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HERE se ............ .. Dorothy in G Minor .... Gordon Buck atkins, Pauline Haas,'··· k, Helen Weldon, Lee 8ta,._ Jock and Robert Black = WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1924 AND. THERE ON STAGE AND SCREEN Hoyburn theatre, on next Monday, Demy Indian com and I joined a wild-catcember 29. ting hanky-pank, and later, toured abr'lad According to Miss Wharton's novel, with a troupe of Indians as chief slang this shock completely upsets the convenwhaoger. I have since been a circus trational regime that governs the lives of peze artist, Wild West Indian, lumf>tar the Archer and Mingott families, which jack, river driver, deep woods and white become allied by the marriage of New- water guide. I have pushed a slip horn land Archer to Mae Weiland. It is the in a wind jamming ballyhoo banci, l11.:en exotic personality and continental fas- a kid top manager and rode bucking cination of Countess Olenska, a Russian, bronchos. who disrupts the peaceful monotony, and "I have faced, in war paint and feathshe accomplishes this startling feat by impudently disregarding the hard : md ers, the muzzle of a movie camera in fast rules set down by society. and calm- which I was delegated to do such playly reaching out for the man she loves, ful stunts as falling out of a twentyfoot tree and riding a horse off a cliff. despite his marriage to another. The brilliant manner in which Miss For the first I received $5 per fall and a touch of tic doloreux when I landed on Wharton developed the story of "The Age of Innocence" won the $1,000 Pulit- my neck; for the second, I rece1vcd zer Prize for this novel, which ranks as twenty-five bucks and the reputation of being a damphool. · one of the outstanding achievements of "It was while I was juggling pdls that modern literature. Warner Bros. determined to spare neither histrionic talent I took to slinging a quill instead .)f wear. or directorial mastery in the screen ver- ing it in my hair, wrote my first story -and sold it I Then and there Aescul'lsion of this stirrittg book, Neighboring TMateTJ Wesley Ruggles directed "The Age of pius lost a disciple. I have since turned , _________________. Innocence," with the assistance of Doran out nearly one hundred and fifty short .. Cox, while Johnnie Mescall at the cam- stories and novellettes that have been HOWARD era promises to result in some splendid published and for which I have 1>-'en · "Norma, why did you choose drama, photography for this latest Warner pic- paid real wampum." and, Constance, why did you ch<>?se ture. "Tongues of Fliame," which comes to comedy, when the two of you went mto the New Evanston theatre next Monday motion pictures ?" is an adaptation of the last novel by t.lte NEW EVANSTON late Peter Clark Macfarlane. It's a The interviewer caught Norma and Chief Henry Red Eagle, who play!ilfin Constance Talmadge together this past 1,;homas Meighan's new picture, "Ton- Joseph Henabery production and includes week and had an opportunity to put gues of Flame" is an author as well as the question. an actor. He divides his time between "Well, as a matter of fact," replied acting Indian roles for the screen and Norma, "neither Constance nor I made writing western thrillers for the mag.lthe choice for ourselves. The late John 7ines. Incidentally, Chief Red Eagle rloesn't Bunny decided that for us. "Constance and I had just left Erasmus speak the traditional Indian vernacular, with its "ugh, heap big bad medicine," Contlnuoue Hall high school in Brooklyn ~nd ~ad Every Day-1:16 to 11:11 beetl" playing minor roles at Vttagraph and similar picturesque phrases. He is a college graduate. As for his car~er, N. W. ..L · Statlp· at Howanl for about three weeks when we met let the Chief himself tell it: John Bunny at lunch one day. "Trilled my first war-whoops in a 8a·day, Moada,., Twe·d·,. "Constance and I were properly awed wigwam on the shores of Moosehearl Deeea-.er 2R, . . ae · at meeting the greatest man of the films. Lake, 'neath the nodding pines of the Norma Talmad1· Mr. J. Stuart Blackton, preside1_1t .of Old Pine Tree State and on the sp~·t In Her Lateat Bl· Saeee·· Vitagraph, was at the table, and 111 m- where my Maliseet fathers stood tm·cca"The Only Woman" troducing us said, "John, here are two sin to moccasin against our Mohawk foe~ young ladies whom I think have a ~u and measured tomahawks with ~hem. WfllaHda7 ture. What do you suggest regardmg "My father sent me on the warpilth NEW YEAR'S BYE SHOW them?" after a white man's wik-hig-an (whatTill PaMt Mld·l.llt "Constance ~gan to giggle, while I, ever that is) and after I had taken the THE BIG COIIEDY HIT ,·ery much on my dignity, frowned at scalps of Al-Gerbra, Geo-Graphy and "The Battliq Oreiolea" her for such levity. Bunny looked at us half a dozen dead languages with neatWICil Aa All a moment. "There's your ans~er, Blac.k- ness and dispatch I received a square ton,' he said. 