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THEATER CELEBRATES SIXTH ANNIVERSARYTljo .\w Y^ar stsr!? off at the! e ' Hillside theater with a determination j ^ I t ; upon tlu- i av; of M -r. A. J, Haley to ; rel e • show his appreciation of the splendid 1,0 - j support given by the people of this o1 community (hiving this, his sixth* I year's mamgemriu of this theater,•l i through the high Quality of his at-* . tractions for the hr a. v.oek of JH--U 3* Among his features of the week, TheMerry Go Hound,” which will be 0 j shown Wednesday and Thursday,* ! January and 1*. stands out because c ' of its unusual story, its high quality l* nf production anil its strung appeal ° j and entertainment -value,T In the cast the lit:le Chicago high . • school girl, Mary Phlfbin. is featuredj and, because of the excellence of her i work, jumps Into real stardom and I brings the entire family with her into : public prominence, and at last the, i movie dad comes into hla own.The dad is John Philbin, father of the beautiful Mary. The Movie Mother” has always occupied a more or less prominent place in the picture Industry. She has been ridiculed and e1 praised, but her connection with the 11: progress of motion picture making ' cannot be ignored, j When Mary Philbin came to Holly*| wood a couple of years ago to go into the pictures her mother camewith her. Her dad figured that it was a wild goose chase, so ho stayed in Chicago to take care of the family household during the absence of his 'n ! wife and daughter.•5 i Then Mary signed a long term cotv-i tract with Universal and she and her | mother promptly wired to dad, Come : i and join us. It's lonely in Holly- j j wood.” Mary's mother has been with j •V ; her almost constantly during her work ,f; in pictures. But John, the dad, al-lt j ways stays home. He looks after lC j Mary's investments and manages her; screen affairs, even to taking care of j her fan mail. He hag been everything j from a. deep sea diver to a construe- j tlon engineer before he came to Hoiiy-1 wood, but managing a screen star is j the most Intricate problem that has; ever confronted him, he says. I Universal produced “Merry Gu; Hound” in which Mary made a; tremendous hit as a little organ grind- j er in the Vienna Prater. It was ar- i ranged for her to- make a personal! appearance in a San Francisco thea- ’ ter, at the theater’s premier showing ‘ in that city.There's where Mary’s dad breaks* into the limelight. As usual, Mrs.: Philbin was to accompany her daugh-l ter. Mary and her mother are in-! (t | separable pals and the trip sounded ! 'I | like a nice vacation, except that they j M were afraid that it would be lone-! j some for dad.Then the unexpected. Universal'**: general manager called and asked Mr.(j j Philbin how he would like to accom-lt. j pany the star and her mother to San Francisco. They were all Invited to I4 be the company's guests in the SayCity.j The PhilbS/i family spent a week a | In San Francisco and tliat week made n I up for all of the lack of notice which e : the youthful screen beauty’s dad had 3; previously received. The boys up i,: there wined and dined him and g | showed him the town.”One act of standard vaudeville will $. be given on Wednesday, Thursday, t, j Friday and Saturday in addition to s j the reaular program of special fen-|lures of the week.
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Suburbanite Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 27, 1923
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