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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 HERE AND THERE ON STAGE AND Reviews of the Week By Thespian SCREEN "SEVEN CHANCES" McVickers Theaire Buster Keaton in search of a wife is tne basis for this comedy which provoked considerable laugtiter at Mc- Vickers. And what a time he has finding one. Broke and despondent he awakes to find that he is heir to a 'mere seven millions but, and it is quite a "but," he must be married by seven P. M. on his 27th birthday and this happens to be that very day. Buster happens to be in love with a sweet little girl and sn forthwith he proposes to her only to have her ac- cept and then turn him down when he tells her about the inheritance. In despair and to save himself and his partner from possible legal troubles through their stock inarket transac- tions, he goas forth to find a woman who will have him. You can imagine the situation es- pecially when you learn that the enter- prising partner puts the story in the afternoon papers and invites prospec- tive brides to come {5 a certain church at a specified hour Of course some- thing happens to bring Buster and his original love together just as the clock strikes seven but that's another part of the story which you should see for yourself. Mr. Keaton has apparently joined Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Lloyd in their ability to hold forth in featu=e length comedies. And while this does not im- press me as did his two previous ef- forts it nevertheless contains many hearty laughs and is well worth a visit. The story is far from original and many of the situations have been seen many times before but the droll Mr. Keaton carries things along with a master hand and finishes with a bang. The scenes in and about the church are particularly unny. T. Roy Barnes and Ruth Dwyer help things along. "LEARNING TO LOVE" Chicago Theatre The story of a young maiden who has a failing for falling in love with most of the young men she meets. That is. she thinks she is in love but changes her mind so rapidly that no one seems to know just where she will finally light. Three youths in par- ticular seem to be in the running un- til her guardian suddenly brings her up to a quick stop by telling her just about what he really thinks of her actions. It happens that the guardian is not at all like the usual guardian but is young, handsome and apparently sensible. Consequently what more natural than that she should fall in love with him. And this time she is really serious about it. The things which happen to her are more or less interesting and altogether make for a light and fluffy comedy drama. Constance Talmadge is the young lady and gives one of her most inter- esting performances. Antonio Moreno, avith his Valentino bearing and clothes, does quite a little with his part as the guardian. Edythe Chapman and Emily Fitzroy have some good mo- ments and John Harroun and Ray Hallor are about right. But if the picture was good, Spring Festival Week at the Chicago was bet- ter so far as the incidental entertain- ment was concerned. 'There was enough of it and it was good enough to be worth more than the price of admission. There was a Dragon Parade, Miller and Chapman did some good dancing, a Venetian Carnival was spectacular and the "Kentucky Ser- enaders" proved to be one of the best jazz orchestras I have been privileged to hear this season. VAUDEVILLE "SALLY, IRENE AND MARY" Garrick Theatre A year ago a show by this name, with a road company, hesitated mo- mentarily at the Great Northern then folded its tents and passed on. It was unheralded and unsung. Now we have it back among us with the original company, the author taking the prin- cipal part. I, for one, am glad to herald it and to politely suggest that you go see it. Admittedly the mate- rial is the same but as now set forth it is about as clever musical enter- tainment of its kind as I have seen this season. Mr. Eddie Dowling, responsible for at least part of the book, is the Jimmie Ducan of the piece. He and his mother with a group of other tenament dwell- ers in New York show us life as it is lived in those parts. His "best girl" Mary, with her two friends, Sally and Irene, are picked up by an author and his theatrical producer and each girl