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WILMETTE 1924 AND THERE ON STAGE AND SCREEN Reviews of the Week SCREEN "CLASSMATES" Chicago Theatre Hrrr t> a pictur~ that .is dean, ining and ~ontams actio!'· Nc;>t the ttding h1t of the mot1on p1cture but just one of those good s t hat make you feel you had money's worth. ha' many things that are entirely happening_s that thrill 1an . . ome a hac kground of real merit . There drills and other things that hap a t W est Point where much of the ure was taken. There are some ac to rs and actres ses in it and on whole it offers a splendid mixture y, pathos and heart interest . l ' , to ry is of a lad from a small 11 wh o is appointed to West Point ~ .. rs through to his senior year. r gra duation he is forced into an tion with a bully who is h is ior the affections of a certain g lady. They fight and the bully il!'ns blindness a s a result. The lad di s rn i~ sed from the academy. Later, pron:· to the girl that. he was right , im·ade s South Amenca to find the and bring him ~ack. Only by 'ng- can he set matters right . And has much excitement doing it. Ric hard Barthelmess is the hero and good one even though there is a spot and there where he appears just e too full of sentiment. Many sce nes, however, approach per~fadge Evans does rather well young lady while James Brad. Jr.. and Beach Cook are splendas two young cadets. " THE NAVIGATOR" McVickers Theatre Buster Keaton is the star in this. Ka" igator has to do with things happen to him when he and a lady are adrift on a liner and dons his diving suit to fix a (or perhaps it's a rudder). That's th e real loud laughs begin and its to\\'ard the end of the it makes up for any time prelost. th e start of things Buster is a thv and helpless young man reby his young lady and on his Honolulu. Eventually he finds a.nd the girl on the same oat in tne ocean . The boat runs und and Buster then dons his and goes down to fix things up. b:>tt\es an octopus. fights swordfish finally drifts onto the mainland strangs inhabitants mistake fo r a new type of diety. There muc h excitement of a comic sort d a n es cape that is clever and 11)'. ~er keeps tbe rtable, clean aac1 non the coldest time runniaa ., r atairs, tryiftc to er. You do net ~r Kart ~e claanainc tern'*" Heat is ftltirt& tl. DO lOOt, DO Ub& t bJ ~neen wi6 of awaufacturt., t 18 wta,. the Hilt cure the lameness of the daughter of one of the most famous of these surgeons. With a deft hand the author has written her last two acts around this resolve and how weH "The Out sider" succeeds in his attempt makes for one of the interesting plays of re cent months. Lionel Atwill, with a personality and manner of speech wh ich are immcnsly pleasing, can be credited with an out standing bit of work as Anton Ragatzy, the Outsider. He is smooth, pompous, servile or a passionate lover as occasion requires and his scenes with Miss Ann Davis are especially fine. The latter, cast as Lalage Sturdee, daughter of the famous surgeon, is not only beautiful to look upon but a capable actress as well and her work in the third act unusually stirring. The balance of the cast is entirely satisfactory, particularly with reference to Pat Somerset. The Outsider will probably cause considerable discussion during its stay at the Garrick with many pros and cons. And regardless of what your particular views of the medical profession may be you will appreciate the way Dorothy Brandon has set things forth . Comiq to tlae Howard 30. negro, like Lot's wife, turned into a pillar of salt. Antonio Moreno and Helen Chadwick will appear in "The Border Legion,. along with an Our Gang comedy "Stmdown Limited" on Sunday, November On Friday and Saturday Florence Vidor and Walter Heiers will wind up the week at the Howard with "Chrisinc of the Hungry Heart." And in addition to the regular show a Sennett comedy "Love's Sweet Piffel," and at the Saturday matinee Richard Talmadge will be there in "American Manners." ADELPHI Sunday and Monday of next week, Richard Dix will appear in "Manhattan" at the Clark Street movie theatre. Tuesday will be double feature day with Agnes Ayres in " Worldly Goods" and Fred Thompson in "The Silent Stranger." Wednesday and · Thursday, December J and 4, will see Irene Rich starring itt "This Woman" and the eternal quett-tion, "Should Landlord's Pay?" wiD be settled accordinc to the etlUca of