Stage and Screen Notes from Wilmette Life 1924
A survey covers Dixity Great, Northern Theatre musical acts led by Florence Mills and Sheldon Brooks with Thompson and Cowan. reviews of Norma Talmadge in Secrets and Robert Ellis with Gertrude Olmstead in Lovers' Lane. Adverts for Pola Negri at Adelphi in Lily of the Dust and The Marriage Gone, plus previews of The Man Who Fights Alone and Open All Night at local houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
the Howard
Tom Singleton
Robert Ellis
Gertrude Olmstead
Clyde Fitch
Marie Prevost
William Beaudine
Howard
Mary Brennan
Pal
Margaret Ey
Rockliffe Fellowes
Raymond Hatton
Ohn Roche
Cissy Fitzgerald
Vera Wis
Adelphi Pola Negri
Lily
Pola Negri
Adelphi
Thomas A. Ince
Hed
South Seas
William Farnum
Farnum
Rose Will
Blossom Time Returns to Great Northern Audiences
The revival of Blossom Time at the Great Northern draws capacity crowds with Schubert music and a life story of the composer. LA SALLE stages Early To Bed with a strong cast led by Ada Lewis. Garrick opens Mary Jane McKane at the Imperial in New York after five months away, featuring Hal Skelly and a large chorus. WHEM TREAT shows Odiva and her Seals, billed as the most expensive act in vaudeville, with swimmer perform er Olly Moran joining the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Garrick
Arthur’ Hammerstein
Mary Jane McKane
Hal Skelly
Imperial Theatre
New York
WAU Majestic
Whemtre
Odiva
Ive
Olly Moran
The Hunchback of Notre Dame at New Evanston Theatre
The Hunchback of Notre Dame opens at New Evanston for one week starting Monday September 8. Victor Hugo’s story is billed as a high cost production with Lon Chaney as Quasimodo, Ernest Torrence as Clopin and Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda, praised for its architecture and scene work. The James Kozak orchestra and a Wurlitzer organ will accompany the shows. At the Howard theatre, Corinne Griffith Milton Sills and Henry B Walthall star in Single Wives for three days beginning Sunday September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Victor Hugo
New
Evanston Theatre
Lon Chaney
Quasimodo
Ernest Torrence
Clopin
Patsy Ruth Miller
Esmeralda
Cathedral of
Chaney
Market Place
James Kozak
Evanston
Howard Corinne Griffith
Milton Sills
Henry B. Walthall
Howard Theatre
Miss Griffith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lia
Vette
Izes
Ories
Vers
Ting
Stions
Wilmette Life
Broadway
Dixity Great
Florence Mills
Shelton Brooks
Bert Williams
Thompson and Cowan
Odette
Goniller
Renn
Screen
First National Picture Chicago Theatre
Mary Carlton
Norma Talmadge
Eugene O’brien
Riviera Theatre
Hollywood
Raymond Griffith
Valentino
Ae Beene
Jan Keith
LA Salle
George Choos
Ada Lewis
Edinger & Sons
Wilmette Noyes and Colfax
Lake Avenue
Wilmette
Winnetka Winnetka
Dorothy Devore
Harold Lloyd
Hayburn
Thor
John Barrymore
Brummell
Helen Chadwick
Peggy
Newell
The
House of Narmely Howard
N. W
Corinne Griffith
Milton Sills Henry
B. Walthall
OUR Gang
Gertrude Olmstead Robt. Ellis
Lovers’ Lane
Madness
North Clark
Leatrice Joy
Adolph Menjou
Percy Marmont
WM. Farnum
North Shore
Call
Kutten Bros
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