Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-14
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MAN Who Saw 70.
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Stanloy--The hero in "The Man Who
1aw Tomorrow" 10 endowed BY a Ger.
tain hypnotist and Oriental mystic with
the power to glimpse his future life
IN the case he marries either Of two
girls, between whom he cannot decide.
Judging by the hectic existence die.
closed In both cases, the natural thing
for him to do would have been to re-.
main q bachelor, but, Of course, being
q MIN hero, he chose one Of the girls,
and. presumably profting by the dream,
hved happily ever afterward.
As far as we could observe through
some rather murky and hasy details,
the story of this Aim is as follows
Burke Hammond. in the British diplo.
matte service, finds himself on q short
furloush in an island In the South Seas.
Thrown out Of a boarding house be-
cause he had no money (this Is not
explained) he runs into a picturesque
trader. pirate on the beach, ,begs a din.
ner and falls in love with the trader q
daughter, thereby mourning the Aim
long cnmity Of the first. mate on the
traders brig.
In the middle Of the romance q
beautiful yacht anchors near the brig
ana Hammond (again with little ex.
planatton) goes over to investigate. He
10 taken for beach. .comber and slugged
IN the head, and when he recovers the
yGcht 10 underway. and he finds him
m sell among old friends from England.
Ihe daughter Of the yachts owner
(who, BY the way, Is a peer and a
In New York the tn I younS man an Is c tor.
mented by a divided affection, which
might have been worse had he known
that his South Sea islnnd sweetheart
and her father were on their way tc
that city. BY the way, just what
Hammond did in New York or why h.
went there 10 another Of the picture
mysteries. Here It Is that the hypno.
tist u friend) allows Burke to gaz,
into the future. He finds II he mar.
ries the English woman he will ris,
through the consular service to becom,
Viceroy Of India, but will lack lovt
and domestic happiness. On the othel
hand, X he marries the traders daugh
ter he will be pursued by the jealOui
first mate and will suffer many dangers
such as being tied In bag and thrown
into the sea; In fact. in this latte
instance, Burke Is on the point Of bein,
shot when he awakes and 1outs tn
English lady for his South Sea fame
who 10 waiting outside. Therefore. tn
question which remains is: Does h.
haye to be trussed in bag once again
and will he finally get shot by hi
enemies az his dream foretold?
Thomas Meighan acts somewha
ashamed as the hero, but struggle
nobly with the part. Leatrice Joy
one of the screens brightest stars, i
even better and Theodore Roberts /
delight as the trader. Lawrenc
Wheat and Eva Novak also deserv
mention, even though the author doe
not. The scenes are varied. elaborat
and beautifully photographed.
Hans Kinder, well.known cellist
gave an excellent program which In
cludcd Bach's "Arioso," I.iszt's Hun
garian, Fantasy" and Mchuls ga
votte.'
Aldine-Everybody who has secre
hankering for n glimpse at the motor
iously riOtous night life On and aroun,
the Gay White Way Ia going to lik
Mae Murray's latest vehicle. "Broad
wny Rose" immensely.
Without going too deeply into tn
dutHcHtICVy " tLc utulOsphcIcs ~ Cu
readily be- limited that "l'roudwa
Rose" con scene after scene Of un
doubted phi. graphic beauty and gen
eral pictorial interest. One minute It
a Broadway theatre, the next societ
tea, and then a display Of fine horse
at q country estate. The lighting ef
fccts (including the night scenes) ar
Of much merit. and Director Rober
Leonard has shown much discretion il
his groupings and unusual glimpses a
settings.
Broadway Rose resembles others Z
Nine Murray's starring series NO Greatl
that the regular fans will be able I
foretcll most Of the action, but. ther
those who like Mae and her exo;ic sub
jects will welcome this latest addi
ton to the list and will applaud tn
scenes in which Miss Murray's dancin
abilities are given full scope.
The story concerns a country gil
who wins fame in New York as
dancer. She has q love affair with
young society man whose parents op
.