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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Aug 1926, p. 29

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August 13, 1926 WILMETTE . LIFE VILLAGE THEATRE "The Volga Boatman," fr~m the story by Konrad Bercovici, which created a sensation when shown in Chicago recently, will be the feature attraction at the Village theatre next :\'f onday, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 16, 17 and 18. The picture deals with Russia in the days just hefore and after the revolution and hesides haYing a strong plot it is an excN·din~h- realistic production. Tn addition there will he a Pathe comedy and news reel. On Thursday. July 19. Pasty Ruth \filler anct Clin~ nrooks will he seen in their late st picture "\\.In- Girls Go Hack Home." ~ Patsv Ruth :\filler arHI Cli\·c Brooks arc co~featured in this story of a girl who wa s so fascinated 1)\· a harHlsome n·atinee idol that she foilowcd him tf, \"' ew York and to disillusionment . Starting in the chorus she \-\' 011 stardom on her O\\'n lll<:rit after she ha(l hP<·n spurred on hy the actor's in(lifien·ncc. His later love fm her. their r··conciliation and marriage, . ent her hack home to show off the hancl..;om e ,,,. l,a nd she had won to the home folks. There \\'ill also he a ronH' rh·. "The Alpine Flappers" and Pathr n:~·in,-. ~11rroutHkd J,y an cx~·clknt cast anrl ~nnplierl " ·it.h one oi tht most thrillin~ ·tnries (If tht· \Yc . . t t\"LT brought ~') 1he siln·r . . het:t. Tom ).[ ix. as leff Bo,-den. gin·s :1 rt"Jlarkabh· fine -periort~l ance in "[lard Boilccl." Fox Film .; \·t·r~ic, n oi Shannon FiiL·\ romanlit· talc oi a dude ranch. \\·hich COillc:-i t11 ti1 'e \.illas.::-c theatre next Frida,· ~111d Sattmhy.' .\ugust 20 and 21. . In thi~. hi~ late~t relt·a . . e. tlw gtvat \\L·~II.: m art· find.;, upon lc;:l\'ing- hi . . romiortahk homl' in Chicago, tklt rn1ok~ an: cr(Joks-no matter wlH:re they arc encountered. ln thi . . particular ca~t·. the had lllt!l art· \'e\\· York gun artish. hcaclcd In· till\' Di ;11nnnd Sadi1.', and the\· are bent 1 _ 1plln mi sr hid in the Far \vest. :\ Snub Pollard comcd v, "Ha n·es t H.an(ls.". a Sport light ~cei. "Xen·ot~s \foment s." and a Path<.: news reel \\ m co~plctc the bill. 29 Stage and Screen News and Reviews HOYBURN THEATRE One of the most promising of the new crops of photoplays is '·Padlocked," Rex Beach's po werful ston·. which is now being sho\\'n at the Ho\'hurn theatre. This screen play n8t only boasts the author~hip of. Rex Beach. one of America's mo:\t ·g·iited \Hiler:\ of fiction. hut the Aa"· Je~s direction of Allan Dawn and the meritorious acting of Lois ~Toran. T.oui:-~c Dres:-;cr anrl :'\oah nel'ry-three factors that make it \\-ell worth .'ecing·. Another strong· point in the pictun·'s fa,·or is the unu sual arra\· of talent Direct<"· Da\\·n ha~ assen{hled to ..;upport th e tt'atured players. Florence Turner. one nf filmdom's ole! ia\'(>rites. has returned aiter se\'eral years of rdireml'nt. t() play the sympathetic rnlt' oi th~.: moth~.:r . Helen Jerome Eddy, admittl'clh- one of the l<1 rmer. Allan Simp..;on·. iamou~ a..; t ht Arrm\· Col1;1r mod~.: I. ha~ the h·:ro part oi the ,·outhiul ~orict,· mil li<,naire . Othl'r~ . in tht· im111~t'~ ~ in· ca . . t inrlttrll' Chark~ Lane, Dottgla :; Fairbank:\, Jr .. and Richard .