Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-16
lC&s Daily Movie Magazine

serve beer and sandwiches and you are
allowed 10 smoke IL you please. Just
one other inklins will I give and then
you must be satisfied. Besides the
Dutch lunch feature. the audience Is
composed mostly Of Boheminns, so we
ainJ to please their nrtistic tastes
hence films such as Theodore. car
nival,' Isle Of Zorda ard other for
eign productions. All Of the above
have beer. previously seen by me and
enjoyed-for their novel, strange and
different features alone. really be-
lieve the artists have the right idea.
Several years ago We ran a feature
entitled The Royal Vasnbond' or The
Beloved Fagabond. It was hand tint
ed by Pathe color, and was, ad-
nit, the finest thing in color photog-
raphy at that time. We had to re-
peat on that one three times; thnts
the kind Of n crowd that sits in at our
screenings. They are all artists and
lovers. Of the really worth while and
beautiful.
Foolish Wives'--New York yer.
sion, fourteen reels. running time three
hours and fifty minutes-was brought
back twice.
"And just last week we put on a
single reel Prizmn in rolors called
Shells actually beautiful In spots
where still life was shown-that met
with such success that we were re-
quested by every one to repeat II this
week.
Here's three I caught last week at
my local theatre:
Doris May was at times adorable
and always beautiful In The Under
study. This would have been pip
Of q three reel comedy, but as n fen
ture was rather lighter than most pic
tires boasting nothing better than
cream puff frappe for plots. May look.
cd rather awkward sitting in the middle
Of the floor. and they should have done
that only once at the most.
IA clever idea was that final title
whore the. puppy dog drains the con
tents of the milk bottle. and when It's
all gone from the bottle into the pup)
they fash That's all. almost voted
that the best thing in the picture, but I
reconsidored and put this one down
as nothing to worry about but n pleas
ant evenings piffle.
'In The Bigamist.' a film made in
England with beautiful Ivy Duke. We
must have wonderful drama. At
least that's the way I'd sum it up. A
picture must be darned good when 1t
has Guy Newall In It and the gallery
gods don't razz him. Of course. he's
y
stand but he looks so dumb, and those
genuine English clothes he wore.
Anyway. the story's there. and
even in spite Of the Pennsylvania Board
of Cndcrtakers (the crepe hangers who
do our screen thinking for u.s. you can
actually see a husband and wife sew
eral times in fond embrace. Twas a
wonder that they let that get past.
But. getting serious again, Ivy was
certainly beautiful md wc liked her n
lot. She Is such a cool looking crea
ture-reminds ono Of cucumbers and
cream. A very beautiful incident was
where Guy and Ivy compared the ocean
to married life. Some Of the sub titles
were very fine in n satlrical way and
helped the film along splendidly. All
In all. the young lady that goes to the
movies with me had the most lovely
cry | ever witnessed.
Jack London's The Son Of tho
Wolf. with Wheeler Oakman and Edith
Roberts. was great. They evidently
had the scenery thought of the old
and never the twain shall meet etc.
The acting is O. X. what there is Of it, -,
and the story will do il you stretch 1t
bit, but the great thing-the big thing
in this is the scenery. Mountains in
winter. deep SHOWS, waterfalls. beau
tiful valleys. lovely mountain peaks all
covered with that white mantle of snow
so deep that it made you cold to gaze
upon It. Norman Dawn directed, and
TO him and the location expert go the
medals.
you still intrigue me-not with the
beer. because that's easy enough to get
but who steals your films for you?
Is it part of the postoffice clerk game
or Saturday night operators? I'm not
personally interested; only the side
the whole matter Of running exchanges
and booking films and playing one
house against another and all the
shrcwd methods Of the up to- the min
ute exhibitor and salesman intrigue me
even more than the ordinary studio
stuff. Come through, kid: come
through