ac.reeD· dom. Slow procress was made in "shoot· ing" the nursery scenes in Thomas H. !nee's new First National productioa, "Christine of the Hungry Heart." The reason was that a dozen or more m«hanical toys were used as "props." The entire stage crew, from Dircctot George Archainband down, became faac:nated with the mechanical trains, doll. dancing darkies and other devices, UMI on more than one occasion were foancl grouped on the ftoor trying to figure oat some complicated toy. Little Dorothy Brock, four, ODe of thl! featured players of "Christine,'" didn't show the interest in the toys tt.t some of the grownups did. "I want to work,.. she told her nurse between scenes one day, while the stale crew were holding a train race on the set." "'Christine of' the. HW'l~ry Heart"' ley is Fred Hopper whom she marries. He is an automobile salesman, gifted with a great line of talk and "apple sauce" ideas of the future. In fact, he's all ideas and no initiative. Victor Varconi is cast as the store manager, Clifford Ramsay. It is about these three that the story revolves-and it's not the time-worn eternal triangle theme either, but something said to be new. Paul Bern is a new director ("Open All Night" was his first work for the screen), and he has introduced some novel ideas into "Wordly Goods." On Monday and Tuesday, December 1 and 2, "Uninvited Guests" will be at the Davis street screen theatre. And Viola Dana "In Search of a Thrill" will complete the week on Friday and Saturday. The Yale University Press pictures of the chronicles of America will be shown in addition to the regular feature. florenc,e. Yid.or '"' New Evanston Hoyburn Startla· Moada,. Moaday aDd T .....,. Neighboring Theaten NEW EVANSTON "Wages of Virtue," adapted by Forrest Halsey from Percival Wren's novel of the same name which will enjoy a six day's run at the New Evanston theatre beginning Monday, December 1, is said to have been filmed practically entirely without the aid of make-up. With the exception of two of the male characters in "Wages of Virtue," Gloria Swanson's new picture which was directed by Allan Dwan, Paramount director, all the men in the picture appear without a sign of make-up. Exceptions to the no ma~e-up rule a~e Ben Lyon, who plays a young Amencan and Ivan Linow, the "heavy" of the' picture. · Lyon wears a straight juvenile make-up to bring out his youth and ~ uperior training-in contrast to the older and rougher members of the Legion. Linow wears a make up. so t~at in the many scenes he has w1th M1ss Swanson he may not appear too dark. The succes of Mr. Dwan's experiment is shown when two faces, one with make-up and the other without, are brought side by side. The face with the mala:-up Hems ftat and without individual characteristics by the side of tht unpainted face in which every crease 9r mark malces for individuality. Gloria has the role of a youthful Italian girl in love with an American recruit in the French Foreign stationed in Algiers. Norman Trevor, Joe Moore and others are among those in the strong supporting cast who appear sans makeup. There is plenty of action, and love interest to appeal to the red blooded in tht: par~doxically named film "Wages of V1rtue. ec:t--daebeet. co. Gloria Swanson "Wages of Virtue." COMEDY Daily Slaowa at LOUIS WOLHEIM "UDinftted Guest" w -...-.,. aad nant~.,. AGNES AYRES 'Worldly Goods' FridaT ··· Sat-uT VIOLA DANA NEWS "In Search · of a Thrill" ike most of Mr. Keaton's comedies, one is full of ori~inal ideas. and h of it is the kind of material make for hearty laughs. In pa rticular case it has been drawn to some considerable length in r to make it a feature picture but HOYBURN the whole it is interesting, amus"Worldly Goods," a Paramount pican d oriJCinal. As might be expectBu -;ter Keaton is the whole show, turization of the novel by Sophie Kerr supporting cast bein,:r just so- so starring Agnes Ayres will be featured at the Hoybum theatre next week Wedd not having much to do. nesday and Thursday. Paul llem directed the production which was adapted AMATEUR Comb ining originality of idea with for the screen by A. P . Younger. The story is a domestic comedyr interpretations. the University ·ilav. sho·o of Northwestern university drama of real human people which first ed three one act plays last appeared as a serial in the Ladies' Home which were enthusiastically re- Journal and has since proved successby