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50 WINNETKA TALK March 17, 1928 Teatro | del Lago Sheridan Road Ph. Kenilworth 3980-3981 MATINEES SATURDAY, SUNDAY in "No Man's Land" Between Wilmette and . Kenilworth | | | 0 SATURDAY & SUNDAY | Doors Open 1:30 | Show Starts 2 p. m., Continuous Evenings During Week Doors Open 6:30 | Show Starts 7 p. m. | PROGRAM FOR WEEK ENDING | MARCH 23 Saturday, March 17 | "MIDNIGHT ROSE" Lya De Putti & Kenneth Harlan I I "Buster Shows Off" Buster Brown Comedy i "Indoor Golf" | Oswald Cartoon "Review No. 9" Pathe Sunday, March 18 "BABY MINE" Karl Dane & Geo. K. Arthur "Just the Type" Christie Comedy "Children of the Sun" Oddity Fox News & Daily News Mon. & Tues., March 19 & 20 "BEAU SABREUR"" Gary Cooper & Evelyn Brent "Leave Em Laughing" Hal Roach Comedy "Pathe Review No. 10" Paramount News Wednesday, March 21 "THE WHIP WOMAN" Estelle Taylor "Say ¢Ah' " Educational Comedy "KoKo's Gem Jams" Inkwell Cartoon Fox News Thurs. & Fri, March 22 & 23 "The Sharpshooters" George O'Brien & Lois Moran "Racing Mad" Mermaid Comedy "On the Ice" Pathe Fable Paramount News Coming Attractions "Helen of Troy" Joan Crawford . "Les Miserables" All-Star "The Noose" Richard Barthelmess "The Gaucho" Douglas Fairbanks "The Last Command" Emil Jannings "The Patent Leather Kid" Richard Barthelmess f_---- I i Wesley Latest Theater News-- 000) a0 am a-- Community House Books "Buttons" for Friday The Community House bookings for the coming week are "Publicity Mad- ness" and "Buttons." Edmund Lowe takes the leading role in the former--which will be shown on Tuesday--as the aggressive young man who forces himself into the job of reorganizing a soap factory. Inci- dentally he transforms the heroine, Lois Moran, from a frump into a wise-cracking beauty. It is a comedy- satire on modern business. "Buttons," chosen for the Friday presentation, is a sea story with Jackie Coogan as the cabin boy on a large ocean liner, It is a real thriller and Jackie does gallant work. The chil- dren especially will like it but it's just 's much for the whole family. 'GLENCOE MOVIES "In Old Kentucky," a Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer picture is scheduled to be shown next Friday at the Glencoe Union church, The film:is a story of the Kentucky Derby and is far better than most race-track tales. James Murray glves a fine performance and 'Barry adds an exceptional bit. Bill-O-Fare Saturday, Mareh 17 "Midnight ' Rose' ............. = Teatro "The Gaucho'! ......:.... 000 Norshore "Companionate Marriage" New Evanston "Baby MIne" .u- ismisr iii rns Varsity Sunday, March 18 "Divine Woman' ... Norshore "Baby Mine"... ... co Teatro del Lago Monday, March 19 "Beau Sabreur" ........ Teatro del Lago "The Other Wife" ........ New Evanston "The Divine Woman" .......... Norshore Tuesday, March 20 "Publicity Madness" ..Community House "Beau Sabreur" ........ Teatro del Lago "The 'Other:Wife"!... 00, New Evanston "The Divine Woman" ........... Norshore Wednesday, March 21 "The Whip Woman" ....Teatro del Lago 'The Other Wife" ........ New Evanston "The Divine? Woman?! 2.0, Norshore Thursday, March 22 "The: :Sharp Shooters" (.........,. Teatro "The Other Wife" ........ New Evanston "The. Divine. Woman" ...... .....e% Norshore Friday, March 23 "Buttons! =... Community House "In Old Kentucky" Glencoe Union church "Sharp Shooters" ........ Teatro del Lago "The Other"Wife'r sr =. New Evanston "The Divine Woman" ......... Norshore "Diplomacy," in George C. Tyler's revival will open next Monday at the Blackstone theater. ARSIT ; -- THUR. - FRL BS COMEDY--NEWS EVENTS - SAT. -- ALSO VARSITY ORCHESTRA LOHMAN AT THE GIANT ORGAN COMING--DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS--'THE GAUCHO" GOOD DRAMA BUT While Well Written and Excellently Presented, Does not Deal with Com- panionate Marriage "COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE" Play in three acts by Jean Ball, made known in its 'world premier" by the Evanston Players at the New Evanston theater last Monday night. The Players : William Leland ....... Richard Ward Rates. cor aes Miss Fay Warren John Jeffries ...\.-.. 0.0 0. Karl Way Mrs. Jeffries ..... 0. Miss Ann Dere RSTn Miss Joan Peers Jacke Honno, ........-... Robert White Mollie Jeffries ..Miss Margaret Fuller Gregory Martin ....... Robert Lowes Mary Gills ..... Miss Beatrice Leiblee Lillian Jeffries By H. A. Armstrong Accompanied by the Editor's taunt of "Innocents Abroad!" the Social Ed and myself descended upon Mr. Clyde Elliott's New Evanston theater last Monday night to help Jean Ball con- duct her new--and as far as we know only--three act play, "Companionate Marriage," through the throes of its "world premier." We--Miss Ball, the Social Ed and myself--were entirely successful; possibly because we were aided materially by some 900 other people. As we entered the theater--for once several minutes before the curtain went up--we were particularly in- trigued to notice that by far the larger percentage of the capacity house was sporting either bald or silver heads and a noticeable rotundness about the center portion of the anatomy. "Flaming youth," with the exception of a few staunch defenders of the creed, was evidently attending to divers other interests. Doubtless, it was allowing its elders to have their "fling" first. Certain it is that the younger gener- ation will not be slow in overcoming the lead established by their parents. The play will be seen and it has the dramatic requisites and is interesting enough to warrant the attention that is being accorded it. As the product of a playwright, it is excellent. It is well written, has clever lines; the characters are true to their established temperaments and ideals throughout; the dramatic se- quence is finely developed--all and all, it is a fine product. But-- The plot, as you may have deducted from its title, is based upon the popular conception of Judge Ben Lindsay's theory of "companionate marriage," that few understand and yet all have definite opinions on. This version of the theory owes its inception to the failure on the part of the public to read thoroughly Mr. Lindsay's articles on the subject and the subsequent con- firmation of their opinion by a no less poorly informed press. This version should be known properly as "trial marriage," which, by your leave, is quite different from "companionate marriage." You may correctly gather that it is inferred that Jean Ball is wrong in her premise as far as "companionate mar- riage" is concerned. She is dealing with "trial marriage." These facts are brought out because it seems perfectly obvious, which may or may not be the correct deduction-- which in turn does not matter for the result with the public is the same-- that the play has been written as a refutation of the Lindsay theory. As it is wrong in foundation and is there- fore wrong throughout, it is a subver- sion of the truth and a misrepresen- tation of the idea which it is supposed (Continued on Page 52) h