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38 WILM E T .T E LIFE Juty 22, 192i Teatro del 4§1· Reviews THE VARSITY At the' North Teatro to Stage Revival of Old Time Favorites· I aa-a-~-a- +·-a_g_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_.....--~-~~-- Laao Sheridan Road Between Wilmette 1111d Kenilworth Ph. Kenilworth 3980-3981 MATINEES SATURDAY, SUNDAY SATURDAY ~ SUNDAY Doors Optn 1:30 Show Starts 2 There are revivals and revivals. At number of theaters in the country one time, the y were held in churche s featuring this novel form of entertain- and va-ried from shouting ministers to ment, is increasing the appreciation of shouting congregations; now they are the efforts of the local management to held in 1110\'ie s and consist of th e re meet the taste of its extensive patron- turn of film s s hown years ago. Be age. ginning o n Sunday, ] uly 31 , Teatro The stars now being heard on the del Lago will present a series of old Vitaphone at the Varsity include the timers that were lauded by film critics pennant-winning team of songland, Gus when they were first presented. Van and Joe Schenck; Mary Lewis, The program is vari ed in mood and star of the Metropolitan Opera com- is arranged to present a number of pany; the Vita phone Symphony or- the better known actors and actresses. chestra of 107 players, present the To start the we e k right , th e laugh is Raymond overture. Next Monday on Sid Chaplin on Sunday, July 31, there will be an entire change of pro- when "Charley 's Aunt" \\-·ill b e pregram, the artists appearing to be sented. The following evening, Clara Marion Talley and Beniamino Gigli Bow will be seen in one of her first in a duet from "Lucia," Joe Browning pictures. "Down to th e Sea in Ship s." as the Reformer, and Roger Wolf On Tue sday, Franz Le har's " Merry Kahn with his orchestra. , \Vidow " Th e in stallation of the Vitaphone at the Varsity, placing it in the limited This and That 'Ij on Actors and Plays p. m., Continuous Evtninga During Week Doors Open 6:3 o Show Starts 7 p. m. FOR WEEK BEGINNING SATURDAY, JULY 23 Suturtlay, Jul.r · :!:t I "SIMPLE SIS" with I.oulst l'nzt·ntln. ( 'l,rdt· Cook '4 H t!'ltntlng II «~rl't's" Pu tlu· ('omt>d .r "Fi!CUrt>s of Fll1H'Y' ' llodgt· l'ntlgt· "F't·llx In tht· Rarn.rar·l" }'t>llx ( 'a rtonu SUIHiuy, July :!-1 "C 0 L L E E N" with )ludgt' Ut'Jium.r "~o Spurklng" l:du. ( 'onu·cl.r "EJt'S und Angl('s" ~1wrtligllt "Fox ~ t·ws, UuJI~· ~ ~'"""'" :St'ws Rtels Jlon., 'l'ut>"" .Jul.r :!:,.:!() 'ROUGH· BOUSE ROSIE' with ('lurn How A Magic Garden Moonlight-gazing out over the lake, while dreamy, syncopated dance melodies enfold you in their soothing embrace. Just a picture of the New Orrington Roof Garden after you've enjoyed an unusually fine dinnu. Orrington Roof Guden Orchestra directed by Duke Bigelow. Dinner and dancing S 1. 5o and S 2.. o o every evening (except Sunday) from 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. Friday and Saturday, dancing until midnight. Sundays, the Orpheus Trio will play during dinner, 6:30 to 9 :oo P.M. No cover charge for dinner guests-after dinner guests S r.oo. .Make your reservations NOW! "('ured In Ills ·.:xdtt>nat·ut" Sennt>tt ('omtotl.r '-Wht'll Do Wt' l:at" SJit'l'htltJ "Kinogram"'" :Sews .Htt'l Wt"clnt"sday, July !i I "M ABBIE D ALIVE" with a tt uure l\f ll "Do's Guest" Wlse·{'raektor ('nmedy "Tombstone ·A'" Speehtlty "Fox Ne"·s" :St>ws Reel Thursday., }'rl., luly !!!I·:!D In case of rain, dinner and dancint in the Orrington Roof Ballroom. "Mol' ADD EM'S FLATS" with Cbestu {'onklht and Cbarlle :.\lurruy "Seas of the l\' orld" Spt"tlalty "JUuogroms" !\ews Reel Somewh e re w a y back in· th e a nnals of his ton· there' s an . old story about an artist ~hat, d esiring to kno\v what the people thought about hi s work, conceived the idea of placing- a completed picture on display in his studio an.d hiding behind a sc reen to listen to th e1r comments. He wa s a noted painter and when the announcement was made that the portrait was completed and wa s to be viewed at will , people of all rank s and cla sses came from far and near t o see it. Among them chanced to be a shoemaker wbo, upon seeing the shoes in the painting, called his friend :S at tention to certain fallacie s in the1r re production. That night the artist removed the picture and repainted th e shoes. The following morning the shoemaker and his friend s returned and upon perceiving the changes, the shoemaker wa s very pleas.e d and began to criticize other parts of the painting about which he knew nothin g and which were perfe-ctly done. The artist listened t.o him for a while and finally becoming angry, had him thrown fro·m the studio with the admonition : "Shoemake r , stick to your last!" Of course you arc wond e rin g what ever pro tnpted m e to go away ba c k into ancient history just to find th e o rigin o f that old "s aw." Just li st e n a nd I'll t ell you all of the re aso ns ··why - for and becau se." I dropped in at on e of th e down to \m theat er s th e oth e r day and in t he cour se of th e ent e rtainment li stc nl'rl t o a colored singer- a man of unu :- u al tal ent a nd ability- singin g· a g roup of po pula r so ngs. H e did th em well and r ece in.· d a dese rnd hur st o i ap platt:-c irom hi s a udit o r ·. K ow it happens tha t 1 heard th e same singer s ome time ago at an o th e r theater . singing a group of ballads and semi -classical songs . At that tim e he wa s in his cle ment and \\·a s s inging for the joy of singing and hi s r e n dition \\'as a marked contra st to that I of all of the rest of his compam·. It was perfectly done and the mellownes s of hi s tones and the fe eling with which he interpreted the composer' s meaning in each measure not only met the audience's approval, but hrought them to their feet in wild acclaim. And now \ve get back to that storv that I reca11ed at the first. In hfs orig-inal act this man was an artistin the latter, merely a little better tha,n average singer playing to popular aooroval. Some will say that it's "box office": that it's what the public wants. But he received a far greater recognition in his original act than he did "inging the popular songs-and that from an audience that, at least in ca~ nacit,· for appreciation. was vastly in. ferior to the latter one. But even were these facts not true th.ere st_ill remains another viewpoint: Hts earher environment, his friends and his very makeup have provided him with a genuine appreciation for the balladin a~y other type of song he is mechantcal. out of harmonv. It is as though he were off tune. He does them well. yes, but why spoil an artist to make a locomotive engineer?