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Febr Ltary 4, ltJli 42 WILMETTE LIFE BALABAN ~ KATZ Stage and Screen News and Reviews "Howd~·. King." La Salle Theatre . Miss Anne 1\ichols, who was responst hle for "Abic's Irish Rose," and who took do\\'n copious quantities of income in consequence, is p,re!'enting this new entertainment at the La, allc. There are some indications, as tl1i ~ is \\Tittcn. that she has picked herself anoth r \Yinncr. At least the audiences todate have fotmd in it tmtch to bugh at and enjoy. To he sure, it Jack~ the racial ancl religious aspects oi "Ahic" c:.nd thi_.; may proYe a handica\>. Hut · ta k·en 1 >Y atHI large, it ha-; a certain >Ox elc;~1P11t m it \rhirllf' 111ake·. f or 1 o ffi Ct.; ,receipt..;. The star~· it tells is not particularly new :!!HI has been displayed, at leas m part. in mu_.;ical co111ccly endeavors. It ts of the crm· bo~· iro111 Texas \rho chance 1o he in Franc(' and is picke(l as the rightful king of "Eldorado" by one of the prime ministers of that vague ancl artificial domain. Ilis cfforts to ;n·oicl acccptii1g this distinction a.nd l.1is inabiilty to occup~· the posi tJOn 111 the accept eel "kin gly" fashion deYelop si tuati ons which contain nu merous chances for a·m uscment. To the sophisticated theater-goer. much o the matrrial is stage "hoakum," bu laugh follo\YS laugh to such an cxten that it is rarely quickly overlooked. A general cast of about twrnt Y-five ha s been assrmblcd and. as is hl'~ custom. ~1 iss Nichols has taken a comparatively unknown actor and made him th e star of the play. In this instance it is ~finor \Vat son. who plays the part of the cowboy and make:-of him the outstanding character of the evening. Failing to place Mr. \\'atson in my memory of show-going ~fficiently NORSHORE . nownrd An. near C1ark St. Discovery Con test for Old and Young Our Discovery contests conducted every Saturday afternoon are open to applicants of all ages. Cash prizes to the winners. -NOW PLAYING-- SAM 'N HENRY WGN radio stars IN PERSON Antonio Moreno Renee Adoree "The Flaming Forest" -Starting SundayYou've heard them on the airNow see them in Person. SAM'NHENRY radio stars of WGN IN PERSON - Monte Blue Patsy Ruth Miller _ "Wolf's Clothing" -Next Thursdayfor three days only Making Movies on ·the Stage See them made-act tn them. ~==~--------------~~---------- The Gift Shop Suggests a Few BRIDGE PRIZES) Costing .the Hostess $2 and Less Roycroft Hand -Pain ted Book Ends $2 Powder Boxes $1.50 Plume _ P ens Brtlltant Bridge Sets Scores ~ T al£ies Colors $2 Do~ble Deck Bridge-Size Playing Cards Bicycle Congress · C rest $I · $ I · 5 o· $ 2. 2 5 Valentine Favors Place Cards Napkins 35c doz. Table Cloths 1 5c doz. . Snappers I have it £,rom J. ]. Garrity, who so Ices and offers her $1,000 to double for handles the Shubert interests the ~ctrc~s. ?he acc~pts the offer but m the \Vest, that he has appeared it·. her 1denttty 1s questwned by a newsstock companies in New York with anlpaper reporter and all ma~mer of -comoccasional "·hirl in vaudeville. Accept- plications devel-op. It wtll be shown ing this at its face value it is safe to \Vcclnesday anci Thursday. ~ay that Mr. \ Vatson will he heard The stan' of ~Ietro-Goldwin-).layers fron.J more frcc!uently in the future, es- film presen-tation of James Oliver Curpecially where there arc cowboy parts wooer. "'l'hc Flamin~ Forest," conto he played. cerns the organization of the NorthConsiderable a~sistancc is [Yin'n ).(r. ,,·e st ).1 ounl~' d Polic'e in 1H74 \d1cn \\'atsotl h~· Frank Otto, 1 than 300,000 square mile s of 1ere' 'last vear more in "Is !:at So." and also Jw .\nne For- Canadian territory ,,-a~ entirely \\'ithrest. the heroine, and G. DaYicbon out law or ~rclcr. 1t recite~. the atClark, the Duke. The pla\· has been tempt of hallhrccd s and Tndtan :-; , un \rcll staged and directed. dcr tht: leadership of Jules Lagarrc, -THESPIA~- to estahli~h a :t\orthwcst republic with Lagarre a~ president. It will he . hown THE CAMPUS Friday and Saturday. '-egu 1 ar Scout." ac-claimed bv "A R THE VARS~TY James E. 