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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Mar 1927, p. 41

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Marc!t 4, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE. 41 Stage and Screen News and Reviews VILLAGE THEATRE '~Paradise for Two," showing at the Our Boy Scouts The leaders of the Boy Scout ' troops are filing their monthly reports on their progress duri-ng February, and are anxiously a waiting the report of the comtTiittee, which will .dectde who will win the inter-troop efficiency award for the first time. The leather shield · is awarded each month to the most efficient troop. The camp committee of the North Shore Area council met last \VedHcsday night to discuss the providing of camping facilities for the more than 600 Scouts of the council. An announcement as to the definite arrangements will be made soon, it is stated. The Dumeresq Spencer post. No. 145, of the American Legion has presente'd a year's subscription of "Bo"ys L:fe," the official Boy Scout magazine to . e ach of the Highland Park troops. All over the .country the American L.-!gion and other groups arc co-operating in the extension and enrichment of Scouting. II AT THE EVANSTON THEATRES l Vitlag_e_ on Monday and Tuesday, is a· · ·· comedy-drama, with Ri~har.d Dix as the young American bachelor who inherited a fortune but had to get married to get it. Betty Bronson is featured as Sally Lallf'~, the pretty little stage struck girl who poses as his wife to help him collect the legacy. The picture was adapted from an original story written e!'pecia11y for the screen . hy Howard Emmett Rogers. · "Oh, Baby," to be presented Wednesday, is the story of · a climinutive prize-fight manager who disguises as . a little girl to Q.hlige a friend. The principle role is played. by Little Bi11y, pint size actor, who hails from Lynn, Massac-husetts. 'Bi1ly was at one time a headliner on the Orpheum circuit and was also known to Broadway in FUNDAMENTALISM-TOPIC "Mama's Affair" and "Linger Long-er "'.Jewish Fundamentalism- an atLetty," Oh, Baby" is a feature lcni!th comedy and includes scenes from The tack," is to be the subject at the sen·Twin Oaks, the newest night club to iccs of North Shore Congregational be popularized along the Great \Vhitc Israel Sunday morning, March 6 at 11 o'clock. The services arc held in ·~lay. "·W e're in the Navy Now,;' coming the Hubbard Woods. public school, 'l'lnirsday, Friday, and Saturday, is Chatfield road and Burr avenue, Hubone of the season's best comedies and bard Woods. feature s Wa11ac·e Beery and Ravmond Mrs. Francis J. Crowell of 512 Fifth Hatton. star oerformers in "Behind the Front." In it the bovs take th e street entertained a number of guests part of a pair of gobs who join the at luncheon · and bridge on Friday, U nited States navv bv mistake. It' February 18. -0de a ls with the mishai)s which they David Crabb of 925 Greenleaf avenue g-et into and create by their utter " dumbness" anrl is one convulsion after is improving from a slight concussion another for the audience. Nothing of the brain-. received Thursday of last more comic ha s heen thrown on the week in a fall. ========~-------screen for som e time. The plot is a good hit like th r one used in "B ehind th e Fron t" hut th e situ a tions ar c even better work ed out and a rc more orig - FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LEON ERROL DOROTHY MACKAILL IN A HOWLING HIT! "THE LUNATIC AT LARGE" -ON THE BT AGE- GUS KING'S MELODYLAND in · uA Dainty Novelty Musical Offeringtt HAL ROACH COMEDY ..WHY GIRLS SAY NO" Varsity Concert Orchestra James Kozak. Director Giant Geneva Organ Louis Lohmann At the Console !na 1. THE NORSHORE "Faust." the UFA production released throug-h Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and coming to the Norshorc theater Suncla\·, is s~lid to he one of the most s p ~ ct a cul a r film s ever made. Tt is ba se d on th e fa mou s Goethe le ~·e ncl . ~nd ht1s Emil }(Innings in the rolr of 1vfcphisto, tl1 c Soirit of Evil. A la'r~: e and talentrd r:tst of forci!:m " pla\'C·rs intrrprrts the film under the direction of F. Vv. f..fitrnau. one of Ge rmany's leading directors. Particular . interest attache s to the appearance of a new and imnor1 ant screen discovery in the role of Jvfar,.;ueritc. This is Camilla Horn. a 20year-old girl whose beauty and sensitive response to the camera have roused great expectations. Gosta Ekman plays the title role, and Valentin<', the heroine's brother, is played by \Viihe 1m Dieterle. Mon .· March 7th Ronald Coleman-Vii my Banky "THE WINNING OF ·BARBARA WORTH" Wed. , March 9th Billy Dove-Huntley Gordon HTHE SENSATION SEEKERS" Fri., March 11th Rin-Tin-Tin "THE HILLS OF KENTUCKY" CONTINUOUS 2 TO 11:30 COME ANY TIME! -NOW PLAYINGLaughs! Thrills! Chills! . Anna Q. Nilsson in HEasy Pickings" Spookier Than ~'The Bat" Stage and Screen Surprises -STARTING SUNDAYThe most sensational film in years. CLYDE ELLIOTT Presents Goethe's Immortal Classic with Emil Jannings as "Satan" :1nd a c,1st of stars. You'll thrill as you thrilled before. · never THE MINTURN PLAYERS with THE VARSITY "lfhe Lunatic at Large," featuring Leon Errol and Dorothy 1vlackai1l. is on the screen tomorrow and Saturday at the Varsity, d. picture replete with thrills of a variety. a comedy that is delighting wherever shown. "The 'Vinning of Barbara 'North," wi11 be the showing in the early week, Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky starred in the screen version of the Harold Br11 Wright story. Next Friday and Saturday the attraction wi11 be "Hi1ls of Kentucky" starring RinTin- Tin as "the gray ghost." Miss Barbara Lawson, 1218 Forest avenue, who returned three weeks ago from the West Suburban hospital, is recoveriug rapidly from her operation. H~rry Minturn and Margery William~ IN A FARCE COMEDY OF UNUSUAL MERIT "The Whole Town's Talking" BY ANITA LOOS Evening at 8: 15. Prices 50c, 75c and $1.00 -SMART STAGE SHOW- HThe Rookiett Comic Stage Specialty Matinee. Tues., Thurs. ~ Sat. 25c, SOc PHONE UNIVERSITY 8500 STARTING MONDAY, MARCH 7TH JUNE PURSELL Hollywood Radio Favorite HTURN TO THE ' RI-GHT" ---

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