Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

Photoplay Magazine — AoMiRiisiNCi Skction The Shadow Stage (Co7itinued from page 68) Here is excellent picture material. The values, sentimental and dramatic, are so simple that it is difficult to understand how they could have been missed, or so shabbily treated when recognized. Mr. Ince's use of the leads is conventionally extravagant. And he had only to be simple and human and reasonable. It's a great pity so fine a chance was thrown away by Metro. Miss Emma Dunn, by the fine art that is hers, plays beautifully such episodes as are properly built up for her. HIS HOUSE IN ORDER— Paramount' Artcraft THERE are indications in '"His House in Order" that Elsie Ferguson was already tired of the studio and the screen when the picture was made. She is quite as beautiful as usual, and as effectively dramatic when drama is called for, but she is lifeless and heavy in many of the episodes — notably those of the fancy dress party in Paris. She could have attended her father's funeral with quite as much joy as she puts into this adventure. Any young woman with the spirit to go to the party, in defiance of her husband's orders, would have extracted a little fun out of it. Like so many of the later Pinero plays, "His House in Order," even as an acted drama, developed a negative rather than a positive appeal. In the screen version it is saved by the distinction with which Mr. Ford has cast and directed it. The players are ladies and gentlemen of quality, the settings are in splendid taste and there is a human note sounding through the story. Miss Ferguson, as said, seems tired and lackadaisical. Her scenes with tne child, however, are well played and he is, as always, extremelj decorative. DUDS— Goldwyn ANOTHER incidental picture, saved by the star, is Tom Moore's "Duds," made by Goldwyn from an S. E. P. story by Henry Rowland. An incidental picture, in the sense that it will inspire neither the rousing cheer nor the sibilant hiss, but hold its audience reasonably interested during the hour of its showing. Thomas is a detective in this one; a capable soldier back from the wars with nothing on his mind but his snappy little officer's cap and the disquieting thought that soon, he will have to go to work. Strolling do^^ the street one day what should Capt. Toha run smack into but a raid on a gem smuggle^^den. And then into a pretty girl trying to^escape from the den. Into a taxi, immediately thereafter, and away on the trail of Romance and Adventure. An engagingly self-asserLive hero is Tom Moore, and Naomi Childers the alluring type of heroine who justifies a hero's sticking on the job until she is his'n. THE VILLAGE SLEUTH— Paramount' Artcraft TO an amateur detective, all things are criminal. In "The Village Sleuth," Charles Ray continues his series of the adventures of a country boy. This time he is a bucolic Sherlock Holmes and the world just seethes with clues and crimes. He works as "hired man" in a sanatorium and uses all his best disguises in trying to solve a murder mystery, which is neither murder nor mystery, but only a practical joke. Like all the Charles Ray pictures, it is the best kind of .amusement, although it hasn't the appealing pathos or the dramatic quality .if some of his films. (Contimied on page qq) Be Curious Enough to Try Them See what scientific cookery has done You should try Van Camp's Beans for curiosity sake. They will form a discovery. And a one-time serving will change your whole conception of Baked Beans. Whether you bake at home or buy ready-baked beans, here's a dish that's different. Find it out. New-day methods Culinary experts have spent years in perfecting Van Camp's Pork and Beans. The n\ethods are scientific. The beans are grown on certain rare soils. Each lot is analyzed before we start to cook. The boiling water is freed from minerals, so the skins will not be tough. The baking is done in sealed containers, so the liavor can't escape. We bake by live steam under pressure. Thus we bake the beans for hours at high heat without bursting or crisping. They are baked with a sauce — the most zestful sauce you ever tasted on baked beans. The result is an ideal dish. They will make beans popular — cut your meat bills down. And they are always ready. You can serve them piping hot in ten minutes. Learn today what such beans mean. Pork and Beans Three sizes, to serve 3, 5 or 10 Baked \Vith the Van Camp Sauce— Also Without It Other Van Camp Products Include Soups Evaporated Milk Spaghetti Peanut Butter Chili Con Came Catsup Chili Sauce, etc. Prepared In the Van Camp Kitchens at Indianapolis Van Camp's Tomato Soup Based on a famous French recipe, but highly perfected. There are 18 kinds, but try the tomato. Van Camp's Spaghetti The prize Italian recipe, but made with ingredients of the rarest grade. Van Camp's Evaporated Milk From high-bred cows in hve rich dairying districts. When you write t't a tr vti^prj please ni-tni'Hi PHOTOPLAY MACi/INJ;;.