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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Aug 1924, p. 10

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10 HERE (l '7"1.-- Neighboring "neuters AN~D~T~H~ · E~R~E~O~N ~S=T. ~ ~ =-h<G m=tha~ : -ruth1~~ ,::fo~ : daJ ti~??fa~nts en~ tertai~nersa~ndth~e~ 1 a:;:nd ] WILMETTE - .VEW EVANSTON The fir~t motion picture to be done entirely in natural colors is the Zane Grey Paramount production, "Wanderer of the Wasteland," which was produced in 1 he original locale de!'cribcd in the book, the deserts of Arizona by In-in Willat. Jack Holt. Kathlyn Williams, Noah Beery and Billie Dove are featured in the princiiJal roles. The story is one of Zane Grey's most popular. In screening the film the famous Technicolor process. the same proce ~s that wa s used in the Biblical prologue in "The Ten Commandments," was used. According to Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-president in charge of Paramount production , a special camera staff took with it into the desert all of the intricate paraphernalia necessa ry for the photographing of color picture s. "Wanderer of the \\'a stc land," which will he shown at the New Evanston theatre all next week, is a story of the great American Sahara, when men braved unhelievable hardships in their hunt for gold. The gold rush which l1rought thousands into the desert-a hunt , from which handfuls returRed successful; many never returned at all. ITOYBURN Mae Murray ha s the title role in "M lie. Midnight," which will be shown at the Hoyburn Monday and Tue sday, August I I and 12. Wednesday and 1 hur,day the Florida coast will he pictured in a delightful story, featurius.r Betty l'omp~on in "Miami." Gt'orgc Arlis s, Taylor Holme s and Edith Roh(·rt~ have the principal roles iu "$20 a Week ," which will bc the attractiou at the Hoyhurn theatre Friday and Saturday, Augu st 15 and 16. Edith Roberts is a native of New York. She began her film career at the age of 13 as a member of the famous Imp Film company which numbered among it~ players Mary Pickford, Jack Pickford , Owen Moore, Thomas H. Ince and many others who ha,·c ~ince achieved screen fame. More recently Miss Hobe - t s has been starred in "Saturday Night," "Pawned," "Thorns and Orange Blossom s," "Backbone" "Big HrothH." "The Shooting of Dan Mc.Grew" .on the ,celluloid screen is an mterestmg t ' t1terpretatt'on of tltc famous ballad, and with Barbara La~farr, Lew Cody and Percy Marmount in the leading parts , this pre entation is good entertainment. In addition to "The Shootof Dan ~reGrew," the Howard theatre will show for three days beginning Sunday. an our gang comedy, "The . Bu ckenecr ." George Babbitt is played ~~Y Wtll~rd Lewis in the screen adaptatiOn of Smclair Lewis' novel, "Bahhitt," gi1·c a littl e more humane s to tht' panorama of life as seen in the Gophtr Prairie district. Tt is alin· to the routine oi the real estate man of Ze111t h who prides himself for hi-, ability. t.o give his family the standard of hvmg he is able to gi1·e them. He is ol'erjoyed with his growing power in the administration of the rarious business and ci\·ic organizations with which he is linked, as a progre~sive citizen of Zenith. "Babbitt" comes to the Howard theatre \Vednesday and Thursday, August 13 and 14. L--------------...1 AT THE ADEL PHI all stories. The children left alone tn The :alf of t h e the garden fall asleep and the ayillC ,.... ·L. they have been reading com.es to ltfe. DeLaf!larter cC!n d u c t'mg, p 1 The characters make t h ~tr a~pear- followmg selecttons: ""~ ance as the tale develops tn thts or" 'll' der: Prologue, the mother and ' l. Overture, Wt ta m Tell' Roa.her boy and girl, Hindu st?ry teller, 2. Noe l · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .C~ the. princess . ~nd her ma~dens, the 3. March miniatur e ·· Tschaikow.ky prince, the prmce of Persta, attend4. Flower Wa ltz · · · ·Tsc fi~tit ~ftbrnOQa"" t~le ~~~~ s;mph~n~ :~h~~tr/,!h ~ EMBEB plannin north ng a picni' New Evanston Hoyburn Cominc Monday tea hour . Sanborn' resider: the !unci last wee~ S. Sa1 Mond·)' and Tueeday Jack Holt in Zane Grey'· Mae Murray in "Mil~. Midnight'~ W edneada)' and Thurlday Glenn Hunter, who played the part of .Merton in ":\ferton of the Movies," the s ta ge version of Harry Leon \Viison's book, plays the same role in