Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-16

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wuERE are, when one comes to think
n It, pitifully few accomplished
a.,rinine stars on the silvered screen
.,,rs whose experience and ability en-
,,,o them to mark of distinction.
"a tow of the finer stage artistes have
ado brief excursions, but have appar-
.rtlv been discouraged from repeated
.sorts. Margaret Ellington, Edith
wynne NIatthison, Ethel Barrymore--
.,.so and n number Of Others--made a
,,w nicturcs and then returned to the
stage. . 40.
po,lv Frederick was one Of the
.,-sen's real notables, but even she has
s.ssrted the Philm Phans for the foot
,,gb,s and will be seen here shortly
n stage thriller. Marjorie Rambeau,
J,ns Cowl, Margaret Anglin, Mrs.
T;sks and a half dozen others OF the
t,shest type steer clear of Hollywood,
III of which leaves the field clear for
tbs horde of pretty young dolls ad-
ranced TO fame by the movies.
The exceptions include that ever
deightful and ever-broadening ar
t%ste. % Norma Talmadge, and the beau.
ifrl and accomplishing MISS fertusoh.
...orJ of achievement before the camera
anv actress we have. Her firsst
~ T...rr;ns & picture, "Barbary Sheep
wss n notable success, and since then
To- career has been marked by such
Sisb. water marks as '"rhe Rose OK
ns World" DOLLS House. Peter
;hbstson." "Footlights," and 1.-The
Rise Of Jennie Cushing"
ii is sincerely to be hoped that she
.ont,nues to divide her time between
s,ora md screen SO that both may have
tbe tee benefit of her mellowed and ripened
srt She played the role of Miriam
a. Hubert Henry Davies "Outcast' on
hs stage and won by 1t her first great
nraise, 80 1t is entirely just and equi..
Eble that she should perpetuate that
character OH the screen.
A curious juxtaposition OF names IL
bund In Miss Ferguson's supporting
ssst in "Outcast." The three leading
mai. roles are played by David Powell.
William David and William Powell
whch. as YOU see, reduced to its lowest
terms, means two Davids, two Williams
and two Powells.
'APICTURE based on the injustice
n wrought by an antedated and obso..
late statute is 1.-The Forgotten Law
which is the Aldine feature next week.
Milton Sills, who taught school before
he became a screen star, Cleo Ridgley,
who came into prominence opposite
Wallace Reid in the old days, and
Jack Mulhall, Just chosen rs Norma
Talmadse's next leading man, are the
three leading players.
Mae Marsh, once Griffith star, re-
turns from domesticity to the screen
IN '"rill We Meet Again" on the
Karlton screen. 1t concerns frai|
little heroine who entrusts her life
honor and happiness to band OF
crooks. Martha Mansfield does some
barefoot dancing in this film which has
In its cast such screen celebrities as
Norman Kerry, Walter Miller, Julia
Swayne Gordon, Tamany Young ant
J. Barney Sherry.
getting immensely popular for film pur-
RCsSss.' us is The, the author of Brother,
Windsor, Helene Chadwick, Norman
Kerry, Pat 0'Malley and Mae Busch
y. Mason Hopper. who made that
domestic screen classic, Dangerous
Curve Ahead" directed.
Deserted at the Altar" the ole
tu-n - thr;1 80 y.
stage Is on the Victoria screen with &
east that includes Tully Marshall, Bees
!ia Love, Barbara Tenant, Eulali'
has Rose Of the Sea-" a new stor,
o. sentiment with Anita Stewart IL
which her husband Is her leading man
The Capitol will offer John Smith,
Eugene O'Brien's latest feature
continues at the Stanton, 1.-THE Youni
Rtjah"' is ut the Palace. and "Shad
ows that unusually interesting version
Chinaman" will be seen ut Fay's.
WB PROMISED last pcek brie
surVey Of screen acting during tn,
calendar year, Vhtch is very shortly {,
ordp to close, so hero zoe 90. II
order not to make any intentional hU
unfortunate omissions, memory nG
fortified by an exhaustive study Of tn
flss.
IN PERHAPS three or four case
1 during the last year the screen ha
seen the kind Of acting that warns tn
neart and thrills the mind, but the bcs
In the art Of pantomime seems gencrnll
% have evnded the film players. Ger
tain it Is that few players have ha,
more than one striking characterlza
non. Arliss, with "Disraeli" 9Th
yHuling Passion" and 1.-THE Man VIII
pplayed God" is nm exception; Richar
ib,srthelmess, with "rol'able David.
sonny and '"rhe Bond Boy" is an
S%,her; Norma Talmadge. with "Smilin
iEhrough and THE Eternal Flame,
q third.
The year has marked the decline an
~ or n number Of promisin
hsomers heomers OF past years. Agnes Ayre
as fallen from mediOcrity in "rh
I'VE I'VE inferiority in The Ordeal.
snce." Constance TalmadVe, exceu
lor one clever piece of fooling in "Poll
y the follies,' has drifted into sloven
pIsss pnhess ana mannerisms in "Woman'
Mce and THE Primitive Lover,
nu anu la,ied to fit snugly into the almond
eyed Ming Toy.
Lthel Clayton, star Of stars IN tn
eupln days In such pictures as 18th
Ssorting Duchess, u" "The Collea
WIDOW and "The Great Divide, - hs
Ssanered rather from weak pictures thu
Geterioratcd acting ability Certain
mat her Cradle" "For the De
Tense and IF l Were Queen" mad
tus STIR. Thomas Meighan also suf
.e .etea from ab0minable vehicles from th
ssaccharine Prince There Was" to Iii
brseous 'Mansaughter," but he heI
us own with Ade's UJ oad;n" T,;t,.n,,