April 2, 1926 WILMETTE as hundreds of lions, tigers, elephants and camels. The cast of "The \V~nderer" includes the mo t di sting·uished acting talent in the motion picture industry. Among the featured players are listed such names as E rne st Torrence William Co llier, Jr., Wallace Beery: Tyrone l~ower, Greta :t\isse n and Kathlyn \Vii hams. Other· players in the spectacle include Kathryn Hi ll , George Riga s, Holm es H.erbert, Snitz Ed,\·ards Lionel Brahm, Sojin and Duke Kahar;amoku. On 'l'hursda,- and Frida,· the feature attraction \\'ill-be "~[i.c;s H1:ewster' s i\1illinn~." with Behe Danit:l :;, and on Saturda~· "The Tough Guy." \\·ill bp shown. In adrlitio11 there \\'ill be the u:;ual r(lnH:<lic s ancl llt\\":' e\·ent s. LIFE ward Christian Education in . the Schools and Colleges in -this Country, part will go to the work of Home Missions among Indians, Alaskans, New Americans, and neglected groups everywhere under our flag. Part will go to the support of the Mission stations in foreigp lands in Assam, Burma, Bengel, South India, China, the Congo and the Philippines. These banks have been distributed in thousands of churches ac ro ss the land and it is hoped that they will bring in an Easter offering of hundreds of thou sa nd s of dollars. The local church expects to find self-denial gif t:; oi several hundreds of dollars. ... Stage and Screen News and Reviews VILLAGE THEATRE Ii you belong to the eld er gf~nera tion, you can r ecall the se nsation ca used by the disa~tcrou s flood that rlestroyed Johnston a nd ih nl'ighboring Yillage:-;. If you arc: t!lo young to rellll'llll>n thi:-, hi ~to ric cvL· nt, yo u ha\'C heard other:-.. recount :-.ume ui its ~h;t . . t ly <kLt ib and inspiri11g hnoisJils. l1 1 < til _\' ra-,t· yuu \\·ill \\·ant to ~t·c· t hL' trttllL' tHloth fi_lm production \\·hiL·h \Villia111 F(lx i~ pre :-.cnting in "The J olln'..;t()\\'11 Fl ood." Thi:-. piL·t llrl' \\'ill ~>e at t lH· \ 'illagc tiH·at re next .\1 uncLt ,. and TuL·-,cby, .\prl 5 and o. .\ddl'd at-traction" ,,·ill be a Charlie Cha:-c · ~~ o tn l'd,·. "l'li;trli l', .\1 ,. l~ O\'" :tncl a JlatiH· .Ill'\\., rvvl. . ·' On \\.l'dne .. <by and Thur . . r!ay. ~\pril 7 < 1 . 11 cl ~, t IIL' f l': 1t u r C' a t1 r act ion \\'iII 1 c ·· IJi :"l Jan Bride," irun1 the :-;tory "The Flappn \\ 'iiL·.·· The t\\·o :-tar of thi., :iln1 are ".\lari c l'r e,·o . . t and .\l att .\I "ore. Thne \\'ill abn he a 1 f:t.l l\11 ac!I , -,JIIll'rh· . "Pa:· thL· l 'a..,hivr" and a 1) ;1 t 11\· . rn·in\'. > Baptist Members Make Self-Denial Gifts This Week A month ago . t here were distributed among the memb ers of the Wilmette Baptist church and the Sunday school and cong regation small bank s in which they were asked, up to .Eas ter, to make offeri ngs representing some definite daily sclf -dPtlial. On the top of the box \\'a;, the Scripture verse "And He an:, \\·crecl and ~aiel un to them, "He that hath t\\·u coats, let him impart to him that hath nouc; and he t hat hath food, kt him dCJ lik e\\'isc." The content:; of tl!L':it