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Show MARJ0R1E RAMBEAU, in one of the stirring acenea of Charming Pollock'. gripP'" - "The Sign on the Door," at the Salt Lake theatre, all week, beginning Monday night, March 7. Betty Compson, 1 Bathing Beauty , Paramount Star Pleuy Compson. whose remarkable performance In tleorge lXJn Tuckers 'Th Miracle Man" stamped her aa on of th foramoat artlata of th rrrfn, has alerted a contract for five year aa a alar in Paramount pictures. Mies fompaon went to Xw York . with her mother to affix her signature to tha contract with Ja I.. Laaky and raturnail to Hollywood, where she , will beln work April 1 on her flrat Paramount starring picture. . . "We are greatly pleased with th acquisition of Mian Pompson to our Hat of artlata." said Mr. Leaky In announcing announc-ing th sinning- of the new star. 'I conalder her on of tha really great actresses of tha screen. In the portrayal por-trayal of hla; vital dramatic rolea aha haa won th greet it pralee from the moat discriminating of critics. Nol onlv waa thla true In The Miracle Man. hut' In 'Ladles Muat Llvs.' whUh tleorge Uine Tacker haa recently completed nd which wa ahall release aa a Paramount Para-mount picture In the near future. Her personality, aa well aa her rate ebll ly. mark her aa on of the bic drawing cards of pictures. From the (roup of famous author who are now writing orlslnel stories - for Paramount plitures I expect to get a atory for Miaa Compson wh'ch will give her ample opportunity to Interpret a big role such as alie had In The Miracle Man.- and wa are making ar-nnifmrnll ar-nnifmrnll to give her th biggest productlone possible." . 1 M"""""M7!""TT""" V7 i: t.: ' 1 , 1 ! 1 - " S wi m matm I Tha atlsanliaa a the Malt theatre, week befflnnlne; tomorrow I ni(ht, will hav mi. re than ordinary Interest lo local plaa;or. tor It will brlna lck to the acenea of furmer dramatic triumphs Marjorle lUnibeau. who will be remembered by local patrons pa-trons of the thejitre as perhaps the most talented player who err sp-peard sp-peard her In a stuck company. Hlnce ieavlni Halt llke City Mias liambeau haa conquered New York and Ita play-Koera play-Koera In such emphatic fashion that she haa been proclaimed by critic and patrona alike aa the moat popular star on the AmerU-an atage. Hhe all! return re-turn to Halt like t'lty In t'hsnnlnK Pollock's sllrrlnv drama. "The Hmn on Ihe IHior," which occupied an entire season at the Republic theatre. In New York. Mlsa Hambeau Is appearing under un-der th direction of A. H. Woods. Mora than one reviewer haa aald that through the medium of thla pluy Miss -Waaa haa aililsd m III s Itraordlnarv prestige she had slready enjoyed with metropolitan playgoers. I Miss liambeau'a tour with "The rlKn j I c n the Itoor" will carry her for thai 1 firat lime In sit veara to au.lienea In I Ihe far West that know her work Nol other draniitic artist in a generation' has enjoert more consistent succeB 11111I popularity than this talented ltaaaa--a'itnn whu plays the leading role In 'The Sign online lHor." Totally To-tally unknown to New York audiences, she Jutnped Into popularlly over night In lH with "Co Much for Wo Much." Her triumph was aenHational. anil sen eon after H'"aon found her Ihe most popular of-the reianing stars of Ihe drama as It Is displayed on Hroailwsy. No suiceas like that achieved by Miss Hambeau could be attained without a firm foundation of merit. That Miss Hambeau Is well able to sustain her 1 ImmenseHMUilaritY by the revelation of tier in allies n UTinafl In the npm-lon npm-lon of profeaalonal ciitica aa well as bv the Insistent demand of the public for all playa In which she has appeared ap-peared In N.-w York. Her preeent lour I has been arranged In order lo satisry' la demand bv M:s Hambeau toappear In other cities than New lork. Iter I conquest of New York haa been com-l com-l plete and she Is anxious lo again race audiences In cities where she formerly, played but not In slellar rolea. I Mr Pollock a play, which gives Mler I Hambeau a rare opportunity to reveal Ihe poer of her emotional artlstr). Is openlv m-lodrainatl.-. It Is so adept, lv written, however, that Its author s now ranked second only to Augustus Thomas among the playwright ol ATnrth cast with Miss Pambeaii will be 1.'. Haker. Harold Baiter. Harry Mlnturn. Hugh liillmHti and Beatrice ail 4 -mpson we i e her new contract. "I waa amaaad. ah said, "at tha magnltud of the producing produc-ing organisation which Mr l-askr has. No sooner had I put my name on the. i-ontract than alx or geven really aplen-dld aplen-dld stories, written by some of tne moat famous authors, were gie lo me to choose from. And Mr. Lasky told me that out in Hollyaood ther arc - . . several author whose names are . knows all over the world who are ready to writ original atorle for m. Wb.ll I wa vrv happy a head of try - own company the tremendou acope ol . the Famoue Plsyera-Iaky eorporatlon. .both In lie productlone and distribution distribu-tion activities, makes mv association .. with Mr. l-askr promise th most wonderful won-derful results'5 ,,, Betty Coinpaon' rls to th po tlon of atan In Paramount plcturee Is I logical outcome of hard work. ral ability abil-ity and rat besuty Born In Halt 1 ak 1ty, In h ahadow of th Mor- mon Tempi. Miss Compaon !" profeaalonal career In vaudeville. which sh .hlfted to motion PMu.r"; hhe flret played In Ohrlstle comedies as a bathing girl god featured come-Jlenne. come-Jlenne. Her first picture which re- - nulred purely dramatic ability was with Puthe In "The Terror of the Pange." For a whll Miss Tompson was leading woman In "rm.ou"'-' rbuckl "medlct aitet- which ah. was alned bv tleorge Un Tucker to . appear In 'The Miracle ," snlendld werformsnce of the eophlstl- rald young crook whose regeneration waa brourht about by loe and the faith of "The Miracle Man" waa one of " l"ie greatest pieces of screen acting ever aeen. and Miss Compena Immediately Imme-diately w mad aa one of the acreen a great grtlata. |