Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-04


version of Carmen and u novelty cal
reels.
THE other notable attractions include
4 4 "Iane Eyre" with Mabel Ballin.
at the Arcadia; Boomerang Bill
With Lionel Barrymore at the Palace.
and Saturday Night" Cecil r. he
Miles latest, at the Knrl,on. Out in
West Philadelphia there is a first show :
ing for the city of n Fred Stone fca .
ture, ''The Duke Of Chimney Butte.
and other interesting dcbuts arc that
famous melodrama. "Ten Nights in n
Barroom" at the Victoria, and .Ihc
Final Payment" new Pola Negri
feature. at the Regent.
CUSTOM is so all l.powerful in the
~ photoplay world that, for number
Of years,sit has been n rash manager
who has dared to serve the fans menu
that did not include q feature of Mt
least five reels. Candor compels the al 4,
mission that in a large percentage OF
cases. this principal film would nave
benefited by n condensation to smaller
footage, but that is really another
The point in question is that the
Stanley will have a Harold Lloyd
comedy as it's main feature next week
To be sure, the specialized comedian
has graduated from two -reelers 20
four. but even that is. compnrativeiy
speaking, a short picture. II It Is
half as clever as Don't Weaken and
his other recent ones. It would De at d,
traction enough in itself. but-lo ana
behold there is condensed version
Of that famous Carmen, which Ter
aldine Farrar made several years ago
under the direction of Cecil -. De
Mile. with Wallace Reid in the role
Of don jose
And on top Of those two interesting
features there is novelty called ne
Four Seasons. conceived ana 'A'
ruted by Charles Urban and Raymond
L. Dtmars. 1t might ." cai,ea !.
.'dramatization Of Nature i'll that II
,akcs the four seasons. spring. summer,
autumn and winter. and expresses them
i'm terms of beautiful pictures in which
colors arc used. To animate these
beautiful scenes. birds and beasts have
been recruited for the casts OF these
cen recruited for the casts OF these
dramas of life.
II is something quite new. and but
a further proof that the seasoning OF
photoplay bills. the educational fea-
lures. the srenics. the novelties, pre-
sent an unlimited field to those VINO
have the artistry and ability to enter
tain combined in just the right pro-
portion. In recent weeks, the Stahie!
Theatre has had some exceptionally
fne shorter subjects. Sometimes they
taught, sometimes they amused. some :
times they thrilled. as in scenlcs show
ing far-away lands-always, or A.
most always, they were conceived py
real artists of one kind or another.
MOTHER classic (abominablc word
"A which is part of required work
IN many a class in high school or college
literature. appears now upon the screen
Housed in lust the theatre that shou't
appreciate IL at its true value. the cellu
Ioid version of "Jane Eyre Charlotte
Bronte's enduring novel. is something u
look forward to with unusual interest
The fact that it belongs to the Victorian
era is nothing in its disfavor: Both II
characters and incidents, 1t mas mate
rial 80 interesting that IL Ia only
wonder that some company has not doh
10 before. ,.,..
Hugo Ballin. whose directorial abilit!
has been shown IN NUMBER It ircva ".;fa
pictures, is at the helm. and his wite
Attractive Mabel Balln, whom fans VII
remember in AT the Journeys End
and Others, plays Jane. Norman Trevor
now a theatrical manager in his ow
right ms well as capable actor, !
Rochester.
Mabel Ballin is the only picture sta
whom Philadelphia can claim as ne
very own. Her. maiden name was Mape
Croft and she was born in Washingto
Sauare and went to grammar school q
Twelfth and Locust streets. ana !
SUNDAY school in st. Andrews Church
Later she entered the School of In
dustrisl Art whore she took up ores
desieuing, besides doing odd bits c
painting. w.
From here. she drifted to New Nor
and into musical comedy, playing W.T.
rood old Frank Daniels. with fIsi
Jsnis and with 4. Miller Kent. Abou
This time. she met Hugo Ballin. promi
4 nent mural painter and portraitist, an
later married him, and the two becam
fascinated by the picture maxim
( game. You may remember her WORK
Maurice Tourneur's. The Mh!'
Heather" and with Elmo Lincoln II
"Under Crimson Skies.
Since Ballin became an lndependc'
producer. he has made the fo!!owir
pictures with his VIII" as star Ea
Iynne." Pagan Love. Ave Maria
and "The Journeys End.
nyCTURES which hare madc re'
II successes and ar' either TO be hc
ocer for furthCr shOTiuJF Or S"rrenc
ot other thcntrCs r'Ti wC"k in"i"dc II
Jn,ioriuJ. "7hc IrOu TrGN, mat III
Reach voru wiih AlmH Ten. NJ n
AIdine for sccoud wcck; "Ibc Fo,
Horscmcr OF thc lpocnivpSo. for n
thiyd reek nf nc Stanton; "%bnm'
, ,ritb .Iohr gilbert and RoscmdrV ThCb
~ FANS. and "Thc LOtuV Eaters.
John Barrymorc's dclighUM satire,
the Capitol.
YrHE announcement that De Milo
i newest feature saturday Night
was going to open at lh" Narit'
Theatre Saturday instead of Monda
suggested that there must be some co
nection between the names, but I
poetic alignment of names has nothi
to do with the innovation, 1t is ju
an experiment. modelled after the cu
tom In some Western cities, and pure
ss of q business nature. The Regent,
10 understood. is 10 try the same stul
They probably figure that Saturd
..F night being the big night, more peol
~ will see the picture then and heL
the word of mouth advertising
the film is good) will be more beI
Ackl, k T.. .o,,,,n - ,,o n. n;
s feature, we find the usual array of e
cellent actors and actresses. althou
some of the old De Mile standbys
Conspicuous by their absence. Conr
NaRel. who did 70 splendid a piece
work in "FOol's Paradise has rO