boxe s is to go as a spec ial offering to support the \\'oriel \\'Ork of the Baptist Dcnomi natiCin-whcre today opportuniti es are grea tcr than ever but expen ~c:-~ arc high . Part of the money will go to- .. ·· · .,A - . ... · rl .... ·· . ... ·., HOYBURN THEATRE "(n<ler \Vc-.tern Skic ." an Edward ~ed~~w ick - l " niver sa l - J ewcl production, ~~ to be screened at the Hoyburn ~ ~~r.atrc n xt. ~1 ond ay and Tuesday. I In :; great ptct urc of the Ea t and \\.est ha-, been given an all-:-tar cast. -"onw oi it \\'as filmed at Universal Citv ~'alifornia. part of it in ~cw York Cit~ uHI · the greater part of it i11 a nJ about I \·n dlet on, Oregon. "~o on in th e world is :; , 1oval as 'ltt' screen fan." · This is the rather touch ing statement ,f Char)cs R~y, sr rcell' star, who pays ·t hcartt ·It tnbute to picturegoers, far and ncar, who have proved his friends in time of adversity. _"~fany people arc und er the imprcs,,nn that the public is dislO\·at to . crccn players," he says, "especiaJf,. ii finan cial diftl culti es overtake them. · "But it is an inspirati on and consola:ion to know that this i. not true. ~ever in my life have I received so many kind :l·ttl'r:- fr(ll\1 screen fans a<> now, when r han·. lo:;t pt·ac tically every earthly po~:-iL'SS!on through a mi sguided venture into the realm of ind.epcndcnt produc~ ion." During the making of "The A11ction Block," which is coming to the Hoyburn on \Vcdne sday, Thursday, Friday tnd Saturady 1 :evcral hundred letters ···rind d ai I\' at the M ctro-Goldwvn\faycr stud-ios. :Mi ss E leanor Borirdman is featured with Rav . in this Hobart Henley picture. · The actnr's misfortune arose recently, t hrough his independent attempt to make pictures af ter his own ideals, ,.,.-hic h wiped awav his ent ire fortune. IT e is beginning all over again, working tor a salary to pay off the cleht s of his ill-iatcd ,·enture. THE NEW EVANSTON :\v hea,·ywcight champion boxer t'\"l·r trained more earnestly for a battle in dc·icthe of his title than Rich;ml Dix trained to prepare him se lf physically ior the role of the Indian !Ivro in "The \·anishing American," lane Grey\ epic oi the red man " ·l!ich \\·ill be· shown beginning next .\1 uncia~-. April 5, at the ~ ew £,·anstl11\ thvatrc . 1n th ~ere n .. ton· Dix appears as a '\'a\·ajo [nclian-o;lc of the 10,000 '\'a,·ajos who take part 111 "'l'he Vanj...,IJin~ An. 1crican." .\ :- -.oon a..; the ~tar received word th<tt he was to play the part of :\ophaiL· he bc·gan a training siege so I seHre as to make the fall grind of ~ a collegt: fullback rc . emble a vacation hy compari:..on. For \\'l ck. he devoted practically eight hours daily to boxing, ~ wre~tling, riding, swiming and road wnrk. · L(Jis \\.ilson, :\oah I3ecn· an<l ::.ral co!tn ~fcGrcgor are fea tured with Dix in "The Vani hing American." .\{r. <ind :\frs. Ralph Hor\\'L'L'l l, 102H F.lm\\·ood :tH'IItlt'. and their hab\· daug-htl'r. \fariun, han~ rl'tttrnecl hom-e aiter an ah.-cnn· oi thr l'e " ·ccks. ".