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I In ' I 'J ? SALT LAKE THEATER Photo ' 'j f spectacle. "Quo Vadis." Ail week. I beginning tomorrow afternoon. Peril Per-il forma nccs every afternoon and 1 1 evening, with two matinees next j 1 Saturday. UTAH THEATER WIH&rd Mack and ,,. ' Marjorle Rambeau open' tonight In jj "Hawthorne, U. S. A." Perform-ij Perform-ij . a nccs every evening this week. I Matinees Thursday and Saturday, j, ORPHEUM Vaudeville. Perform -l!j I ances every afternoon and evening, j ' New bill today, ijj j EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performances H j every afternoon and two perform-ances perform-ances at night. Ill' U0 VADIS'' Ifenryk Sienlcic- pi) fl wicz's vivid and realistic ,!J J story of Rome in the days of j, Nero, as it will bo presented jjN by Georce Klcine at the Salt Lake j theater all this week, is one of the most fascinating spectacles ever con- i ceived by rlie producers of phoro-drama, phoro-drama, and marks an epoch in this form of entcrtuinment, t! . Staged iu Rome, with a company of ( well-known artists and a mob of 3500 j ) trained people, this photoplay presents I J a scries of astounding pictures which j move like a strange, familiar dream be- Jj ioro you. It is as if the printed words had suddenly been imbued with life. V Soundless, but vivid with all art, Borne ! - is before you Home of Nero's day, . sensuous, debauched and cruel. Prom one magnificent palace to an- other the films move, showing superb , j marble entrances, halls of ravishing ' loveliness, salons of entrancing luxury fj J and mobs of people in the old Komah ,i dress, bacchanalian feasts in glorious jj banquet halls, wild dances, showers of roses and a debauchcrie past descrip- ! tion. St. Peter's calm and holy face Tiscs i j like a benediction at Ostraimim and the llowing black beard of Paul is seen be- i. d tween the ranks of the Christians as J jj Peter preaches the gospel in that , U strangely beautiful light of the sun's Ml Tays piercing the cave where the ' i' Christians met that they might be safe I from the cruel Pagans. The Christ melts into view on the old Appian way, I j the historical and awe-inspiring high- '! way of Rome, and fades before your very eyes, while the fleeing Peter turns I to retrace his steps. Vinitius, tho lover, and Petronius, 8 the brilliant uncle, actually seem to E l step out of the book, so perfect are they to your ideals of these characters i gained by reading the famous novel: !,i and Lygia what a vision of sacred ' . purity and what a model for tho famous fa-mous Seinkiewicz heroiuc. Chilo i J Chilonides, the philosopher and sooth- eayer, who betrayed the Christians to Xero, one of Italy's famous nctors of i today. Precisely "as you would havo j imagined him. ! Rome burns while thousands flee from :i i tiro awful furnace, and then Vinitius, !i daring the llanies to lind Lygia, the i, final ruins of the marvelous city and ! Nero's attempt to pacify the threateu- :b inp mob with song. r fn the stupendous arena scenes Nero, : relentless and terrible, condemns the V fallen gladiator to death with the an- i; cient sign of "thumbs down." ! The victor of the chariot races is presented with the branch of palm. The Christian martyrs are driven into the ' vast arena, mothers clasping their chil- M dron to their breasts, husbands despair- I. ( ingly clinging to wives old and .young, t feeble and strong, tliey arc horded to !V the center of the arena "before the howl- l ing multitude and the doors open for l the hungry lions, which come up into the strong sunlight fiftv or a hundrer, ,. ( of them thin, fearful looking beasts, j creeping toward their victims, their ,! tails lashing their aides. '. .The great bull, with Lygia lashed to 'J his back, is loosed in the arona. Ursus grapples with him and tho vast multi- r tudo lean forward with breathless in-terest in-terest as the faithful slave, with super- ttu human strength, twists the monster's nek until it breaks. Yin'tinn Iciuf into the arena, and while the tumultuous tumultu-ous audience hold their thumbs high as a sign that the maiden is to live, ploads with Nero, who dares not refuse. Petronius and the lovely slave girl die at the magnificent banquet prepared pre-pared for their l'arewall. The surgeon cuts their veins and they dio arm in arm, while the guests strew rose petals over them and the musicians play their lutes. Xero, loathed bv everybody, floes to tho forest, and, aided by his followers, dies. It is only a moving picture of a romantic ro-mantic book of fiction, but when you rise in the darkened theater and make your way into the