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Show CIVILIZATION IS STUPENDOUS 5 &j BEACH DRAMA AT WILKES Story of Frightfulness Stirs Aud ience : Abounds in . Marvelous Scenes. rpHE first public showing of Thomas H. - Inte's wondorful spectacular film at the Orpheum theater was attended by thousands of persons. There were four performanees, at each of which the audience au-dience crowded the big t heater to capacity. ca-pacity. It is a wonderful show and whether or not it is greater than any picture which has ever been presented, it is worth the while of the most prosaic theatergoer aud it would be hard to conceive con-ceive of anyone who could attend and not be profoundly touched by the incidents inci-dents depicted and the lesson "they carry. The theme of President Wilson's recent re-cent plea for international peace mijrht easily have been the basis of the scenario for tliis production and conversely the picture could easily have been the means of bringing most forcibly to the president's presi-dent's mind the conception of his message mes-sage to the world. It is noteworthy that Mr. I nee has the honor of having had the personal thanks of Mr. Wilson for the picture and that the president wrote to Mr. Tnce a letter commending the production. pro-duction. As a panorama of the rerlness and the horror of international conflict, the audience au-dience found the photoplay exceedingly-interesting'. exceedingly-interesting'. The silence with which reel, after reel was greeted oniy acted as a tribute tothe intensity of the action and the startling grip of the play. And at the conclusion of the film proper there was an outlet for the pent'-up enthusiasm. On the screen was flashed a waving American flag and the orchestra began to play "The Star-Span cried Banner." Prolonged applause greeted the flag and when the swinging strains of the national hymn began everyone arose and joined in the singing. It was a most inspiring and fitting climax to a remarkable show. Pearl Larson and Nellie Tiasbrouck are the soloists in this feature. "Civilization" has for its locale a mythical myth-ical kingdom whose ruler decides to sacrifice sac-rifice his subjects in a mighty war to gratify his personal ambition. There is shown the efforts of some of his people to maintain peace, the ruthlessness of the monarch in hastening his people into war and the mobilization of a big army. After the mobilization came the conflict con-flict in erraphir detail. Though thou-: thou-: sands took part in the moving panorama I of modern warfare. Mr. I nee was careful to pay intelligent attention to details. Incidents In-cidents like the brutality of recruiting officers, the grief of niothers in giving up their husbands and sons and battle touches like the faithfulness of one doe-that doe-that found his fallen master and guarded his body on a lonelv field at night, gave the picture an exceedingly human appeal. "Civilization" is to be repeated this afternoon at 2 :30 and this evenim? at R:30. with performances also Tuesday at the same hours. Big Audiences of AdmireS of "Wallie" Reid See "The Golden Fetter" at the Paramount-Empress. (VirALLIE" RETD'S muItitudinous ad- mirers packed the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress yesterday afternoon and last night to see him in his latest Lasky photoplay, "The Golden Fetter." a story of the West. Supported by Anita King, "The Paramount Girl"; Tuily Marshall and a number of Lasky favorites, handsome hand-some Wallace Reid comes fully up to plans and specifications as the popular conception of the screen hero who gets into numerous tight places to come out eventually with flying colors to marry the girl of his heart in a whirlwind finish. fin-ish. "The Golden Fetter" is a typical Lasky example of choice and attractive out-:loov settings, plus good photography and dl- j rection. During the telling of the story there are several stirring scenes which make it a western drama de luxe with holdups, shootings and interrupted lynching, lynch-ing, some comedy touches and the love element well taken care of. Given a young and handsome eastern mining engineer who through force of circumstances cir-cumstances is compelled to accept hospitality hos-pitality from a couple of bad men pend-1 pend-1 ing the healing of a broken ankle; a young eastern school ma'am who invests her legacy in a worthless mine and is ordered by her doctor to go west and 1 view her property so she can reoouper-ate reoouper-ate from overwork; a motherly old Irish woman and a number of - mining camp types and assign them to the unraveling of a good plot of strength and continuity and the result is some first-class entertainment. enter-tainment. Puch is "The Golden Fetter," in which "Wallie" Reid and his golden smile are featured on the screen. The other features on the npw bill are Burton Holmes in Bohemia and the World's News in Motion Views with some j up-to-date motion pictures of current events in America and F.urope. The same bill goes asrain today and tomorrow, to-morrow, after which Mary Pick ford, in "The Eternal Grind," will be the offering. offer-ing. . "Ne'er Do Weil" h Presented Pre-sented With Spectacular Scenic Effects. A THRILLING play, beautifully staged and cle-.erly artcd, is Rex Beach's "The Ne'er L'o Weil," this week's offering offer-ing of the Wilkes Stock company, which opened last night at the Willies theater. While the story of the play is unpleasant in spots, it has a satisfactory and happy ending, in spite of the fact that the advance ad-vance review told it differently. Miss Nana Bryant was never seen to better advantage than as Edith Cortland, wife of Stephen Cortland, a man of influence in-fluence in the Panama canal zone, i wrongly accused by her husband on account ac-count of her friendship for Kirk Anthony. "The