Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-05
SNOW IN EVIDENCE
IN WEEKS FILMS
Blizzard Scenes at Stanley Look
cooI-Agnes Ayres In New
Picture-Other Films

Stanley-Betty Compson has had
pictures In her career which have given
her much better chances than she finds
In Over the Border" but the story is
sufficiently strong to hold interest, and
all of the scenes are laid In the Cana
dian Northwest with vast expanse
OF snow, which is most refreshing In hot
weather.
With two such stars ns the fair
Betty and Tom Moore working to-
gether, and the megaphone In the hands
of the producer company's very hest
director, Penryn Stanlaws, 1t was a
foregone conclusion that the most pos
sible would be made of the story. 1t
Is full of exciting incidents with the
smuggling of whisky over the border as
Its theme and with all the lovable
characters being frankly violators of
the law, and we sit here and feel like
ment, in spite of the fact that we
know 1t is highly improper to do so.
And when Tom Moore rs the SER
geant of the mounted police helps his
girls brother to escape the hangman's
moose, we do not feel like reproachtng
him and, anyway, people who sur
vive the freezing blizzard through which
most Of the action takes place deserve
d little comfort in the end.
Casson Ferguson adds another ex-
ccllcnt portrayal to his long list Of un-
usual acting parts. The cast also in
cluded J. Farrell Macdonald. Sidney
D'Albrook, Jean dc Briac and E. j.
Brady.
KarltOn-Thcre are many points of
similarity between "The Ordeal"
Agnes Ayers second picture, and her
first one. She again has drunken
husband, although this time he dies be-
fore she can reform him as effectively
as she did Jack Holt. but she still has
the burden of money-loving family
whose expensive tastes can only be
The fair Agnes has never worn so many
handsome gowns as she does in this
production. She seems to have a
strikingly new and elaborate creation
for each one of her scenes. but any
kind of gown would look well on Miss
Ayers anyway.
The story concerns the conscience OF
young wife whose wealthy but liquor
loving husband dies from sudden
stroke when in a violent temper, in
which he accuses the wife of having
Become too fond of his young doctor.
His will provides that If she marries
second time she gets no money and,
as she does fall in love with the doctor,
her conscience compels her to give him
up because she feels that she is to
blame for her husbands dcath-and be.
sides her crippled sister has been cured
and has become money mad "flappcr"
and her brother is constantly making
demands on her bank account. How
ever. the story ends happily, as It
should.
Miss Ayers has the support of fine
cast. with Conrad Nagel doing his
usual splendid work. Edna Murphy
plays the sister and Clarence Burton, !
one of the best of our villains, scores
as the husband, although he seems in
clined to overdo the part.
Arcadia-It has been long time
since Irene Castle has been on the
screen, although she has been making |
pictures in New York for a year or |
more. The first to be released is !
French Heels 1t is not particularly |
good screen material, but it gives Miss |
Castle plenty of chance to prove that |
she is still one of the most graceful !
dancers before the public and that she
can wear striking and bizarre gowns
in way that no other woman would
dare do.
'"French Heels" is story of con-
the close of the war. Her father is
dead and her brother killed in action,
SO she herself makes her living as
dancer amid the gildcd surroundings
Of Broadway night life. Here the pro-
lucers have spared no expense or pains
in making the scenic settings sufficiently
and though the length of film
devoted to Miss Castles dancing is
rather excessive most people will prob
ably enjoy it.
The heroine marries the son of
wealthy lumberman, and they are sent
by the father to spend their honey
moon at lumber camp. Here the
favoritc of the cabaret tires of the
simple life, harmlcssly villainous
theatrical manager appears TO add COM
plications and the promise II do is
about to die away into an inaudiblbe
whisper when hubby is injured in
ghN during strike, and nobody need
be told how the story ends after that.
Miss Castles leading man is Ward
Crane and her support includes How
ard Truesdall, Charles Gerard and
Charles Murray.
VictOria-There is only one word to
describe "Yelow Men and Gold' and
hat is thrill" There is clever
novelty in the way that the story is pro-
luced The plot is supposed to be the
on the screen of n book which
he hero has written. 1t is all about
hat good old fashioned standby Of the
hriller, IL search for buried treasure.
rhe hero has the chart and the villains
lrug him and steal it. but he has a
duplicate, and both parties start out
md romance joins the expedition when
he beautiful heroine does a high dive
O rescue the hero after the villain had
brown him overheard.
There Is action in every scene, and