Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-06

0IIly OCW "EtSVSs vS OSSh WV
busy lately to give you and the fans
any time and notice that several have
beat me to It in saying some few
things. I have. however, taken time
to write Wally nice cheering letter,
but not on the day you set aside. 1
wrote as soon rs you made the sug'
ssstion and I requested that credit
h given you for prompting me to send
words Of cheer to an afflicted favorite
Of mine. A.. ~ - A., ,,
recently and was not greatly impressed
With it. One particularly absurd part
was when the little waif the patrolman
brings home dresses herself so WONDER
fully after arising next morning:
''Buster Keaton,. in The Frozen
With that little impersonation Of Won
II can't say I regard Sherlock
Holmes as anything to rave. over.
Barrymore did not have much real
acting to do. and even the part where
he DISCUSSES himself as an old man to
Get into his house failed TO impress
me as anything really wonderful for
"The other Barrymore in The Face
In the Fog played a new part very
creditably and had pretty GOOD sup.
mort. hut somc Of the cha racters under.
went some noticeable changes in the
one night thot the action Is supposed
TO take place, There wasn't ANYTHING
tame about that fight between Barry.
more and Wolheim; 1t sure was WOW.
Mary McLaren just made herself at
head and very little added to his face.
made me overlook this apparent Jaw.
Jannings certainly was superb as the
returned Pharaoh. And what splendid
character work. And Samlak and his
home in the most comfortable corner of
my heart: she was 80 easy to look at.
Contrary to another critic who said
the generous sprinkling Of Russian
scenes did not distract ones mind from
the original story, found It quite
confusing toward the end. There was
some splendid photography,
"Also s.u, .rho RonI Ror, and for,d
Darthelmess still IN ~ his old tricks
how soof ~ @ hoI Ues tha .,nr nrm bnnrams T 'sn
III faI,o,, "rG ~ W. ~ asSuhe siu sma' o ~"
fSs ieow nrSor VINO nears the a'arm ever
reading or sot IN early to stndvP
"Sou.h.S, .a,s .ss.L,.
r,,i~n "gpos saM soHne'nlns aooue
sTh. Pr.tss on tI.I tha ss,. saw, saw m'm Nth
f"iinrod S"e" Sa,t, sv1u apPe.'Her i1r wnas
spnesr runuy hut ths r;I;c,,i",,ss III Is th;~.s IU.s
tbst fo,l"u ,l, no,e nul tHe faa..u'ous w.. % an'nss
"That brinns us r. .phar,oh, Tot
me thank you' nv frerd for nromnts
Ing me to see #. I certninlw bavs not
enjoyed 'spectacle' 40 much IN
long time. l saw il on two s,,ccessive
nights before l was satisfied You can
bet Lubitsch and Jannings WIFI he two
drawing names TO me in tho future The
picture was really too wonderfml tn
find fault with, but I can't holm osk
ing where the loves came in. saw
only one love that Of the slave niri
And you cant imagine low surprised
only being away q few days. appar.
sntly, with a good crop Of hair ON his |
daughter. and, but you know what I |
mean,
r. Nineteen and Phyllis as Old |
Inner says. was the name Of that |
"ay picture.
On. ! forgot something: didn't the |
naye Slrl IN Pharaoh remind you OF |
@fisc'lla Dean several times?
49,, miss "rcssie Mallet.' too. Why
Gontcha offer her a job rs YOUR MS.
"stant?'
-, -
Let's switch that about. Tessie
ought to have my job and ought to be |
Inc assistant.