WILMETTE LIFE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1924 AND Tf/ERE ON STAGE AND· SCREEN ~NEs fETKA Reviews of the Week STAGE -1701 02 "ABlE'S IRISH ROSE" ~eet ch ~n v- u es e asy he ng Ly; of ng r,s- ~nt ng r~ e Harold Lloyd's "Why Worry" is re- ~--------------' ARREST MOTOR DELINQUENTS ceiving enthusistic response from New For the purpose of the income tax 'l'he police are now arresting motorEvanston patrons this week. One of the law a person's marital status is deter- ·Sts who have failed to procure 1924 Studebaker Theatre outstanding features of the comedy is minded as of the last day of his or her state license tags or city vehicle tags. the first appearance in motion pictures taxable year, December 31, if the re- accordmg to a report received from the Anne Nichol's comedy drama conof the giant Aassen who towers some turn is made on the calendar year basis, l.h1cago Motor club. 1 1es to hlOOtTI at th n C:tnrl nk·kf'r 8 feet 8, and, by reason of his "longti- as most are. If on that day he was isplays the trr>"hles. all of a humortude," provides some grotesque situations single, he must file a return if his net trend, that follow the secret marthat are hilariously funny. The second income for 1923 was $1 ,000 or more, c-·· of Al' r.,h·qr e ,... and final episode of the tour around the or if his gross income was $5,000 or hy. After the ceremony Abie world of the "Speejacks" is also show- more. He is entitled to a {>ersonal ex5 to make his father believe that ing this week. emption of only $1,000. If he was marwife is Jf'Wish anrl he succ""O~ Gloria Swanson's latest success, " The ried, although the ceremony was permporarily. Rosemary's father, findHumming Bird," recently reviewed on formed on December 31, he is granted " hi · son-in-l<~w a descendant of "The Big Pictures Firat" this page. comes to the New Evanston the exemption allowed a married person ' Solomon, blows up with the on Monday, March 3, for a full week's for the full year, $2,500, if his net int " Ott s wrath nf a loyal member of stay. Miss Swanson adopts a new role '( me and hi~ wife'~ combined was $5,000 NOW PLAYING Order of Hibernians. Both SQCin this picture that should prove most or less, and $2.000 if the combined net when they find themselves grandinteresting to the fans who patronize ·ncoml' exceeded $5.000. If the combined HAROLD LLOYD hers. Underlying the comedy is the New Evanston. net income of husband and wife for the o1 Pa for religious tolerance. ill year 1921 equaled or exceeded $2,000 The plot is but a thread, obviously HOWARD nr the gross income eoualed or exceeded sured, cut and fitted for laughs. $5,000, a return must be filed . ..t:at~n:n'1 s ms, costumes and actions are "Her Temporary Husband," starring A widow or widower whose spouse ently exaggerated with but one Owen Moore, Sydney Chaplin and Sylvia died before the end of the yur is classalao tion in mind. "Will they produce Breamer, will be shown at the Howard erl as a sinl{le person. Divorcees and hs" ? The answer t~!i!t they do. AROUND THE Friday and Saturday of this week. It classed as single per5ons. e cast is not brilliant but wii:·h ,qn.r endeavors to a!tswer such questions as, otion i~ adt>ouat" for the matPri::tl " How long should a husband last ? San Carlo Grand Opera h·ed . The hr"~t of the com,.dv falls "LrwtES TO ., BOARD" "Should Marriage last longer than oe Greenwald. who. as Solomon love?" Ben Turpin provides the comedy Is Comintl to Chica·o Fox Prod~cttO. , rlisowns. hut finally for"'ive~ hi< w!th .~is latest, "The Pitfalls of a · Great . The peacef"'akers are the rahhi Sighing, like Alexander the Great, for Monr-oe Theolrt d the priest play"d hy Tom Burnew worlds to conquer. Fortune Gallo STARTING MONDAY Q. ilsson rou!!'h and Bertram Marburgh respecthe well-known New York impresario. When you have a start Tom tively. has decided to bring his widely known 7'· ptorron the pay roll you have to find GLORIA SWANSON San Carlo Grand Opera company to something for him to do and so they duction, "Half a "The Weueat , _,_ . ..., Chicago, and between March 31 and After a .series of announcements and wrote this story combining some westIN April 6, it will give nine performances l withdrawal of announcements, Lester ern stuff with a dose of Vermont with Bert Lytell lit the Auditorium. \ Bryant has apparf'ntly finallv decided comedy and then called it a day. be the feature attra at that "P<~tch,.