Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-29
'l1OYzECRAMS or THE WEEK
AHeTca First Screen Slogan Here Nest Week-Fa.her
Honored at Ssanley-Stanton Has Anniversary.
Other Film, Notes

IT'S decidedly a case OF "See Americ
= film houses here next week.
Instead Of the many exotic and
the big pictures which have their deb,
Chestnut streets. or its equivalent in o
One film visits the African vcldt.
q Sicilian feud, but that makes only o
openings. Evidently travel rates come
THE Stanley has "The Good Pro
1 WIDER" a Fannie Hurst story. which
roams no further than Newtown. U. s
A. Estate unnamed). and which has ne
more foreign atmosphere than the New
York ehetto.
Fair Lady" at the Aldine is the
feature which has the Sicilian interlude,
but even this one decides to come home,
and most Of its setting is the pictur
csque New Orleans, used all too seldom
on the screen.
The Karlton has 1.-THE Grim
Comedian one Of Rita Weiman's stage
stories which has your choice
setting, presumably Broadway.
Any American city, big or little. will
do for "Grand Larceny which comes
to the Stanton, which celebrates its
eighth anniversary.
The same goes for "Too Much Wife. -
the simple domestic tale to be seen
on the Arcadia's screen.
rbich, bas ono ~ CYNTHIA Stockjey :
African warns, named "Wild Honey
and starring pricilla Dean.
Tho Victorio has ..IIeedless Moths, "
story Of artists life with n setting
apparently in New York's Green
wicb Village -
-
DOOR ncyIectcI little hoard Of
t.,iI sa. ,,,,, ,,is .,rr ,t ,ost
~ n". :. .'c, ., ,"o'r ipns pu"sh ths naternai
.nc ac,"r Wn" nrunss 'aoo une ta'D "a Dn~a
, iGIt uach 70 iis p'uh; p'~ of .bo
"Ponna" role in "TIumorcsaue'' was to
some minds finer even than Miss Cor.
don's work as the mother.
Now things are reversed and IN "The
Good Proyider' Davidson is the central
f,gurc. The similarity between il and
"Humoresoue' Is nronounced. since the
untiring Fannie Hurst wrote both, the
artistic Frank Borzaye directed both and
Davidson. Vera Gordon and little Mir
fam Rottista n,ayed in both. CASTOR
Glass. the hero of "Humoresoue," is
gone elsewhere. and his ploce is taken
by William ..Buster'' Collier.
Fannie Hurst. with her "Just
Around tbe Corner" "Star Dust"
with apoloyies TO the authoressl, "Hu-
moresore, Back Pay and "The
Good Proyider. :" seem TO be popular on
the silver screen these days. The pres.
sopai;d p Nov "y Yo.u ,JNe ,snamant @ % tH % bnma I"
of their own in the country. Pros
perity goes TO their heads. and they
soon force moor Julius 70 20 again to
New York and live in an EXPENSIVE ho-
tel, where they souander his hard
earned money. Naturally break comes.
and with It the typical Fannie Hurst
heart interest scenes.
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NJ irving 20 fna ola .,;,nar, IN si,ns ~
todaE o. oa". tn aan ~, IL inns y.
of .'Tbe Good prov;der,. "%. wo,ld , oon. '.
ts,n rornes ,h,, ,oomt o,h;u hTu,' e.h ,h,
fans os IH1I M Miss Gnrdnn ,ms n,nS NJ tue
to stain = rodic~m % nt s,ccass ''mS ~ Aor
native tonenn on tho snoatirS .t ntono. ne.
Dav;dson u.os ,bare 700 .Rs .Rnstsar. s Ee,'
iier was inst boy and mad. bis
screen debut sevcral , ve.rs % ,atnr ru es ms ms
Office how in n n;ctuIe With his nnrn mn
,famous father. ,be otbers arn cow nrnra n
lively newcomers. too. but Mr. Rorznve
the director was n ieadinv man thsn
and quite popular under the MANAGE,
,nsnt OF Thomas " Incc We g. nna of
the many cases of young screen actors
OF infinite promise who desert the
grease. paint for the megaphone.
QEA BEACH has. since the films
~ earliest days. been one of the most
popular authors to screen. At one time
his "Vengeance Of Durand'' was nut
forward BY Vitagraph as their prize
production, and the memorable 'Spoil-
ers" followed that. After several more
Beach decided to learn the gentle art
Of Aim making himself, and allied him
self with the G0ldwyn company.
Pretty nearly Ill the well known
Beach novels have been filmed BY now
with the list including "The Ne'er-
do well," THE Barrier 1.-The Iron
Trail" "Going Some" THE Auction
Block" Heart of the Sunset and
several more. The present one was
called "The Net" in book form, but Il
was changed to Fair Lady" for film
purposes, possibly because Betty
Blythe was to play the lead.
Miss Blythe, by the way, will appear
IN person NJ tne AlOlne In connection
with the showing of Fair Lady"
which makes her second visit to US this
spring.
"Fnir LADY" ia about n hand NJ 81.
Gillian desperadoes who transfer The
scene of their activities 70 America
with headouarters in New Orleans Miss
Blythe has the rolc of n young countess
whose tiance is assassinated bv the
leader of the band. and who takes the
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