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Ma!, 10, 1929 WILMETT·E L·IFE ················--------------------·····················--~---················· in Town and Suburbs~ ------------------·········----------·-----····------------~-----------·-------"In Old Arizona" "The Iron Mask," Doug's B. e nnett Portrayal Latest, at the Norshore to Be at Varsity; of Mother Praised "The Iron Mask," ·sequel to "The Screen/and's Best Three Musketeers," with Dougla~ by Leading Critics Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll, popular co-starring pair, will be seen in "Close Harmony" at the Varsity · theater, Evanston, this Saturday, May 11. Youth, action, comedy, and romance thrown against a theater background are outstanding features of this picture, which tells the story of how a sophisticated chorine helps a shy but clever boy sell his act to Broadway. The film is all talking and is full of music and good dialogue. "Buddy" Rogers and Nancy Carroll, who were so good in the leading roles of "Abia's Irish Rose," score an even bigger hit in "Close Harmony." The comedians, Skeets Gallagher and Jack Oakie, also contribute much to the picture. Fine~t of Films "In Old Arizona," th e only picture which Mae Tinee of the Chicago Tribune has considered worthy of four stars, will open a three-day en gagement at the Varsity next ·Monday. In her praise of the film Miss Tinee said, " .... Its love scenes are frank and fervid; its flashe s of humor, droll; its 'atmosphere' engrossing; its ending a poignant, artistic, 0. Henry finis .... Direction, photograph , synchronization, scenery are superb throughout .. .. " "In Old Arizona" is the first talking picture to be filmed almost entirely out of doors. The outstanding performance is given . by Warner Baxter as the singing laughing Cisco Kid, a fascinating and gallant bandit. The other leading roles are well taken by Edmund Lowe and Dorothy Burgess, who comes to the screen from the stage. "Hot, Fast Melodrama" The Varsity has booked for Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17, "The Wolf of \Vall Street." This picture has been characterized as "a hot, fast cosmopolitan melodrama dominated by the sure, virile, magnetic George Bancroft, who, as 'the Wolf,' adds another powerful and convincing characterization to the goodly collection he has already contributed to the screen." Other noted actors in the cast besides Bancroft are Olga Raclanova, Paul Lukas , and Kaney Carroll. Fairbanks again playing D'Artagnan, will be on the Norshore screen the week beginning this Saturday, May 11. "The Iron Mask" is a magic romance of the past, a stirring picture telling a story of days and deeds that. people of our day love to dream about. The plot is woven around twin sons born to Loui s XIII. of France.. For state reasons the Cardinal Richelieu orders one baby spirited away before even th e proud fath er knows he has two heir s instead of one. ·o nly five people know the secret. D'Artagnan, who does not, finds himself, after a series of strange adventures. guardian of the young king. The other twin fall s into the hand s of treacherous plotters~and · that's. ,~~,· hat the story's ahout. Douglas Fairbanks' voice is heard for the first time on the screen in "Th e Iron Mask." The supporting cast. which includes Belle Bennett, Dorothy Revier, ~f arguerite de Ia ~lotte, and many others, is excellent, and the costumes, photography, direction, and staging arc all your heart could desire. .-\1 Kvale, popular band leader at the Xorshore, has left there to become master of ceremonies at the Oriental. His place will be taken by Lou Kostoff, who has been conducting the stage shows at the Tower theater on the south side. The Jazz Collegians will be at the Norshore as usual. "Mother M:achree," screen version of the great song and story, is being presented at the Community House in Winnetka this Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11. Belle Bennett, ~eil Hamilton, Victor McLaglen, and the boy actor, Philippe de Lacy, have the leading roles. Belle Bennett's performance in the mother rot~ has won the praise of leading critics. "The Great White North," a dramatic record of the H. A. and Sidney Snow Arctic expedition. will be shown at the Community House Tuesday, May 14. One of the most inspiring scenes of the picture is the claiming of Herald Island, far up in the Arctic circle, as