Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Jul 1927, p. 40

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40 W I"L M E T T E L I F E. J ulr 1, 1927 Teatro .fR:~~-:~-fAt.the-NOtth del ·:·,_c,_c,_c_,_c,__c,_c_c,_c_c,_,_c_c,_c,_c,_cl--c-c,_~-~~--·-c-.l··c --1-l _ _ _ c,_c,_ci-C141 La go Sheridan Road tn uNo Man's Land" Between Wilmette and Kenilworth Ph. Kenilworth 3980-3981 MATINEES SATURDAY, SUNDAY SATURDAY 8 SUNDAY Doors Open 1:30 Show Starts 2. p. ni., Continuous Course in Movies I Installed at Harvard \Vhat is believed to be the first motion picture course of any sort ever attempted at any of the larger American institutions of higher education ha been inaugurated at Harvard, America's oldest university. Lectures are given three times a "·eek as a part of the course in busines polic~-. the idea being- to gi,·e a complete and detailed studv of the mo. · t · t t · ·1 1ts · p1 t 1011 p1·c ure ttH us n· m a 1 1ases. · t t TJ 1c course me 1tH es 1 ec ures on prodistributing and directing moI clueing, tion pictures. Leaders in the industn· have been in1 vited by the Harvard- authorities to deliver a series of lectures. These are to he given under the direction of ] o eph P. Kennedy. Among those on the lecture list ar.e Wil! H. Hays, president o~ tl;e MotiOn Ptctur~ Producers I and Dtstnb_utors of Amenca; Adolph Zukor, prestdent of Paramount Famous L~sky Cor·poration; ) esse L. Lasky, Stdney R. Kent. Wtlltam Fox. Marcus L~ew, Harry M. \:Van~e~. Cecil B. De:\f tile and A. H. G1annmt. This and That on Actors and Plays Cantor, Chaney, and Ben Lyon on Teatro. Program On Saturday, July 2. ~[ay :!\fcAvoy is presented in "Irish Hearts." ~1is: McAvor plays the role of an Irish colleen engaged to marry an ambitious chap \vho comes to America to seck his fortune. He promises to send for her when he has a·chie,·ed his goal. The girl ,,·aits patiently hut as the time for her wedding dra\\·=-- mar. and still no word to comr on to IJCT fiancr. shr takrs the situation in hrr o\\·n hands ~nd rro .~se . . to America. onh· to find hers elf jilted on her wedding day. Ho\\· she worb out the situation provide" a picture f11ll of Irish humor. romance. pathos and fight'. Jason Roharcl-. and \Yarnn Richmond 'llPP<>rt '\fi-.s ~fc .\vor. "Special Delivery" On Sunday. July 3. is Eddir Cantor's latest and funniest work called "Special Delivcrv." The . ton· is In· Ed(tir Cantor -and is the hilariou. comedY oi the misach-entures of a letkr carrier. a policeman and a fireman. three musketeers of a different type. They are rivals in loYc hut comrades in a pinch. in \Yhich a crooked stock promoter. using the mails to defraud. is arrested in making his getaway with the girl. I By Hub \Vith ] uly not only in the offing but actually here, I haYe a sneaking sus·picion that the lure nf the beaches i:-; going to be hard tn onrcome. Be.. tween us. as one tnend to another, the . waters <ndulh· cold and the sunburn . . · . most p;.untui- T have a pa1r of "howling" shoulders oi my own rig·ht 110\\·. *** Evenings During Week Doors Open 6:30 Show Starts 7 p. m. FOR WEEK BEGINNING SATURDAY, JULY 2 Saturday, July 2 ·"IRISH HEARTS" with liA Y llcA VOY Also "Smith's Pet," Comedy; "London Bridges Falling Down," 1-1ong Ca.rtoon; "lUf'rrr Go-Round. ·of Travel," Hodge Podge Sunclay, July 3 EDDIE CANTOR In ""SPECIAL DELIVERY" Also "Xot So Big," Comedy: "Steppln' Along," Jlnnre ~o,·elty Reel, J,otesl }'ox ~ews Jlon., ·Tues., ,July 4.;; SPECIAl, _,L\'J'INJi~E JULY .&'I'H ""THE TENDER HOUR" with Billie lhtH. · anti Jlen J,yon .\I !in ")I any loi(·ruJ'I'l~ Jh,turns," Chas. ('htts(· f'omf'tly K1nogrum Xt·ws 'Vetlnesdny, .July fi · Lon CllanPy in ""THE SROCK" Also "On the Front Page," Hal Roarh Comf.'dy Variety Reel and Fox X ews Thurs., Fri., Jul~- ;.s Conway Tearle In Someone called mv attention to an article by Edwin Schallert which appeared in the Los .\ngles Times recenth·. :!\I r. Schallcrt pointed out that the trend among producers at the present time is away from the spectacular, lavish picture, with its expensive settings. ·crowds and what not, and towards the humanness in subject and prominence in storv. It was not his idea that the spectacular would be 'entirely replaced hut that the ston· would henceforth be the important thing. The same opinion has been advanced COMMUNITY HOUSE hy other writers and for the most part, "The Fire Brigade," featuring it appears. the critics agree that it is Charley Ray .. \\·ill he shown at th'e a good mO\·e. ICommunity House Friday and Satur*** day of this \reek. The first install. ~ . , , , ment oi a nc\\' seria l. "The Silent \\hat doc:-. It me~n. Perhaps I ,d Flyer," will be shown on Tuesday. het.ter pass part ot ~[r .. S~hallert s article on an~ l~t you read It tor yourselves · · · Here tt 1s ·· · "A ~·ear or so from no."'