Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23
80 DailyMovie Magazine
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The Prejudiced Gentleman writes
Bachelor Meditations on Two Younl
Ladies': (a) Miss Constance TalmadeS
ultra sophisticated and more obvi0usl(
cosmopolitan than any other American
movie actress, has chosen to portray TN
heroine of John B. Hymcr's innocef1
| little comedy, East Is West not be'
cause her personality Is suited to tht
role, but evidently because she cnt
manipulate n wad of chewing gum Will
greater dexterity than any other livin(
female. I say this not at all slurringlyl
in truth. the picture entertained mt
much more than expected It would.
'"The fact, however, is this: Whel
one sees Constance Talmadge on th(
screen he associates her with tho ats
mosphere of Forty second and Brond'
way, n smart town car, Pomeranias
and n jewelcd cigarette holder. She Il
the very essence of the big city's smart'
est young maidenhood--the absolute
peak of civilization and bearing as the
standard goes in our young women oi
today.
Every shopgirl, whether she work.
in Macy's or the Elite Emporium in
Kulpville, Kan, has, some time in hei
life. longed to be ms classy as Con-
stance Talmadge. She thrills alike the
men. With the exception Of some of the
specimens that still indulge In red v&s
dershirts and celluloid collars, the tws.
| legged white man does not live whs
twere he given the chance, of course)
would refuse to escort Connie TO lunch
Mt the Ritz, send her orchids, buy hei
damonds-in short, blow his bankroll
on her. Ia.
'She is at once good fellow, a good
dancer, a swell locker and sport
all in the typical American manner.
Connie is just this and nothing else.
She does not need Bendel gown Il
create the impresston-it penetratei
even the barriers Of q Chinese wig and
heavily embroidered mandarin coat,
to say nothing of the trousers to match.
''All of which boils down to the fact
that Connie has not yet created any
character except her own inimitabls
self, and from all accounts never will.
Polly of the Follies' remains Polly IN
the kimono of Ming Toy just as surely
as she would remain Polly in the robes
Of an archbishop.
"(b) Miss Barbara LaNIarr (througf
her pictures, of course) seems to be just
as intoxicating to these old eyes as q
round of Daiquiri cocktails used to bs
to this now timorous old stomach.
confess. that in all my years Of trave
and research / have never before beeg
| swept off my feet by female creatur,
as have by this one.
Really, words are inadequate. Z.
me she combines the womanliness q
Pauline Frederick with the physics
beauty Of Betty Blythe; the eyes O.
Anna Held, with the vamping abilit
Of Theda Bara the department Of Ethc'
Barrymore with the histrionic power
of Ben Turpin.
" But probably that is bit crue'
Perhaps she hasn't had her chance
and then we cant have everything. Ju,
to look at her is food and drink to IN,
She is Tor will be, or should bel (
every normal young man. to say nothir
of the old ones, the very same thir
that Rody Valentino is to the lit
snub-nosed fappers and sixty -year-ol
fuppers' in every nook and corner
this broad and movie going nation, II
girls do not expect Rody to act--the
expect him to make love and he doe
don't expect Barbara to act-I ex
pect her to make love and she does.
The main trouble is-she makes loy
to Ramon Navarro and Lewis StonSi
and not to me. And that's what maxi
them have to put me in a cage at time.
Il thank you"
Joe Blake: ''Deformity" is a mas.
word to use about any one. shoui
not call those ears "deformed. Th,
were, however, not satisfactory to the
owner and the services of beauty SD.
clalist were requisitioned to make q.
ears stand close to the head.