Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-01


y3te the names Of the films we se
"A 4ne Stanley next week has pic
Astected by William u. Taylor be
rang, made BY John ID. Rober,
u. you doubt the truth Of the ope
uims In which the title containe
= 1hsrs was Red Courage" 9TH
y ssx, Dawn" 'lleliotrope." "Whit
XS, ;, "The Golden Gift" '.Blu
HsnS:',. Hcss:' .cri BLACK shsep,.'. Whit
yellow Dove" to say nothing S Of "A
Z tee End Of the Rainbow" with "Blncl
yrchids and Pink Gods" and ..Blu
OemonA" on the way.
And as for Cupid. why the little fel
yW must have been hiding in ever.
companys Offices when they wcr,
naming pictures to Judge by the fre,
Cuene recurrence of the word Love
~ MIN titles. Last week Love wa.
being Redeemed in the Norma Tai.
madee picture. but perhaps judging b.
tne Arcadia films name. 1t had n re.
And. besides. there were lessons ir
and Profnne Love" Love Time, -
"For Those We Love" 'Tropica
Love Love Never. Dies" Love
Hate and Woman" First Love. .
love Charm" THE Love Night
The Greatest Love- "The Love Spe.
cial." The Great Lover" African
Love" The Fourteenth Lover" and
When Love is Young"
Wives, Husbands. Women, Hearts
and Mysteries are the other favorite
title words. but 1t would take pages to
list them all.
sTTHE GREEN TEMPTATION is
L u French story, and the first part
shows pretty Betty Compson as little
danseuse in the employ of Gaspurd. u
vtllainous Apache, who runs a harle-
Quin entertainment. Later, very much
as in William J. Locke's novel. The
Wonderful Year" the war comes and
Its regenerative influence on the group
Of characters Is shown.
One is almost tempted to say that
French stories and stories with French
settings offer the greatest available held
at present to the screen. There are
hundreds, old and new, which could be
ideally filmed, from the romances OF
Dumas to the sparkling vixnettcs OF Du
Maupassant on the one hand and Balzac
ON the other. And how about Daudet $
''Tartarin" for screen figure! Or'
ON the other land. cant you imagine
somebody big and convincing in a serio,
comic way, perhaps the great Chariot
himself when he finishes slapstick, por..
haying s. Weir Mitchell's "Francois
For Fairbanks. IL he maintains his
fondncss for the romantic school' the.e
are any number of Stanley Neyman
novels with French settings, and per-
hsps a couple Of really great character
actors who could make up for all ages
between twenty-five and sevenT! NV y,
could put Conrad's Point OF lionor
on the screen. Finally. there is ever
vs,tinp for the man who will spend
money and lavish art Victor hugo
''Notre Dame" ,,.,
One of the character men in 'Ihe
Green Tcmrtntion' tin fact. the one
Who plays Gnspard), Theodore kos!oh'
would be ideal for many OF the above
mentioned and number of lockn's pest
besides. Mary Thurman, erstwhl'e SEN
nettite, is also in the cast. and Mahlon
Hamilton. last seen with Gloria swan
eon in Under the LASH" is the hero.
"A MOTHER rich field is touched upon
"A in the film on the Stanton's screen
next week. which is a plcturlZation or
Robert W. Chambers novel OF the
American Revolution. "Cardigan.
into this photoplay have been woven
the characters of John Hancock. Patrick
Henry. Paul Revere. Lord .Dunmore
and Captain Walter Butler. The hero,
Michael Cardigan. is one of those lucky
ana death defying people who are on
the spot as every battle and historic
event occurs, but Of whom G. A. Henty
and other writers of boys fiction. rather
than history books, tell.
Michael, in this case, Is hep 70
the causes and contributory events OF
the Revolution. He has exciting .ad'
ventures among the Mohawk and Cay
ura Indians which include a narrow
escape from being burned at the stake
enters the councils of the Minute Men
at Lexington, "hears the silver tongued
Patrick Henry, sees the great John
Hancock and meets Paul Revere, ac-
cording to advance announcements.
The man who plays this role is none
other than William Collier. Jr., also
Known as Buster" Screen fans will
romember the appearance Of this lad
With his father, the famous stage
comedian, in n couple Of amusing farces
for Thomas Ince in the old Triangle
days, and also, the youngsters ap-
pearance alone In n Western yarn
called "The Bugle Call They will
watch his work as a full hedged lead
1ng man with interest.
Betty Carpenter. William Pike,
Florence Short. Jere Austin, llatty De-
layo, Louis Dean, Colin Campbell and
Thomas Cummings are in the cast
With this excellent start in this Pc
riod, how about Maurice Tourneur fol.
lswing up his Last of the Mohicans'.