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Show Wf1 fMav. April 15, 1927 THE OGDEN l'OST I MNT Ypi TO TAKte a FK;b 1WC OPERA T3ACM7" TstttK ! wMP-gfl- 6 "t cf"ajVv? t- - trm AfAM Twinkletoes T1S fiQ. AS fSVY UP tfV nsfr FfaST if, mi leach AC ATM , rVAr YOU CCME 3 -- - "a- voc IpCAT LCe CPCKA, PAte J j nit ! 77 YOVH r-- 1 i FACM Auaiirr pur irMiwf ftccusnca reKe are incu! IMS J By Colleen Moore - Jpll HORTH MCRUV MV CALL you CPEta j ff ' ia HAD HOME. mi w r SISHTR.' NSL OP TBC-- A.f?-04ve,rr- it I'D KPP ALL , Twese Sump fwj roR&KirteKa )C our cp COUNTRY! TliC itr" J 1 .V !fc,..-- if Corinne Captures What The Well Dressed Theatre Must Wear a tors, nn opportunity to direct. The one Comedy Character in HKxigncil him is Studio Flasl Syncopating Sue "'hie Girl Show," Hig Maccabee by Charles A. which h to do with the adventures of a "turkey DANCE show." . After negotiations covering nearly Bedecked in brilliant and expensive five months, Universal has purchased uniforms and wearing the heard withfrom the estate of the late Aaron out which no Kursinn seems complete, lloffman his flay, "Give Hnd Take," Montague lwe has become a Grand in which leouis Mann and George Sid- Duke. The title wns bestowed upon ney starred for so long in the 49th him by John McCormick, general mancopating Sue, which New York au- street theatre. The play will not be ager of West Coast production for diences are greeting as her mopt fin- made until 1928, as Universal has ful- First National, who signed the player ished performance on the screen. ly equipped itself for the forthcoming for a prominent role in "The Tender There were not many who disagreed season. Hour," George Fit Maurice's forthGriffith, after several productions, has gotten hold of another light comedy picture of the sort Classified" made famous. The dainty l'use is due at the Sunday for four days in SynCm-inn- o ie Friday, April 22 GOOD MUSIC Or-pheu- m when Liberty pronounced Corinne the most beautiful woman in the world. There will be few to challenge the advance reports that Syncopating Sue is one of the best pictures First National has released in this season of sensational screen hits. Cast as a piano player in a music store where she plugs songs Ho attract the attention of well known vaudeville artists, Corinne given a wistful yet comic portrayal of a stage struck young flapper whose greatest desire is to see her name spelled out in the electric lights of Broadway. Dancing and singing, in and out of snappy situations, mimicking, emoting, cutting up antics like the flapper she plays, Corinne handles this part with even more finesse than she showed in "Classified," which clinched her claim to highest histrionic honors. Tom Moore plays the y trap drummer in a Broadway cabaret, who is in love with the winsome would-bMarjorie Ramheau, well known stage star; Rockcliffe Iee Moran, Joyce Compton and Sunshine Hart complete the cast. Richard Wallace, Hal Roach veteran, directed. happy-go-luck- e. Fel-lowe- Don Juan Conics to the Egyptian May Priscilla Dean, in the center, with Anna May Wong at the left and Ullian Rich at the right, wearing some of the ultra smart fashion creations designed by Will Lambert and worn in two reel Pathe comedies produced by Hal Roach. What should the well dressed theclothes, resulting in the playhouse's atre wear? A feature picture, a tout ensemble being comparable with program of music and divertisse a woman who is dressed in the height ments, and short subjects But, in f fashion and good taste, but whose the, not so distant past, the short heels are run over! Thus speaks W. B. Frank, comedy was cheap and tawdry com- with the rest of the theatres president of the Hal Roach studios, " where, for more than a year, Hal Roach has been persistently and consistently raising the standard of the theatre's comedy apparel by starring vice-pav- artists with ed elec- therein tric light names. Feature producers have kept pace with the times, said Mr. Frank in an but it is regrettable to interview, note that, until Mr. Roach a little over a year ago, decided to take the bull by the horns and place comedy production on a par with feature production, the short comedy was almost at a standstill artistically and humorhigh-price- d ously." Mr. Roach, according to Mr. Frank, did not wait for public demand or increased revenue to bring about his ideal of lifting the short comedy to a stairaard on a par with the finest of feature productions. He tripled the cost of production, went in search of the best directors, writers and technical men, built his sets as though h were going to produce a costly feature, engaged the best designers to create costumes for his feminine players, and, when he was ready, went, out into the market and contracted with stars and players whose names