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THEATER CELEBRATES SIXTH ANNIVERSARYI* ■ and entertainment value.The Y^ar star!? off at the!theater with a determination | l‘*l upon the l av; lt;’»f M■-r. A. J, Halev to: r(1l show his appreciation of the splendid'1*0 support given by the people of this community (hiring thin, his sixth year's mamgeinr-iu of this theater, through the high duality of his attractions for ike firm, v.eek of HUM. Among his features of the week, The Merry Go Hound,” which will ho shown. Wednesday and Thursday, January 2 and ”, stands out because of its unusual story, its high cjuaiiiy nf production and its strong appeal.; In the cast the lit; lo Chicago high , • school girl, Mary Philbin. is featured j and, because of the excellence of her } 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 his 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 s1 praised, but her connection with the 1: 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 came ' with her. Her dad figured that it was a wild goose chase, so he stayed in Chicago to take care of the family household during the absence of his ; ! wife and daughter.51 Then Mary signed a long term coti-j i tract with Universal and she and her ; mother promptly wired to dad, Come: i and join us. It's lonely in Holly-1 j wood.” Mary's mother has been with j t \ her almost constantly during her work f: In pictures. But John, the dad, at-'■ j ways stays home. He looks after J Mary's investments and manages her j 1 I screen affairs, even to taking care of jI her fan mail. He has been everything! from a. deep sea diver to a construe- j tlon engineer before he came to Holiy-1 wood, but managing a screen star is j the most intricate problem that has; ever confronted him, he says. iUniversal produced “Merry lt;in-Itound” in which Mary made a ; tremendous hit as a little organ grind- j er in the Vienna Prater. It was nr- i ranged for her to- make a personal! appearance in a San Francisco then- • ter, at th© theater's premier showing' in that city.There's where Mary’s dad breaks* into the limelight. As usual, Mrs.: Phllbirt was to accompany her daugh-i ter. Mary and her mother are in-1II separable pals and the trip sounded ! *■; like a nice vacation, except that they j• |were afraid that it would be lone-! 1J some for dad.i Then the unexpected. TJnlversal’s ; general manager called and asked Mr, j Philbin how he would like to accom-[ pany the star and her mother to San | Francisco. They were all invited to j [ be the company's guests in the -Bay iCity._ j The Philbin family spent a 150015 , | in San Francisco and that week made , I up for all of the lack of notice which : the youthful screen beauty's dad had ; previously received. The boys up - there wined and dined him and | showed him the town,”One act of standard vaudeville will . be given on Wednesday, Thursday, (Friday and Saturday in addition to I the reaular program of special features uf the week.
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Suburbanite Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 27, 1923
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