\rlen . Tht· story .oriL.!inally appl'ared in tiH· ( ·osmopnlit::n magazine a.., a . erial anrl crt·a!L'rl nati on -\Yirlt· intere..;t. l.lt·rau:-t' it wa . . rt·rognizL·d a..; iaith iully mirr ,>ring- morkrn liie and mmak fr..; thl'mc deal.., " ·itll the rnn!lict he1\\"t'l'll tht· ~trcmc.: indi,·iduali:-m 11i nur grn \\'ing- youth and th l' n<ttTo\\· Cllll n·nti(lnali-.tn oi tlw oldtr inlk. Tht· ;trtion Cl'ntn~ around a typical hmi ly. the iatlwr ni ,,.l1irh ; . . a ~tern. l'uritaniral rd < lrll1 L· r. whose efforts at cIJlJl ress inn and rt' Prt' "-. ion h ri n ~ a boll t J.i.., '"iie\ arricll'nt :tl rkath an<l force s ... n e L' 11 ':-. o 11 t .., t a 11 rl i n g· c h a r a c t l' r a c t r e..; '-l" , i~ irkalh· ra..;t a~ a ,,·oman rc lti~ dau!.!hter .to ru11 a\\·a,· irmn home . The gi;- 1 st·cb a carl'l'r -on Broad\,·a y ;tncl bccnntt·s a dancer in a ia-.hionahle raharct patrnniz~·d !1y the \H'a lthy ..;oril.'!y sl't. Dramati c ro mpliratiott:-. p;k up "it h stirring rapidit~· . hut eyentually lon and happiness triumph. (For Evanston and the Great North Shore) ATTEND FREQUENTLY Enjoy the refreshing comfort of this Balaban and Katz Wonder Theatre. -NOW PLAYING- "Mais, M'sieur what is there to do when a girl she wink like that! I am helpless !" -and you can't resist her either! NORMA TALMADGE with RONALD COLEMAN m "K I K I" STAGE, SCREEN AND MUSICAL SPECIALTIES ::" orslwrc 'J'hratr(· Orchestra JHnetor, J. " ·a lter Dfnldson ~orslwre Orandc Orgun thaunt·ey Haines, Soloist NEW EVANSTON "THE BIG PIC"f;URES FIRST" I"'NEW '-AMPU C'ontlnuou~ from 1 ::10 to 11 P. l\1, . \u~ust . ' Village Theatre 5 f S)Htrts · : ··-·--·-·-·--tt ~ NO\V SHO\VING JOHN HARRON GERTRUDE ASTOR ··THE .BOY FRIEND" DE LUXE FAMILY Snturtla)', 1-t SHIPWRECKED with .rost·ph Sdtlltlkraut ( ' ot~t~IL _ _ _ ~·:~h!_f's_ VAUDEVILLE 1\IOND.AY, TUESDAY and \VEDNESDAY Startilllof )IOJIII:t)', .\UI.nJSt 16 REQUEST REVIVAL WEEK 31 on1lar, _ \ugust 16 POTASH and PERLMUTTER -·PARTNERS AGAIN" witb GEORGE SIDNEY ALEXANDER CARR 'l'ht' Bf·st l'lt'tures ni All 'l'IJU(lS ""Under Two Flags" - - with J>rls<'illa Dean ~I\:-; 'l' ut·sthl)', .\ IILnJSt J; ])Ol'td. .\S F .\IUB . Ill ""ROBIN HOOD" Wt'tlllf'SIIll)' , .\Uiofll"'t T H ~N EV~T91;:}~!1}!. R N i\0\\. SHO\VING '" ~Lltlf' ""· B ehind tbe Front" 'l'ht· (irl'atrst ('onH'·Ir Thursfla)·; .\ uu·nst 1!1 nona.. \s JL\C LE .\~ ill tht' liB t ll t' }; Hr _:\[lUI C LOUIS MORAN ~IOKDAY, NOAH BERRY ""Tbe Hottentot" }'rittur· .\ugust 20 :lL\ltK TW.\IX'S ··PADLOCKED" TUESDAY and \VEDNESD:\Y ""Conneetieut Yankee" NORMA TALMADGE ···K I K I" A MASTER PROTO PLAY

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