~" will <·ti"I"Pf'r1 M .. ,~,. , ;.,._ To open up, Tom is in his usual on Monday and Tuesday, M _e Gallo, it is explained, does not . Fortun side at the Playhouse tomorrow night. western costume and riding his "won - 4. .. ·· Pmft:.. to compPte with the Metronoli"Lionel Barrymore will be seen at the tan in Ne>r York or the Chicago Civic *- · · · * * * Miss AtHr!in will chang!' der" horse. He saves a woman's life her bill at the Blackstone Theatre on and she wills him an Old Ladies Home Howard on Wednesday and Thursday Opera on its r:HYn ground. His aim is .A'I'IKBB next Tuesday night instead of Mon- in Vermont provided he will run it. of next week in his most recent screen ·o present grand o~ra in . the ~orthiest day as originally planned. Her new And so he and his pal put on some success, "Unseeing Eyes." possible manner at p. !l'1 pnces, and l Early attractions for the Howard in- he has succeeded in doi' offl'ring will be "The Great Ladv Ded- trick clothes and set out to ~ ee what for ma~y ·Jock ': a romantic play b:v Paul 'Kester dm he done. There is a little comedy, clude "Why Worry," "The Eternal years all over the lJ · m and founded on Dickens "Bleak a touch of pathos and a falling in love City," "Shadows of the East," "The Canada and parts of House." * * * * * · * "The Lull::~.hy" with a young lady. Here and there Wanters" and "George Washington, Jr." here recently at the Illinois with Mis~ 's a stretching to he funny and mixed Rl'ed is said to haY!' been unsuccess· with it a few things that approach ADELPHI ful elsewhere and has been discon- burlesque so that it is hard to take t:nued as far as this country is con- the entire picture wit.h any degree of "The Shepherd King," the story of cerned. seriousness. David, will be seen at the Adelphi this The cast, outside of Mix, is not par- Friday and Saturday. ticularly impressive except for some On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, SCREEN rather attractive work on the part of Adelphi patrons will view Gloria SwanGertrude Olmstead , who was heralded son's latest picture, "The Humming "PIED PIPER MALONE" in local circles as a beauty some few Bird," a story of underworld life in year ago. Personally I think Tom Paris. Paramount Pictur~ Mix would d~ just as wdl and per The 'n1 ----+.J.:.~:fo:.:::...I~Jil:O.-It;.S~~r#i""~~~ ~ .... ~ ;;'~t'" lllunua; Ul wt:l.l\. '" .nuuo. son in "Half a Dollar Bill." . Written by Booth Tarkington espe"Tiger Rose," Lenore Ulrich's faCially for sc:een · purpo.ses, th~ plot apmous stage and screen success will be pears slow 111 deYelopmu;, thms out in Noah's Boy, Shem, Waa seen at the Adelphi next week-end. many spots and displays a number The Edison of His Time "West of the Water Tower" and Conof unreal and improbable situations. stance Talmadge's "Dangerous Maid" Probably the most primitive form of But-it is a welcome relief from the are other early bookings for this theater. artificial light is the wax taper. In Turjazzv society thimrs which have re\ cently been flung in our eyes. It car- key the guild of candlemakers venerate ries with it the small town atmos- S~em, the son of Noah, as their patron N. U. Dean of Women Ia phere, real people and little children . s~mt. It was he, according to legendary Returning from Europe Above all. it r-ives Thomas Meighan history, who invented this early form of Dean Mary Ross Potter, who has been d George F"wcett ::~notht-r ~"fld light-the wax taper. When the Ark was already afloat, so abroad most of last year. is to sail for ance to display their many fine the story goes, a swarm of bees settled the United States, April 9, is the word a Ients. upon the roof. Shem, seeing this, re- she sends to a friend on the Evanston Th~ story, such as it is, concerns mtstmderstood sailor. stanrling uo moved them carefully to a corner of the campus of N orthwestern university. Dean Potter spent the winter in varir his intoxicated captain and bring- Ark, where they hived and multiplied. down on his own head the · wrath When the Ark rested on Mount Ararat, ous parts of Italy, much of the time in the small town people whn are lecl ?hc:m took some of the bees -wax, melted Florence, and recently left for a few 1t .m an earthen pot, and