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Show I THE CITIZEN 7 Los Angelels for twenty weeks.. Madame Iki, noted Japanese prima donna, has, of course, a beautiful voice. She sings- several numbers, among them Madame Butterfly. The Dancing Millards, Sally and Ted, the Pearl Twins and Pat and Katherine also offer songs and dances. Alberti and his band have at great pains arranged a special group of numbers in keeping with the New Year spirit, while Alexander Schreiner at the Wurlitzer is in his usual good - , form. WILKES SHOW TELLS STORY HOW SOME RICH MEN FALL John Boles and Molly ODay in Horald Bell Wrights The Shepherd of the Hills, now at the Capital. because she is a keen dresser and is know the style that best suits her never happier than when smartly atstyle? In The Shepherd of the Hills, tired. The psychological effect of being which is heading the bill at the Capwell dressed will do more to asist a itol Theatre, are Alec B. Francis, John girl in putting over any business or Boles, Matthew Betz, Romaine Fieldsocial deal she is interested in than ing, Otis Harlan, Joseph Bennett, Mau-riv-e Murphy, Marion Douglas, John anything Ican think of,' said Miss Westwood and other note ble actors in ODay. adition to Miss ODay. I am particularly interested It opens with a motion picture of a for I think the colors we wear afSoft, fluffy, dancer who dances with a light rubber fect our disposition. dresses in pinks and warm tones have ball against a background of moving clouds. This fades out and you see a a way of preventing lines from showing in the face and have a tendency group of dancers on the stage, each ' to keep, even business women, from with a huge silver ball. From the time the first curtain is drawn you see one getting harsh. For street wear I believe there is of the most gorgeous sets ever put in nothing that will replace the tailored a Fanchon and Marco presentation. It -- s. frock or suit and navy blue, deep shows a deep blue sky, mystic moon, brown or black when hightened by a and twinkling stars. . Alberti makes his appearance by vivid boutonnaire or gay blouse, is al-ways chic. dropping, seated on a half moon. Then For afternoons and evenings I comes specialties by the world famous college Foursome, four think the wise girl sticks to dresses that are her type, for what girl doesnt youngsters who stopped the show in The Butter and Egg Man, pronounced by Gilbert Sullivan in the New York Sun as the wittiest ana liveliest amboree ever distilled from the atmosphere of Broadway, will be next weeks delightful offering of the Wilkes Players at the Wilkes Theatre, starting with the matinee Sunday afternoon. From the sturdy typewriter of Geo. of such hits as S. Kaufman, The Begar on Horseback and Mer co-auth- or ton of the Movies, comes The Butter and Egg Man. The play comes to Salt Lake direct from a years run in New York at the Longacre theatre, with Gregory Kelly as the featured player. The Inside of stage life is pictured, How in this popular comedy-dramshows are born to become either hits or flops Is laid bare, as well as a lot of the backstage life. In fact, turning the show shop inside out and upside down for the amusement of playgoers is what Kaufman has done in The Butter and Egg Man. Right here let it be said that a butter and egg man is the modern vernacular for what formerly was known on the New York Rialto as a sucker, a millionaire or a man hoping to be one and ready to turn loose of his bank roll to anyone who offered a way to fame and more wealth. The male leading role in The Butter and Egg Man is a certain Peter Jones (Ben Erawy), a shy youth from Chlllicothe, Ohio, with a small fortune and a large ambition to make a million or so on Broadway. A couple of New York producers sell him a part interest in their show, which looks like a a. in-color- . good-lookin- g 9 The Butter and Egg Man, at the Wilkes Theatre, starting with the matinee Sunday after-in noon. It is a play revealing the inside of the show shop, letting playgoers ' on what transpires behind the scenes during the production of shows. Ben Erway, who will play the title role next week in the Paramount. . A |