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< April .19. 1929 "Conqt~est" Showing . - ~ .at Community H ous~; · · J olson Film C omtng Complete Church Fund Campaign . ___:._ _ _----"!'_ _ , L._ _ _ ____;__ _ _....;.__ "The Bellamy Trial, Coming to Nor shore Saturday, April 20 1 'The Bellamy Trial," screenization of a murder mystery novel of the same name, will be shown at the Norshore the week beginning this. Saturday, April 20. The picture has a novel openjng. It starts as a news reel, with Shots'~ of assorted subjects. Then comes the opening of the famous Bellamy tri.a1, in the small town court house, wtth policemen chasing away the curious who haven't any tickets. It seems that Mimi Bellamy was. found dead on the· floor in the cot tage of a country estate. On trial are Stephen Bellamy, her husband, and Sue I ves, wife of a neighbor. Sue's finger prints are found on a lamp in the cottage, and the prosecuting attorney proves that she was there shortly before the woman was killed. The admissions of the defendants under fire of the prosecutor are the most damaging evidence against them . They admit everything but having killed the woman. Mimi Bellamy, the state charged, was killed by her husband because of her affair with Pat Ives. And here you have a good story, the details of which will be revealed on the Norshore screen. The leading roles in "The Bellamy Trial" are taken by Margaret Livingston as Mimi Bellamy, Kenneth Thompson as Stephen Bellamy, Leatrice Joy as Sue Ives, and Charles Middleton as district attorney. "Spring Chickens" is to be the Norshore stage show for next week, with the popular AI Kvale presiding. 11 "Conquest" will have a special matinee showing at the Community House this Saturday afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock. Other performances will be at 4 p. m. and 7 :15 p. m. Monte Blue, H. B. Warner, and Lois Wilson are the leading characters, and the picture tells of the aerial expJoration of the Ant arctic. Glenn Tryon in 11 The Kid's Clever" will be presented at the Community House Tuesday, April 23. It is pro- · mised as a worthy successor to such Trvon hits as <~Painting the Town," "Hot Heels," "The Gate Crasher," 11 How to Handle Women," and. "A Hero "for a Night." The story. an original by Vin Moore, note~ scr~en writer. presents Tryon as an mvenhve service station owner in a large city, who has devised a combination auto · boat. The sweetheart role is plaverl bv Kathryn Crawford as the daughter of a wealthy auto manufacturer. <~The Singing Fool." widely .heralded AI ]olson picture, wi11 be at the Communitv House for two days next week, Friday and Saturday, April 26 and. 27. In ~'The Singing Fool" ]olson is fir.·t seen as a carefree, wise-cracking entertainer-a singing waiter in a New York cabaret. Married to a revue star who falls in love with another man. the. singing waiter suffers torments. '\\·hich include the death of the child to whom he is passionately devoted. Betty Bronson and Josephine Dunn are ~een in the principal feminine roles. Davey Lee, already famous for his act!ng in this picture. plays ]olson's little :;on . Story of "The Brat" Is This Week's Offering As this week's entertainment for Evanston theater-goers the Karl Way players offer 11 The Brat" on the boards at the New Evanston. This play by Maud Fulton offers nothing unusual in the way of entertainment, but if your heart warms to situations where a pure but decidedly uncultured child of the streets is suddenly transported into an atmosphere of wealth and frigid refinement, you will be delizhted with this little piece for it is an . excellent conception of such an occurrence. This ti~e the reason for. the tra!lsplanting Js that the author In question may have !!n opportunity to study the character and reactions of .this yarticuJar "brat" and use t~em m h_as work. Dorothy Holmes m the title . role gives .a g~eat P.ortra,ral of the wtstfl;ll but. v1vac1ous brat. Her m~nner IS ~ehghtfully humoro~s a.nd natve, h~r ~mes have spontanetty-m fact, she IS JUst. about t~e whole ~how. VJOlet Whitworth gives an even performance. as Mrs. For~ester, Florence Ravenal ts rather e.rrattc as Jane, and Charlotte Andrews ts thorou~hly Qlea~ing as Angel~. Karl yYay 1s good m the IJ.ot particularly likeable form of McMllle.n Forrester, the author.. Lan~bert ~atman seen for the first ttme Js engagmg a~ Steve Forrester. As Timson, a butler, Mack Allyn does well. Charles Daniels as a bishop is wax-like in appearance and at times rather forced in manner. This comedy is well worth your attendance and you can be assured of a pleasant, light two hours. The children should see this.' G. R. K. Virginia Chauyenet, who was with Jeanne Eagles in 11 Her Cardboard Lover," has joined the company with Miss Eagles making 11 } ealousy" as a talking picture at Paramount's Lnng Island studio. Before next winter's snows arrive members of the Wilmette En~lish Lutheran church hope to hold services dedicating this splendid new edtfice which is to stand at Greenleaf