\frs. I! 111'\n:en !I a., hen in \ \·rs ley lw:-pital \\ hl'rt· :-lit' tlltdt·nn·nt :tn rqwrati1111 {or a PI' L' 11 d i L" it i ". (1 - . I" NEWS '-AMPU TODAY, SATURDAY ; l l ~;·n;~-·1 4 Acts ol Loop Vaudeville also Priscilla Dean m 4 .J. Your Horne TbtUtre t~. h.u~tpea. Manaartn~ DlrE'etor Tueo., Evrt····· T,..,_p, "·'· (~t'org.- a... I I I I --THE DANGER GIRL'~ ".\I 0:\ .. T UES. and \VED. --THE W AMDERER " · Greta Nissen,-Wallace Beery, Ernest Torrence-William Collier Added Feature Chas. Chase-Mildred Harris in I I ) 'Inn., 'l'ut-!>1., .\,,r, 5 anti 0 1 1 ()'Jlrit'n in ._THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD" \INu, ! i i I "( 'harh·y Putht· ··MA MA BEHAVE" THURSDAY and FRIDAY Bebe Daniels in nrul Hoy" :\t'ws 11 ~ly ' I U :;:·cl ~:r·t~·~·.:·:;~··,:~:;ri:l :t: l~l I I in t 4 1 Ris Jazz Bride' a o,ort· · \1 r. and \1 r-. . l'h·dl' Ru ~., (Ji hl'ltil \\·orth han" entn tai"ned a party of cig:ht at tlll' Lt:-.t \\Yo Saturday cYening dinnt·r -danl'l's at tht· Opera club . I ~ I ~ · \1:-;u, llal ' ltttllt'h ( ' onu·dy nnd f>nth,t· -~t'WN U --MISS BREWSTER'S MILLIONS" ~1ack Sennett · Comedy Pathe Review News · l·' ··i .. ~nt.. \Jtr. nnd 10 r·-·-:::,-~-~:~ ,Juhnult· Hint·!>! in ·Rainbow Riley' \INu, "lhtNh·r'N :\oN . t' Di,·e, "'l'he !'it,idt·r'N (~ ria·." ('ulor ~ov- I HOWARD I l I = I t·lt,- Ht·t·l and Pntht· :\t·ws . Sat. lUutH., 2 nnd 4 (l. SATURDAY 4 ACTS OF LOOP 4 VAUDEVILLE also Fred Thompson-Silver King I I - m. Tltt" Ron!lle of.Hnrmon"J ··rHE.TOUGH GUY" THE I I ---~~~ Continuous Da\·-2 :15 tn 11 :15 N. W. ;,L', Station ~t· Howar<l EHIT NEW Sun., Mon., Tues., April 4-5-6 Rudolph Schildkraut 44 t I - EVANSTON Starting Monday HOYBURN Monday and Tuesday Nor man Kerry in I i 815 P~OPLE" ! · ... I ,. .. I ,. THE NEW CAMPUS ~ The large st moti on picture set eve r ~ co nstructed and th e greatest number oi person~ ever used for one sce ne in a n American made motion picture are h\·o of the outstanding features of "The \ Vanderer," famou s Biblical spectacle, which Raoul Wal sh directed for Para mount, and ~ome s to the New Campus theater next ~.f on <lay, Tur s cla~· ancl \Vedncsday. The sce ne ,,·hich is that of · an un named Biblical citv, was built in the ioot-hills of Santa· Monica California, and covers many hi.mdred acres of ~round. More th an two hundred carpenters and scores of trchnical assistants were at wotk for more than three weeks cons tructing the hundred massive buildings and wa11s for the set. For the scene depicting the destructio n of the city by earthquake and fire, thou:-~ands of actors were used as well Wed. and Thurs., April 7-8 Sally O'Neill in I I I. I I I --MIKE" Fri. and Sat., April 9-10 Leon Errol-Dorothy Gish lI I I I ! RICHARD DIX in Zane Grey's 44CL~TRES Howard I I ; "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" Season's Greatest Production with Lois Wilson and Noah Beery ··UNDER WESTERN SKIES" Jimmy Adams ~~WHOA. EMMA" Wed., Thura., Fri. and Sat. Charlie Ray Sally O'Neil 1 All MAKE THE ___.- 1 l J No~~~~~~~Stop ~ at ··THE AUCTION BLOCK" By Rex Beach ~-·-·-·-·-·-·~·-·-·-·-·-·