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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Jul 1929, p. 42

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42 WILMETTE LIFE July 12, 1929 Community House Presents New Version of Favorite Comfortably cool, always Friday and Saturday July 12-13 "Making· th e Grade" and "U ncl e T om's Cabin·· are th e feature attracti ons sched ukd for Community House next · Tue sday and Friday respcctiv C'ly. The fir. t of the hro productions, "Making the Gr ade." is an exce llent comedy-drama featuring Edmund Lov.;e and Lois ~f oran. It is based on a GcQrg-e :\d(' story and <lcab " ·ith ~ sma ll town millionaire who, after many vear~ ahn1:td. reh1rns to manage hi s o wn affairs, which c\·cntually include a romance. ·· t ' nclr Ttlm \ Cabi n. " ba sed on the sC \ ' L'Il t\·- fin· \T;! r o 1 d hou k h v Ha rri f't .Be tcher S t<;,,T, is ;1n tn ti ~· c:lv uew screen Ytrsi\ln ui thi~ JH)JHllar ()ld . tagc faYoriH·. \\' h('n Ctrl Laemml e and Harry P~dlard ~t;1rtl'C l < ut to mak e the production they abandoned a ll traditional ::-h;1rkks and \\'L·nt directly hark to the period in which thc' ~ tnry i:- ca-.t I and the l)(·ok it scli ftlr th~ fact s iul l lnwed in the fi lm . ··t· ncl c Tom ." in::-tcad of the l)ent g-r;n· old man. is. :l . wa s the cas· in the· hon k. a Yi gor{) \lS man of fo rt~·. ~f arks i:- 111 1t the c()]nedi;IIJ in the hoo k but a crue l, mi se rh· ::-hY~tL'r h\YYer \\'h o managed to" keep- \\'iti1in th e irm· ;111d that ahnut al l. Thi . charartn i~ the one fnllo\\'ed in the film . ~imibrh· \Yith Simo n Lc·gree. in : - k;td of the fir·tici ou. Southern plantati<·il <, ,,·ncr. a-. portrayed (l!l the ~ ta g L· . Lrgn:c is charactcriz('d exartly as he \\'a:- <>rigin a 11~·. Bill-o-Fare "StU<lio ).Iunh·r At Last One Story oj- Press Boys That Smacks of Realism X o r s h t)~'e Mary Pickford m "Coquette" All Talking Picture ·- - - -Monday and Tuesday July 15-16 "Two Weeks Off" Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall Wednesday and Thursday July 17-18 "G.entlemen of the Press" With an all star cast. · . Friday and Saturday July 19-20 "The Time, The Place And The G 'irl" Betty Compson Grant Withers COMMUNITY HOUSE Tut·l' ···1 ul:r 16 --~ow } :elm tlllcl l > <nH· l'I, A YI~G Lois )[oran }' riclay, Jul)· 1~1 WILLIAM HAINES Josephine Dunn 1'ht· ('uml'tl:r'llnun:t - In "Making the Grade'-' "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" "Til·· ~-r··ah· st "A MAN'S J·nramount Cnrtoun human drama eYer !SCrt.'tncd." Mt!' All-Baffling T\\' n pictures that would make most anyone postpone a dinn er engagem ent " oq uette" · Var sily ar ~ included on the Varsity bill for the Suuday, July ll next few daY.. 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Uh. ~oull hke 1t. of a fle e-b itten old pL·nc 11 pu :;lw r \\'ho ha s cha..; . eel king~ and amlltlbn cts from Cotham to Timhukto- a st o ry. fa . t and "Tllart , about th t press hoy s. all light_ed up with hor se laugh: and a \\'a h wtth ~~·,· l'nfl'l'llfh S<·a~nn .1unt· :.!::! t o St ·pt< ·m lw r ~ tears. AncL dCJn't forge t. it wa s prolt< 1X < )j1i el' I· J1 t ' ll ~ ::~n A . :\T. until duced hv an all -. tage ca~t with about 10 l'. :\f. cl:.lil:"-· ancl :-:un<ln.y enoue!;h movie training to g-et them Tt·lf·t,Jwnt· llil.rlllanfl l'ark 27:!i thrm~· n off a set. B looie goes th e old sa\Y th at nnh· a moYie actor can \vrite succe ss into a suht itlc. 1 Saturday, .July 13 ::\ly:-tny" ...... "The Studio Murder M ystery , [ s W ort h E f Dzne - ven o an . . "'.\'t'k . 1 1 Ravinia Opera and Concerts --SATURDAYAll- Talking "THE STUDIO MURDER MYSTERY" NEIL HAMIL TON , CHESTER CONKLIN WARNER OLAND In,__, t.t es you to The Samooar Summer Hon1e Alex Jean Valentino in U. S. to Visit Tomb of Uncle J ca n Valentino, the 14 year old nephew of the lat e Rudolph Valentin9, ,·as reported earl~' thi \\'eek to have arrived in New York o n the liner Vulcania en rout e to Hollywood on a pih:rrimage to th e tomh of the great sc~een star. The boy is sa id to bear a slight re se mh~anc c to hi s uncle but declar es he ha s no stage or screen ambitions. H e is stud,·ing to he an electrical engineer. CHEVALIER'S NEXT Jeannette MacDonald, who played a part in "Yes, Yes, Yvonne," in New York. has been engaged to play opnosite M aurjce Chevalier in "The Love Parade," the Gu:v Bolton operetta which Ernst Lubitsch v. ill direct. Chevalier's current picture, "Innocents of Paris," has been successful in Chicago. The Bridge DEMPSTER ROAD MORTON GROVE 1 Dancing ;; Dining ;; Entertainment In a beautiful club hott6e at n7osphere Chicken , Steak, and Fish Dinners BILL KRANZ ORCHESTRA Horse Racing Ct'Crlj - All- Talking Scream--Johnny Anhur. Louise Fazenda. Walttr Hires Managem ent S. \V . KLEIN D.\:\IEL AL EXANDE R Friday night Delicious food Refined surroundings Courteous attention DICK'S LEADING LADY Marion Nixon will play opposite Richard Barthelmess in his forthcoming picture, as yet untitled. Miss Nixon played with Barthelmess recently in "Out of the Ruins." For reservation - Morton Grove 1 86 Arcon1modations for private parties

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