Ne'er Do Well," a spoiled son of a millionaire American, who. on account of a wild escapade, is stranded in Panama. Pana-ma. The gentle consideration for the young scapesrace. in whom she sees possibilities possi-bilities of development into a fine character, char-acter, and the emotional requirements of the role in the scenes with her jealous husband are particularly well suited to Miss Bryant's talent. Pier gowns nlso were especially becoming a nd make her beauty particularly appealing. Cecil Kirke susta ined the role of Kirk Anthony, the millionaire's son. well and his work with. Miss Bryant was effective. Frederick Moore a-s Stephen Cortland does some strong acting. Ferdinand Munier as Jim Weeks, American consul, lives up to his reputation for character corned v. The way he sputters and mops his brow makes one feel transported to a tropical climate, from a standpoint of weather at least. The part of Stella Weeks, his daughter, in love with young Anthony and too you?- and unsophisticated unsophisti-cated to . hide it. is ideally taken by Miss Charlotte Tread way. Frank Bonner is clever as Ramon Alfa Al-fa re z of the republic of ' Panama and makes the role of' the excitable, rascally foreigner quite real. Clifford Thompson, while talcing- a eomrtaratively minor role, adds his part to tiie success of the play as Mr. Gushing, a lawyer. Aneyn MeNulty wins fresh laurels in comedy as Allan, a negro stowaway. Mr. MeNulty in the blackface role gave it a naturalness which appealed especially to one familiar. with the negro character and actions. Huron Blyden took a double role, that of the ship doctor and later the millionaire, Darwin K. Anthony. who makes a great hit in the last act by appearing ap-pearing at the opportune moment and straightening out an apparently hopeless tangle by waving the American flag and his millions, which cause the play to end happily. Other favorites of the company were cast In minor roles, but contributed to the general effect of a 2:00c! performance. Announcement ' was made that "The Eternal Magdalene," the hill for last week, would be repeated in a special matinee performance Friday afternoon, on account of the popularity of the play and requests to repeat it. Hippodrome Presents New Vaudeville Bill With Many Entertaining Entertain-ing Acts. ( r- Q PEN ING to capacity yesterday afler- noon and evening, a new vaudeville bill was presented at' the Hippodrome. The show, although short, is snappy and vibrates with the essence of good, 'clean entertainment. Deaves's manikins, headliner, present "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." The dancing ballet and cake walkers walk-ers are also interesting and weil presented. pre-sented. Bennington and Scott, novelty-entertainers; novelty-entertainers; the Mabel Spencer company in a sketch; Kelly and Fern and the Hippodrome Hip-podrome orchestra, under the direction of Professor Earl Cronson Sharp.' complete the bill. New Fox Superfeature, "The Price of Silence," Draws Big Crowds at Strand Theater. inPHE PRICE OF SILENCE," the new - Fox superfeature which opened last night at t he St ra nd t hea ter for a four days' run, starring AVilliam Farnum, was seen by one of the large crowds wlydi have nightly packed the Strand s!nce"its opening two weeks ago. The photoplay, which is one of the, newest productions by the concern which presents William Farnum on the screen, was well received and the musical setting was excellent. A feature which was applauded by the audiences was t lie singing of John W. Summerhays, the tenor, who sang "All for You," the song hit from "The Princess Prin-cess Pat." as an embellishment to the closing scene of "The Price of Silence." Mr. Summerhays, in a special setting representing rep-resenting the interior of a prison cell, lighted by an amber glow which appeared to come through hnrred windows, sant; to the accompaniment of the Strand orchestra, or-chestra, directed by Georuc Klink. The story of the play is an interesting one. centering around the La king of a i bribe by a young legislator who used the money to protect the name of the sir! he loved. The bribe causerl the temporary tempor-ary "killing" of a child-labor bill in the legisla ture, which is the central theme of I he play. Mr. Farnum is capably supported sup-ported by a fine cast of players and the settings and human interest of the play are admirable. "The Price of Silence" will continue at the Strand today, tomorrow tomor-row and Wednesday. 1 i j DRAM A A N D Y A UDEYI LL E . j SALT LAKE Flonzaley quartette un- , ! der patron ape of M usical Arts so- ; cicty next Thursday evening. : WILKES Stock company will prc- ; sent "The Ne'er Do Weil." with Thursday and Saturday matinees. ! PAN'IWGES The thrilling "Ocean to ! Ocean" sketch headlines new bill I opening Wednesday afternoon. OKDIKI'M -- New vaudeville show I opens Wednesday evening with Ed-; Ed-; die Leona rd, "the prince of miu-! miu-! s treks" and 1 lomer B. Mason a nd Marguerite Feeler in "Married," as the headliners. Matinees on Thursday. Thurs-day. Friday and Saturday. MOTION PICTURES. I AMERICAN Today. Mrs. Yernon Cas-; Cas-; tie in "Patri;." William Desmond in "The Iced Bullet." ' ST R A N D Today a nd v n t il Wednesday. Wednes-day. William Farnum in "The Price or' St'cnce." BROADWAY Today W. S. Hart will be seen with Rhoa Mi;chell in his great western drama, "On the NiglU ME HESY L'O is Weber and Fhillirs Smaller in "The Strange Mother." aud Bison w eMem dram .. "Tre Good Won .in." : P A P A ) 1 0 1" N T 1 : M r R 1 - . ? 0 L. Lasky presenTs Wsli.hc ReH. -jr -parted by Anita Kinc. in "The Hid-en Hid-en p'etier." ORFH ET'M Tod a y and toivo;-: w. Thomas H. Imr's m ; -:) -.or e, "1 h.:at:on." Ac cn-.V. (. . and s: e i.,1 .'. oi-.:. :.r.i .; e ; c. ? at J and e- .-nir.c 1-.-.- at - - I |