avenue and Seventh street. A Loyalty Cru'3 ade, just completed, has netted the congrega~ion upward of $3~,~' or 20 per cent in excess of the goal set by the parishiOners for the bmldmg. fund. Ground is to be broken within a few weeks. The Rev. Carl I. Empson t's pastor of the church which now holds services in the Bungalow-Chapel on Seventh street. Bennett Invites Actors to "Jarnegan" Matinee' Since the transfer of Richard Ben11 nett in Jarnegan" to the Selwyn theater, there has been no abatement in the business and it look <J as if Mr. Bennett would finish his present season at the Selwyn, the capacity business not permitting him to ptay any other cities of the west. Mr. Bennett has created quite an innovation by invitjng to his Thursday matinee performances as his guests of honor:, the star of each of the other attractions now playing in Chicago. This midweek matinee on Thursday gives all the other professional players an opportunity to see Mr. Bennett in "] arnegan," and they seem quite as anxious to take advantage of this opportunity as the lay people who are not concerned in the theatrical calling. The Selwyn is the only legitimate theater in Chicago which gives its midv.·eek matinee on Thursday in addition to its regular Saturday matinee. FREE MOVIE LECTURE I The wonders and beauties of great underground caverns will be ·3hown in moving pictures illustrating the fr~~ lecture 11 ln the Cellars of the World. to be ~iven for the general public at Field Museum of Natural History Saturday aft~rnoon, April 20. Russell T. Neville of Kewanee, Ill., noted cave explorer, will be the lectu~er. T~e l~c ture will be given at 3 o clock 111 the James Simpson the~ter of the t~ms~u!n. Mr. Neville took his own movmg pictures in the ·subterranean depths, ?evising ways and means of overcom!n.g the many technical and physical dtfll culties connected with photography beneath the earth's surface, and in many tight and almost unreachable places. Old Salts cave, the largest in the wo~ld, Mammoth Cave, and mast of the tmportant Kentucky Caves are pictltred in the films. CHILDREN'S MOVIES MARILYN TO HOLLYWOOD Marilyn Miller, famous mu.;inl comedy star now ~ppearing in 1'Rosalie" at the Illinois, will make her debut in Vitaphone pictures under ·the sponsorship of First National. Miss Miller will appear in ~~r highly successful Ziegfeld production of a number of seasons ago, ~'Sally." Her contract calls for her to arrive in Hollywood by June 9 for camera work. The contrasts between the Arctic regions and tropical lands will be shown vividly in· moving pictures Sati.trday, April 20, at the free entertainment for children at Field Museum of Natural History, given under the provisions of the James Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond fund. Three films will be shown: "Arctic and Tropic Houses," "Arctic and Tropic Boats and Fishermen," and "Wildflowers." All films will be shown at two performances, one at 10 a. m. and one at 11 a. m. Children from all parts of ChiNORMA TALMADGE "TALKIE" cago and suburbs are invited. The Norma Talmadge will play the role programs will be presented in the Jill O'Dare, a Broadway showgirl, James Simpson theater of the museum. of 11 in Tin Pan Alley," the play that wilt become her first all-talking film. GilCOLEMAN MOST POPULAR bert Roland will be the Joe Prividi of Ronald Coleman was voted the most the story. popular picture actor in a recent poll of over 250,000 British picture fans for "THE MARRIAGE .HOLIDAY" the second ' successive year. Richard Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Mary Dix and Douglas Fairbanks were voted Nolan, and William Powell are among next in popularity. Dolores del Rio the notable group of players announced was the most popular woman star with for the cast of Paramount's talkingthe British fans. ·picture 11The Marriage Holiday." from a W. Somerset Maugham story. TO PLAY COUNTRY EDITOR Harry Green, vaudeville and stage 4itar has been cast in one of the leadDolores Costello will make a bid for ing 'roles in the first all-dialogue stardistinction as a comedienne in her ring picture which Moran and Mack, forthcoming Vitaphone production for the Two Black Crows, will make for Warner Bros., 11 The Glad Rag Doll." Paramount. Richard Barthelmess will play a MAKE FILM IN AFRICA young country editor in )lis forthcomHarry Carey, Edwina Booth, and 11 ing picture, Drag," adapted from Wil- Duncan Renaldo are featured in the liam Dudley's novel of that name. Lila cast of "Trader Horn," which is to be Lee will be his leading lady, and Ahu made in British East Africa. The Day is to have a prominent role also. ' 1Trader Horn" company and the director. W. Si VanDyke, have sailed for George Bancrott has the title role Africa to start w._ork on the film . 11 in Thunder Bolt," now being produced as an all-talkie under the direction of Mary Nolan will plav opposite Edrlie Josef von Sternberg. Fay Wray and Leonard in his first Universal produ~- Richard Arlen have the juvenile leads. 'tion. 11 Harmony Lane."