'Vest, chief national Scout "The Cheerful Fraud," a He g inald executt,·e · '·1 1T' he best Scout picture ever made," will be on the screen tomor- Denny Ychiclc in farce conlt·d~· . in row and Saturday at the Campus the- which this popular player appears a ~ an Engli shman in Hollywood, conater., ,. -cerned with England and real Eng. Scouts from seven troops appeared 111 the picture with official sanction and lish atmosphere, is on the screen tuthe cast includes a number of screen day at the Varsity theater. "The Cheerful Fraud" is based on a favorites as welL All with the interest of the Boy popular humorous novel by K. R. G. Scout movement at heart will be Browne, afld Gertrude Olmstead plays pleased ,~ith the coming of th~ic the feminine lead. ture for 1t:i local showing, i-. the be"Blonde or Brunette" will be on the lief of Campus management. screen with the change of bill Monday and Tuesday, while Wednesday will VILLAGE THEATER offer '"The Nervous \~/reck," one of "Kosher Kitty Kelly," an Irish-He- the season~s comedy riots, featoring brew comedy drama taken in Gotham's Phyllis Haver and Harrison Ford. East Side, is a story of two pair of They will have assistance of an alllove.rs, Kitty and her Irish cop and star cast of comedians. Roste who loYes a Jewish doctor. The Next week the stage presentation trouble starts when Kitt\' decides to will include Jensen & Fulton in "Poetpunish her lover and a111-1exes a new ry in Motion"; music by the Varsity beau· in the person of the Jewish doc- concert orchestra, James Kozak, ditor. This co11stitutes a call to arms rector, and by the Giant Geneva organ, for all of Avenue A and an issue for Louis Lohman playing. Friday and civil war in the Kelly and Feinbaum Saturday there will be an added athomes. The story has a novel . twist traction in Col. Tim McCoy in "\;v'inand. the. so lution to the tangled love ners of the \Vilclerness" and on the affa1rs 1s a genuine surprise. It "·ill stage the extra added feat1:1re, "Interhe shown Monday and Tuesday. national Revue," featuring Dorothy "Her Dig Night," which is said to Devine and Company in "A ~l u ical be Laura La Plante's biggest all(l best production, is fl farcical comedy. Fran- Cocktail." ces Norcross, .a shop gi rl, closely resemb les Daphme Dix, . a motion p.icTHE NORSHORE t ure star. Miss Dix is to make her apThose \Yho ha\'c been followinR the pearance at a theatre but fails to show weekly incidents in the lin's of "· The up. The owner hastily summons l;ran- Potters," J. P. }.!cEyoy's ·comic newspaper chararter . t udies of evcryda~· folk, will be int erested to know that :1 hilarious screen vcr~ion has been made and will be seen at the Korshore theater starting Sunday. WILMETTE, ILL, After carefully considering the type::. best suited, J. P. McEvoy and Paramount's casting director decided on \N. C. Field, the Zicgfelcl comedian star, as the best "Pa Potter" in pictures. Mary Alden plays the role of "Ma," Ivy Harris is "~I amic," Jack Your Home '!'heater Egan plays "Bill," and Richard J. n. KOJlpel, ~lanaglng Dlrec~or Phone Wilmette JUt '·'Skeets" Gallagher completes the cast as "Red." El'enlngs 7:30: :1\lat. Tues., M:3U l'o;nturdny :uats., 2 ana 4 "The Potters," perhaps the mo t familiar family in America, reach us :'lion., Tu<'s., J.o'eh. 'i·8 T"\VO UAYS 0~ IJ Y ,- exactly as \:ve have always imagined them. Pa is the most influential bu si""KOSHER KITTY ness man in town every day of the week except Sunday. M a continuallv torments him be-cause of his lack of "ith Yera Gortlon, Ylota lJann, ~at Carr, Also - i!litiative .. Bill appears as a young sap: "'VInnlng Uis 'Vny",- ltng, 1Iatme, a typical flapper and Red 2nd or t :oll<'g!uns 'Miller, a $30-a-week clerk. ' Lutest · l,athe ~ ews ,- I 1 .,. Village Theatr-;-·i I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I 1 1 I 1 ' ' KELLY" I I I 1 1 I 25C Main Flq_or 6c ~ I 2C t j Wed., 'l'Jlllrs., .t'ell, U·IO Laura Ln J>tante In University 123 Elevator Service r · S i ""HER BIG NIGHT" 1 - .\lso JJntt'st Jo:llU<'ntlotutl t:omed1· ,1 '"Jiigh Splrlts"-nn(l Latest · ~il Pathe Re,· iew~ ' Fri., Sat., Feb. 11-12 l-IIH'<'I:-!1 for Llneoln's UirtiHlR"Y Jumes Oliver t:urwood's i 1 I I I ~ ··· FOUNTAIN SQUARE-EVANSTON Hiah School Store-Church Street I ""THE FLAMING 'I'ORES'.r" ' ' A Iso Ed Dooley In "Have couruge" nnd Also Latest Pathe News !f-··D,_D_D _____ D_il_~-~·