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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 May 1926, p. 33

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May 21, 1926 WILMETTE Maurice Costello and sister of the beautiful Dolores Costello, who was seen with John Barrymore in "The Sea Beast" shown this week at the theatre. A Hal Roach comedy, "The Old War Horse," and a Pathe review will complete the hill. "Charley's Aunt" and "The Man on the Box" established Syd Chaplin in the front rank of screen stars. Even Brother Charlie probably never caused more actual laughter in any two pictures that Brother Syd did in those first two. And now Syd has gone and done himself one better 111 his latest picture, "Oh! \V'hat a Nurse!" which will he shown Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Here is a comedy that allows virtually 110 let-up in the laughter it provoke s. It is fast, furiou s, rollicking fun from start to finish. LIFE 31 ., . '... ably deserves a large share of the ing the palace on a visit to his loved credit for the clever gagging. Himself o.n e. "a gag man" once with Charlie ChapThe Prime Minister decides that the lin, he has proved to be one of the only way to bring about the marriage most original laughmakers the screen he has planned, ts to deport the girl has known. who has stolen the proposed husband's And Syd Chaplin !-\'Veil, if )L ou interest and the American who bids VILLAGE THEATRE liked him in his other pictures. you fair to steal the heart of the princess. The picture to be shown a·t the Viiwill find he 1s fully twice as funny Needless to say, when they once find !age theatre on Friday and Saturday m this one. The story, quite logi- themselves outside the gates of the oi this week is "' Behind the Front," cally, gives him another chance to kingdom. Antoinette discloses her the war comedy featuring Wallace masquerade m women's clothes, and, identity to the man she loves, and they Bern· and Ravmond Hatton. if anyone is going to do that sort of are married without anyone's interNe~t Monday and Tuesday, May 24 thing, Syd Chaplin is the man to do ference. -oand 25. the feature attraction will be it. He has made the female masHe had a mile a mmute mind and "Sea Horse's ," with a cast including querade a thing of unbridled joy. Jack Holt, Florence Vidor and others. Playing opposite him in the picture a mile an hour bus! That describes The storv is hased on Beckv Gardiis the lovely Patsy Ruth Miller, who is Richard Dix's role 111 his latest Parancr's adaptation and J an1es · Hamildeveloping into one of the most adroit mount production, "Let's Get Married," . ton's scenario of Francis Brett Young's and charming comediennes of the which will be shown at the New Campus next week. You see, his -..ensational novel, which created quite screen. a iurorc when it appeared serially in To make it an all-comedv bill there father.- in an effort to keep Richard "Everybody's Magazine." will he an Our Gang cotlledy, "One on the straight and narrow path, took ' 1. t'ff I f vVritten hy Rohert E. Sherwood, Wild Ride," as \vell as a Pathe news his high powered car away, and ·gave · omct ling c 1 erent m tIe way 0 editor and motion picture critic of him an old electric coupe with orders "Ce nery, settings. atmosphere and "Lifr," 111 collaboration with Bertram reel. to "take it or leave it." Needless to h<tckgrounds ma~· he expecterl, tor the Bloc h, it faced the possibilitv of E W C M say-our hero grabbed it. 111ajor part of the action takes place in humiliating cli saster unless it were ac,-\ TlH NE A PUS But that was a darn lucky move for an isolated port on the East ·.'\frican qer ing cast headed hv Greta ' nail. \· verY. n·r.\· funn_\·. F or Sherwood, ..... \ · · C J · l'·>a.st. H owe ver. mam· of the earlier . \1:-. :o-l'll, \ ' dltam oilier, r., ~fare 11ac- Dix. One dav, in the midst of a traffic . a.; a critic, has been nlt'rcilt·ss 111 hi s D '-Ct'tH. ' s arc laid on hoard a hicr ocean t'rJllott and Lionel Barn·more: a jam. his car ~,·as bumped by Lois Wil, . . , att,trks UJlDll othl'r :-t' rt:L' Il writers. and. grl'at (1· · sta ff 1 . In· the ~o n 's roadste r. Then and there, one rr ~·ig hter. and it 1~ here that a verY lfl'Ctllflal 1Ca d ed · as the ('dittJr oi "Liit.:." he had the · rea listi c fi st fight 1s stajZed hrt\Yc en 111an \\'ho made "The \\'andcrcr," Raoul oi thosl' :-;ertous things known as com1 c magazinl'·._ 0\\'11 rC J>Utatioil to \\. 1 1 1 1 f t\\'1) of the officers for love of ~{iss as 1: an Ione st ,. unn\· story \\'rit- "heart trouble" set 111. Richard fell 1 1 uphold. ten In- tht· t'ditor. oi "(iie." .Robert ior l.ois and she for him. 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