Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-13
-Ghs Daily Movie Magazine

would make him more pa'atable to the
mental taste. So when 'David/ came
to the rural district that is my strong
hold. ] went. ! saw. | was conquered
"Wh!lp one may not entirely approve
of picture which rcnses ones wrath
70 such an extent that one feels In com
plctc sympathy with u mnns taking
the law into his own hands. never =
theless the picture as a whole IL 81
well constructed. the parts are so nd !
mrnbly done. the character Of David is
So lovable. with his delicious comb
nation of tenderness and bravery. pit =
ting his strength against not one but
three Goliaths. the film stands out a.
being decidedly worth -whiu.
Many thanks I" YOU for being the
means of spurring me on to seeing II.
"rhcrc. That's that. Now for the
second reason for this missive.
''Thcrc was another evening not Ions
ago when rcnd what YOU said about
Foolish Wives. and what I~feel con
strained to say Ia YOU now ~ just this
You poor Johndonkey. You utterly in
adequate singer of words. Is that the
hest YOU can do: You claim an intimate
acquaintance with the dictionary and
ye, you merely ding few gentle little
cpithets at this inexcusablc hodge
II belong to that group of people Ia
whom the prOprietors of the movie the =
ntres tactfully send complimentary
tickets t" the opening performance of
any film that is obviously not the sort
10 which most Of the--well. better rend.
better bred people would go. Some
times it called Private View Adj
vanc" Showing but what's in n
name: The purpose is plain: these as
lut" gentlemen know that. rich or poor.
high or low. educated or uneducated.
the genus homo loves the sensation "f
getting something for nothing.
$50 on the morning when this silly
roncoction of German degenerate was
foisied upon our long suffering ctv
| was among those who helped hll the
theatre. hut YOU can jolly well believe
that !. for one. having gotten my
something for nothing didn't risk any
wherewithal of my own in going a
second time.
But. of course. there are those tone
arrives every minute, who rush to see
all sorts of movies. good. bad and in :
different. especially the second. So no
doubt the box Office receipts were salts.
factory.
I'm my humble estimation no wife
with even the limited amount of intelli-
grncc the heroine of this film supposedly
possessed could possibly be attracted by
this pitiiul little villain. With truly
pompous German conccit. the--ahcm !.
gentleman announces himself as the
man YOU will love TO hate but one
does not hate him any more than one
hates earthwOrmS. varty tOadS or other
rcpulsivc but pitiful creatures.
Before end this Young volume
my first and probably last contr!bu =
tion 10 boxes of any sort sigh Of relief
from II. NJ. N.p--l must say a word in
regard t" our Peter Ibbc,son.
'nf course there arc people who pre- /.
fer to sit amid >tuffy upholstery in n
close room 10 lnking brisk walk un-
der the stars and a very new little
moon; ; there are those who prefer Lin.
burger cheese and >ourkraut 10 fruit
salad and toasted crackers: who would
rather road Rabclas than du Maurier.
and who would rather make cesspools
of their minds than storshouses filed
with memories Of the best books. plays.
music aud painting that the world s
finest minds have produced.
This explains the people who pre- g.
fer Foolish Wives TO Peter.
Haven't time for any more. Just
as well. Must tell YOU pome' that 8
apropos Of your fms:
There once was a movie fanatic
Who declared in tone most emphatic
From september to May
see two films a day:
The poor chap, He had bats in his
And again: