Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-30
;pFNROD' AND KEATON
4 VIZ ON STANLEY BILL
.r,sck,es' Barry Star Of Tark.
,,o4on Feature-Buster In
His Wife's Relations

sA.ulsy--To take two or three vol
80 ~ short stories and weave them
: % snso a single photoplay Is an ambitious.
,%aV not to say presumptious. aim, but that
u lust what was done with bootn
M.:kinston's "Penrod." boy classics.
The resultant feature Incorporates a
Aosen or 40 Of the most amusing ana
cnars.d cn.a,cd bv Marshall Neilan with his
d"., d!,eV,' srocc and sympathy. He is aided
vs'o' cast that IL remarkable both for
Ty,.,b Ty and we'll known names. Tully
r,.narrshaii ,.nrsh and Claire Mcdowell play
MMaIsnd.s norents, Clara Horton. his
Ie."e,Scart: Marjorie Day. his big
sw.e N..sr. Sunshine and Florence Nor
s,.on, % Herman and Verman, and Peggy
!. lane. Baby 1tennsdnle.
'avr. 'Vo,, wiil ace in this Aim feature the
,.,io,y;nv Of Penrod's cscapades: His
~ lated visit to the circus: his por-
.,a, of the Child Sir I.auncelot in
~ 'sroateur show hie meeting and ad-
,sntures , with Rupe Collins. the town
,o"sh: his showma nship abilities as
Ssplayed in the advertisement OF the
.,cScst boy in town, ns related to
Condemned murderess' his attempts to
dance with the tiniest and most tenn
rermental girl in town, and many more.
.,I.,.s ~ ~ and a few hearty laughs. That
. Ts seldom Harrington Ia a fact to be
\ a,nlored, but 70 many this will not
~ held In objection. Some of the
4 sbsracters ~ resemble the Harrington
.hsracterizations: others are far too
e% or Young. and are distinctly dis
onnointing. They all work very hard
* thpy had not tried to bring In so
n,ny episodes. and thus cut the flm
hx about a quarter, 1t would have been
~ much more potent success.
i . IN thc same bill is Buster Kenton' s
/. ,swcst comedy. "His Wife's Rela.
Nons," It IS not a second Boat. y
Sut. 10 the truth be told, it Is far su-
nsrior TO Chaplin's recently shown
Epay Day" built on much the same
,,oppy and hopelessly slapstick lines.
4 Karlton-Occasi sionally there Is an ex..
,eention to that otherwise iron bound
,sule that youth and beauty must rule
me screen. Lon CLANCY. mainly BY his
!. remarkable work as 1.-THE Frog IN
nTbe Miracle Man." won host Of
.dm;rcrs for his remarakle character
acting.
Now this actor appears once more.
asain In a part which allows him to
show many Of his Thousand faces cot
which none is in the least handsomel
and the result is fast moving, zestful
picture. The setting is the ever popular
Great Northwest. and Chaney's part is
" light hearted trapper, who is
turned into q "wolf man. when his
sweetheart is stolen from him.
The cast is unusually fine. containing
such striking figures "A Frank Cam
peau as an NJ. r.: Herbert Standing as
benevolent French padre; Dagmar
Godowsky. as the false sweetheart !:
Irene Rich. north country school
teacher. and Alan Hale, the properly
villanous villain.
Arcadia-Spain as II is! That de-
Eribes 1.-THE Spanish Jade" picturi-
sation OF Maurice Hewlett story,
which was made on the actual ground
described by the author. The story Is
more or less hackneyed. but the superb
settings and the rich atmosphere, plus
cast that has more than the ordinary
ability, and director who. as he
always has, shows himself an artist,
combine to put "The Spanish Jade"
among the better pictures.
John Robertson is the director. and
while this Is not a CDR Jekyll" or a
"Footlights, he has worked wonders.
The cast is headed by sincere and hard
working David Powell, and also con =
talns Harry Ham, comedian. in q
yillainous role; the always dependable
Marc McDermott, and new leading
lady, Evelyn Brent, who is pleasing to
look upon. and a fairly good actress.
Victorla-Henri Bernstein, partially
diluted for film purposes, is the hest
description of "Shackles Of Gold"
adapted from the French dramatist s
Samson
Thanks to the painstaking direction
Of Herbert Brenon and the forceful and
refreshing acting of William Farnum
as the man Of finance who set out tc
break rival. despite the fact that
the process would ruin him. "Shacliles
Of Gold is solid and substantial film
play, not set of by any great high
lights, but never slovenly. Myrta Bo.
nillas plays the role Of the wife we'll
but the rest of the cast is not up t
The caliber of the star or director.
Regent-Bebe Daniels is generally
associated with vampires and dashins
happers. but for the time. at any rate
and has become a shy. little orphan
girl in a flm called Nancy of No
where Somehow Bebe and Polly
anna ism do not mix very satisfac
2torily, but the star does her best, ant
she receives excellent support from
Edward Sutherland, Vera Lewis, Myr
tle Stcdman and James Gordon. Ther'
Is strain of comedy running through
the picture that redecms the mawkisi
moments.
CapitOl-A strange combination o
comedy and heavy melodrama is fount
10 Nine Seconds From Heaven Their
- one Of those familiar young mil
!ionaires, bored with life and looking
I0r adventure. The part is played b.
EHharlcs King in negligible fashion
Inc heroine, who finally provides tn
thrills he Graves, is played by Louis
helnwood in pleasing style. The pro
auction Is misunderstanding more.