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£ August 20, 1927 WINNETKA "TALK 31 laugh provoker. Shore Theaters A * _ News » | This and That/| on Actors and Plays By Hub "SERVICE FOR LADIES" Chicago Theater presentation; Para- mount production; Adolph Menjou and Kathryn Carver featured actors. "Aha," says you as the handsome Parisian sauntered down un rue de Paris "what have we here?" To which your friend replies, "Blamed 'f I know but it looks like something to give the natives a thrill." Quite yes, for Adolphe Menjou is le charmant boulevardier in "Service for Ladies." Moreover, when he sees the beautiful idol of his dreams, an American lady, purchasing roses from a street vender, and falls like a brick smoke stack in a tornado, it occurs to you that he is also affected with heart trouble. And from then on, at any rate, he is, just that. But Adolphe is merely the head- waiter at the "Ritz," although a good looking one with money enough to support even an American wife. So when he follows her to a mountain resort and assumes the station of be- ing her lover--ardently--you begin to wonder if the plot isn't getting into water too deep for a safe rescue with- out divine assistance. And when the dream lady asks about his past, pres- ent and future, you know good and well that the scenario writer ought to have been shot before he got that far. And the expected crash comes. Adolphe hies himself back home-- without telling her who, what and why--and becomes once more the dis- consolate "Albert of the Ritz," she thinking that he's the king of some- thing. But cupid, having played his first hand and drawn another, stears the lady back to the "Ritz," presumably to mend her broken heart. Which is the bunk because cupid doesn't do things that way in the movies. And when she finds that Albert is not the member of royalty but merely a head- waiter, does she sniff once and head for home? She does not! But whoa, Tillie, I'm about to feed you the cake with the frosting. Is it a good pic- ture? It's a typical Adolphe Menjou production and that's saying a plenty. * Xx * "SOFT CUSHIONS" Oriental presentation; Eddie Cline, director ; Paramount production featuring Douglas McLean and Sue Carol. It may be possible that Douglas McLean wasn't kidding Douglas Fair- banks when he characterized the title role in "Soft Cushions"--it's possible, yes, but circumstantial evidence points a very accusing finger at Mister Mc- Lean and this jury has him convicted. And if he isn't guilty, at least he ap- propriates Doug's thunder and makes it laugh out loud. "Soft Cushions" is one of the rarest, richest, most satiracle burlesques that have hit the screen for many a day. George Randolph Chester started the "roast" of movieland desert sheiks and evidently thought he had produced a But when "Let It Rain" McLean got hold of it, the re- sult was enough to get Chester pinched for inciting a riot. To top it off, the Paramount subtitle writer and wrote in all of the modern witi- cisms that he could think of. "Yankee Clipper" to Be Presented at Village Friday Of the three pictures scheduled by the Village theater for next week, "The Yankee Clipper" is of course the most outstanding. From every stand- point the picture is a screen classic. It is an epochal film that presents one of the most illustrious phases of mari- time history--the middle decades of the nineteenth century when for near- ly thirty years the fastest clipper shins sailed from the ports of the United States and carried the trade of all na- tions to the farthest ports of the world. Independent from historical interest "The Yankee Clipper" has all of these elements that go to make genuine screen entertainment. Wil- liam Boyd, Elinor Fair, Junior Cogh- lan and Walter Long are the featured players. It will be shown on Friday and Saturday. On Monday and Tuesday, "The Brute," a story of the vanishing--or vanished--west in all of its old time glory and guilt, with the dance halls, the bad men, and the Indians that were worse, and what not, will be fea- tured. Monte Blue, who is cast in the leading role, considers it his best pic- ture. He plays the part of a lad of the cow country known at times as the "Brute" and at other times as "Easy Going Randall." In this role Monte is one of those men who speak sol- dom and say plenty when they do. A dead shot. As much