in turn becomes a star in a Broadway attraction. Jimmie becomes a success- ful plumber, buys a Ford and wanders over to Broadway for a glimpse at Mary. How he wins her and how each of the other girls campaigns for the boy of her choice makes for more of a plot than is usually found in mu- sical endeavors. There are three in- teresting Irish mothers, a corking stage-doorman, numerous and good SCREEN looking chorus girls and men and enough music and dancing to keep things lively for the evening. Mr. Dowling is expert as the young plumber. A keen student of comedy values, he works each situation to the limit and makes a tremenduous hit with the audience. Josie Intropidi, as his Irish mother, deserves ali the ap- plause she receives for her excellent character work. The same is true of D. J. Sullivan, the stage door-man, who 'deserves to be a featured player. Miss Louise Brown, the "Sally," dances divinely, practically stopping the show in the second act. Miss Edna Morn pleasantly sings her way through the part of "Mary." The others are as they should be and all combine to make this a smooth and interesting entertainment. Neighboring Theaters VILLAGE THEATRE Douglas Fairbanks' great picture, "The Thief of Bagdad" is coming to the Village theatre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, April 27-30, inclusive. There will be a special matinee Thursday afternoon, and the evening shows will begin at 7:10 and 9:20 o'clock because of the length of the picture. In "The Thief of Bagdad" there has been realized the most extraordinary happenings, so amazing that picturing them had not heretofore been thought possible. In this picture, founded upon the Arabian Nights, Douglas Fairbanks seems pretty nearly to have covered the universe, both of fact and fancy. There will be discovered in it scenes under the sea, on the earth. and in the air-- including many imaginary places that exist only in fantastic dreams. It has been said that when Mr. Fairbanks, as the Thief of Bagdad, sails the Magic Carpet, you shout; that when he rides the Winged Horse in the clouds, you laugh; that when he kills a Dragon, you applaud; that when he wears the Invisi- ble Cloak, you cheer; that when he raises the Magic Army, you gasp: that when he wins the Princess, you sigh. The more important members of the cast are Julanne Johnston, formerly a member of the famous Morgan Dan- cers, who impersonates the Princess; So-Jin Kamayama, imported from Japan, where he has been the leading Shakes- pearean actor, who impersonates the Mongol Prince. Anna May Wong, a charming little Chinese flapper, is seen in the part of the slave. Snitz Edwaids is the Thief's evil associate; Brandon Hurst is the Caliph. With this picture will be shown, Mon- day and Tuesday, a Pathe news and a comedy, "Powder Marks", a cross-word puzzle and a Pathe review will be shown Wednesday and Thursday. The attraction Friday and Saturday will be Baby Peggy in her latest picture, "Captain January." She is supported by a strong cast, including Hobart Bos- worth. The other features on the bill will be an Al St. John comedy, "Love Mania" and a Pathe news. THE NEW CAMPUS Bustles, burlesques, sewing circles «nd waistlines have been thrown more or less in the discard. They will be revived again, at least temporarily, on the local screen at the New Campus theatre where Hobart Henley's production of "The De- nial" will be shown next Monday and Tuesday, April 27 and 28. This is one of the most interesting pictures of the year. It is fast moving. It has a prologue and an epilogue of the present day linked up with tae main story which takes place in the ycar 1897, a time many can remember, but few think of as being old fashionad until they view what was then, and how hope- lessly passe it is now. There is a tremendous theme to the story which only escapes being 4 tragedy by showing what takes place 28 years later. It makes one see cicarly how easily the tragedies of the day are swept aside by time and are forgotten in the rush of ever-new things arising. A really great message is sub-consciously carried in this film play, which was adapted to the screen by Agnes Christine Johnston from the stage play by Lewis Beach. Claire Windsor has the big role, the only one which is carried through both periods of the story. Emily Fiizroy has her greatest characterization, and por- trays an overbearing woman in a way that is intensely real. Vivia Ogden as Aunt FEffie is both funny and pathetic, and William Haines as the hero is well cast. Others of im- portance are Edward Connelly, Bert Roach, Lucille Ricksen and Robert Ag- new. The picture Goldwyn-Mayer. Film fans are accustomed to seeing Eugene O'Brien as the polished, urban man of fashion. In "Frivolous Sal," his latest First National picture, however, he has an entirely different role. He rides madly over mountain trails, chases a band of robbers into a huge ice cave and finally battles the ring leader as the two shoot across a mountain gorge in the bucket of an aerial tramway. The picture, love drama of the pioneer Western mining camps, affords C'Brien an opportunity for some rapid-fire and thrilling action. Mae Busch, Tom Sant- was made for Metro- New Campus Feature A \ 7 cs AN Se 4 WILLIAM HAINES "THE DENIAL' schi, Mildred Harris and Little Alexander also are in the cast. "Frivolous Sal" will be shown at the New Campus theatre next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 26, 30 and Ben May 1. On Saturday, May 2, Hoot Gibson will be seen in "Let'er Buck." Also Charlie Chaplin in "Pay Day." Comedy, review and fables will round out the week and bill at tne New Campus. THE HOYBURN Not the least important feature of "Head Winds," the Universal-Jewel, fea- ture co-starring House Peters, with Patsy Ruth Miller, to be shown at the Hoyburn theatre, next Thursday, is the extraordinary cast surrounding the star. Exceptional care was taken in the se- lection of the players of the third pro- duction which House Peters has made under his current contract with the Uni- versal Pictures Corporation. Patsy Ruth Miller played opposite Lon Chaney in Victor Hugo's stupen- dous spectacle, "The Hunchback of No- tre Dame." In "Head Winds," she plays the part of Patricia Van Pelt, so- ciety shrew, with whom Peters, as a "wealthy yachtman," falls in love. Arthur Hoyt and 'William Austin are cast in the roles of Winthrop Van Pelt and Theodore Van Pelt brothers of Pat- ricia. Hoyt, it will be remembered, played in such notable productions as "Is Matrimony a Failure," and "The Love Piker." Austin played a featured role in "Rich Men's Wives" and "The Cowboy King." "Head Winds" is further notable for the fact that it brings together three well-known and popular favorite Ori- ental players. They are Togo Yamama- to, George Kuwa and K. Nambu. "Head Winds" is adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story of the same name from the pen of A. M. Sin- clair Wilt. It tells the tale of a high- powered romance on the high seas. As the hearty mariner, Peters, falls in love with Patricia Van Pelt, a beautiful, rich but wilful shrew. To "break" her 'stub- born spirit he kidnaps her and carries her off to sea in his private yacht. The "Patricia," the palatial yacht in the production, is the property of a Cal- ifornia millionaire who loaned his craft to the Universal Pictures Corporation especially for this production which Her- bert Blache directed. THE NEW EVANSTON "The Thundering Herd," which opens at the New Evanston, Monday, April 27, is bound to appeal to all levels of hu- manity. It will be hailed with the keen- est delight by the average movie-goer because it contains some brand new thrills and bristles with exciting action. The picture is based on Lucien Hub- bard's adaptation of Zane Grey's famous novel, and is a story of the lawless west of 1870-76, when vast herds of buffalo Newell & Retchin HOWARD Continuous Every Day--2:15 to 11:15 N. W. "L" Station at Howard April 26 Sunday, HOUSE PETERS "HEAD WINDS" also Our Gang Comedy "MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY" April 27, 28 Antonio Moreno and Aileen Pringle "ONE YEAR TO LIVE" also "THE LION'S WHISKERS" Wed., Thur., April 29, 30 Conway Tearle "SCHOOL FOR WIVES" May 1, 2 Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel Marguerite De La Mott "CHEAPER TO MARRY" Saturday, Matinee in addition to the regular show Wm. Desmond in "STRAIGHT THRCUGH" All North Shore Trains Stop at Howard Mon. Tues. Friday and Saturday, roamed the plains and the Indian war cry was a thing of terror. Briefly, it deals with the hardships of a caravan of pioneers who abandon