Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Oct 1929, p. 58

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58 WILMETTE LIFE October 18. 1929 lake sho~e productions Announces its formal .opening continuing until Oct. 26th with ··YoUng Woodley" at New Eyanston Theatre Presented by an excellent cast of New York players EVENINGS AT 8:30. 1 Prices SOc to $l.SO MATINEES AT 2:30 Thursday and Saturday Prices SOc to $1.00 Bol' Office Open Saturday. Oct. 12 1 TEL UNIVERSITY 3000 ------------------1 that tlrama of English college life first introduced at the 131ackstonc in the Chi[Lgo an.~ a se,·eral seasons ago ,,·ith (~lcnn Hunter in the title· role. · The iormal opening of the :\e,,· EY :utstt lll \\ith the tH.' \\. company oi ::\e,r York pl:tn·rs \\as first scheduled inr la ~ t :\londay but was delayed in order ttl permit Cl)mplction of alternatious iu the theater . The run ni "\'mttw \\'oodh_, ,." will continue to October .?i1 whet! it \\·ill 1w replaced 1)\· a not h~·r 1 Tta·--d:l\·. il'aturcs Huth Cl1attnl<;n awl prnd11ct inn as ye t unamwunr~cl. I Lt ·\\i < ~tt·llC' . Huth. in case You don't I knm' it. hail~ from the lc~itin{ate stage . , ":\laclam X" i~ JH)sitin·ly <mL' ni thr Tarkington's "Magnolia" hcst \\T'n· eYer seejL It's powerful at the Community House drama and is thL·Jtnry of a " ·oman dri\Tn fr(Jlll her home In· the selfish\\'illiam Bl)yd's "IIigh \ 'oltagc" and ne~s of her hushancl . "ho. later refuses "'l'hl' Rircr oi Romance." hasl'd on to allt1\\. her to sn· her small son ,,· h~..:n Booth Tarkington's famous novell h~· is criticalh· ill. She sinks to the ":\lagnolia" arc the iealurcs st·lectcd depths but sl;tys ~o prevent her hus- hy the \Yinnetk a Commtmit,· llousc band and hny ht:ing dragged into the for the coming week. mirl' with her. l rnkno,,·ingly. the ~nn. "High \'oltagL·" deals \rith six JH't' in his first trial as an attnrnc,·. ddends Sl ·llS who face death in a dcsnted ni<'l t ht·r . ing IIUttse, marooned from the ouhide world by snow, \\·ho find · the true \·alua GIVEN SURPRISE PARTY \1 r~. Phillip L. Jlillingn. ~r .. l~.?(l tions o{ life and the beaut\. of roman~e Spl·nrn :t\'L'nuc. was gin·n a surprise in their \ ' lTV hattie for e~istance. Bill 1 excellent cast suppo rting partY Frida,- " n·ning of last \\T('k hv B<)yd has a1him, including Owen ~I uorc:, Cawl members of hn family and on thl· C)Cl.nmhard. and Diane Ellis. C'a~inn nf hn birthdaY. 1 I :;hnuld on~ wander into the \·arsity thcatn at any time during the remainder oi the present or the coming wtl'k~ wit bout prt.: ,·itHl sly consulting the nlllscs on the current attraction. h~ will cume away perfect]~· satisfied that h~ has see11 unc of the best of the pnHluctiuns now making the rounds of lucal theaters. "( )n \\'ith the Shnw," being present-: L'd tn(J;L, .. i~ t\YO shn,,·s. \\ 'c mean that. :\nt onh· ~docs one ee a ladsh musical cunlcd~· ." katuring some ni tht· f1nl'~t I ~tar~ ;If tht legitimate stage, hut unr · ~cts annther complete pint in the ups ' LJH! dmn1s of a procluctiun on the " ·av t 1) Hrt 1:ul \\a} - or htl~ t. Dnn't miss it. ":\Ltdanl :\," ~Ia ted inr ~r t1ndaY and "On With the Show" Now "Young JV ood/ey" Playing at the Varsity Present Bill at . the New Evanston Lah· Shore Productions made its debut at the ::\c,,· E,·anston theater la ~ t \\'eclncsday night. presenting as its opening numhcr, "Young \\.oodley," If You Get What We Mean By Hub H brance. come