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Show THE CITIZEN 8 With the First Nighters Peg o My Heart and Maude Earl Draw Crowds at Pantages While the Pantages show of last week proved to be a marvel and attracted its thousands, the Pantages bill for this week, commencing last Wednesday, was so popular that standing room is held at a premium. Every act ordinarily could easily be displayed as a lead and all proved artists in their role. Judging from the applause of the audience it would be hard to say which were the outstanding features and the bill is one of the best seen at the theatre for a long time. Peg o' My Heart and Maude Earl, the latter vaudevilles most successful prima donna, were extremely popular. Laurette Taylor, featured in the motion picture by Goldwyn of an Irish story of which Peg is the star and which has become an illustrious success of the state, shows how faith, truth and morality win in the end and it Is a picture that everyone Should see and one from which even the most good can learn a lesson. Mrs. Taylor died when Peg was a wee tot and her father had to be mother, too. In the old Irish home away from the city Teg could secure no education and grew up as a wild flower of the Irish sod. Peg was finally taken away from her father by rich relatives, but owing to her dislike to become a real lady and study books she longed for her father, finally returning. But in the meantime she had not her fate in a lover who proved to be true with the final result that she married Jerry who had a title and she did become a lady. Mahlon Hamilton, Nigel Barrie and Ethel Grey Terry form a splendid immediate supporting cast. The picture . amplifies rather than deviates from the original story. Storm scenes are produced with unusual realism, and the characteristics of the native Irish the ball bouncers. The English put on rubber balls made them apparently imbued with life and they seemed to be controlled by will power. It is a unique and marvelous performance with rubber balls and it is an act that takes well with everyone. Rediculous Recco, presenting How to Become an Acrobat, escaped with his life, but how he performed the many thrilling tumbling feats without breaking an arm or leg will remain a mystery to all who see him on the Pantages stage. Norma Talmage in World Laid Plot at the American The extraordinary amount of work and planning required before the actual shooting of a motion picture is exemplified by Norma Talmages latest production, "The Voice From the Minaret, adapted from the famous novel by Robert Hichens. This First National attraction will soon be seen at the American, all week of Feb- ruary 4. The Voice from the Minaret is one of the most lavish and pretentious productions that has ever come to the screen due to the moving of characters from one section of the globe to another, and calling for a vast variety of settings. London, Bombay, Damascus, the desert these comprise but a few of the locales of the plot. The filming of a story laid in America, no matter how massive its may be, is a simple matter compared to the task that confronted Director Frank Lloyd when he was given the script of The Voice from the Minaret. It was not possible to take it in the actual scenes, because that would have entailed too much expense and time a year probably would have been required to complete the production. Lloyd, therefore, had to reproduce ef-fec- ts parts of England, India and Palestine on the studio lot in Los Angeles. It was not simply a matter of obtaining pictures for the purpose of copying; there were myriads of small details that had to be dug out by research for all the purpose of realism. These precautions are necessary because many thousands who see pictures containing foreign scenes have, been in that very locality and if there is the slightest inaccuracy in the setting or the action they are free with their criticism. As a result a director spends many hectic hours in planning and obtaining the assistance of qualified experts, to whom is intrusted the duty of seeing that there are no flaws in the settings, the action, the mannerisms of the actors and extras and the language used in the spoken subtitles. One of the largest settings to be seen in this new photoplay is a reproduction of a massive baronial castle in England. When it was finished it was a formidable mass of stone and plaster as it stood in regal grandeur on the studio lot. The exterior was patterned after a famous castle in Sussex. England, and the interiors were exact reproductions also. The library set even had copies of the paintings on the walls of the Sussex castle. The Bombay settings included a replica of the governors mansion there, with its stately drawing and dining rooms, boudoir and gardens; the home of an aristocrat, and the main salon of the Club of the Seven Flags. The latter probably is the most interesting of the scenes shown in the picture, for it resembles in every detail the interior of an Oriental harem. It is the last word in luxury. Another scene called for a polo ground. Although this game is played in America, it is not as popular as where Englishmen congregate, for it is a game for blue bloods, and practical ly only "high society attends. They are colorful events. It was easy enough to find a polo field in Santa Barbari Cal. but to make it look like an Eng- lish field was not easy. Many trucks were required to transport the trappings necessary to transform it into an imitation of the Bombay grounds. Another set that caused no little trouble was that of an alley in Damascus, known as The Street Called Straight. structures and low, It contained .thirty-twdomes, minarets, citadels houses and ba- flat-toppe- o d zaars. And, last but not least, the technical staff was called upon to build afchu:rch, patterned after a famous house of worship in England. These are but a few of the "high spots of the production, but they give a hint as to the immensity of the task facing a director when he starts to film a photoplay. The story is in keeping with the background it has been given, for it is without a doubt the strongest and most powerful vehicle that Miss has ever appeared in. Eugene OBrien is her leading man in The Voice from the Minaret. Tal-mad- . . Pippins and Peaches From California for Musical Show Chorus "Oh Look, see the California stage beauties picked from the choice of Hollywoods movie queens who compose the chorus of the New York musical comedy, Oh Look, coming to the Salt Lake theatre, February 8, 9 and 10, ,with Saturday matinee. The chorus was selected in the state of California from the various peaches and pippins that California produces. Harry Fox, comedian, and head f. the company, was the harvester. Theres not a lemon in the bunch, he says. beauties of California The . sun-kisse- d are cleverly depicted. Maude Earl with her splendid powers of her voice enchanted her hearers and a more delightfully entertaining singer has never appeared on the Pantages stage. She has a voice which is admirably suited to opera and her success lies in the fact that she selects solos popular with the people. The Fashion Plate Minstrels in Victor Hydes presentation is a delightful combination of grand opera and jazz. The finale is perhaps the most striking of all numbers, as the curtain falls to the thrilling love song from the opera, Sampson and Delilah, speeded by the members of the chorus, but rendered in its time by Mildred Crewe. Britt Wood, in the Boob and His Harmonica appears to be better than ever and was many times recalled by enthusiastic applause. His dancing, mirth creating stories and boob acts create no end of amusement, and his mastery of the harmonica was appreciated. Baseball players, cue artists, should see Alexander Brothers and Evelyn, ge Some of the beauty chorus at the State Theatre appearing with Monte Carter in his great 'musical comedy success, The Moose. Beginning Saturday, February 3, the popular company will present Happy Days, an elaborate production full of mirth and interesting situations. The feature picture is Shackles of Gold, with William Farnum. - |