Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-29
EBEFORE
!!sTHE M
UP

Dsbscoming more and more ap.
1arsnt every day that the stage has
dlto hold It's position Of Indifferent
don among the arts.
FGIe last week has furnished news
:to the effect that grand opera
~ to be starred BY Mr.. Belasco in
1nna.>
a one local theatre is an artist
,1.s who was urged toward the stage
q sAe attractive force Of the modern
:s.-raft and remained because he
N he had histrionic ability.
ID. with almost every production
NJ comes to this city there are
E,sn who fuctuate from screen to
S7zx and have their groups Of admirers
E Srh. who have heated arguments on
ckH6ritive merits. \
E;fSr example. in next weeks sole
Sins, a melodrama by William Hurl.
= called, for present purposes at any
~ "Hauntcd," there are a number
n Ijsyers known to the film world.
faSSft Edeson. co. starred with. Hilda
~. N has Just finished playing the
al srt,ff, delightful old Colonel Sapt
n Z elm version OF ''The Prisoner Of
RI. Edeson declares outright for the
a1Ses. but there's no telling how long
sviil be before the silver screen lures
- back. Miss .Spong, who produces
SSye as well as acts in them, is an.
Sher who divides her allegiance. phila.
Slphla did not have the opportunity Of
skiig her own production, "The Fam"
vAicS was tried out in New York last
IN, but those who did see It spoke in
words Of praise. n
.Haunted" also has in its cast that
lneold veteran. Fuller NIellish. def
EIts,product and figure Of the stage and
0aee alone. A. big role--rumor has II
~ outstanding one of the play-falls
s Lscille La Verne, whom filmgoers
WI remember as the hideous hag of
0siIths "Orphans of the, Storm
IolSham Pinto, another of the
EhAunted" cast, is to be seen on a
4 lowntown screen next week also.
The scene of Haunted is Green
vich, Conn, and there is Swami
(played by Mr.. Edeson) in the cast,
which bespeaks ''spooky" atmosphere.
Aide from that and the fact that
erky 'mamy' has much to do with
ltAe acting (this Is Miss La Verne's
sole), Mr.. Hurlburt has been very secre-
i've about his latest play. and meager
reports have come from Stamford. where
Il opened. At all evepts. the author has
gotten completely away from his Lilies
Of the Field and the demt- -mondaines
and gold diggers OF that type of play.
@HE rto,o,it;on NJ .too. o,d
II ~ "r.''o" r.'' " s,.0 u"'
screen Is oJten very netpJu! 70 ootn'
~ an e1ceHenT GGse - po'nt - tne cn,
yU H""s." In. E.on. ,say,o. fa.t..,s '
- Si,, .een. n ;" -. .""c.. ~ III 20 I.
: .rrt;.t,c r;s md tbo"nh .on,c .sr. .uSo. 20 ~
.srk of tb;s nonviG. ."ncco. v J"e .o, ~
~ dcs;rc nj tbo.c ,rbn so,r 'Ta.,aI
Sri;idLrnvt -. ;bo ,,o""o G5"r,y,.r ; r.,
SOrohans of The Storn," nm the screem m
a EhoH this snmc wouno GrecI md
an he speoking sfoGe IVhetbcr ~.
~. IL 'p,"""v ,,",, - s'av.. M.'nc, III c'
In hare nrsttv oeneroIiy l;keI % ScSiSS,'
ircut, and fhejr approbation has been
10 mean foctor In HLiEom'sn success'
A.s.
-,
'nE art'st.actor, mentioned above,
"a Rollo Peters, whose work in
"The Varying Shore" provides worthy
import for the remarkable talents OF
Elsie Ferguson. Mr.. Peters is an Eng
lkhman. who studied portrait painting
In London and Paris for a number Of
years before the artistic side of play
snd Sor S wns, "a Tue .annnaI nmIfe ,;n.n. ;mua,
for It, his duties including acting as
well as designing and art superyision.
The result has been that he has taken
up acting in real earnest.
He also desioned Tho mans .o,.rr..
n 'The VaryiSD Shore !" wh;ch % mohes
lin acconntchia CO.. 49,. h]S;ii;ant ] hanss aS's
an ~. ut;oL uJGonntapte ia ior tne Driliaht Dlue
al Tn.a.ho o nh .:sI, weIrs III tne ma,
Wor,os oEu Ero, VIII Bn. Iaui EvertGn ana
y"ai,cs ~ ~. rais, refers alds III glossing
and mat;nr u :. ' pa' -, CONSTRUCTION,
S.St n,ah,hs natn ~, al IN al. one OF the
ysors p''u"'''o"S ne'e al huhy
A. ;, ,,,.. r ,.
al r;si. sS ", reIsusoh herselt. sec
sdmirot;,n ~ .nI p,ay ohiy Saas 10 one
fhst roro ~, 49, nc. MoA. one nus zone
rsdiant %'V, n,,hiIeh iale tnins Oh Gomoihing
nstmrol NJ aIn pelSonaty WIFI
art !" ,it,Io ItI e,rar enunciation, subtle
and motions e - ~yvehenJs tSe henu OF tne hands
ism 's tbot 49,, ~, Tue aa neau, an enotlohal.
sbod;nn "t oe meyer eher sroMs @ striaent' ana a
! s rsmsr,, Ia h,n hJ,aaracter!Aat'cn n mat reaches
vhern nv H"''e cfesceiluo ~ she spisode
n.rvors v 'IJ pays the ch'id'sh voiced,
'"'' n'sn STRUNG girl.
THE closer relationship of opera and
ccmnnru us u p tnat were needed. by the
Forrest. Not onIv dnes S tSo 'CM cHor"s ~, '"f "f