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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jan 1928, p. 47

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square in th us who drowned out tile and paid-for screams of the · cut). Ghost Train" thundered throUI'b the New Evanston on th~ openin ~ night of this week's ofleririf. ·' The ~owing ~ysterics of the audience arrived t a climax just after the suppo@dly ·ep merat rolling stock made 1 entt ' (right) and its exit (left) · bellini the backdrop and the ectop mic' e. . .eer, returning after the sp1titfstic; wreck, sang "Rock of Ages' · s a .throaty solo. At thit juncture the light in the railway station ·at Clear Vale Junction goes out, a locked door is thrown open and the ghosdy engineer stalks in carrying his red lantern. (At least the red lantern comes into the stationthe darkness kindly cloaks the mechanism of the spirit. throttle puller.) Not to Spoil MJ'ate.., Prospective customers should be told no more, if u much, about a mystery play. "The Ghost Train" has thrills; it is weD acted; the solution is satisfactory and there is plenty of side comedy-provided in the main by Teddie Dekin; a monocled Englishman, "a silly awes," pa.yed, and well played, by Robert Wh1te. In this production the calibre of a new leadiag man, Emmit Boring, who plays Charles Murdock to Margaret Fuller's Peqy )r{urdock, is displayed. The )(urdo~s are a newly married ?air..~-Wh~e· h· part i.s not an out:-tandtpg lead,~ , r. Bormg does so"!e :·ery ~work.·. The same can be satd tor Mtss i'uUer. Gene Clarendon, the :nost popu!ar of the Eva!lston Players, ts. up to Ius. U!lual form m the part !Jf R·chaf4 WJJ~throp, husband to Elste, who in real Ufe is Rita Zane. Lew \Vetch, the cona,any's character actor, plays Saul.HodJuns, the old Maine station Qlast.e r, with great conviction. Evet:y production gives first nighters a bettel" oplnfon of the abilities of Beatrice Leibl(e 'and this is no exception. ' Beatrite~an act and she proves it in the .role of Julia Price. Julia is supJ)OICd to bet doing a bit of acting on her 01VIl atcoont, therefore making the part «iiicult. , - Su~r~J;'· ot- Ann Dere tell us that we ntalkted crven to mention her na!De, in, ·c:qaiection with "Craig's Wtfe' Jatt week. Miss Dere was excellent i · tier tJPrtrayal of the aunt in that produc;tjo and the omission was ·"The Ghost Train" an O¥ i " sh~ docJ · · .more good work as ~IS~ lu.Grn · who gets pJffbqted ·~cl brandy and spenas 8Mit'4~:wo acts "on the shelf." U. S. Grant and 'Wledllire~ct<,r, in the minor cast. "The Girl from week's bill. C. V. K. clu~ phehigl)· murder r~te-gives its gruesome but fascinating aspect to Thomas Meighan's new Paramount starriag picture, "The City Gone · Wild," which wilt shown next Sunday at the N.n.···h.n··'· theat~r. . ~ of the most baffling social ~ !Jl.eD& in the ·united States-the This problem-of lowering the murder rate-was the thought behind "The City Gone Wild," a powerful underworld story written for Mr. Meighan by Charles and Jules Furthman.. As directed by James Cruze, the picture shows rival gangs of a large city engaged in a bitter, lethal feud. Meighan portrays a powerful criminal' lawyer who ~rings a temporary truce between the gangs, only to find their activity has plunged him into a tragic situation in regard to his love of a beautiful society girl. He discovers that her father is the real leader of the underworld, and when he later becomes district attorney, he is faced with the alternative of betraying his trust to the state or disclosing his sweetheart's father's machinations. A strong cast surrounds Meighan in this amazingly vivid production. The society girl is played by Marietta Millner, Viennese beauty who was his leading woman in "We're All Gamblers." The rival gangsters are played by Fred Kohler and Duke Martin, while their respective underworld girls are Louise Brooks and Nancy Phillips. Others in ·the cast are Wyndham Standing, Charles Hill Mailes, King Zany and "Gunboat" Smith. AI Kvale and his Jazz Collegians will be featured in a red hot stage revue, "Jazz Jingles" with a huge t:ast of syncopated stars. At pr:omises to play some of his hottest variety of numbers on his saxophone and trombone - - ·- - - - - - - - - - - - IN 'IBE 11tRILLING MYSTERY ··THB mr. I'BON·v STARnNG MON., JAN. lith "111£ BIG PICTURES FIRST" -NOW PLAYING- B Vdlage Theatre WILKBTTBt ILL 1. B. Kotitelt Kaaula8 DlreelaPIIeae WllaeU. IMI EYealap 7111 A II ·aL"ft... I I . 8&&111ta7 ...... I aat t more Jllltea Riiilll8 at De Welte Graa4e Orpa T·~"·· JACK. MULHALL DOROTHY MACKAlL ia tlae lailario.l ca··.,. Jloa· .t R ..····ld "OUT ALL . · ·· .I. »···,.. 111 laa. te-n maar . . .. ··NAil C FROM 111£ SA11JRDAY EVENING POST bitt~ "CLARRSSA AND 111E POST av,~ "B···alaw Wild" itll of tile Colleldaas Pat.lle Newt Prlre.- All Week: EYe. Ad·JtS, II; . "Let Qeorp Do ,.,....... c....,. · Cllleap Ball,.- New11 ,· · · CJlllltna tee Be'ie 11 7 Oaly~ Ia a. ·.J 8 · 1.. .,~-willa" ' wltll Gertnte E4erle Tllan. t · FfL, Jaa. 11·!1 · Kal'loa DaYle· Ia ,.-,,..._.111.3 STARS D.Lill{.... .l,j,-~ star of Metro-GoldFair Co-ed," and plays the second picture, are both ·d·l·---- JIAIIl ~··" v. a. ·· C····7 Patlle Newt - . Patlle ..,.dew t ...,.

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