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Show THE CITIZEN 10 With The First Nighters THE tural and such as to gauge the true operatic appreciation of a community. outstanding feature of the bill this week, or perhaps we should say the outstepping feature, is the exquisitely graceful dancing act of Ivan Bankoff and Mile Phe-bHe is a dancer of the Russian One type and she a classic of her most startling effects is to leap into the air and touch the back. of her head with both feet. It is not merely a violent jerk, but a charming movement in a dance. Of course, as usual, we have herewith stamped on other peoples toes. There are many other people in Extra Dry, the headline act, and they have sensitive pedal extremities, not to be stamped on with impunity. Nevertheless, we must give the newspaper decision to Bankoff & Co. Extra Dry might be said to be true to its name. The music and lyrics are attractive, but the humor of the book by Harlan Thompson is extra dry with dead moss and years of accumulated dust. The dancing, costumes and ensembles are gorgeous. Francis Renault is not as startling as he used to be. A few years ago, when lie was unknown to fame, he could put his soprano prima donna' stunt over with a smash,' but now we know him for what he is. What his act now lacks in the element of surprise he makes up for by wearing dazzling stage costumes that would turn e. toe-dance- r. a vampire green with envy. Other acts there are and some of them merry, but of no great weight, and we shall not crush them with por tentious phrases. GRAND OPERA stars who stand GRAND Opera favor are plenin Individual brilliance on the part of the stars, soundness of ensemble, orchestral background and adequate scenic effects and costuming, make the San Carlo in all respects an organization capable of productions of a metropolitan character, and with the new leading singers there are ample reasons for the Impression that the San Carlo visit here this season will outshine any previous attempt by its management to .produce the master-work- s of music and attractive prices. The company comes to the Salt Lake theatre March 8, 9 and 10. The operas to be presented here are Lucia, Carmen and II Trovatore. FLO-FL- COMING O in colorings, SNAPPY, kaleidoscopic and bubbling with wit and good humor, dainty in personality and shapeliness, attended by a capable company, including a perfect 36 chorus, will be the offering at the Salt Lake theatre for a limited Flo-Fl- and wraps so varied in colorings and rich in trimmings as to be almost be wildering. are catchy, The songs in Flo-Fl- o the music has an abandoned swing to it that seta audiences to humming and the lines and comedy business are of the sort to keep one in an almost constant roar of laughter, except when a number is being rendered. Prominent in the carefully selected cast of principals will be Miss Rhoda Nickells, Jack Norton, Barney Ward,. Billy Collins, Henry Sherwood, Raymond Maxon and Charles Brown, Harry Cowley, Paula Temple, Lila Blow, Elgie Bownen, Estelle Maxon, together with the perfect 36 chorus and an augmented orchestra. o, four performances, engagement starting next Thursday night There is more of a plot to Flo-Fl- o than is supposed to meet the requirements of the usual musical comedy, but there are many more things than plot to hold the interest of the audience. The locale is in a fashionable bride shop on Fifth avenue. New York, where there are elaborate arrays of the most bewildering and bewitching creations in silks and laces, brocades and richest satins, both on and off the perfect 36 models. The feminine portion of an audience never fail to of be charmed and enthralled by the numerous fashion parades of the many shapely models ranging in raiment from those mysterious fluffy things to the most gorgeous of gowns CASINO Madame traverse, fame as who the KINEMA most amazing aeroplane ever performed is shown in The Great Air Robbery, the remarkable photodrama of the U. S. Aerial Mail Service, which will be shown at the Kinema next week. Not once, but several times. Lieutenant Ormer L. Locklear, the only man who ever accomplished the hazardous feat of changing planes in the this breath-takin- g air, performs stunt in The Great Air Robbery. In a skilfully woven plot, the dare deviltry of the young aviator is utilized to advantage and to further the events in an exciting love story of life among the clouds. THE t has GEM Wil Fox star of beauty as announced as well ability, is to appear at the Casino theatre startliam Betty Bouton, Dick La Aeno, Jack Curtis, Fred Bond and William Ryno. Denison Clift is the author and Scott Dunlap the director. The six acts of superior vaudeville will be shown in conjunction with the feature photoplay. , ing Sunday in The Hell Ship, which is described as a powerful photoplay of the sea which gives Miss Traverse one of her best opportunities for emotional portrayal. The story, as given in advance, tells of a fair girl who cows a mutinous crew, takes possession of a hell ship, and finds herself at last only a woman, with a heart that can love as well as break. The story should make an absorbing picture. The cast includes Albert Roscoe, of the most delicious ever filmed appears in In Search of a Sinner, Constance ONE Tal-madg- es latest Emersou-Loo- s tion, which today begins a weeks run at the Gem theatre. d situation takes The place in the dining room of the Astor hotel, during a banquet tendered Jack Garrison by. The Purity League. Sitting directly opposite Garrison at another table is Georgians Chadbume played by Constance Talmadge, a charming widow of twenty, who had tried to make Garrison make love to afore-mentione- public tiful in the forces of the San Carlo Grand Opera company this season, several new and distinguished singers having been acquired by Impresario Fortune Gallo for the 1919-2- 0 tour of his organization. It will give joy to music-loverhowever, to learn that Manuel Salazar, the Spanish tenor; Queena Mario, the brilliant coloratura; Stella DeMette, the popular contralto, d and those two bassos, Natale Pietro DeBiasi and Carvi, have wisely been retained among the companys members. The San Carlo management has ever maintained a commendable policy of retaining in its principality, from season to season, the best and highest-salaried singers those artists who have found greatest favor with the public, and in that way has consistently displayed a uniformity of exceland lence which only familiarity can achieve. The music is there, the artistic conscientiousness, and the soul of opera, beautifully and thrillingly vitalized, is there. As a result of Signor Gallos foresight in this direction, the public response to the companys offerings has Increased from year to year, and the San Carlo audiences are large, cul produc- s, deep-voice- SCENE FROM "THE RAINBOW COCKTAIL, DELIGHTFUL MUSICAL FANTASY HEADLINING NEXT WEEKS ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE BILL, |