Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-14

Five years 8gO-DeSt recKOneu OH tue
Aim calendar ns before the days when
the Triangle three-ring circus in Cai-
fornia seemed bent
Screen Has Won on draining half the
Oper Most theatrical forces oil
Stc5e Stars asroau D,oau"oS oor,I count m
,.s rccr,i,is from We stars of the spoken
stage on the fingers Of sfs', hand.
Now the "Oh -I-w{ ID Never Ap-.
...r, Rcfore the Camera~ old guard OF
tss stogc has dwindled H. scant dozen
snd The scorching sun ofthc film mag
ponuaunanuo/Au9 Au9ems Sent on melt
luefortcst order.
novid Warficid. FfNnccs Starr. John
nrcw Maudc Adams, Julia Marlowe.
Henry Miller-and n handful Of lesser
i,rhts-tbese are the faithful few who
romain. for one reason or another, inn
munc.
coorpa NJ, Cohan. Blanche Bates.
r,hcl BARRYMORE. Margaret Ellington,
Editb Wynnc Mathison. Lenore Uric.
Iabrstone Forbes Robertson-tbey have
tr;sd their hand at the film game, and
bove opparently been disillusioned, for
thcy have not appeared In many moons
son the screen.
or two others are noViccs Tying 'nGir .,r
luck within the last year before the
camera. nAsss
and Lionel Barrymore. Tyrone Power
make up another list. those who nave
continued with more or less regularity
~ make excursions into filmdom. con-
tinuing their stage worN.ss they did so.
4 few-wc did not realize how few
beforc-dcscrted the fQotlights for good
and all for the more powerful hlIeg-
lights, Douglas Fairbanks was one
Pauline Frederick another. Marguerite
Clark Cbefore she retired) n third.
There are, of course. manv others,
ADDITIONS to all the above lists. whom
thc obscrvant and faithful fans will
nick out at once. but the above men
toned give n pretty fair ideas as to
tho general situation.
John Barrymore is relatively one OF
the pioneers in pictures. by that IS nGt
meant that he was ono Of the first, the
,yploring class. but that he was one
of the first Of the big stage folk to sue
cumb. At the time that he played in
"An American Citizen" more than six
ycars ago he was still Jack" Barry.
more. popular IN 1.-The Fortune Hunter
on the stage. with his we'll l-trimmeed
mustachc and his admirable comedy
mugging.
OIL real screen LdnNali itui,n'pS'
his "Arc You Masonf' Man From
Mexico" Red Widow" Here Comes
the Bride and THE Dictator" Then
Barrymore played in Galsworthy's
"Justicc." became John and famous.
The film that marked the transition
was "Rafiies" and then The Test Of
Honor" "Dr. Jckyll and Mr.. Hyde
was the Barrymore of The Jest and
Orchard II" variety.
Now. he's revertng q BIT. Perhaps
you might call it vacation. since il is
wcll-known fact his poor health is
preventing an immediate return to the
heavy roles of the stage. The Lotus
Eater" is The Fortune Hunter and
Tho Man EyoN Mexico" with q
S!.| 1A4| 11sa ssra P%'sae" has a in BIT 'of of
sombcr acting and diaaAlt makeup.
The Lotus Eeater' tells of a bored
New Yorker who, tired -of living with
an unfaithfrl wife, takes a balloon trip
and is dropped OH an island Utopia in
the South Seas.
In this colony. tigers play among the
children. elephants ambIe through the
streets. cx-New York financicrs become
chefs and salad mixers in the island
cafes. and conviviality rcisnS supreme.
There's n cast of celebrities in The