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THEATER-NEWS (Contin~ed froq~ _ page 67) .A nzac Youths M11ke Inspection Trip at New Trier High SHOW ALASKAN FILM Dolor. del Rio and Ralph Forbes ia . "The Traa1 of '18" at Varsity This Saturday, May 4 ·'The Trail of '98," remnuscent of "The Spoilers," "Flame of the Yukon," and other Alaskan melodramas, wilt have a one-day showing at the V_ arsity in Evanston this Saturday, May 4, with Dolores del Rio and Ralph Forbes in the leading roles. Miss del Rio is seen as the poor relation of a restaurant man and his wife. With them she boards a boat for Alaska in the period of wild excitement following newspaper accounts of the discovery of gold in that country. The restaurant man is bent on establishing a cafe, feeding wealthy prospectors, and becoming rich himself. Dolores is to help him. En route to Alaska she meets and falls in love with a stowaway (Ralph Forbes). Also on the boat is a gambler who sees the girl and marks her for his own. Thus. you have the beginnings of an interesting film storv. "Why Be Good ?" Colleen Moore and Neil Hamilton have the leading roles in "\Vln· Be Good?" which onens a three da~· engagement at the Varsity Monday.- May 6. The film is anqther chapter of the jazz age, the moral of which is: "Girls. to get your man, seem to be naughty hut still be nice." Colleen plays a de-. partm ent store clerk with whom the boss' son (Neil Hamilton) falls in love. The picture is bright, lively, and well acted. Charles Eaton and Helen Twelvetrees, the youthful principals of "The Ghost Talks." Varsity offering for Thursda~ and Friday, ·May 9 and 10. are making their screen debuts in this picture fresh from the New York stage. "The Ghost Talks" is Fox's first all-talking feature length farce-comedv. Its storv is cleverlv built around the comic antics of a correspondence school detective. Carmel Myers has a minor part in the picture. PHOTO BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER This group of fine appearing chaps represents a contir~ gent of the 160 Aus~ralian boys who have been '5ig~t-seei~g in Chicago and vicinity during the past week. The group pt ctured above compnses b<;>ys par~eled ou_t to ho~es of. Wtlmette Rotarians, as well as Chicago Rotarians residing on the north shore,_ for lodgmg dunng thet~ stay ~n Chtcago. It doesn't require a '5 econd guess to realize that these young fellows have JU~t completed a tour ~f mspectton at New Trier High school at the portals of which this picture was taken. The Austrahan boys, ~.embers ot a travel leagu~, are engaged upon a tour of the United States. The group shown above were guests of the \\ 1lme_ tte Rotary club at a dmner and theater party la'3t Monday night. Audrey Ferris Star of "Fancy Baggage" at C. H. Next Week Audrey Ferris plays the part of the heroine in the comedy drama, "Fancy Baggage," which will be presented on the Community House screen Tuesday, May 7. In the picture Miss Ferris is Naomi Iverson; known as leader of the fastest younger set of her town. Pretty, carefree, extravagant-Naomi hears accidentally that her father is in financial difficulties-that he has just signed a false confession to a crooked deal in stocks, for which he is to receive ,a million dollar check. though forced to serve a term in prison. Naomi's better self comes to the surface. and the leader of fashion becomes an equally ardent leader of her dad's forlorn cause. with results such as the picture will show you. Myrna Loy portrays 1\aomi's rival. and George Fawcett has one of the principal roles in the film. "Fan::y Bagg-age" was adapted for the screen from a Jerome Kingston story. North Shore theater-goers will have the opportunity of seeing the pictured version of the great song and story, "Mother ~fachree," at the Communit~· House Fridav and Saturdav, Mav 10 and 11. The storv tells of an Irish mother " ·ho brings- her boy to America that he may have the advantages of the new land. Belle Bennett's performance as the mother plucks at the heart strings, and little Philippe de La ~ y. who plays the Irish son as a lad. is delightful. Neil Hamilton has the role of Mother Machree's grownup son. Victor McLag-len also has an important part in the p.icture. Baritone to Sing Opening Concert of May Festival Will Be Brilliant Event The 1929 Chicago North Shore music festival gives promise of having one of the most brilliant opening concerts in the long and distinguished history of these occasions. Saint Saens' "Samson and Delilah," regarded a·s the best of this noted French composer's works, will be presented the evening of May 27, when the first performance of the wee~ will be given with a remarkable tr10 0f artists in the leading roles. The soloists will include Cyrena Van Gordon, who will sing the part of Delilah, Charles Marshall, Sam5on, and Richard Bonelli, high priest. Van Gordon, Marshall and Bonelli sang respective roles together at performances of the Chicago Civic Opera company and were given an ovation at the conclusion of the performance. As "Samson and Delilah" is equally popular as an operatic and concert performance, those who heard these soloists at the Civic opera last winter will pe much interested in making a comparison of their singing when they appear in the Northwestern university gym- · nasium at the festival. Another excellent singer will be heard in "Samson and Delilah"-Herbert Gould, we'll known bass ; as well as the festival chorus of 600 singers, the A Cappella choir and the Chicago Symphony orchestra. Cyrena Van Gordon will have an ut:tusual opportunity in this program as three aria·s, "The Spring With Her Dower," "Oh, Love, They Might 'Let Me Borrow," and "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice," are unanimously admired and no other operatic arias for mezzosoprano voice are more popular. The choruses will present a wide tange choral effect with the .pure ~~lo~rv: . and dramatic effects for which Saint · Saens ·is noted. The choir and the orch¢stra also will have important parts 'hi this gala ·performance. "Dracula" at Blackstone Is Sensational Success "Dracula," the vampire mystery play that Horace Liveright is presenting at' Hte Blackstone theater, is proving to be the dramatic success of the vear. This strange play taken from Bram Stoker's celebrated novel of the same name is one of-the- most interesting plays that the stage has offered in a long time. It is novel-well written and presented by a cast of exceptional merit. "Dracula" is the fir t one hundred percent play that has vic;ited here this season. The critics were unanimous in their prai e and Ashton Stevens liked it so well that he wrote an editorial the second Sundav of the thrilling moments that he had ·spent in the Blackstone theater during the performance of "Dracula." It is different from all other mystery plays. as it deals with the supernatural and there is no awkward or sillv explanation at the conclusion. "Dracula" is a play that you should see, if you enjoy a rapid-fire procession of thrills of the most astounding hair-raising kind, Richard Bonelli, appearing this spring at the May festival of the Chicago North Shore Festival association, is regarded one of the eminent baritones of the times. He has sung in America and abroad and created a fame that is unusual for .so young a singer. GIVES SUNDAY RECITAL Olive Ahara, soprano. is to appear in recital at the Playhouse, Chicago, Sunday afternoon, May 5. under auspices of Bertha Ott, Inc. "DIAMOND LIL" MOVES Miss Mae \Vest has moYed her .l1ighly prosperous "Diamond Lit" from the · Apotlo theater in Chicago to the Great Northern. The play is no,,· in its fifteenth week. MARY AND DOUG CO-STAR JANNINGS ON VACATON Emil J annings, noted continental dramatic star, has been granted an indefinite leave of absence by B. P. Schulberg, general manager of production at the Paramount Hollywood studio, and will leave for a vacation in Europe early this month. Mary Pickford Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks are to start work soon on Loretta Young and Douglas Fair- their first co-starring production, "The banks, Jr., are to be teamed by First Taming of the Shrew." Mary will play NationaL Their fir.H vehicle will be Katherine while Doug will do Petrucalled "Past Life." chio. of