'Look at the gtrls. M1ss of cured sheepskin as taken of my prowStar Caat of Co~ediana Constance has a well developed sense of ness 'fhen, setting my war-bonnet at NEW YEAR'S DAY humor; Miss Norma takes life more a ra'kish angle I stalked bodily forth to S~lal IHL·xe M·Cia"' seriously. I would suggest Constance for battle grim life on the gridiron of Fate Johnny Hinea comedies Norma for drama.' and took up the mortar and pestle {·f a "We t~k Bunny's advice." "The £-rly Bird" medicine man. For nine years 1 ~old Norma's latest picture is "The Only pr>stage stamps, dispensed cod live~. oil, Frldar ··d 8·tarda7 Woman," which is her first photoplay opedoldoc and hexamethyllantetrranunan Matt Moo..-Dorothy De.-on since "Secrets." It was .Produc~ by hy dromethylencitrate. (Ain't thab a Joseph M. Schenck for Ftrst NatiOnal lalapaloosa ?) "The Narrow Street" release. , "Then the wanderlust began to tickle Satarda)' Matlaee I· ad411tloa to · tile Rt"plar Sllow Reversing the theme of a parent s sacrifice for a son or daughter, "The Only "Weatern Wallop" Woman" tells the story a a girl who surrenders herself for her father upon the marriage altar. , Eugene O'Brien i.s Miss . Talmadge s leading man. The p1cture w1ll be shown at the Howard · theatre next Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, December 28, 29, Acceaaoriea and 30. The Howard theatre management <~n nounces a New Year's Eve. show n~xt Wednesday night to run unttl past midnight featuring ~he ~om~dy,. known as Goodyear "The Battling Orroles wtth an all star cast of comedians" promised. doors locked. Then let the fire break out and leave them to decide whether to perish in the flames or unlock the doors and face the husband . Such in brief is the time-worn story painfully told in "Locked Doors." It is a rare combination of sighing, crying, love-making and general demonstrations of emotion portrayed by a cast who seem to feel that they have a certain number of reels to make and might as well get it over with. Betty Compson is the young wife who struggles with her emotions, Robert Edeson the middle-aged husband who gives her up to the youth played by Theodore Von Eltz. The latter is may idea of ooe who should stay away from such parts. If there is anything about the picture to warrant staying a wake it is the brief corr.edy moments injected by the veteran Theodore Roberts who is always good. in a strons cast Bessie Love, Eileen Percy, Cyril Ring and othen. Reviews of the Week B:y Tlvs;ilM Sextette ........... .. "STTTING PRETTY" With the Dolly Sisters Garrick Theatre 'fake a comedy with music by Guy 11olton, P .. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern . turn 1t over to such competent peopk as the radiant Dolly Sisters, the genial Frank Mcintyre and the handsome Fred Santley and you have a good show. Should you have the slightest doubt about it I suggest a trip to the Garrick to jU(il!e for yourself. There is the germ of an idea in the plot Mr. Bolton prepared. He presents Mr. Pennington, tired and disgusted with his blood relations, adopting an orphan girl and a young boy whom he 1rould mate. Mr. Pennington has for hi ' motto, "fewer and better Penningtons." But the adopted boy turns out tr· he the pupil of a crook who has used him in a simliar way on previous OC· casions. Also, the boy falls in love with the twin sister of the adopted daughter while the disinherited nephew of Mr. Pl·nnington's marries the latter young lady. All of which makes for many funny complications as the evening progresses. Throughout the proceedings the exqui'ite Dolly Sisters are much in evidence. They dance individually and collectively, ~mg a bit now and then and do such act· ing as the book demands. Like many a· good act of the two-a-day, they start ~lowly, speed up as the plot thickens and finish with a bang. They are the life of the party and I wonder not that London and Paris found them much to their liking. Frank Mcintyre, fatter than ever and j ust as funny, is the musical comedy crook and most of the choice bits of comedy fall to him. He has lines that reek with cleverness and he puts them across as of old. Fred Santley and Paul Frawley are the two young men who fall in love with the twins. The latter is particularly effective, has a good voice and dances well. Harry Lewellyn is good it~ Mr. Pennington. There are a number of splendid tunes and one or two which will be sung quite generally in local circles. One of them, ·· A Year from Today" was unusually catchy while "D~r Prison of Mine," as rendered by Mcintyre and Santley, was repeatedly encored. A Lopez orchestra under the direction of Ben Jerome of old LaSalle memory, was respot;sible for some of the evening's success. "Sitting Pretty" is clean and whole'ome musical comedy easy to look at and. pleasant to hear. STAGE NO SHORT CUTS cuts to health via the lute usually end up Lt Graveyard Crossmg. y will not stand up y more than a high tomobile, says the I of I WEU.S-WUCOT CO.. INC. IllS ewe... A.,., a....... &....... ............ NEWELL & RET CHIN .Mattaeee Baturdaye, Buada)'e, Bollda)'e HOWARD ADElPHI 7174 Nwtla Clarll St. 8··d·F· Meada7 Richard Barthetm..a Ia the O·t·Caadl·s Hit Of tile Y~ar "Ciuamatea" T11e. .a7 . . . WM·e. .a7 JVJCW VICAR'S ICVIC 8HOW R··· R··· TIJI Paat lllda....C Betty CoiDpeoD ~.pia. M-;o. "The Fut Set" Heleae Chaclwick NEW VICAR'S DA.Y "Cheap Kiue." "Go-Cettera"-Lat..t Chapt· The Cump-,.Aa.ly'a Hat" rrs·a7 ··· Sat. . . .,. BIG DOUBLE I!IHOW ,. Bert Lyteli-CiaiN Wilwlaor "Born Rich" Buater K-toa "11ae Na.iaator" SCREEN "THE SNOB" Chicago Theatre Here is one of the good pictures of the year. Not that it is spectacular, b'!t there is a certain something about tt \\'hich makes you have an interesting hour or two. The story is taken from the n<;>vel.by Helen R Martin while the d1rectton was by Monta Beit. It is well to mention the latter fact inasmuch as Mr. Bell has done an unusual job and his fut'!re efforts will be watched with much mtt·rest. G'lbe Eugene Curry, played by John 1 rt: is the son of poor but honest pare!ib living a small town life and strugglmg to put Eugene through schoo! Eventually he becomes a professor 1~ a nearhy college. There the infatuation of the town's richest young lady and. an :._xaggerated idea of h~s ~wn tmpo ance make him feel he ts JUSt a. ltttle t~ good for ordinary mortals, wtth especla reference to the pretty school teah~h~~ he left behind whep he started on IS ~reer." But he does marry her as she lies to please her, however, he. to what is expected to be her says death bed. as he at the same time wntes young lady in the city. "she tri~ked into marrying her but ru fix thmgs when I see you." . But his wife recovers from her tllness and he is forced to take her with him to the college town. He ~tinu~s his afiair with the silly town gsrl, blmd to the fact that real people have discovered in his wife a woman of character a!ld worth. Eventually his wife finds ~1m out and with it comes a change ~uch is played as effectively as anything .I have recently seen. Norma Shearc:r IS the actress who does this and does ·~ so well. She is a remarkably beauttf~;~t young woman and with her &ood lO?ks 1s combined a rare sense of dramatic r~ quirements that is delightf~l. In. addition to John Gilbert, who ts capstal as the "snob," there is Conrad Nagel, ~ the sweetheart of former days, and httle Hazel Kennedy who plays a shyly awkward girl amazingly well. Go see this picture, you'll doubtless like it. Gasoline and Oils Tires, Tubes, Hood, General, The North Shore's Moet Repreeeatativ~ Theaten · HOYBURN During the last thre~ days .of the current week, Johnny Hmes Will be present on the silver screen at the Hoyburn in "Th Early Bird " which is said to have toe do with the' early going's about ·tk wa on driver of Th ml .. gl "four h.undred" that exs·:e 0~:~~ka of aristocrats that ruled 1 c u 1 York when Washington Square Ne~ed the confines of the right place mar. . due to receive a rude shock !0 :~ve, ~~ Warner Classic. "The Age '" e n ·· d t d to the silver sheet of Inn~~c~, W~~r~op's "best seller," Jobbers for Waclham'a Oila Three Stores DI1'S the nt Porceentirely ll,· the BRAUN BROTHERS 7Z3 O.lr St., Wiaaetka IHS IZl Main St., Wilmette lZ.U Ridl· aad Wilmette AYea., Wilmette Z11 w 1c~h~~~1gt~be~g~in~a.~3~d~a~y~s~ru~n~a~t~th~e~==============, w1 ir~o~m~. ·New Evanston H 0 y b u r n Startin1 Moaday Mond·y, Tueaday, Wedneaday MEIGHAN -in- THOMAS Beverly Bayne Elliott De:ate--Edith RoMrt· "AGE OF INNOCENCE" Comedy town... than any other brana. The bJIPIC eeUer 1.0 A. R. M.cDould, R.tail Ctoc·· "More value in a pound of ~ ~ Ncw-.DL . N.w. "TONGUES Johnny Hines OF FLAME" "THE EARLY Friday aad Saturday -inAlao IIQVAUIY 'ft!!-.~ 10YE.UlS -:ciUUrs THE REASON" Take a beautiful yeung lady, rna~ to a wealthy middle aged man, a hancbome young man about her own ace, brina them together Wlder ~. same roof. Have the young man vt.sst the Young wife in her bedroom WJth the "LOCKED DOORS" McVicltef's Tlteat,., HARRY LANGDON ..ALL NIGHT LONG" BIRD" REID.~.. & aaa.o · .,..._ · · 'I trfJ.,J <X?· l'klltl ... · New1'odl