Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
THE MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
By HENRY NJ. NEELY

| tTuupuUStitHtlUtiOH VI NHN"''"o >~.''
IN be tho mnin tonic Of convcrsatio
r".,,, ,,. ,.,,,. ,;ted
n'""oas'' ie'e'"' 80.
the young actor III -quest''"' "e..'
could understand how I've earned his
.,ddsn nopulcrity. 'IIc showed ability
e". a. ,,.'.,- - u.s Tuscan bvt
"nder inc o'rcc''o" VI IVA "e'
what las lie done since!
"T'o us it is mncxplainnblc that ~, you
should praise Blood ana sand, inis
was evidently an effort to bring Nalen.
tino before the eyes of the pubic as az
lbanez hero once more. but Gal,ardo
was not another Julio In our estima.
ton, Nita Naldi overacting. Lila Lee
gradually dying of ennui, VALENTINO
Tho Valentino Of Tho Sheik.' rather
in with scenes of Spanish arena cut
from nm old news rrcl and favored with
u philosopher lies its claim to
fame?
"s,;,, ~, must sympathizc with
v,,cn,;n, now. Ns you say, he is doubt.
loss acting under the advice OF some
',nn oi.c Tbat il the crux of the whole
"m ,n.,,nr tho renson wby. DESPITE his
monularitv. 80 many people like him not
| y, nil liz does not seem able to think
fnr hin,self hc seems to lack that much
in,clliucncc.
.In,o,,iuonce and intellect, we STIR.
mise. u.e no' p,J;o,ca. hcnce tho
.he n,a'oteh thosa qualities In Valentino
apse"r ", go, HHnd lot ms add this
.iuh, Mas u>r ns ",rs.;f DO Rochefort does
,m"Ism, ,n, tnow VI ~ % nrctcnds he does not know,
,,I, no 4. ho;ny brought 10 this coun.
WY thcr ,i no, 100. must be- lacking in
Try: .n'" u,,i,;u",,,.c ,Mi "", n,cs that assure
9ru'har! in'e'''s'"|e'
nh, M. rnmu: .r,, with vour urnisc of The
~, ~ W. forvavc The change
;n t;tic nftcr herring n fiappcr remark
III H. .'..S .%,.o a,,o' rln%ed Tho mart Of Duchess
!n"' VIII suI, n sothcr somethinv like
n";m ue SG.e'I i,nxcror we cannot forgive
sa,,t,,, rbnnuc made in the cOnclu.
Inv, .hr ""'u' '''"e'
"."'iivhc do ,hev do such things? II Is
G., svidsnt inst where they drop the
thor overheard. And We really did
,h;nL +brv would do better than To
'hlnk 'n.s t;.. an hoard sbiu
'".T nd. W"rmn Tnimodpc. One mus.
". i,o.; Shc 10 most certainly
rM.s o.er maar m IN iiImdom. What could
wl.nou' y r,i,r such !, director ms Rex
Snr mo. u, nnn nn ho to ,lo n picturc Of
'"srn", N.Y. ,hn, ovents TO subordi.
reop'., r",m. n,,nn,,n," "a thc characters and
liz ILL., ~" NJ story around Norma Tai.
weave HIS S'''' "''""'
''"Ee ..EE. ,r,rom we consider the most
,I'. eN a. an,rfoSs of directors, Griffith is
hearls INV ,no,,n;,,n Roy IInprnm has
master oil ahn;'u" .rI,,G and scared to
"lir,,'.u ,J hn ;s nm nrtist Witness
ntIs"S o.WIi .,Ii 10 with M purely n ro-
WIZ. ne ,oun w" s Tho .Prisoncr of
Y n,uh." sAi A,i 1ii vo, over notice, Mr..
XnnIw how c,reful hc is in his choice
Neely. nov tIrri%. nas hoe" M r",ed 80 in shakes.
,so -, Mo'',m and ~ Mc hereby note it in Ingram
i",Ls' Le .nln.t;or aI of Tho highest types Of
"Inarom allows n bit of the slap.
S,;c,, about his men. he allows them 70
ho m,iv and dirty. but the lowest OF
lie wo,ncm nrc u,,itc noble creatures. If
, nn ra,ains Alirr Terry and Barbara
I,H,r ,nf course M he Is married to
N;.i .rorrv that minimiles his chance
" ro,a;,inv hrrI wc cnn predict great
futuras I"r both Of them.
"I,o YOU remember. not SO long ago.
"niI an"i s'u ,snr in,n tho future and sec Il
,rnr,. nn'" rrir,urn linn ''rhn Man Who Saw
.Tnrorrnw'. Mr.. Nicely. we wish TO
Stain claim on the BOBBY sprizp. Its
IN III wind tim, blows no good. and
Us n moor picture that doesn't prove
some rule or other.
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
proved the truth of Shakespeare =
words. 'rhc plays the thing Not
Thomas Mriglan. not Lcatricc JOY.
much us We love her; not artistic pho
rngrnphy. not beautiful scenes, not
Theodore Roberts. not even the accom-.
uanimcnt Of y perfect orchestra. can
Il, anything for such picture MS that
one.
NO c"ubt 1t will pay its producers
much more than 'fh" Loves OF
Pharaoh, which wds superb.
(Wish you had written your letter
in two ins,nllm"l.ts. 1t was much too
long to publish here so ! had to omit
about half "t 1t.
When J cit"r"d a prize to any one
who could vision II worst" phot"plnl
rnan 1.-THE Man Who Saw Tomorrow.
! had not seen one OF III" hms which
j. her" this week. Now. ali together
guess :,
VI. I. =. writes: r"a'!S want TO
knew Norma la'il'adSc address ana
what the chances ot her ever reading
letter from NE are BECAUSE want
YOU 20 answer thls anu ] am going
To give my views On lew Things. !
must be lowbr"w b'"aHH" thought
, Loves Of Pharaoh was stupid. "
, til" iirs, place, why l'V"S And
poor Pharaoh. ] "nNI"n. understand
If "" "rr" supposed |" i""l sorry for
him or not.
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