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RE AND THERE ON STAGE AND SCREEN *ew3 of the Week By Thespian ' STAGE "TOPSY AND EVA" With the Duncan Sisters Selwyn Theatre er loop show has "caught on" say on Randolph Street and now iter Duggan has to do is to count -kles that come rolling in. For can Sisters have found a black in their oyster shell s&nd the path is in the direction of the these nights. y and Eva" is more or less self tory, being a musical comedy n "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in which osette Duncan essays the role sy and Miss Vivian Duncan that thread of the familiar story runs the proceedings and albeit es a bit different than our child ading of the plot, it is entirely tory. There are too many tune es, too much dancing and too omedy to worry about plots. e is Basil Ruysdael as Uncle ith a magnificent voice and Fred- mon Legree," Asrley Cooper, a te." Frank Wallace is a realis- mon Legree," Asrlep Cooper, a "Lawyer Marks" and Wilbur n, a satisfactory Augustine St. he real delight of the show is ses Duncan, one as beautiful as n doll and the other about the female you ever saw and cer e best of that species in black One readily believes her when laims that her mother was Al She is a cut-up of the wildest d the audience had difficulty in enough of her. The songs they gether are the hits of the piece o-Re-Me" had to be repeated d over again. should also make mention of the king chorus seen in these parts moons. They would lend much o a Ziegfield show. Then there 1 of fine dancing culminating in ance by Harriet Hoctor that is tion. ether a most pleasant evening is at the Selwyn and "Topsy and ids fair to be with us for some SCREEN 'SLACK OXEN" First National Picture Chicago Theatre "how I couldn't get wildly ex- bout this screen version of Ger- Atherton's much discussed book. is something so unreal about it; ing that makes you wonder why ut so much time and energy into aterial. ably as well known as any recent we find the woman of sixty, an 30 of power both socially and atically, rejuvenated to the ap- e of a young woman. A young an falls in love with her and to marry her even after she re- o him her true age. She is will- til a former Austrian suitor con- ker that a youthful appearance enough and that love alone at her d with her experience behind her ot suffice for perfect contentment, direction of the picture is almost reproach and the way it is helps to carry the interest h to the end. Corinne Griffith is as the young "old" woman and is ¦ quite capable. Conway Tearle ys his usual type of ardent lover. Bow, who is an impossible flapper, be very acceptable in slapstick y. "TO THE LADIES" Paramount Picture McVickers Theatre re is my idea of a real pleasant gs entertainment. No sumptuous s or clashing swords but an btter- 3 ta'e, well told. e ladies, particularly, will enjoy it se it's a story about their influence ves the inside dope on how much female of the species really has to ith affairs even though they may tilling the strings from behind the s- The play, itself, was a con- able success and this picture version Id not fall far behind. not going to give the plot here thereby spoil the fun but you'll like excellent work of the grand old . of the screen, Theodore Roberts, se Dresser and Helen Jerome Eddy capital as the two principal female "8 Pliers." Some will think that ard Morton is somewhat too mild unsophisticated but he's a good dian and strives to please. ere's much good comedy, a smooth >ng.picture and no playing up to an tanding star. I thmk you'll like the Lad**." "THE EXTRA GIRL" With Mabel Normand Here is a story by Mack Bennett that has in it a little of everything. He seems to have had in mind to mix all the ingredients together with the idea of pleasing everybody with something. There are the plain, honest small town folks with the daughter (Mabel Nor- mand) concerning whose prospective husband there is much talk and subse- quent action. There is the home leaving, the journey to Hollywood, the oil stock salesman who gets the folks' hard-earned cash and the ultimate marriage with the poor but honest young man. But there is action all the time and Mabel Normand is the dead center of it all. As a harum scarum girl she has no equal and her ability to express a mixture of feelings is something to mar- vel about. You may conclue that the story is impossible, disjointed and not of any particular calibre, but you'll be so interested in watching Miss Normand's changing moods and deciding that she is one of the real screen actresses that it really won't matter. The support is good including George Nichols and Ralph Graves while the direction of the picture * by Richard Jones is above reproach. ••THE ETERNAL CITY" First National Picture Roosevelt Theatre It is quite probable that The Eternal City will make much money for some- one and will be of interest to those movie attendants who are thrilled by spectacu- lar