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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, TANUARY 17, 1925 HERE AND THERE ON STAGE AND Reviews of the Week By Thespian STAGE "LoLLYyropr: With Ada-May Selwyn Theatre Having reviewed musical shows for some time, and having been able to use a somewhat stereotyped article in each case, I approached "Lollipop" with the expectation Af using the standard form of review, changing names to fit the new cast. Let it be recorded that I was completely disillusioned in this case for here is something which differs from the usual. In structure, "Lillipop" is the "garden variety" of musical plays but there are some new green shoots and some new buds and blossoms not usually found gn similar plants. The author, Miss Zelda Sears, is not en- tirely original in the mater of plot. The story is a simple one of an orphan in an orphanage who "concentrates" hard enough so that she is adopted by a wealthy patroness, inherits an oil well of her own, gives a wonderful garden party and then discovers that the oil well has ceased to flow. But to interpret the story, the pro- ducers have gathered together a re- markable group of comparative strangers who seem to believe in team work and each of whom performs his or her bit equally well. Practically everyone on the stage dances and dances well, including the chorus men who were evidently picked in this case for something besides their natural beauty. There are catchy tunes by Vincent Youmans, who did so well with the score of "No, No, Nanette," and these are sung acceptably by several of the principals. Miss Ada-May is a lively and merry little somebody who dances remarkably well, has a fine sense of the comic, and sings a song now and then with a voice which has rare sweetness. Others of the cast are of much as- sistance. Gus Shy, new to me, is a funny cut-up of ability. Disguised as plumbers, he and his partner Walter Craig, keep the house in a continual stream of laughter; the kind that is unforced and very real. Both are fine dancers as is Nick Long, Jr. The latter undertakes some new things in the dancing line which are a welcome addition to the usual. In addition, a dozen well trained Tiler dancing girls inject not a little pleasure into the en- tertainment. "Lollypop" is a speedy, clean and very pleasant two or three hours. It is certainly the first one of its kind in a long time which has found its audience begging for more after each song or dance. "THE BIG MOGUL" With Fiske O'Hara Ceneral Theatre Fiske O'Hara, a frequent visitor here with Irish plays, in which he] made a considerable reputation as a singer of Irish songs, is with us again, this time at the cozy Central theatre. His new venture is "The Big Mo- gul," styled a modern comedy drama by Dewitt Newing, its author. In it he essays the role of a millionaire plumber in love with the daughter of a Wall Street operator. During the development of the plot he marries the girl, instigates a little gun play to safeguard his fortune and is given an opportunity to sing a few songs. One of these songs, "Mother Asthore" has a tune which should prove immensely popular. = Certainly the audience went into raptures over it as it was rendered by Mr. O'Hara. There were other songs and consider- able witty dialogue which also found approval and it looks as though "The Big Mogul" might be at the Central for some time. Miss Pat Clary, is featured as lead- ing woman and does her full share in the proceedings. Others in the cast are Allen York, Catherine Downey, Hal Mordaunt, Gilbert Cartland and Sara Ann McCabe, the latter, the prize winner in a recent voice contest of Mr. O'Hara's. . SCREEN "SO BIG" First National Production Chicago Theatre Edna Ferber wrote the novel "So Big" and it has been immensely pop- ular. To a degree I believe the pic- ture will likewise be of interest to many, although it does not completely come up to my expectations. In it Colleen Moore is Selina, not only in the early nineties, as a girl but also the Selina whose son is "so big." It tells in entertaining detail the story of the young girl, suddenly forced to teach school in the rural community, who marries and helps her husband in his struggles. Care- fully it sketches her life after the husband's death and depicts the sacri- fices and battles she fights for her only son. But with it all there seems to be something lacking and one feels that the picture is not as satisfactory to look at as the story was to read. Miss Moore is capital in the early reels as the young girl but there is a feeling of unreality when you view, 15 SCREEN her in the make-up of the time-worn mother. Somehow she just can't seem to take away that girlish look. Her acting however is splendid, as is that of Ben Lyon, who portrays the son. Wallace Beery and Ford Sterling are other well knowns in the cast. Taken as a whole, "So Big" is a fairly good picture and there wil be hosts of "Colleen Moore" fans who will rush to see her again. For me it would have been far better had they provided two stars instead of one. Majectic Theatre Cronin and Hart, "he" plays the piano and "they" sing some really new and clever songs, thereby prac- tically stopping the show. Following them in popularity this week was Erny Holmgren and his band, assisted by a young lady who dances well. Mr. Holmgren is an unusually good violinist. Melville and Rule, she a comedian of the cut-up type, are here again with their familiar act, while Barton and Young contribute some good nonsense by the jewish member of the team. The Little Review and Roy and Arthur were other good acts on the bill. Neighboring Theaters HOYBURN While a gripping and thrilling love story, "Sundown" also is an historic film, recording as it does the pictures- jue passing of the pioneer cattle kings from the Southwest. Driven by the fast encroachments of homesteaders upon their grazing lands, the old time cattlemen of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California are compelled to seek the open lands of Mexico. They mass their cattle into great herds--thou- sands of them--and start the long, tedious drives over the across the Rio Grande. The First National cameras caught the oceans of cattle in actual move- ment to their new grazing lands. Never before has such a sight been filmed, and never will be filmed again, since the cattle kings are now gone from the Southwest, and that coun- try has lost its picturesqueness of pioneer