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August 6, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE NEW EVANSTON Thrill after thrill with everybody · fooled and every suspicion foiled as to the identity of the title characterthat · is the thunderbolt awaiting the placid fans who may suppose "The Bat," showing now at the New Evanston, is just another of those easy movie plots to solve. But just as the mv ste rv eluded solving " ·hen the play -was- enjoying ~uc h a marked success on the stage, tt is no"' doing the same in its film adaptation. There is one sensation a ftrr anothrr \Yit h no so lution until thr tn(Jillent the story gi\'es its secre t Stage and Screen News and Reviews NEW EVANSTON "THE BIG PIC'F;URES FIRST" ··- VILLAGE THEATRE Richard Dix in "Say It Again" will he the fea turc attraction at the Village theatre next ~Iondav and Tuesda~·. August 9 and 10. · The picture has a long, colorful sequence of whole-hearted, two-fisted scrapping \\·orkrd out in one of those side-splittin g comedy situations \vhich. han' caused such laughter and excitc- up. tnent in :'o mam· of Dix's features. Attemptrrl murders. a hauntccl man~f orcm·n, t l1e fighting invoh·cs ncar- sion. a hysterical ~laYey, a comedy ~~- one hundred people .. all ptlllching at dctl'ctin·. a hank robben·, a financial once. The situation is funn\· because crash- all these in a lall\· ~inth \\·itl1 the Dix. as the central figure in a·n intrigue rternal rr1nJanre lllakc - e,·ery spectaa round a throne. is not re. ponsihlc for tor's spin e r is c a n d . h i\'l' r an d h is his predicamtnt. being kept in ignor- throat rattle. < tJICC of what all "the shooting's for." The come1h· hrcome s a riot \vhcn , NEW CAMPUS C'h r "ter Conk.lin. b st laughed at in "A Russia in all its confusi(ln after the \\.nm:-~q oi the \\'orld" and "A Social f:1ll oi the Cz;Jr i_-; the background for C' t'll'hrit~· ." appears as the prince for "ThC' \·olga Bnatman" sho\\'ing 110\\' at \\· ilon1 Dix has been mistaken. the Xcw Catnpus. In this production .-'\s a hack~rotmd for the ston· we of Cecil B. Dr \fille. which is considsee the quaint streets. houses· and rred hy lll<IIl~· as one of the super citizenr~· nf an imaginary small Euro- rinf'mas of the Year. dramatic scenes pean kingrJ(,Ill, with the pomp and abound. It is th.e stnn· of the lm·c of ~pcctacle 0f its rm·ai court. an · aristocrat and a tniiing boatman 0f RunninR through the picture is a \~ol.((a. the principals heing Elinor Fair thr~:acl oi r0mancr \Yith real thrills, and \\-illiam Doni. One of the drac:-lamour ancl lira rt-t ug in it. The cen- matic scenes shows the aristocrats in ter of tl1is i:' hrautiful, hl0tHie AhTe thl'ir si lk s and satins forced into the ·-:\fills . Dix'.- nc·\\' leading wonian. llartH·sses of the Volga boatmen. The "Princes Elena." She is slencler and !'-tnr~·. an adaptation of a Konrad Bertall-as all princes . es should he- cm·ici plot, starts on the Volga he'fore \H'ighing ju:'t 122 pounds and being the Rr\'nlution and sw in gs into its fi\'(' feet fiH· incl1c..; in height. stride \Yhen the overturni ng 0f the There will ;-dso hr a ' Hal R0ach Czar puts the wlwle \\'Orld in upC' c> IJJL·ch· and "X e,·er Too Old" and a hea n I. Pat he . n e\\'S reeJ. NORSHORE THEATRE Haile<] a. a "different" picture of the THE HOYBURN '·Ran..; nn;':' Fcdh·." \\·hich romr t0 grca t outdnor:', "\fan trap," which th e H oy hurn nc ·;t \fnnda,·. is ha-;crl npen~ at tl1c Balaban & Katr. Xorshore nn the ulehrattd nr,,·el !)