the audiences on the sev- £ul as a novel. Miss Ayres has the role of Eleanor eve nin~s when they were given, nn ie Mav Swift hall in Evanston. Lawson, young secretary to the manager St. Patrick's Day in the Morning" of a large department store. Pat O'Mald to be an Irish skit involving erable action and a humorous interesting finish . Minerva Sands J. Lincoln Gibson were prominent it. "These Men," the second offering, thoroughly modern in trea 'llent subject matter. Naomi Sloane Contlnuou· especially good in this. Every D&y-1 :11 to 11:11 e Best of all Ways". by Julia N. W. -L" Stalloa at ILnral4 , concluded the performances. was before a jail gate in . . . . ..,.. No"ealter 1118 nd the story involved the ata young Irish lass to help her ANTONIO MORENO rt escape. It proved to be the HELEN CHADWICK ing of the three plays and "'nnE BORDER LEGION" forth some very clever work o... c-. part of Harriett Nerbovig and ·sUNDOWN LIMITED" Y Mertz. HOWARD A miracle, or as Thurston, the magician would say "what appears to be a miracle" was performed before the very eyes of the players during. t~e making of scenes for Rafael Sabahm s much discusKd \ove story, "Captain Blood," which will be shown at the Howard theatre for a four days' run beginning Monday, December 1. One of the big negroes who act as a body-guard for Col. Bishop, a role assumed by Wilfrid ~ort~, turned fr?m jet black into a ghstenmg, sparklmg white Wtder the direct rays of the sun. No one was more surprised at the transformation than the negro himself. He looked himself over from head to foot speechless, frightened, amazed. "Ah say, what am happened to me?" he inquired. "Am dis mah own self, or is ah somebody else?" An investigation disclosed the fact that the negro has a strong desire to become a champion prizefighter. It doesn't make any difference whom he fights, when or where; he loves to fight. As his nearly nude guard costume was composed mainly of liberal coatings of dense black grease paint smeared over his entire body he decided to toughen his hide by using a mixture of salt in . the grease paint. The actor was afraid the grea~ pamt would soften his skin and make htm unfit for the ring. Evidently his fear was very great for he used so much salt that when the paint dried in the heat of the sun, the salt crystalized and the Z. 4. 7 ... ~T C..tia.-. Z te It P. II. 'W'omca lilce tN ~Ill .Drasilf .Roonu ]9s Ange/es}j_mited In the new type extra bqe me.ing rooms five may drela in perfect comfort. Other d.iatmctift feature~~ ol tbla all· Pullman train areOblervation-dub and library car. Barber, hairdreaainc, bath, aDd dotbea ...-... ..mce. DiDiA& car an the way. NEWELL & RETCHIN Matln... SMWr4aye, 8un4aye. Ho\l4&7· HOWARD ADElPHI 7174 N..tl. Clark St. s ····.,. ··· RICHARD DIX "MANHA1TAN" T11~. . . .,.. ~-._ .. .11_·· ,.. eo...a,. 2 D-hle Feat·re D117 STACE " THE OUTSIDER" Garrick Thratre Here is an odd but interesteing bit Play writing by Dorothy Brandon. presented by Lionel Atwill and .as ociates. It begins slowly, rertng the entire first act to introduce ch.ar!lcters and give a glimpse of tt 1s all about. But once under it developes rapidly and finishes a final act full of action and in~t. ..... ...-.. w .... Tll·nr. AGNES AYRES Deeea·er 1. ll. S. 4 "WORLDLY GOODS" FRED THOMPSON In fact tbe wbole traia ia a 8YJDpbooy ol elepnc:e and comfort to that ~vel~ of winter ba~thcm Califonua. WARREN ICERRICAN LOS ANGELES UMITED Lv Cbia1ao (C.. N.W. Terminal) I:OOp.& Lc» AD&elce (lrd day) 2:20 p.IL "CAPT. BLOOD" ~··.,. ··· 8ata~·7 "The Sil·t Strupa" Wedae. .ar ··· 'l'll.n41a7 Ar: FLORENCE VIDOR WALTER HEIERS IRENE RICH ,.,_ otber dltll7 tr1IIDe direct to ~ . . . two to Denver with CIIIIIIICCtiou for Califorma. Stop at beautiful, hiatork Salt Lake Cit;y· ..., fell · ·,..,..,. - " "CHRISTINE OF THE HUNGRY HEART" ..LOVES' SWEET PIFFEL Senaett ComedT , "THIS WOMAN" ·sHOULD LANDLORDS LIVE" Frlda7 ··· ·t·rd·Y ForA·' awt....,_,.,......,._.._........_. B. B. ()raw, TieUt .,_, WiMa-.111. T ....._.. storv concerns one Anton Raga malcer of surgical instruments has invented a new apparatus to and cure twisted limbs. His ul attempts cause much com!'-mOnJC the learned and famous ~ 1ans. wh? would have naught to lth h1m hl~l he qualify as a memthe med1cal profession. But he much bluff and bluster ailtlS to LLOYD HAMILTON "JOHNNY JONES ""THE CO-CETTERS"-No. 4 Chicago ~ North Wester~ R).