Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-16
MOVIEGRAMS !.
OF THE WEEK
Sea Stories Are Becoming Pop.
ular on the Screen-"Hm.
ricdne's Ccl' at Stanley

IlCklV lHat Uui TDNNS III
stinct, tho wnndcrlust.
The sea, for example, even when pre-
sentcd in the graphic reality Of Joseph
Conrad, cannot be half 10 alluring as
when shown upon the oilvrrcd sheet hy
the combined magic Of director and
camcraman. And it's this same sea
that forms the canvas and background
for next weeks principal film opening,
"HLrriCane GAL" ut the Stanley.
ITO a great many people there Is
J. nothing quite SO thrilling to watch
ss schooner under full sail gracefully
riding choppy
Screen Scd sea; nothing quite
Yarns Mus! Be so beautiful us tn.
Wen Done sun sinking III
gorgeous red dig
nifty in mattress of impcnctrabe fog
on the horizon nothing SO sxhilarat-
ing as the sensation of standing near
the bow of n doughty bark and have the
ship suddenly duck from under ones
feet MS she hits the trough of "A wave.
Next to actual participation in such
pleasures, these same land salts find
the viewing of them on the screen the
best substitute. But they insist that
the director and others connected with
the pictures making he imbued with
some love and appreciation OF nautical
matters, and possess the faculty Of
transferring them with color Lnd fuith-
fulnesS to detail on the screen.
Hobart Bosworths first big screen
success was such picture-Jack Lon
dons Sea Wolf,' and recently George
Melford filmed that story again.
"Unclc GEORGE Is, by the way, prob
ably the screen s most famous exponent
OF the sea yarn; his Moran of the
Indy Lefty was topnotch he has just
finished that iuvorite of no many
StcvcnAonians, "Ebb Tide" and is
Soon to start on Joseph Hergcsheimer'
Java llcad.'
Close beside him in his ability to
eaten the spirit Of the many SIDED
sea is Maurice Tourneur, who showed
his hand best in THE Lie Line"
'"rrcasure Island" Conrad's Vic
tory and r. liopkinson Smiths
"Caleb West. lrvlng Wilnt, who
gave Us those grim wartime sea
stories, behind the Door" and
Below the Surface" with Hobart
BoswOrth. also sought the sea tor at
nio>phcrc III Ipartncrs Of the Tide"
and VIII agalntn "On the High Seas"
IN original story by Edward Sheldon,
soon To be released. phiip Roscn put !
salty spray i'll "Ihe Bonded Woman"
Allen iioiubar, who made "Ilurri- |
cane Gal, WASH satisfied to stick |
emr"Iy t. tn" water and he has used IA !
Lydropanc, both for the action OF the mel.
oHfahIallc story, ANA to furnish HIM Il |
prcrarioun perch from which to direct. !
A three mastcd schooner furnishes the
IOcat!on-wc stated to say battle
ground-lor most of the action,
porothy Phillips, whose appearances
have been aItOgcthpr too intrcqucnt OF
!atc, Is the heroine, and Wallace
bcery, who made that Bosworth fca-
ture, Behind the Door," mentioned
ABOVE, thmS to be ever rcmenprrcu
ior SrlmncSs and tcnsity. is the villain.
THIS little ramble on the high sens
- by Miss Phillips and her company
comes close 10 being the only globe
trotting engaged In by the actors in next
weeks film output here. Aside from
Hurricane Gal" the films stick close
to the home tiresides, with only one
excursion into the land
Where men are men.
The Aldine has feature entitled
Your Best Friend" which goes on to
prove that that person is ones mother.
AT that word all real
Vera Gordon photoplay fans can
A0din Pinus readily narrow the
Notb.r DSI, possibility of I h
""'s star down to three
ladies' Mary Alden
Mary Carr and Vera Gordon. The last
named is it, in this case.
Miss Gordon, who rose to screen fame
IN "Humoresque' as the pathetic Jew
ish mother and was last seen here in
The Good Provider,' when she played
second fiddle to Father as played by
Dore Davidson, is again TO be seen in
one OF her sudies in Jewish maternal
anguish and love.
ter in law who snubs and ill-treats her.
harry Benham (who, If memory serves,
played here last season on the stage in
Little Old New York. is the faithful
son Dore Davidson has the part of n
kindly friend of the family. Belle Ben
hIett, who made quite a hit in the old
itagraph Company, is the snppy |
laughter. Will Nigh directed.
WAT interrogatory and admonitory
= hlm titles are still in fashion is
proved by the feature which is playing
both Palace and Arcadia next week. 1t
IS called "Wnat's Wrong With the
"om"n:' and Daniel Carson Goodman,
VINO has written number of much
|alked-of novels, is the author. As in
Nice People, the doings of the mod
ffn 'Jazz' set are shown, cabaret lairs
ire shown in all their alleged wildness
and the dangers Of bobbed hair are
depicted.
a really and truly all-star cast is to
De seen in this feature, ana it contains |
lhfhcS known to both stage and film
overs For example. there is Wilton
"'E"Ec' who's" screen appearances have
ven al too infrcquent and who has not
hlrllby, "n he played his old IA
lli4r role o. "Svcngnli' opposite Clara
SSimball loung's Trilby. Rod La
.ocqa', who divides his time between
,age and ~"r"cn and who has marvel
NH r"Nrn, .anr" TO Monte Blue, has a
a y" has that trusty character man,
u" "%u Love- who should be featured
sa'" by some big company. Julia
wayne Gordon, who used to play vii
A'NeSScS for Nitagrnph, has part, and /
y mas the beautiful lIedda Hopper,
nose recent matrimonial difficulties
'!th DeWolf Hopper, her even more
ddinouS husband, appeared in the news. :
iiS' oscar liammerstcin, wife of the
nprrsario; Paul McAllister, who is
HccI!Gnt both behind the footlights and
ae Nlleglights, and Constance Bennett
uushter Of the star. Rirhnrl Bcnnntt.