their farms in the middle west and make a drive for the buffalo fields of Wyoming and Montana, at that time a wilderness inhabited by hostile Indians. More par- ticularly, the story concerns the romance of Tom Doane and Milly Fayre-- a ro- mance which exemplifies the truth of that old adage, "the course of true love never did run smooth." The exciting adventures of the pioneers which culminate in a terrific battle with the Indians, and the harrowing experi- ences of the young lovers which reach a smashing climax during a spectacular stampede of two thousand maddened buffalo, provide a choice assortment of dynamic thrills for audiences to enjoy. Acting honors fall to the lot of Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery and Raymond Hatton, who effectively por- tray the leading roles. The entire pro- duction reflects great credit on William | K. Howard, who directed the picture. THE HOWARD In wooing the girl of his choice, House Peters in his latest starring vehicle, "Head Winds," the Universal-Jewel fea- ture coming to the Howard theatre, next Sunday, April 26, portrays a sheik of new moods and manners. Unlike the chieftains of the desert wastes, Peters in the role of a hearty mariner, kidnaps his bride "by false means or fair," and woos without the gaudy sentimentality of humble submission. It is a unique manner in which John Peter Rosslyn, the wealthy yachtman of the story, as portrayed by House Peters, plays the role of the romantic lover who woos without the gaudy sentimentality of accepted romanticism. Patricia Van Pelt, as portrayed by Patsy Ruth Miller, who plays the leading feminine role opposite Peters, is a girl endowed with wealth, social position and is without doubt the victim of her own stubborness and spirit, which has never been curbed. Her two brothers realizing the folly of letting Patsy waste her life as the mate of a social satellite, conspire to marry her off to Rosslyn. ; An Our Gang Comedy, "Mysterious Mystery," will also be shown on that date at the Howard. M. C. Levee presents at the Howard on Monday and Tuesday, a film entitled "One Year to Live," from the story by John Hunter, featuring Antonio Moreno, Aileen Pringle and Dorothy Mackaill. The cast also includes Rosemary Theby, Chester Conklin, Joseph Kilgour, Sam De Graase and Rose Dione. The picture was directed by Irving Cum- mings. It is a First National picture. On Wednesday and Thursday, April 29 and 30, Conway Tearle will be seen in "School for Wives," at the Howard theatre. Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel and Mar- guerite De La Mott will be the prin- cipals in "Cheaper to Marry," as the week-end attraction at the popular north end limits movie house. In addition to the regular show, at the Saturday matinee only, will be shown William Desmond in "Straight Through. A. Sy EA AL 8 Ngl) > ! ry NE 2 -- -~ = i Evenings Ne ~e 7215:& 9 All Seats 15¢" All Seats 25¢ TUESDAY APR. 28 BABY PEGGY "THE FAMILY SECRET" Gump Comedy Fox News FRIDAY MAY 1 MARION DAVIES Holbrook Blinn and Harrison Ford in "JANICE MEREDITH" A Story of the American Revolution Note : Admission for this special production: Matinee, 25¢, Eve, 35 cents. NEW CAMPUS Fountain Square Evanston Con. from1:30 to 11 P. M. Mon. Tues, Claire Windsor "The Denial" Juvenile Comedy April 27-28 News Wednesday, Thursday, April 29-30 "Frivolous Sal' with Eugene O'Brien Mae Busch Mildred Harris News Ben Alexander Christie Comedy Friday and Saturday, TOM MIX "Oh You Tony" | also the "GO-GETTERS" MATINEE ONLY Chas. Chaplin in "PAY DAY" Review, Fables and News May 1-2 Village Theatre Your Home Theatre J. B. Koppel Managing Director Tues, Wed., Thur. April 27-30 Evenings, 7:30 and 9:00 Matinees, Tues. and Thur. 3:30 Douglas Fairbanks "The Thief of Bagdad" Pathe News and "Powder Marks" 2-reel comedy Mon., Fri. and Sat, 7:30 and 9:00 Sat. Matinees, 2 and 4 p. m. Baby Peggy "Captain January" Pathe News and Al St. John in "Love Mania" Coming Soon "SALLY" and "PETER PAN" New Evanston] Starting Monday Zane Grey's Great American Drama ""The Thundering Herd" with JACK HOLT LOIS WILSON Comedy News Weekly Hoyburn Mon., Tues. and Wed. Richard Dix "Men and Women" Comedy News Thurs., Fri. and Sat. House Peters '""Head Winds"' Comedy News Daily Shows at 2, 4, 7 and 9--Saturday Continuous 2 to 11 P. M.