Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15

years ago, Miss Murray was unknown
70 the screen, but she made her film
debut shortly after that time in "Tt
Have and to Hold which. it is inter
esting to note, is again to be screened
this time with Betty Compton.
The Mae Murray Of old was miss Of
calico and ginghams. of downcast eye!
and sweet-sweet parts, all OF which
initiated against her success as tht
Mary Johnston heroine. The Mae Muir.
ray Of today is very sophisticated
young person with as few clothes as
necessary.
In the cast of "Fascination" these
same fans of yesterday would find one
very familiar name--Courtenay Foote,
Nowadays, he is seldom seen on the
screen (if memory serves, his last ap-
pearnnce here was with Norma Tai.
madEe in "The Passion Flower. but
in those "olden days he was familiar
figure in Vitagrnph films in which Edith
Storey. Julia Swayne Gordon, Rogers
Lyton. Charles Kent and Florence 1ur-
ner played.
Vincent Coleman. who is Miss MUIR
rays leading man in this exotic ro-
nance of Spain. is a very newcomer to
the screen Helen Ware, who has Il
part, was seven years reo. a prominent
stage actress who had probably never
considered screen acting; Creighton
Hale had yet to make his first hit ir
thrilling serials with Pearl White in
which the two We'd with each other IN
getting into the villains power,
A word in passing about "FascinG,.
tom This is another of the spanish
Love-" Blood and Sand and White
Peacock school. So far this year the
stage has about controlled an option
in this sort of thing. except that "Scrc-
made" with George Walsh and Miriam
Cooper upheld the screen side. In past
seasons, however. we have to remember
Gypsy Love-" Carmen The Pas
sion Flower" and 'Tarnntula.' while
on the way are the screen versions cf
''Blood and Sand" and Spanish Jade. y
A T THE Karlton next week is pic
"A turization of the old Belasco farce.
els Matrimony Failurc?' and here
again, those fans of yesterday would be
stunned at the names of the cast OF
characters.
T. Roy Barnes has sprung to screen
prominence within a year: Lila Lee
vas started on her llfated star.
ring venture by Lasky about three and
q half years ago; Lois Wilson had
not appeared in Peter B. Kyne's "A
Mans Man" and was unknown to the
fans Of that year; Walter HERS was
equally unknown, and SUCH famous
screen fat men as John Bunny, Hughie
avoirdupois championship; Tully Mar
shall had yet to make his film debut
under Grifith's auspices in Triangle
features; Otis Harlan was starring In
musical comedies on the stage. al
though he made his screen debut short
time later for Selig in series of the
fSrces of the late Charles Hoyt.
I'm Charles Ogle, however. we find
one familiar name in the rs Matri.
mony a Failure?' cast. Ogle was, at
the time of which we speak, with the
Edison Company. playing with Marc
McDermott. Gladys HYlette, Mary
Miriam Nesbitt (now McDermott's
wife), Mabel Trunelle. Robert Brewer
and Bigelow Coone. There Is one pic
ture that comes to mind especially
in which Viola Dana played the part OF
u Continental drummer boy, and Ogle
portrayed Washington. a favorite part
for him those days.
The other members in the cast of this
farce. which. by the way. sounds like
something the films need badly-a good,
wholesome, laughing tonic that does not
spread its laughs sparinglv over six
reels Of arid spots-are names which
would have meant nothing to the photo
play followers Of 1914 except In the
case Of Sydney Bracey. who was then
well known as q serial player with the
defunct Thanhouser Company. lie
played butler in one of those serials.
teVIIHERE IS MY WANDERING
w BOY TONIGHT?' the second
film with an interrogative title here
next, Is even more definitely picture of
young players. Cullen Lands. whose
first appearance Gf memory serves
aright) was in the part of breezy
cowboy character in q Lasky film two
or three years back, plays the title role.
Patsy Ruth Miller. a very new face on
the screen. is the girl who waits at
home while the country lad visits and
personally investigates the lights OF
Broadway.
The other members in the cast Of this
feature, which is based on the song
written by Robert Lowry "a Philadel-
phian, by the way), are all newcomers.
day. would not recognize d single famil-
lar face.
Incidentally the admirers Of Mary
Carr, Kate Bruce, Mary Alden and
Margaret Seldom, rival mothers In
screen plays Of heart appeal. will here
have q chance to see still another actress
in this kind of role. The mother of the
'.wandering boy' will be played BY
Virginia True Boardman. Some tim.
some vigorous and hard working stats.
tictan will figure out how many pin,
jars could be filled by the tears wep,
BY screen mothers grleying for recalci
tFant children and how many hours they
4 have spent by home fresides waitini
for their sons return. 1t will max,
interesting reading.
DAULINE FREDERICK is by n,
= means recent convert to the screen
This talented star, who appears mex
weck at the Arcadia in tive Kinds o
\ Women" was one of the first of th
long series of Famous Players stars
but in 1914, at any rate. she was un
: known to the screen. though the stag
w had seen her magnificent Performance
in Joseph and His Brethren"
was In 1915 that she went to Rome (
film Hall Gaines Eternal City"
There Is one in her supporting cas-
Of "Two Kinds Of Women" however
that our Fans Of Yesterday would rec
Ognize. His name Is Thomas Santschi
and he appeared In many a Selig flr
before he became firmly established late
in "The Spoilers" In fact, Santsch
kw Ohnk At xh,