in it dipped weeks in the French Riviera. She exb<>lieve that he is something of a str1ps .o f ~ool. These, when cool, he pected to be in Paris for a while the . offlaw" himself. The picture de- rolled m h1s hands thus making the first latter part of February and the first 1\' CS its title from the fact that a candle. part of March and go to England someho~ t of kiddies love Tom Malone in Un.t il 1908, the Sultan of Turkey would what later. sprte of the distrust of their elders Before sailing for home Mi s Potter perm1t no other artificial light than wax and follow him much as in the "Pit>d tapers to be burned, except in his own has planned to visit an English family Piper" story. Even to the last the palace where he had electric lights. But at their home in Brighton. While abchrldren remain his faithful followers after the Revolution, the light of the sent in Europe Miss Potter's duties as tr.ooping down to the wharf to wave modern world was permitted to enter dean of women have been successfully hrm a farewell as he leaves for an - Turkey and electricity was of the first dispatched by Mrs. Winifred G. Richardother cruise. to frighten their "dark days" and nights . son. . The picture should be popular and 1t rs recommended as suitable for anv member of the family. You will lik~ Thomas Meighan in this role of a misunderstood hero. He is a fine actor and his smile and general attractiveness will appeal to his host of admirers. But with almost as much pleasure will you watch George Fawcett as the old captain. He is 7074 North Clark St. N. W ... L" Station at Howard fine. :s yet when you have seen it you w ill come away thinkhing only of the ir repressable Colleen and ~orget all about the. ?thers. The story is all about amb1tron and has a title slightly obscure. I suspect it was chost-n fo r advertising purposes. Colleen Moore and Ben Lyon have great aspirations as the da~ghter and son respectively of two netghhoring working familie s. Eventually· she becomes a great ac tress and he a well known writer. Then they discover that they were !~lade for each other and not for the 1dols they had set up as their goal. Colleen Moore is different and to my way of thinking much better than in "Flaming Youth." She portrays a rough and tumble girl, impul sive but warm hearted. She plays baseball with the boys, carries washing for her mother. is genuinely natural and Jovable. Mary Alden plays hre mother 1nd Marv Carr the moth " r f'f the hero. Bull Montana is the ring leader of the glas s blowers and Charles Murray as Colleen's father displays a few good comedy moments. · . While the story involved is not partrcularly new or of any great importa~c.e, the picture, as a whole, is entertammg and full of action. It is worth a visit on Colleen's account . l 1~---------------- I He Neighboring Theaters NEW EVANSTON Income Tax Facta ---------------- --------------- Oflirial l11formatio", Rurtatl of lntt'n~al Rn·rn11r has, in fact, popularized «rand opera by bringing it within 'the meao1 of the masses. He presents works from the standard repertory with artists of hich standmg. EVANSTON "Why Worry" . SPEEJACKS I "The I ...... HlJIDIDiua Bin\" SMALL P DOWN PLACES CHICAGO'S OST PUuAR WASHING MACHINE UR HOME ' APEX CABINt"t _t:LECTRIC WASHER Made in Clu~_go for 16 y eara NEWELL & RETCH IN HOWARD ADELPHI Frida)" aad Saturda)" - 30,000 COOK COUNTY USERS - Free Demonstration-No Obligation A regular Service n1an (not Salesman)· will call and do your washing FREENot one word as to selling a n1achinemerely out and out service for your apparel. "PAINTED PEOPLE" Associat~d National Chicago Tiuatre ~ll appear in this picture and ~d jce it Mary Alden, Mary Carr Anna Q. Nilsson, Bull Montana a~d Colleen "HER TEMPORARY HUSBAND" Alao Friday and Saturday "SHEPHERD KING" Sun,. Mon., and Tuea. BEN TURPIN ia ROOFING over the Old Shingles ESTIMATES "THE PITFALLS OF A GREAT CITY" uHALF A DOLLAR BILL" WITH ANNA Q. NILSSON Mo···7 aad Twe···7 "··da7 "THE HUMMING BIRD" with 9/JeHOOVER BERT LYTELL in GLORIA SWANSON a.t it Clearu n1onth it is FREE "MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD" WedaeM&J" N Pl.oae 71Zt Da-ria St. EY&astoa ... ORTH SHORE ,ROOF CRAnERS lacorporatecl aad Tllanda)" LIONEL BARRYMORE in "HA~F A DOLLAR "UNSEEING EYES" BILL" The North Shore's Most Repretentative Theatres