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RTE hh... ,t tir lch MI%I-H May 1, 1926 WINNETKA TALK 31 Stage and Screen News and Reviews VILLAGE THEATRE The largest motion picture set ever constructed and the greatest number of persons ever used for one scene in an American made motion picture are two of the outstanding features of "The Wanderer," famous Biblical spectacle, which Raoul Walsh directed for Para- mount, and which will be seen at the Village theatre next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3. 4 and 5. The scene, wnicn 1s that of an un- named Biblical city, was built in the foot-hills of Santa Monica, California, and covers many hundred acres of ground. More than two hundred car- penters and scores of technical as- sistants were at work for more than three weeks constructing the hundred massive buildings and walls for the set, The cast of "The Wanderer" in- cludes the most distinguished acting talent in the motion picture industry. Among the featured players are listed such names as Ernest Torrence, Wil- liam Collier, Jr, Wallace Beery, Tyrone Power, Greta Nissen and Kathlyn Williams. Other players in the spectacle include Kathryn Hill, George Rigas, Holmes Herbert, Snitz Edwards, Lionel Brahm, Sojin and Duke Kahanamoku. In addition to the feature picture there will be a Hal Roach comedy, "Hired and Fired" and a Pathe news reel. "Mannequin," the $50,000 Liberty mag- azine prize story by Fannie Hurst will be the attraction on Thursday, May 6. Included in the cast of the picture are Alice Joyce, Warner Baxter, Dolores Costello, Za Su Pitts and others. There will also be a= Pathe comedy and a Pathe review. Leon Errol, who will be remembered for his work on the stage and screen in "Sally," and more recently in "Louie the Fourteenth," which closed in Chi- cago this month when the actor was injured in a fall, will be seen Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8 in "Clothes Make the Pirate." This film was taken from the rollicking story by Holman Day. It tells the story of Tremble-at- evil Tidd, the tailor and the most timid man in Boston. Through a series of mistakes he goes to sea in command of a pirate ship, masquerading as a fam- ous pirate captain of the times. His adventures make one long laugh from beginning to end. A Mack Sennet comedy, "Dizzy Daddies" and a Pathe news reel complete the bill. John Barrymore in "The Sea Beast" and Syd Chaplin in "Oh, What a Nurse" are coming soon. THE NEW EVANSTON In the dual role which he plays in "The Blackbird," the next attraction at the New Evanston theatre, coming on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3, 4 and 5, Lon Chaney has, with- out doubt, achieved one of the most difficult acting feats ever attempted by any actor. It is not difficult to realize this when it is understood that the dual role was accomplished without resorting to any false noses, whiskers or facial deform- ities of any kind. Chaney plays the part of an East End London crook, feared by and sought for by Scotland Yard, in one characterization, and the other role is that of the "Bishop of Limehouse," a kindly soul, loved and pitied by every- one on account of his deformities. The true test of Chaney's ability is that the two charcters appear entirely dissimilar to each other, even though they bear the same features. There have been few roles in Chaney's career that did not entirely hide his own features, but in "The Blackbird," the two characters are played with no resort to glue or putty. Renee Adoree plays the leading feminine role in this Tod Browning | production while Owen Moore essays a very important role. The story is an original by Tod Browning, the di- rector, and was adapted to the screen by Waldemar Young. It is a Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture. HOYBURN THEATRE Lemonade was the strongest beverage used by the cast of "Memory Lane" during the making of the picture. The confession comes from the producer himself, John M. Stahl. The film was screened during the hot Indian summer. All the. players, in- cluding Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel and William Haines, were con- stantly thirsty. Instead of providing them with--er, water, the benevolent producer gave them lemonade--all they could drink. Stahl announces that the results pro- duced by the lemonade were very happy. The beverage was exceedingly tasty, and so is the picture, according to Stahl. Film fans will have an opportunity to judge for themselves, however, when "Memory Lane comes to the Hoyburn theatre next Monday. It is a first Na- tional picture produced by Louis B. Mayer. THE NEW CAMPUS Eddie Gribbon has added another of his famous "hard-boiled" characteriza- tions to the screen. This time it is "One Round Kelley," a character created by Zane Grey in "Desert Gold," which was made by Paramount and features Shirley Mason, Neil Hamilton, Robert Frazer and Wil- liam Powell. George B. Seitz directed the picture. The supervising editor was Lucien Hubbard. "Desert Gold" comes to the New Campus next Monday and Tues- day. . After many months in the feature role of "Silence" on Broadway, H. B. Warner returns to the screen in the Newell & Retchin HOWAR] The House of Harmony Continuous Every Dav--2:15 to 11:15 N. W. "L" Station at Howard Saturday, May 1st Adolnh Menjou in 'A Social Celebrity' Sunday, May 2nd Jetta Gouda) in "Three Faces East" Mon., Tues., May 3, 4 Blanche Sweet and Jack Mulhall "The Far Cry" Wed.,, Thurs, May 5, 6 Pola Negri in 'The Crown of Lies' Fri, Sat,, May 7, 8 Lon Chaney in "The Black Bird" All North Shore Tralus Stop at How: ge title role of "Whispering Smith," the Metropolitan picture which will be shown Wednesday. Warner is perhaps without an equal on stage or srceen in point of popu- larity. His work in "Whispering Smith" far outshines any of his previous screen characterizations. Evelyn Arden, wife of Jack Mulhall, is Minnie Jones, the vamp, in Fox Films production, "The Dixie Mer- chant," which will be the feature at- traction on Thursday. Screenically speaking, Evelyn makes a wonderful vamp, and Jack Mulhall, who has the leading male role in the picture, says that domestically speaking she is an equally wonderful wife. "The Dixie Merchant" is an absorbing and human story of the South directed by Frank Borzage. Josephine Drake, blond comedian, Village Theatre Your Home Theatre J. C. Koppel, Managing Director Evenings 7:30-9; Mat. Tues., 3:30 Mon., Tues. and Wed., May 3-4-5 3 days only "THE WANDERER" With Ernest Torrence and Greta Nissen Also Pathe News and "Hired and Fired," Hal Roach Comedy Thursday, May 6 Dolores Costello in "The MANNEQUIN" Pathe Comedy and Pathe Review Fri. and Sat, May 7-8 Leon Errol and Dorothy Gish in "CLOTHES MAKE THE PIRATE" Latest Pathe News and "Dizzie Daddies," Mack Sennett Comedy Sat. Mats, 2 and 4 p. m, who made the biggest hit of her career as Maisie in the stage play, "Lilies of the Field," has her fourth screen role in Adolphe Menjou's latest picture, "A Social Celebrity," which comes Friday and Saturday. This is the comedy drama written by Monte Katterjohn and directed by Mal St. Clair in which Menjou starts out as a barber in an old fashioned mid-western shop. Through the help of Miss Drake as Mrs. Jackson-Greer, a New York so- ciety matron, he becomes the proprietor of Gotham's leading beauty salon. 4s NEW Cainru Today--Saturday 'Million Dollar Handicap" Acts of Loop Vaudeville Monday--Tuesday Zane Grey's | 'DESERT GOLD' Robert Frazer--Shirley Mason Chas. Chase Comedy "DOG SHY" -- Wednesday 'Whispering Smith' Comedy --Review--News Discovery Nite Thursday "The Dixie Merchant" Madge Bellamy, Jack Mulhall Comedy--Sports--News Friday--Saturday 4 Also Charleston Contest Acts of Loop Vaudeville Adolphe Menjou in 'A Social Celebrity' NEW EVANSTON Mon., Tues., Wed. Lon Chaney 'The Blackbird' Lon Chaney's Greatest Imperial Comedy Fox Variety First Run News Events Thurs., Fri. and Sat. CONRAD NAGEL RENEE ADOREE "The Exquisite Sinner" V'AN BIBBER COMEDY THE HOYBURN Mon., Tues., Wed. Conrad Nagel Eleanor Boardman "Memory Lane" Also Lupino Lane in "TIME FLIES" Thurs., Fri., and Sat. Matt Moore Dorothy Devore "Three Weeks in Paris" Also ANDY GUMP "Andy Takes a Flier"