Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-23

| 1heO. Il. {. writes In my letter
of February lG, published IN the EVEN
1NG PUBLIC LEDGER. ! didn't intend 10
| hit you so hard. You say that YOU
! didn't undertake to become critic
perhaps YOU Just became one and don
know it. or are one and will not ad-
nit it, or prefer TO b. called re-
viewer. Consulting Webster | find that
q critic is one who reviews.
| ITS also very true that every in
| dividual is entitled to an opinion of his
! own. That's why every one OF us Is.
| furnished with 4 separate noodle.
II take my stand right here and
now that l did not, directly or indi-
rectly. admit that you were not critic
! by the statement that nearly all critics
! have n sense of humor, and those that
/ haven't aren't. because ] have read
quite few Of your answers 10 letters,
and have found that there IS plenty
+, Of humor sprinkled here and there. 10
be humorous 1t Is not necessary 70 al
ways talk or answer anything JokingIT.
! may bs wrong. but you II have 10
show me. Grr.r-r.)
Some OF your reviews leave me dis
satisfied. like your review OF Betty
Compson's The Law and the Woman
because it didn't take IN all phases OF
the picture. like in Marion Davies
Brides Play and Orphans Of the
storm. In the last two named you had
a word 10 say about the story. direc-
ton, photography. acting. etc. and
they are what | call a perfect review.
or as nearly perfect as can be had.
However they are. your worst re-
view is 100 per cent better than the
best any other Philadelphia newspaper
can give US, and 10 me you are good
dramatic critic.
Say whatever you please about this
letter, but I call it quits on this sub
iect, and will write you at later dat"
on a subject much more interesting.
Now. that's mighty nice. So vel
shake hands. But | wasn't a biz peeved
by what sounded like n slam. m not
quite so narrow as that. though | may
seem pretty grouchy at times. want
people 10 disagree with me-. And
want. them to feel absolutely free 10
write in and tell me So When readers
stop disagrecing with mo 1t will make
me believe they have stopped thinking
for themselves, and that would destroy
nv respect for my fellow man. Or else
it would indicate that the things
write aren't worth the trouble or con
tradcting. Perhaps they really aren t.
IN be glad to get your next promised
letter ~
F.E. S.-'"rhe Bottle Imp was re
leased four or five years ago by the
Laskv company. SessUe Hayakawa
Navel the lead It WAS wonderful
picture. and should think the company
could reissue it with proht. ! certainly
do think Farnol would make good screen
material. and I'm very surprised "Ihc
Amateur Gentleman and 'Ihe BROAD
Highway" have not been filmed. AZ
that, they may possibly have been oH'"
in England, though | doubt il. ns m"
authors popularity IN me n!ted states
would have led TO their importation.
So YOU think these answers are the
most Interesting part Of thr news.
Thanks very kindly
/ Franklyn-So. here you are back
: again, are you, with that line about
l Agnes Ayres playing with Tom Mix?
I'm glad you named the picture, because
4 I have the cast here before me, and will
h say that the following women played In
Y ''Tralin'." Carol Holloway, played
u Joan; Eva Novak PLAYED Sally
Fortune. and that's all there was
$ there wasn't any more. So ] advise
o YOU TO stick to your expressed deter
1
shirt. They cost money these days you
o know. Those picture requests will be
cared for except the last named which,
because Of recent scandal, We'll with
hold. Joan Gordon Is a newcomer; |
never saw her before The Queen OF
> Sheba" and I've written TO get more
, details. Hold your horses, and I'll have
n them for you.
!" "DOug''-The pictures ] listed re.
Gently were confined 10 last years
showings. but ! certainly agree with
you on the subject Of ''rhe Honor
System" which was an excellent pic
ture, not exactly subtle but full OF real
r sure enough heart interest. l'nfortu
nately ] didn't see Half Chance,
!. which also. as | remember dates back
g a considerable period. | think you mean
3" Marguerite Courtot, not Courtier
. Well try to publish her "pig show
a soon. Those scenes in the The Sheik''
were taken in California. David Powell
has leading part in Three Live
= Ghosts" which will be shown here soon,
: and later in Loves Boomerang" both
a taken in England. doug" Fairbanks is
. not making anything at the present
. writing. He is in New York with Mary,
who Is tied up in lawsuit. As soon as