The Photo-Play Journal (Jul 1919-Feb 1921)

62 Photo -Play Journal A Wife Too Many Into the hotel lobby walked a beautiful .woman and a distinguished man. Little indeed did the gay and gallant crowd know that around these heads there flew stories of terror — of murder — and treason — that on their entrance half a dozen detectives sprang up from different parts of the place. Because of them the lights of the War Department in Washington blazed far into the night. About their fate was wound the tragedy of a broken marriage, of a fortune lost, of a nation betrayed. It is a wonderful story with the kind of mystery that you will sit up nights trying to fathom. It is just one of the stories fashioned by that master of mystery CRAIG KENftipY <IhsAmerican Sherlock Hdlmss ■,.' :£%<;. \, arthurb:, Ghe American Conan Doyle **&. He is the detective genius of our age. He has taken science — science that stands for this age — and allied it to the mystery and romance of detective fiction. Even to the smallest detail, every bit of the plot is worked out scientifically. Such plots — such suspense — with real, vivid people moving through the maelstrom of life! Frenchmen have mastered the art of terror stories. English writers have thrilled whole nations by their artful heroes. But all these seem oldfashioned — out-of-date — beside the infinite variety — the weird excitement of Arthur B. Reeve's tales. _Z2Hi :ZMM FREE— Poe 10 Volumes To those who send the coupon promptly, we will give FREE a set of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpieces in 10 volumes. When the police of New York failed to solve one of the most fearful murder mysteries of the time, Edgar Allan Poe — far off in Paris — found the solution. The story is in these volumes. This is a wonderful combination. Here are two of the greatest writers of mystery and scientific detective stories. You can get the Reeve at a remarkably low price and the Poe FREE. 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A CITY SPARROW (Paramount) Ethel Clayton has a pleasing vehicle in this story, which is based on the old theme of the city girl, worn out by the high life of Broadway, who finds rest, health and love in country environment. The story moves smoothly and holds the interest always. It is one of the best of the recent Clayton pictures. SHIPWRECKED AMONG CANNIBALS (Universal) This Universal special is spoiled by the efforts of the producers to make a bona fide travel picture into a melodramatic South Sea Island story. Edward Laemmle and a camera man voyaged to the southern Pacific and took many wonderful pictures of life among the savages of that part of the world. Whether the adventures which they record in the film happened or not, the pictures themselves are of intense interest to all persons who have (Continued on page 63) GETTING THE LAUGHS "ACCORDING TO HOYLE" (Continued from page 21) unusual had happened. This is one of the best of several such instances — and all of them revel in the quintessence of absurdity that possesses the logic of mathematics. A "gag" located in the lobby of the hotel is worked out in the same painstakingly ab-. surd manner. The big fellow slumps down in a corner near the elevator, remarking : "Y-y-you get the key. I'll h-h-have the porter bring the room downstairs." At the desk the little fellow can get no attention because the clerk is deep in conversation with a pretty girl. This is a Lloydesque opportunity. He crawls over the counter and helps himself to a key. He doesn't like the look of it, throws it away and selects another. A bright thought — he takes half a dozen keys to insure a desirable selection. Then, to be thorough, he confiscates all the keys on the rack. He then proceeds with his friend on the thrilling adventures with the pretty somnambulist, with whom he is in love, and who happens to be a guest at that hotel. It is apparent that while all these absurd conceits are especially adaptable for visualization upon the picture screen, they nevertheless conform, in their working out, to the comedy classics of the stage which the scientific analysts of the underlying causes of laughter so love to quote in support of their theories and their carefully formulated laws. MEETING MADGE (Continued from page 5) almost, now and then You leave her really charmed and think of her later as one of the more pleasing people who has crossed your path She reminds you of a popular fraternity girl of your college days, of a girl born and bred in some exclusive suburb who is one of the most popular frequenters of the country club And even though she's quite friendly you feel sure that you don't begin to know her in just one tea and, at the same time, you feel securely sure that she would be a lovely person to know. 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