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February 15, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 61 ~.-c.----a---·-··-··-·-·-----·--·-·--·-----·1/!.·u---~----+ Shore Theaters j · .. l News Plenty of Comedy · on T eatro Program . Starting Saturday ' ~·_.__-·--·-· -·-~ - ·-..-··-"-·· -·· -··-·· -··-·-··-·-·-· - · -·-·-···--·---·-----·-··~· I . ... I ,. '------------.1 Directs Benefit ] ack Holt will be seen at the Teatro del Lago this Saturday, February 16, in "Sunset Pass." An added attraction at the matinee will be Laura LaPlante in "The Cat and the Canary." An Aesop's Fable comedy and Pathe news ·review also are included in the aturday program. The Teatro has scheduled the Uniyersal comedy drama, "Give and Take," co-starring George Sid n ey and Jean Hersholt for thi s Sunday, February 17. The picture concern an old fruit canning factory owner, played bv Hersholt, and hi s superintendent . plaved by Sidney. George Lewis pla}·s the owner' s son and heir. and Sharon Lynn the daughter of the uperintendent. It is \vhen the so n comes home from college .and tri es to re-organiz.c his father' s business on a profit-sharing ba sis that the fun s tar t:-~. The screen adaptation is from the popular Aaron Hoffman stage plaY. Irene Rich Is Star O'IJ- Cammu· n ity House Tuesday Movie Bill Irene Rich, Audrey Ferris, and William Collier Jr. are the principal stars of "Women They Talk About," to be shown at Commu-nity House, \Vinnetka, next Tuesday, February 19. The picture is a modern ~11me ntar~' on the effect of women in politics. .Miss Rich p lays the part of a wealthy yo ung widow whose· daughter is in love with the son of her opponent for the mayoralty. The mayor when younger and in poore r circumstances had been a suiter for the hand of Miss Rich. Affairs become compli cated when a confederate of the mavor steals th e daughter in order to hurt the chances of the ladv cand idat e. Pursuit of the pair, rescue of the gir l, and a fight between the thug and the young lover in which the mavor is accidentally (though not fa tall.\;) shot , provide the film with plenty of action. The story is by Anthony Coldeway. "Show People," the Community House picture for next Friday, February 22, is th e romance of a girl wiw co m es to Hollywood, enters pictures by 'the comedy route, becomes a dramatic sta r , nearly loses everything be cause he r success goes to hl!r head, and is saved from failure by the machinations of William Haines and bv her own sense of humor. Marion Davies is the girl. Polly Moran, Tenen Holtz, and others are in the supporting cast. The picture was di rected bv .Ki Vidor. -Now Playing- Richard Barthelmesa with Betty Compson in "SCARLET SEAS" Verne Butk and the Collegians in "Revue du Rouge" -STARTING SATURDAY- The First All-Talking Epic of the Air! "CONQUEST"· Thrill to daring and adventurous romance with antarctic aviators starring Monte Blue, Lois Wilson and H. B. Warner Firat time shown on North Side FOR ONE WEEK ONLY! -ON THE STAGE- I I· Menjou Comedy Rich comedy fare \\'ill be proYidcd for those who patronize the Teatro del Lago next ~1onday and Tuc s da~· . Februarv 18 and 19, \\'h e n Adolph 1fenjou's new laughing film , "~arquis Preferred," \\·ill be shown The s tar~· nf "~J arquis Preferred" . ,concerns a bankrupt French nobleman "·ho, at th e instigation of his tailor. his valet and his chef. incorporates for the purposr of effecting a money marriage. \\'hile his three nartners arc looking· for a gir l with do\\'ry, ~fenjou is falling in love with a pennile ss young rr<we t= nrss. The governess di scove rs the plot and scorns ~1 c njou. and he is forced t o go t"hrough "·ith hi s bargain. He marries the \vealthy girl hllt leaves her after the ceremony. sets out to make his o"·n way in the ,,·orld and. throu,gh a series of circumstances . en rvthinv emls happih-. Ch rs t er Conklin. Dot Farle~· . and ~ora Lane are included in the supporting cast. VERNE BUCK (Guest Conductor) and the Jazz Collegians in Photo by Bernie a Mrs. Samuel ] . Lang is chairman of the committee in charge of plans for the benefit performance of "The Sap" at the Evanston theater Monday, Feb. 18, which Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae are sponsoring. Proceeds will go to the house fund. "V~me's Grab-Bag" Peppy! Spicy! Brilliant I Every Friday Evening Is NORTHWESTERN NIGHT Come at 9:00 P. M. Says American Audiences Bad for Youthful Artist Sergei Rachmaninoff told int erv iewin Pa ri s a short time ago that New York had become the musical capital of the world. accordin g to th e musical kackr. "American concert audiences are bigger and more appreciative of good music than those of an_y other co untr \'. Y ear by year the thmg that impres~cs me more and more about America," he said, "is the wonderful improvement in public ta~ and. a~ preciat ion that ha s taken place wtthm an astonishingly sh ort period of time. \\'hen I first went to America, in 1909, audiences were not one-tenth as large or discriminating as th ey ate now." r~ rs Week of Feb. 16 GRANADA Marks Bros. Sheridan &: Devon Norma Shearer Film Com:ng Glen Trvon in "The Kid's Cle\'er" is the T eatro offering for next \ Vedne sdav, Februarv 20. A comedy and Kinogram news ·are to he on the same program. Thursda.v and Friday. Feb ruary 21 and 22, brings Norma ~hc~r er in "A Lady of Chance." Thts ptcture nresents- the attractin~ star as a professional gold digger who. after ,·ears of experience at picking out wealthv men ·who were easy to " fl eece~" selects a handsome young fellow who is wiring his mother of a million-dotlar promotion sc h eme, and finds. after marrving him. that she has 1miscalculated. .T ohnnv Mack Bro\\'.1 forme r Alabama football hero, satd to be one of the screen's nwst promising actors, has the role of the vott.'W man whose anpearance proves an tn t erestinrr Pnivma to th P exne rt 17 ol.-1 digger . The film is h~ c:;e d ·on a sto;" bv Lt> Rov ~cott, celebrated nm·el,~t and playwright. Brooke ] ohns, Oriental theater master of ceremonies, is going to Cali fornia next week, we hear, to open a theater there, and, incidentally, to make a short sound film. N I EW EVANSTON Tel. University 8500 T onite at 8: 15 Mat. Wed. & Sat. Karl Way Players CLARA'S FIRST TALKIE Frederic March is playing oppositf" Clara Bow in th P flaooer't.; fir st atltalkinf! picture, "The Wild Party," a storv of collesre life. Dorothy Arzner is directing Miss Bow. Eleanor ~riffith. former New Yor~ stage star, is nlavinP" thf' chief fe.mtnine role in Roland West's U111ted Artist<> t::l lkinQ" oicture. "Alibi." f!OW in the final weeks of oroductwn . Fle:lnor io: pot rel'lted to other famou c; Hollywood Griffiths. ··WRY M. A RRY" Arrange a Party and Come Toni1 te Present Nat Goodwin's Comedy Hit Reserve Seats by Telephone A Drama As Big As the Heart of Humanity! Of a Mother of Men Whose Courage Glorifies Womankind! In Sound, on the Finest Vitaphone Equipment in the World! EXTRA! And Back Again on the Stage TRIXIE FRIGANZA on Vitaphone FOX MOVIETONE BENNY · M EROFF in "XYLO-MANIA" The Novelty Show of the Season ANOTHER GRIFFITH IN FILMS Coming Mon., Feb. 18 "THE SAP" Hurry! 'The Singing Fool' Goes Friday Night!