the screen production whcih will be shown at McVicker s theatre the week starting :Monday, August 11, with Viola Dana opposite Hunter. When the stage play was in Chicago last year at the Black5tonc, it was accorded one of the mo st enthusiastic reception gi,·en a play in Chicago. "Wanderer of the Wasteland" in Natural Colora Betty Compson in ·'Miama" Friday and Saturday Geo. Arliss in $20 a Week Ramon No1·arro, who plays the title role in "The Arab," the Rex: Ingram production for Metro which has been playing- at McVickers this week. was recently referred to by a reviewer as "The John Barrymore of the screen." Thi s was regarded as rather rough on Barrymore, inasmuch as he has done . orne motion picture work himself. But he showed no resentment when he saw ~ovarro one day in a "The Magic Carpet," a. pantomime Hollywood shop. They had ne\·e r met hefore but Barrymore held out his arranged from an old talc. will be. preseJlted at the eighth Children's afterhand. noon program at Ra1·inia, Thursday. \\'hen Anne ?\ichol's "Abic's Irish August 14, by the Community Players Rose" had its first showing- in New of the Childr.e n's Civic Theatre of hi\'ork. it was doomed to immediate cago, Inc., assisted by junior players, failure. But it has been seen by New under the direction of Bertha L. Iles. The story is of children who are Yorkers for three years and is still goi ng st rong. The Chicago run is reading an old talc and ask their A!W.LPI!I mother if the tale is true. She tells The Adelphi theatre will ha,·c as completing 33 weeks of this play. the attraction for Friday and Saturday, Augu~t 8 and 9, Mae Murray \n "M ademobcllc 11 idni!o{ht." Tel e phone Girl 11 all(l the Gump~ in "A Day of Hcst" will round out the program. Jack Holt and Billie Dove are amon~ the principah in "The \Vandcrer of the Wastt·land," which will he shown Sunday and Monday, Augu st 10 and II. Continuous Matinees Every Day-2 :15 to 11:15 Saturda~· s, Sundays, Holldaya '\' his is the sc ret·n version of Zane 7074 North Clark St. Grey's well known story . "The N. W . "L" Station at Howard Wanden·r of the \Va stdand" was F rida y and Saturda7, A u g. 8-9 J.'rld ay a nti ~a tu r d a,-, .4.u g. 8-9 photographed in the natural colors of MAE MURRAY the Arizona de sert s whrrc the story TOM MI X "MADEMOISELLE tah·s place. "THE HEART BUSTER" Tue sday is double feature day . MIDNIGHT" 'l'Jo~ I,B PHO NE G UlL-N O . 11 Monty Banks has the leading \>art in The Jr. Partner T h e G ump...-A DAY OF R EST" "Racing Luck ," which will share the honors with Hal Roach' · "King of S ullda y-ll o ntla y -1 'u estla y Suada7 and ~ond11 7 Wild Hor se,," in which Rex, the A u g. \ 0 -11-12 JACK HOLT wonder horse , ta kt·~ first honors. BILLIE DOVE ' BARBARA LA MARR New York in its various moods is LEW CODY "WANDERER OF THE shown in "Broadway After Dark," PERCY MARMONT WASTELAND" which will he shown \Vcdnesday and Photog raph e d In n atural c olon "THE SHOOTING OF Thursday. Night life in the bright from Zane G~Y'II b eat 11tor7. white lights and the underworld has DAN McGREW" its scenes with Anna Q. Nilsson and T u eada7 Double Feature Ot.' R GANG CO~I E D Y Adolph Menjou in the principal roles. MONTY BANK'S "THE BUCKENEERS" Daily Showa at 2, 4, 7 and &-Saturday Continuoue Z to 11 P. M. PANTOMIME FEATURES CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Oallshore :Beach NEWELL & RETCH N HOW'AraRD AD£iPHI ·-"butonlyGodcanmake a tree.,,If a IIOWARD Tom Mix proves himself a peed demon in a dress suit, away from the u~ual togs of the cowpuncher, in his late st production, "The Heart Bu>ter." Many of his tricks are evident in this film but they touched up with the book of etiquet to a little degree. The movement of the story is rapid a in most of the Mix pictures. which keeps the spectators on the alert all the time. "The Heart Buster" comes to the Howard theatre Friday and Saturday, August 8 and 9. That famous poem of the gold seeker in Alaska, "\Vhen Men Were Men" has been changed a bit to suit the tastes of the motion picture audiences. "RACING LUCK" HAL ROACH'S \\'e tl nesd a7 a nd T hu r·da ,.\u l(. 13- 1.. "BABBITr" A "KING OF WILD HORSES" with R ex the w oDder horae Wedneada7 and Thunda7 COilt paulon t o !illn elalr Lewl·' "~l AI N 8TR EET" with and CARMEL MEYERS WILLARD LEWIS ANNA Q . 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