and
competent direction. niciudc such tnm.
Ous cpisodcs as Cain and Abel, Addm
and Ere and Noah. The Stdnton Thea
ire riR continue "Ehrn KniGhth00d
Was IN Flomcr." the kdriton wiH hare
East Is Wcst' and the Palace riIi
show THE Impossible Mrs. BeUcrc."
WE STRETCHED briefly and incom.
w plctely last week the film acting of
the last year. Since then we have had
no reason TO make alterations. although
free to admit that many actors and
actresses were left unmentioned. SPACE
forbade expansion Of the paragraph con-
ccrnng the most promising new fAccs
and the biggest strides forward made
bly, certain film players.