. I look _to see. a pr~pondera1;ce of ortgmal ston~s wntten .tor th~ p1ctures. They are, tn fact. bemg wntten today. "What pictures have disclosed this trend toward humanness? Well any number might he mentioned. The wa.; picture..-. first. perhaps, because they successfully d"·elt upon the more in-Now Playingtimatc and ·f riendly side of the war. Throbbing. Pulsing Dram~ of "The parts of these pi-ctures that Paris real~\- did impress \Yere not the elaborate battle scenes hut the simpler and "The Tender Hour" less spectacular ones. .with ~~It has hccn a steady growth since BILLIE DOVE-BEN LYON then toward simp licity. Were Thc _:_on the StageBig Parade' made toda,· the extra bat-;. LA GRANGE CADETS tle scenes would have heen eliminated. They were · shot at large at large cost "A Night on the Campus" after the original film of 'The Big Parade' was finished in order to give CYCLE OF COLOR a greater apparent momentousness. The costume pictures a few years ago - · Starting Sundaycame in with a similar fanfare. Lavish CLARA BOW decorativeness almost killed these films. in But the best of them learned the les"Rough House Rosie" son of simplicity." 1 "The Tender Hour" On Monday. July 4. Teatro del Lago will have a special Independence Day matinee. The picture for Monday anrl Tuesday, July 4 and j, is "The Tender Hour" with Ben Lyon and Billie Dovr,. The story sets forth the traged\· of · · · ; hustness marnages of the nch. Bneflv. the plot is of a daughter who is tricked into a rich "·edding by her impoverished father, who tells her that her own lover is dead. He sets forth the reasons that he has for wanting her to marrY the rich nobleman of his choice so vividly that the girt, finding life _empty without her lover. enters into the marriage only to find when hrr lover re-appear!' how she has been duped. There are many dramatic scenes in this picture-scenes beautifully de,-~loped ~nder the direction of George Fttzmaunce- scl.'ne,.; perfectly actrd. I Faster and More Furious Than "It" "MOULDERS OF MEN" --On the Stage. BARNETT AND THOMAS REVUE featuring Also "Smith's Fishing Trip," Short Shots and. Klnograrn News Coming Attractions Tom Mix in "The Circus Ace" Clara Bow in "Rough House Rosie" Cbaa. Murray in "McFadden's Flats" DOLL SISTERS with CHAPPY AND LIBBY KAY and PATTY STIRO OTHER NOVEL TIES Corne before 1:11 p. rn. and. see First Evening De Luxe Show at matinee prl~es-Afternoon exeluslvely mfttlon pletures. 25c On Wednesday~ ] ulr 6. Lon ChaneY is presented in ~~The Shock." Mr . Chanry plays the rot" of one who has been brought from the depths of darkness into the light. His gratitude to the girl who has redeemed him knows no bounds. and so when she is taken into bondage by the woman whose power . he has known · for years-the same woman who heads the San Francisco underworld. he begs for mercy for tl:e girl he loves. The great San Franc1sco_ earthquake is the *** answer to his ~lea. Mr. Chanev is. of . Bid.ding for )·our constant approval, course, equal to this most dramatic Tm mclined to follow a hunch that and extraordinary part. Tt is a thrillcame to me the other night-white I ing story, dynamically motivated. and \vas up nursing those sunburned shout: full of human interest force. Virgina ders. You know what you like to read Valli supports Mr. Chaney. on these pages. why not drop me a line On Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 011 that subject? 8. Conway Tearle is presented in There are se,·eral things on which I'd "Moulders of Men." A duei theme really like to have your help. In the permeates the story sustaining unfirst place, would you rather have the usually high interest. The storv is of pictures reviewed as they are released a millionaire physician's battle against in the city and then a follow-up of a a powerful gang who are doing much paragraph of comment as they are pre- to corrupt his town and his efforts· to sen ted on the north shore? Or . do you restore a crippled boy's leg. The cripprefer to have the re,·iews as they are? pled boy's brother is a member of the Are you interested in the forecasts that gang and is persuaded by his leader 'have been made in the last two issues that the physician is responsible for the as to what pic~ur~s you ar?e to see dur- boy's supposed death. The youthful ing the commg season. Come on, gangster breaks into the physician's limber up your pens-blots won't. be home to exact retribution and the encounted against you and my feelmgs J. s1;1ing climax is one of the most gripcan't be hurt. pmg sequences known to the screen. "The Shock"

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