\· Ricl1ard Theatre SutHla,· for a four-da,· run. Thrding Da Yi'. Tt <kpirt :' ~l!Ie of the furni:-.;he-; somet.hing distinctl~· ncn·el in m r ,~t intL·rt:--tintr and pictttrl':'Cjue \lictun's. ph:1. cs oi r1ur national lllilitan· his- · "\ fantr ap" i:' a pn\\·erfu!Joye story i(lr~·. lifl· at :1 \\.l·..;ttrn army post dm- \\·hich rippk s " ·ith the humnr and ~at ire ii1C: the Indian " ·ars. Richard Bar- of it .~ distingui:·dJL'<i ;nithnr. Sinclair 11lc·lme':' pb\·:- tllf' lead with Dnrotln- T.t'\\'is. \\'ho ~\·ill he rcinrmherrd f0r ..\fark:til opposite him. · ··:,rain Street." "Rabbitt" and "ArrowDen LHln and -:\fa\· \fcA\·c,\·. in "The sm ith ." ~ :t Y:t~i.'... - arr now 011. the Ho~:hurn hill. .:-. ....( ~(~(....(,_,·0-- l\OW SHOWING LOUISE PAZENDA .... MAY McAVOY A Comedy Riot ~~THE PASSIONATE QUEST'.' DE LUXE J1 AMILY VAUDEVIL~E 1\IO~D.\Y, TCESDAY and \VEDNESDAY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART and AVERY HOPWOODS ~~THE BAT" From the Stage Play JACK PICKFORD and STAR CAST T H ~N EV~T~ 1!1~1}}. R N XO\Y SHOv\'IXG BEN LYON .... MAY McAVOY ··THE SAVAGE" ~IO~D.-\ Y, TCESDAY and v\'EDNESDA Y RICHARD BARTHELMESS "RANSOM'S FOLLY" HOW6AO AVE. 8ETWEEN"L" ANO (For Evanston and the Great North Shore) BE COMFORTABLE! No matter how warm and humid it may be outside you will always find it cool and refreshing at the "N orshore." - NOW PLAYINGBETTY BRONSON RICARDO CORTEZ THEODORE ROBERTS -a.--<,_...._.,,_..., I Village Theatre J f ,). Your Home Thcntre B. 1\oppd, "atlll!.dlll.:' '-AMPU f'ontlnuou~ I" NEWS from 1 ::lO to 11 P. M. ~~raE J)irl'l'tor· ::::w IU I HSA ' · l'a111«' t I . 1-:\l'tlillt!.... ;:::o.H: "-:~~ ..... I I VOLGA BOATMAN" H. Ht· )J illt> !' With l'rotlnt'tion ~pl'dlll ~Ollg'S ·-------·-- ·--·------· ( ' t·(·fl .\C'('tllll]lllllit·d t; l't·ilft·st 1 ""11., Tu··'·· . \u~· . H anti Hi f'lt:ll'd Uis y ~~.-~GAIN" :111 ·l I I j I :111t1 HI-: .\ \ BI -1.1.\HII. On.rani..;t - - - - - -- - - - - - " ontf a y · Tu t·sd :t ." :t Itt! ~Ill" i1· 11 ,. 1.. HOY S . , II TII. liarllf>llt' "The Cat's Pajatnas" -Starting SundaySinclair Lewis' Virile Romance Drama of the North Woods HThe Rain Maker" EI'IH·~ I .' u-"" J.att· ... t:? ( ' ollll'tl. HPI'I Torn·JI('f·- William ( ' olliH I ~ · t _ lint Hunc·h Wl'd., Thur ..... .\u ~.r. 11 aud 1:? l'at...J Huth ~lillf'r I HHELL BENT FOR ~.~AVEN" l'atht· HHit'W UJHI lat··st :-iunh Pollard ( 'o nwll~· I II 1 ' ~- ( 'o JlH·tl,\ - \ 1'\\ s-'J'O]ti(·S REX 'r l't f II P!'tl a\" THE KING OF WILD HORSE~ In "Man trapped" CLARA BOW, PERCY MARMONT and ERNEST TORRENCE STAGE, SCREEN AND MUSICAL SPECIALTIES Norshore Theatr., \)r('hestra. Direction, J. Walter Davidson N"orshore Grande Organ ChltUJH't>Y Haines, Soloist "'The Devil Horse" Fft;ll'J'I\t; JIEAR'l'S ( ' ltil'll g'O "\I so nallr \t'W!-0 }'rl., sat., .\u!(. 1!1 anll H ·I ThursclnJ· }'ritlur nmtlllt' } ' c·ature }Jrogram ' "IT'S t ARMY GAME" Al·o eometly : and 4 p. ·· Sat. Mat~... TiiE'IOi.n 1 Harold Lloyd ia ""AMONG THOSE PRESENT" Also Peter B. Kyne' 1 )l01U: PAY LESS WOU.K with :uary JJrlan N QTE By coming before 6:30 p. m. weekdays, you see the first evening stage show at Matinee Price 2Sc. Doors Open Daily 1:45 p. · m. ..,.·.. -~- - - -·-~-·-·-·- ., '