days in the avalanche of civil- ization which is flooding over it. This epic of the screen will be shown at the Hoyburn theatre next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The tremendous importance of the lighthouse, particularly as it bears on the vicious activities of rum-runners and bootleggers, is the theme of the new photoplay, "The Lighthouse by the Sea," which will be shown at the Hoyburn theatre, beginning Thursday. The plot of this photoplay was taken from the stage success by Owen Davis, which usually means action, and plenty of it. Rin-Tin-Tin, famous super-dog with the almost human intellect, is the hero of the picture, while Louise Fazenda, in her role of daughter to the blind lighthouse keeper, is, by past perform- ances, well able to carry the thrilling, fast-moving action that starts right at the beginning, and continues throughout the whole story, which shows the cruel. struggle between the keepers of right and light, and the illegal and criminal band that trades on prohibition. A charming love in- terlude is furnished by Buster Collier, Jr., who assists the lighthouse keep- er and loves Louise. Others of the cast include Mathew Betz, Douglas Gerrad and Charles Hill Mailes. "The Lighthouse by the Sea" was adapted for the screen by Darryl Francis Zanuck, directed by Mal St. Clair with the assistance of Clarence desert and _--: \ WN \ NN AN £ Pola Negri in the Paramount Picture * East of Suez' Bricker, and photographed by Lyman Broening. ADELPHI The location company used by First National in the filiming of "Sundown," its most recent gigantic production, was one of the largest ever sent out by a motion picture company. Accompanied by air-service, cavalry, motor transport, signal corp, medical detachment, commissary and a battery of cameras, the company crossed the Mexican border into a two million acre cattle principality--the largest in the country--where scenes shpwing 100,000 head of cattle were filmed. A cast of well known actors and actresses played their roles against the moving panorama of American history which is to be the background of this unusual picture. Bessie Love, Roy Stewart, Charlie Murray and Hobart Bosworth headed the cast. Farl Hudson, supervisor of First Na- tional Productions and the author of the story, sent the expedition out un- der army discipline. David Thomp- son, production manager, was in com- mand. From Columbus, N. M. a motor transport fleet carried the company to headquarters, an adobe building at a strategic point on the ranch. From this building a company street of tents was built out into the desert. There were 40 tents in the double line. in addition to mess and hospital shelter. i i Available for reconnoitering and courier service was a fast scout plane with a pilot and observer, while a captive blimp was anchored over the scene of action as a camera base for aerial views of the mighty herd. "Sundown" will be shown at the Adelphi next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, January 18, 19 and 20. Larry Semon will also be seen in "Kid Speed." Wednesday and Thursday, Anna Q. Nilsson and Lewis Stone will be pres- ent in "Inez From Hollywood," a film which reports to tell of life in and around the movie capitol of the world. "The Plumber" will be shown along with this feature. For the week end attraction the Clark street movie theatre will pres- ent Theodore Roberts in a thrilling version of the eternal triangle entitled "Locked Doors." "The Cannon Ball Express" will be an added attraction on Friday and Saturday. THE HOWARD "Husbands and Lovers" featuring Florence Vidor and Lew Cody will presented on the silver screen at the Howard theatre next week Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, January 18, 19 A PLL 8 HowARD Continuous RETCHIN | ADELPH Mutinees Monday and Tuesday January 19 and 20 Florence Vidor Lewis Stone--Lew Cody "HUSBANDS AND LOVERS" "DIRTY HANDS" Wednesday, Thursday Matt Moore--Mary Carr "EAST OF BROADWAY" Sennett Comedy "THE PLUMBER" Friday, Saturday Marie Prevost--Monte Blue Helene Chadwick "THE DARK SWAN" Saturday Matinee in Addition to Regular Show "FIGHTING FURY" Every Day--2:16 to 11:15 Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays N. W. "L" Station at Howard 7074 North Clark .St. Sunday, January 18 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Tom Mix in January 18, 19, 20 "DEADWOOD COACH" SUNDOWN?" with Bessie Love Hobart Bosworth--Roy Stewart Larry Semon "KID SPEED" Wednesday, Thursday Anna Q. Nilsson--Lewis Stone "INEZ FROM HOLLYWOOD" "THE PLUMBER" Friday, Saturday Theo. Roberts "LOCKED DOORS" "The Cannon Ball Express" The North Shore's Most Representative Theaters and 20. "Dirty Hands" will be an added attraction on these same dates. Matt Moore and Mary Carr will play "East of Broadway" at the North limits movie house on Wednesday and Thursday. Mary Carr will be re- membered by the fans for her genuine work as the Mother in the tearful film "Over the Hills." A Sennett comedy called 'The Plumber' will also be shown. 'The Dark Swan' a movie which tells the tale of the struggle between a plain, perhaps homely, maiden and a flashy sort of peacock for the love of a man, will be the feature film Fri- day and Saturday. Marie Prevost, who in years past used to disport upon the sands of the beach at Venice, California, in the sort of bathing suits that made Marck Sennett famous, will be seen as the more flamboyant of the women in the triangle, one may easily imagine the struggle to be one well worth witness- ing. Helene Chadwick will be seen as the more dove-like of the species. Monte Blue as the hero is the cause of it all. Which wins? Guess. You may be surprised when you see the picture. At the Saturday matinee, in addi- tion to the regular show, "Fighting Fury" will be presented at the Howard. New Evanston Hoyburn Starting Monday BETTY BRONSON ERNEST TORRENCE PETER PAN Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday BESSIE LOVE SUNDOWN Comedy News Thursday, Friday, Saturday RIN-TIN-TIN LIGHTHOUSE BY THE SEA Daily Shows at 2, 4, 7 and 9--Saturday Continuous 2 to 11 P. M. Winnetka JAN. 20 a Frank Woods Proouction /N Baueod on Sir Walter Scotts \ novel, * The Jalirman® with Wallace Beery as "Iting' Richard; th role he created in "Robin Hooo* 4-7:15 & 9 P.M. JAN. 23 Mae Tinee classes it as one of the best of 1924! Community House "RICHARD, THE LION -HEARTED | Admission prices for this special production: Matinee, 15¢; Eve., 35c