a possession of the United States. On this island four men of the Vilhjalmur Stefansson polar expedition of 1913 lost their lives, separating from the main party when their ship was crushed and sunk by icebergs. The Warner Brothers' mystery crook picture, "The Terror," comes . to the Community House Friday and Saturday, May 17 and 18. A gruesome and dilapidated English manor house, which is · supposed to house the loot of a bank robbery, as well as the looter, is the setting for most of the film. The all star cast includes Mav McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis, Holmes Herbert, and others. Harvey Gates made the screen adaptation from the play by Edgar .V/allace. Saturday, ·May 11 "Rudely" Rogers and Nancy ~oU iD ·"Close Harmony" All singing and Talking picture Mon. Tuea. Wed. May 13-14-15 All Talking Picture "In Old Arizona" The only picture to receive four stars in May Tinee's review in The Tribune. Thur. Fri. May 16-17 George Bancroft in an all tallunc picture OF WALL STREET" 1---------------- "WO~F . TO DIRECT GL YN STORY Guthrie McClintic, noted stage di rector, has arrived in Hollywood to fulfill the terms of his recently signed Fox-Movietone contract. His first effort will be the direction of an Elinor Glyn story, "Such Men are Dangerous." DUPLICATE LONDON SKYLINE The night skyline of London as seen from an embankment of the Thames has been duplicated in exact detail at the Paramount studios in Hollywood for Richard Dix' new starring picture, "The Wheel of Life." BACK IN OLD ROLE Kate Bruce, who played in many of D. W. Griffith's earliest pictures in. mother roles, appears as Marie Prevost's mother in "The Flying Fool," starring William Boyd, which was recently completed at the Pathe studios. ZIEGFELD STARS SIGNED Bert \Vheeler and . Robert Woolsey, whose comedy contributed to the success of Ziegfeld's stage production of "Rio Rita," have been signed by Radio Pictures to play their original roles in the RKO all-sound version of the show. -Now Playing- AL CLARA BOW KVAJlE. In : + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Chicago North Shore Festival Association : "The Wild Party" AII·Talklng and His Jazz Collegian!! TO SHOW EARLY PICTURES The annual "Mothers'-Daughters' dinner" of the Alpha Phi Mothers' club, to which all of the girls of the active chapter are invited, will be held at the North Shore hotel, Evanston, May 13. Each mother is asked to bring a picture of herself taken about the time she was her daughter's age, and a baby picture of her daughter. The committee in charge consists of Mrs. V\T. S. Dillon and Mrs. \·V alter Lawrence. Norma Talmadge's first all-talking pidure, "Tin Pan Alley," will be di. rected by Lewis Milestone, who made "Two Arabian Nights" and "The Racket." i 21st MUSIC FESTIVAL ! + + in "Play Ball" -SATURDAY- : + : + MAY 27t 28t 30t JUNE 1 Northwestern University Gymnasium Chicago Symphony Orchestra Superb Artists -Splendid Programs I : + : + Hear His Voice For the First Time : + + + + + : : + + + + : st Concert-Samson and Delilah. Saint Saens. Sololsts-Cyrena Van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Richard Bonelli and Herbert Gould ; Chorus, A Cappella Choir. + : 2nd Concert-Miscellaneous. Soloists-Gina Pinnera, soprano; Efrem Zlmballst, ,·lolfnlst. + + : DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS "TH'EIRON MASK" + + + 3 rd Concert-B Minor Mass. Bach. + : Roland Young, prominent in New + york theatrical circles, has been added + + to the cast of Billie Dove's next pic- + + ture, "The Lady Who Dared." : + + Soloists-Anna Burmeister, Marie Morissey, Tudor DaYies, Herbert · Gould and Josef Hofmann, pianist. I + + + + : 4th Concert-Matinee Children's Chorus of 5th Concert-Miscellaneous~Chorus-A Cappella Choir. Tickets on Sale at Soloists-Alice Mock, soprano, and Barre-Htll, barttone. 500. . . + + Soloists-Edith Mason, Richard Bonelli and Arne Oldberg. + + + + : Room 202 Hahn Bldg., 1609 Sherman Ave., Evanston Phones: University &1 and 5!-Brlargate 81JOO-No toll. + LOU KOSLOFF With the Jazz Collegians Myrna Loy will do some high- + Season Prices-$ I 6.oo, $14.00, $1 1.00, 7.oo and Ss.oo. : powered vamping in "The Great : : Single Ticket Prices-$}.50, S3~oo, $2.00, $1.50 and $ 1.00. Divide," which is to star Dorothy Mac- + +++++++++++++++++++++++++~+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kaill. in "PARIS NIGHTS"