Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-18

mn ,,,Sothcr has not daunted the towe'.
ESShsd actors in this Turkish bath
1bfee.
PHILADELPHIA theatre.goers may
4 h.ve an opportunity to see better
~. this wear than the leisurcly, mar
E,.,v constructed "Main Street." but
~. ri,l have to 70 far to sec any better
cssinr. Incidentally, histrionism OF the
~. rsnk seems to be getting to be
SsB;t at this house. which has pre-
sssrtsd "Thc Bad Man." "The Skin
came" and "Main Street. IN success
Non. &..,.
"a N tbe rolo OF Doc kennicott. Here
"a man who gains his effects Win
B Nsrds Wins sledge hammer. His
b Ss.,S In characterization IL
\ s',Siie Means one of those dell
os0''' /cateiy rounded af.
q Alta which Is ncomprehensible to some
sSSst,e. eoers, because It IL neither
~srssdly evil nor good nor, indeed, EN-
shasised undu'y toward any one trait
& series Of traits.
"Doc;, Kennicott is Of main Street.
~ what one might call the paved
ssetion of Main Street. He admits to
CSrol In the last act that she means to
Sin, more than he ever imagined, ana
4 shst she fills a niche In his life. which
Es x csn hardly define, but which wants
4 .1ilinr very badly, Granted, he yawned
4 a her impassloned recital Of stephen
4 phiilins' ''Marpessa" and was fonder
T his. little game with Sam, but
Ser ideals and her aspirations and her
standards almost unconsciously meant
y yery great deal to him. whereas, to
Msudc and the other Main Street.
ers. Carol was only Culture Carrie
somebody to laugh and sneer at.
Mckay Morris just suggested that
Nde Of Kennicott's life enough to make
j II real and poignant. He did it on his
I 6rM entrance In the essentially thea
\ .tric and ''tricky" first net when he and
h Carol returned from their honeym ron;
he did it superbly and notably In the
BEDROOM scene and he drove It home
finally in the reconciliation at the end.
\ In Incredibly short time, and yet
With a delicate shading that made 1t
unbelicyabIy real, Morris would swing
Mis- character from lazy, drawling com.
\ sdy to SUPPRESSED anger or grief, anu
h &st as quickly back again; His hts
of Haring up, followed by sheepish ef.
l0Ilk 10 Uldhe ups cShsSe
N ne memory Of many married woman
h the audience, and yet the net result,
n the end, was the creation Of sympa.
nv. and understanding for this man,
a Who must have known when he mar.
ried Carol how different they were
N temperament and how different she
was from his beloved Main Street, but
who probably had hazy belief III the
h back Of his mind that she would de.
scend little in her level. and they
would rise little In theirs 80 that they
+, conla meet on com non ground. Ger
tainly. he never realized how militant
rformer she would be.
\ cPEAKING OF pieces OF crcellent
~ acting seen hero this year. a rough
4 Nstir0 brings to mind Miss Barrymores
Sdthetio Lady Helen in the struc-
turally terrible "Dcclassec''; Matthco
Noper IL "The Skin Game"; 4rthur
6inclair's almost perfect comedy char.
scteri.ation in "The White. Headed
Boy; Joseph KiIoour's subtlv shaded
Brock'on in 1.-THE Easiest 1Vay";
Tyrone Po,oer's sonor0us "Wdndering
yep"; o. p. He00ie's "Dickcnsish
cockney BatliG'' and Sanford Ersktne's
narer'"o "Mr. Ptm.
NTIGER," the attractive dog actor
- In Mr.. Hodges ''Dog Love-" Is
the lucky one to whom White House
! Saddle Boy" wrote 1.-THE friendly note
thst appeared In the news columns the
other day"
tigers" picture ir in another place
en this page. and "Tiger" has a very
important role to play in this comedy.
Whether It IS be-
Cog Actor cause Of bis cor.
10 Nom respondence with
Verv 'BLase "Laddie Boy" or
A., because he Is imi-
uting Mr.. Hodge, or just because he IS
getting used to acting and Is becoming
olt blase. at any rate, Tiger" doesn't
Jake his curtain calls with the evident
enthusiasm and excitement be used to.
he seems to have adopted the drawl
o. the human star Of the show and
leaves all the temperament and vehe.
mence to little Mimi" the other dog
artistic.
When Dog Love" goes to Wash
sngton. Tiger" may accept "Laddie
Boys invitation to chase squirrels on
ne White House lawn. In the mean.
ume; ne Is proving one Of the most en-
yoyable features of rather obvious
out appealing sort Of show which, it Is
weeks.
THAT ride Of tho troops, headed 6v
. Monte Blue, as Danton. remains
Me "co"p de resistance OF "Orphans
N the Storm" aud causes main a
member of the audience to erclaim
Eho!e. .hcartedlv, "My, I should think
Meyd hare been Killed taking that
scene. As a matter Of fact. tho film.
~ oI ms feature iods not rtthout It's
sec'dents. Blue had his ankle jdmmed
oet'oeen his horse aud that of a tellop
Sctor' and could not worE for several
sags' INC most painful injury mas
haDercd oy an crtrd, mhO was UOnnded'
~ btdnk charge from Il mgskct on
Tsirh nc icds leaning; griffith himself
INJURED his right ankle in fail, and
Hhdrtk Sartop, the cdmeraman, suf-
!sred from an injured and infected foot,
Hten lillian Gtsh fell rictim to the
'"o ~hcn she injured her right ankle.
IL THE length Of anticipation has
any effect on the actual realization.
Philadelphia ought to enthuse over
Tho God DiggGrs," which Is to spen
tour weeks at the Broad. This farce.
ppy Avery iiopwood, spent two years on
broadway and then jumped right over
.his city To- Chicago. where 1t played
all last fall.
The Gold Diggers" IN not Of the
nIce type which relies on the slam
"nhg OF doors or the hiding of charac-
Sero In clothes hamners and under heds