scenes, especially when they have a foreign flavor. Personally, I was not particularly impressed. The title really signifies nothing unless it refers to the fact that the scenes were made in Rome and revolve around Italian history. There is little resemblance in this pic- ture to Hall Caine's story from which it was adapted. Here they have inserted the world war and the subsequent radi- cal troubles. Everything is political, nothing religious. There is a love story concerning Dona and David, the latter going to war and being reported killed. Dona, thereupon, accepts the patronage of a Baron, innocently believing that her ability as a sculptress is what is winning her fame. Of course, David wasn't killed, and comes back to become the leader of the forces trying to drive out radicalism. He has a hard time proving to himself that Dona is the pure and virtuous maiden she holds herself out to be but in the end all is well. The story might have been laid in any other country. In fact, pictures nave had their settings in this country that were not far from the general drift of this one. There are scenes in the Coliseum, before St. Peters and elsewhere in Rome, with several mob scenes that are spectacular. Bert Ly- tell, Barbara LaMarr, Richard Bennett and Lionel Barrymore are given lead- ing parts, the last named being by far the best of them all. Taken as a whole, it is not to be compared with the many other spec- tacular films that have been shown here .11 recent months. At the Howard Soon Neighboring Theaters NEW EVANSTON Richard Barthlemess and Colleen Moore were the attractions at the New Evanston this week. To be sure, they were not in the self-same picture, though the combination would be quite delightful, rather they divided honors, Dick appearing in the fore part of the week in "The Fighting Blade*" while Colleen provided a pleasant week-end in "April Showers." An "Our Gang" comedy did the funny work for the patrons. "April Showers" continues through Saturday, January Starting Monday, January 21, the New Evanston presents Tom Moore in "The Big Brother," a story by Rex Beach. Larry Semon provides the comedy entitled "Horseshoes." HOWARD Tom Mix will be the principal at- traction at the Howard on Sunday, January 20, in his latest thriller, "Eyes of the Forest." On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day the Howard presents "Anna Christie," starring Blanche Sweet. This film enjoyed a record run in the Loop and is said to be an accurate interpretation of the famous stage success of that title. The booking for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week is "Spider and the Rose," starring Gaston Glass. The musical programs at the How- ard are of uniform high quality and provide a feature of the entertainment that is not overlooked by the play- goers of the north shore. ADELPHI William S. Hart will be seen at the Adelphi on Sunday and Monday, Jan- uary 20 and 21. "Wild Bill Hickock" is the vehicle and is said to be one, of Mr. Hart's best performances. It is the first Hart picture produced in two years. "Blow Your Own Horn." starring Johnnie Walker, and "The Love Pirate," with Carmel Myers in the leading role, will provide a double- bill entertainment at the Adelphi on Tuesday, January 22. On Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Adelphi patrons will be offered "The Green Goddess," in which George Arliss has the principal role, ably supported by Alice Joyce PROMOTE BIG BROTHER IDEA Arden Shore "Grads" to Aid Rest Camp Boys ETHE NEW \T VANSTOiN "The Big Pictures First" Thursday, Friday and Saturday COLLEEN MOORE in "April Showers" and OUR GANG "Tire Trouble" ESTABLISHED 1854 C.H. JORDAN & COMPANY FUNERAL DIRECTORS FOR 69 YEARS 612 Davis Street, Evanston, III. Phone Evanston 449 164 N. Michigan Ave. Phones Randolph 1346-1347 Mrs. Joseph J. Siddall of Glencoe, Mrs. Grant Ridgway of Kenilworth and Mrs. George A. Mason of Highland Park, president and members of the Arden Shore association, gave a party for the "old boys" or graduates of the winter camp, at the Union League Boys' club, 19th and Leavitt streets, Chicago, on Wednesday evening, January 16, at r 30 o'clock. The boys were given a good supper, there were moving pictures, games and a regular talk-fest with their old friends of Arden Shore. This was the first of a series of par- ties or reunions planned for these boys and is part of the follow-up work by the Arden Shore association. An effort is being made to provide each boy as he leaves the camp with a "Big Brother." Some one who will give him a word of advice and a bit of help in carrying out the ideas of health and fair dealing that he received at Arden Shore. It is hoped in time to have a well or- ganized club of Arden Shore boys in business in Chicago who will spread the gospel of Arden Shore and, in their turn, help other boys to a high standard of living. 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