pulling power. had actual No longer result? the was What is there that great chasm between units of the program. There the t is no longer a shocking jar to the sensibilities when the comedy is Hashed on the screen. There are as beautiful settings, as fine photography, as gorgeous gowns, the same high calibre of artistry and high type of artists in the Hal Roach comedy as in the dramatic masterpiece that has on the screen. perhaps preceded it been buried, its has Slapstick is expotency as a laugh provoker comThe Frank. Mr. tinct, says sparbe subtle, edy today must kling, sophisticated it The aupoise, class and finesse. much a greater has dience of today had five yeare it than understanding if he i ago. The comedy producer, must not and progress, to survive o. la --n l.vel, only inert the public and forecast that but must anticipate appreciation ever increasing publics of entertainment value. Mr. Roach has already brought as to the short comedy such stani Lionel Barrymore, and Thada Bara who were the first to 1come(l box-offi- ce he Dean. Mae Busch, Rich, Ijarrj Anna May Wong, Myers, Marjorie Daw Creighton Eileen Percy, Stuart Ethel ClayPearson, Mildred Harris, Claude Gllmgwater, ton, Matt Moore, come. and still others to Ian s, The story James C. Young will produce for Universal in staging his come-liachas been chosen, and so has the cast. The picture is "Midnight Rose by J. (?. Alexander. Betty Tompson will be featured and the east includes Henry Kolker, Edmund Burns and Gunboat Smith, the famous k Patsy Ruth Miller, George Fawcett, Charles Gerard and Glenn Tryon have been signed for Universal's forth- Como out atnl have the time of your life at the coming picture. Woodman Hall George Sidney thinks that his latest film role should be entitled William Tell. Jr." An overseas machine gunner play the role of William Tell opposite Sidney in "Who Goo Where? which Frank Griffin i producing for First National with Charlie Murray, Natalie Kingston urn! Sidney leading the cast and Del laird directing. Admission; 25c per Person coming picture, Patents Pending, by directed b) Harry Hoyt, which will William Craft. EXTRAORDINARY Carl Ijnemmle has decided to give Willy Wyler, who has served a three years' apprenticeship as one of Uni- DOUBLE BILL! 1 versal's best catch-as-vatch-c- diree- - an Two SupcrfcaturcN Starting Next IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY LIFE DANCE SUNDAY 1 APRIL p? 1 Since the sixteenth century Spanish monk, Gabriel Tellez, wrote El de Sevilla" (The Deceiver of Seville), the central character, Don Juan, has gone through hundreds of transformations in drama, poetry and opera, but it remained for the Warner Brothers to bring the character to the screen in the big spectacular production that comes to the Egyptian theatre May 1. John Barrymore, who plays Don Juan, is possibly the one actor who could make convincingly real the romantic spell that has been cast over the world by the legend of this most fascinating of lovers. The picture was directed by Alan Crosland, and its cast includes such notables as Mary Aator, Estelle Taylor, Helene Costello. Myrna Loy, Jane Winton, John Roucne, Lionel Brahm, June Marlowe, and others. Bur-lad- Read the Classified Ads on Page 7 You will find the classified ads on page seven full of interesting items; get the habit of reading these columns, and take advantage of the many bargains offered. If you have anything you want to sell, trade or dispose of in any wray, call 365 and let us advertise in the classified columns of THE POST DOROTHY Every DEVORE or Wednesday and AMD MALCOLM If.GREt Saturday at the ii f BERTHANA , fll TO OL1E REEVE , ANI) HIS ORCHESTRA hxm ike popular nonet by DANCE MUSIC SUPREME REGIN&LD WIGHT KAUFFMAN h venturesome youlh- -& dark eyed Senorila Lyceum Theater Bomonce beneath lhfbk3tnd theirgpfa and the imskrv CSUOFKININOI i SATURDAY Art Acord in 1 I Lazy Lightnin Harold Lloyd in I DO SUNDAY and on the same hill Hoot Gibson in Flaming Frontier ! CARL MONDAY M fbJteiby A.UUUOS Bche Daniels in Lovers in Weber Little Theatre Quarantine Presents Evans Players in The Hottentot :t TUESDAY MADGE KENNEDY Agnes Ayers in and the Great Little Comedian The Awful Truth LITTLE BILLY WEDNESDAY ALL SEATS RESERVED 25c and 50c Box Office Open 1 to 9 p. m. Phone 1511 Lloyd Hughes and Mary Astor in The Scarlet Saint A in a Gorgeous Farce ' First National Picture OH, HAHY, BUT ITS A REAL FUNFEST! NO RAISE IN PRICES TOGETHER WITH Gene Ilalliday at THURSDAY Next Week's Attraction Rolling Stones the Wurlitzer Pathe News Mildred Harris and Robt. Agnew in . Private Affairs COMING SOON FRIDAY Secure Your Tickets for Next Week Well in Advance f Geo. OTIara in Going the Limit Better The Yankee Clipper"; Don JuanH; The Ole; Mother; The Auctioneer, and Other 8 Big Features. i |