s along about Saturda,· and. consists nf a little of ev(· rythin~ that has gone hefnre. A.SH, to the he :-; t of our rememhit 1f it And it didn't take t:s mMe than three week:-; of our freshIll an vear at Xorthwestcrn to learn which- day to "ha\'e a dinner engagement." i:-- n't ha:-;h it's ~oup . \\'hirli. typically rcpre..;entatiYe of c1ur Sou! hcrn court e ~, · . i~ tll" reh· to tell y tl ll that thi..; i..; hash - mu t inn . picture ha~h. You can call it soup ii ~· nu like 1)ut \\'C prefer hash. Tf: a littll' too * * * \Yc'rc reallv Yen· sorn· hut wt.·\·c hel'n rc~ alling the m(1tion p1cture mag:t zincs again. I-1 arcl to hi!' lien· :l11d doubtless, were it just a few ~· ear-. hack. ~f other would take us nn a per ~onalh· cnndutted tour of the wood ~hed . - ] ust to "cast nut the deYils." ;:,s it \\·err . Tncidel1tallv she'd usc the bl·a ,.}. to he called soup. most ancient and tinie honored of masseurs-the hair brush . Ynu sec we rOIIll' from "Little Egypt" " ·here ah:--tinence extends as far as the old l .yric ( pos. ibly because of the little httt!'s we brought home when we wrre indi screet enough to attend) , On the level, tiH' SL magazine s ar(' gi,·ing us the thrillie s. It would s<·em that the inclu~trial rcvoluti< 1n ha s rc ' oh·ed as far a~ Ho.Jly\,·ood . 'I\1 put it baldly. the phonograph needle ain't done right hy ~ell. A nL· \\· era ha:-; da\\'ned. 1t \\'as heralded 1)\· :'<lttnd dTerts (sometimes kno\\'n - a · the ..;quakies). and the da,· of dumb beaut\· has been hung up in History hall al o n g with old f .ouic the Fourteenth and the rest of the past tense scandal:; . shed nut thcn1 tear:-; fllr that \\·hirh is past. (Dnesn't that ~nund Shah·~pl'arcan?) Thi ~ hut llltan~ that the nw\·ies art hl'ing clcvatl'd tn a plane not far retnOHd from that oi the legitimate . Tt mean~ that ;1ct(lrs must be actors-in everY sense of the word. Not mcreh· the \\'irldcr of a trick eyebrow or . a ·co\' sm ile but an artist t. \'en to the Ia t -inflection. Thus we arrive at the CClnclusion that the spoken drama i :> twt g-one. ::\a~· . * * * Announcing I The Opening of the Friday, Saturday October 18, 19 Betty Compson and Arthur Lake in Tt will 11('\'l'r go. Onh· "On With The Show" with Sally O'Neil Ridgeview Hotel COFFEE SHOP Specializing in cr,isp, crcan1 waffies, delicious sand,viches, and horne- n1adc pa~tries. ' ~ Monday, Tuesci .... y October 21, 22 ~ Ruth Chatterton and the perfection of rLproduction appa ratus remain:-; hctwecn it and a fast I hold on the shadow stage. Han· you nnticcd the startling in. Aux of. to mo-;t of us. ~tran g c facl'~<tnd voices? Hi~ht ~ Actors from the legitimate sta~·t:. Ruth C'hattcrtt'l111·ut why bother citing indiridual in 1 :--tances. ! ~ i I I I I Lewis Stone in "Madame X" with Raymond Hackett Wednesday, Thursday October 23, 24 * * * :\b out ~tx tnontlb ag< J \\T chaw·ccl ' t·'l get in nn an appearance oi a mnre 1 nr less prominult :-.tage star bciore the . "itllks hack hollle." Fn-r witness that? ~tick around ior a week nr so and " e"11 sin .~ a~ain. \I AI~ Dorothy Mackaill STHEET .-\ T \;IAPLE A \ .rENUE in COMMUNITY HOUSE 0<'t. 22 EV.;\NSTON University 10000 "Hard to Get" -COMING- Fri. 0 pen 7 A. Jl. 'til JJ-1 id11ight ' 'H.oltentot" "Illusion" William Boyd Owen Moore "HIGH Buddy Rogers 'rnry Brian WalhH·e Deery .,The River of Romance" by Hooth Tal'kln.cton VOLTAGE"

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