Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Nov 1926, p. 38

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38 WI.LMBTTB -LIFE November 5, 1926 ,fiENNY MEROFF . and his Band of 15 Jazz-mad pepstus in a Radio Novelty- "KJMG JAZZ on the.AIR" King Benny coaxes: the notes .from-but no, we'll let you see it yourself. It's great and you can broadcast that to the whole world. JACK HASKELL'S ptc::-rnR IC 1\1 . FPIC OF DAZZLING SPLENDOR ... ~·BVOLUriOM ol DANCE" From the mad gyrations of the caveman to the modern movements of today. ON THE SCREEN MARCELINE DAY in him to enter the amateur contests. Upon asking the reason, Langdon was told: "It's no use anybody else's entering, Harry, You always take the prize, so now you're disqualified as a proIYI ~ fessional amateur.'" In "The Strong Man," Harry Langdon's First National feature comedy THE GRANADA It is radio week, insofar as Benny which came to the Norshore theater Monday, there is a sequence which Meroff is concerned, at the Granada brings the memory 'of those music hall theater, and when the merry chief of days. jazz and his lively pepsters get "on the air" there is Jots doing by way of novTHE HOYBURN elty entertainment. The entrrtainment feature arranged \Vitli rts title changed for screen by J~ck Haskell has to do with the purposes to "So's Your Old Man," the evolution of the dance, introduced with 0. Henry prize short story, "Mr. Bisa silhouette frieze of Grecian figures,! bee's Princess" offers a comedy treat follov;ed by the dances of various na- on the current bill at the Heyburn tions and chorus numbers colorfully theater. The picture stars W. C. done, one of the outstanding offerings Fields, and the delectable Alice Joyce of the week in city theaters. is also in the cast. The story traces The Marks Brothers' speed in keep- the experiences of one Samuel Bisbee ing up to the minute by way of news from the day he invents an unbreakwas illustrated Monday evenin,.. in ahle windshield, through his troubte·s showing of the tites for the late Major while ·demonstrating it and his endeavBell which took place in Chicago tnat ors to sell it, to his meeting with a afternoon. Tuesday night election re- beautiful Princess and .subsequent inturns were added to the bill. The pic- teresting sequences . ture is a winsome college farce comedy, When the bill changes Monday, the "College Days," distinguished by in- feature through Wednesday will be teresting scenes in football play be- "The Ace of Cads." a Michael Arlen tween Stanford and the University of story starring Adolphe Menjou with · California. 'Alice Joyce and _a company of British players in the cast. . ----------.------.1 Stage and Screen A'e···s and Reviews ~ I "COLLEGE ' SEE THIS DAYS" t THE NORSHORE The beginnings of great comedians' careers are often the funniest portions of their lives. Harry Langdon, for in stance, started as an amateur in music-hall performances in Omaha. He did a song and dance act, and followed with a bit of pantomime, and every time he performed he took the first prize. For about six months after l,is first appearance, Harry worked his amateur act in all the music halls in that section, winning enough to pay his expenses. Then came a day when no music hall manager would allow l THE NEW EVANSTON "Mare Nostrum," the Ibanez picture ' World's premiere showing of a tale that will give you every · thrill of the campus. on the screen this week at the new Evanston theater, offers exceptional entertainment if forecasts of previous showings are criterion. The picture was filmed in southern Italy, in and a h out Naples, and permission was granted to photog"raph the ruins of Pompeii and the famous old temples at Paestmn constructed hy the ancient Greeks, which have been standing for more than 2550 vears. The interiors for "Marc Nostru"m" were made in the Tngram studio near Nice in France. Alice Terry and Antnnio Moreno are the only wetl-known Americans in the cast. The others are chosen from , among the best of Eurqpean stagr artists. J\l.~~RT F. BROWN at the GIANT WURLITZER All Roads Lead to the Granada This theatre may be reached by the "L," the bus or the surface lines. Plenty of parking space. An Entire New Show EfJery Monday · The Mcilvaine Oil Burner Mechanical engineers, · by sci· · el)t~fic test, have found that an oil burner \Vhich, like the MeIlvaine, operates continuously, is 11.1 per cent more effiicient than the intermittent type. I'NEWS '-AMPU Now ~howlng I I Coni huJnUM frnm I :!lO to 1J P. 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