a gallant at heart as any of the knights of old. The pic- ture is a good drama and should merit corresponding attendance from those that like a western picture. For the latter part of the week Manager Kopple has scheduled "Man Power," a Richard Dix production that contains a mixture of comedy and melodrama. Dix plays the part of an ex-officer of the Tank corps who finds work in a tractor plant, shows un the manager's trickery, uses one of the tractors to save the village from an overflowing dam and, incidentally, wins the company president's daugh- ter. Mary Brian plays opposite Dix and does excellent work. Good eve- ning's entertainment. Fields Takes Title Role in New Version of Film W. C. Fields has been chosen to play the lead in "Tillie's Punctured Ro- mance," a re-production of an old plot which boosted Charlie Chaplin to fame. This proves that. the new version of the play is not going to be repetition of the old film and that it will be com- pletely new in development even if it is an old plot. With W. C. playing the lead it is equally certain to have an en- tirely new set of gags. Chester Conklin, with whom Mr. Fields is to be associated as a starring partner, also has been signed as one of the important characters. The part of the vamp, played by Ma- bel Normand with such hilarious suc- cess, will be given to Louise Brgpoks, while Louise Fazenda draws Tillie. Apparently the Christie brothers are not leaving any stone unturned to make this the epitome of screen nonsense. They signed Louise Fazenda some weeks ago for the part created by the inimitable Marie Dressler and now comes the final word that Eddie Suth- erland has been borrowed from Famous Players-Lasky to do the megaphone honors. : He "Callahans and Murphys" at the Norshore Sunday "The Callahans and the Murphys," a Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer comedy which comes to the Norshore theater starting Sunday, is a classic in screen fun. From the opening reel to the final fade-out it chronicles the hilar- ious combats, feuds, quarrels and reconciliations between two neighbor- ing Irish families of the New York tenements. Two lovable but belliger- ent Irish mothers raise their broods next door. Wealth comes to one fami- ly, romance to both, then misunder- standing and what looks like tragedy becomes comedy of the gayest type. Adapted from Kathleen Norris' fa- mous story, it scores a new triumph on the screen. George Hill, the direc- tor, has based the comedy on natural situations and real-life happenings. An unusual cast, including Sally O'Neil, Marie Dressler, the famous stage comedienne; Gertrude Olmsted, Polly Moran, Larry Gray, Frank Cur- rier, Drew Demarest, Tom Lewis. Turner Savage, Monty O'Grady and Dawn O'Day have made the film one prolonged howl of mirth. A lilting love story that grips the heart is woven throughout the plot. Mrs. J. B. Olwin of 820 Lake avenue spent last week-end at Lake Geneva with Mrs. Nicholson and Miss Mary Nicholson of Chicago. BALABAN KAT 7 ORFHOR HOWARD \V4 TER CLARK --NOW PLAYING-- LEWIS STONE ANNA Q. NILSSON in the entertaining drama of high society "LONESOME LADIES" BIG STAGE, SCREEN and MUSICAL PROGRAM --STARTING SUNDAY-- One Continuous Laugh MARIE DRESSLER PoLLY MORAN LAWRENCE GRAY SALLY O'NEIL "THE CALLAHANS AND THE MURPHYS" STAGE SPECIALTIES WATCH FOR A BIG EVENT AUGUST 28 Teatro del Lago in "No Man's Land" Between Wilmette and Kenilworth Ph. Kenilworth 3980-3981 | Sheridan Road MATINEES SATURDAY, SUNDAY 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 AUGUST 26TH Saturday, August 20 Tom Mix "QUTLAWS OF | RED RIVER" "Anything Once" Mable Normand Comedy "pathe Review No. 32" | «All Star Freaks," Curiosity Reel Sunday, August 21 Esther Ralston "TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS" "Hold Em Sheriff" Educational Comedy "Scents & Dog Sense," Grantland-Rice Sportlight Chicago Daily News, Fox News Mon., Tues., Aug. 22-23 Lewis Stone "PRINCE OF HEAD WAITERS" "Suit Holmes," 'Henry Comedy Kinograms, News Reel Wednesday, Aug. 24 Ralph Graves & Johnny Walker "THE SWELL HEAD" "Duck Soup," Pathe (Our Gang) Pathe Review No. 28 Fox News, News Reel Comedy Thurs., Fri, Aug. 25-26 Geo. Sidney & Charlie Murray "LOST AT THE FRONT" "Love Em and Weep," Pathe Comedy "Glory That Was Grease," Specialty Kinograms, News Reel - COMING ATTRACTIONS "The Covered Wagon"