street you carry with 3-011 an imperishable memory, vivid and wondorful, such as no book, nor play, nor words, nor picture, save only these extraordinary moving pictures, could give you. s Tt is as if you had gone back to that far distant day and walked with the gifted Petronius through, the events of many days, seeing with your own eyes the men and women who made historj' for that age. Such things are not an amusement they arc an education, something that we owo to ourselves to see for our minds' sake. In Now York the' have packed tho Astor theater for over seven months, and two performances a day, and all through these long summer months, when no other attraction save the seashore sea-shore appealed to theater-goers. In Chicago they have been played since last March, and somotimes at three theaters at the same time. In Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, at the G'arrick theater, extra morning mat i noes were imvpm hi-:nr the tweuty-fifth and last week at that theater, and might havo remained indefinitely in-definitely but that tho theater had been previously contracted for other attractions. attrac-tions. . At the Salt. Lake theatci'a week has been arranged, lJcginning tomorrow afternoon. af-ternoon. There will be a matinee daily at 2:30 and ovening performances at SrOO 0 'clock, and on Saturday, for tho special benefit of school childron, two matinees will be held, one beginning at 12 o'clock noon and another at 3 o 'clock in tho. afternoon. It takes two hours and twenty minutes for the entire en-tire picture, which is divided into three acts, with short intermissions between acts. First refresh yourself on your "Quo Vadis" and then sec these great Kleine-Cines pictures they arc worth while. B EGINNING tonight tho Utah theater the-ater enters upon a new order of things and a promise from tho management that Salt Lako playgoers will get a feast of dramatic treats. Tho return of Willard Mack and 'Mariorie Rambeau for an-extended engagement at the Utah is alone sufficient to arouse much interest in Salt Lake City, but coupled with this important and eagerly looked for event, comes the announcement that a big list of high class ro3'alty plays havo been secured by President Garrett and Mr. Mack, and that they will bo presented from week to week by the popular actor act-or and his beautiful wife, supported by a company of talented players. In addition to the stars, the now members of the company will consist of Miss Lillian Burnett, Walter Gilbert, Gil-bert, Arthur J. Price and William Chapman, while virtually all of tho old favorites will again greet their many friends. John Medland, an accomplished accom-plished scenic arList has been brought here from the Pacific coast, and the scenery will be from his artistic hands. The orchestra will be under the able leadership of Professor Willard Weiho and altogether the organization is one that stands for strength, rcliaDUit' and merit. For Mr. Mack's and Miss Rambeau 's initial performance at the Utah a remarkable re-markable drama in four acts has been selected. It is entitled "Hawthorne, U. S. A.," and tho prediction is made without fear of disappointment that it wiU prove one of the most entertaining entertain-ing plays ever given in this city. The story is one of adventure, intrigue intri-gue and love, with love triumphant. Much could be told aboiit the happenings happen-ings to ono Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne, Haw-thorne, a 3-oung American whose chief adventures arc in the Balkans during troublesome times there. After "bucking "buck-ing the tiger" at Monte Carlo and separating sep-arating the famous bank from $100,000 in cash, Hawthorne wanders into Ober-011, Ober-011, tho .apital of Borrovina, a small 111 Wlfe3"86 H't, 1 . Ubs treno rrankHn, America's foremost comedienne, headlinor at the Or- H j L t pneum. The burning of Homo, a spectacular scene from tho marvelous photodrama, "Quo Vadis," at the Salt Lake theater the-ater all tltls week, beginning with matinee Monday. independent stato in tho southeastern part of Europe where reigns King Augustus Aug-ustus HI. lie finds the Tungaom almost al-most hopelessly in dobt, but his interest inter-est in the state's financial troubles is nil until ho meets a beautiful young woman and falls in love with her. His love is reciprocated, but he does not know for some time that sho is a princess, prin-cess, and she knows nothing about nim. Hawthorne finally learns who sho is and is shocked -when informed that her father has promised 'her in marriago to a prince, tho marriago being arranged ar-ranged to save Borrovina, The princess prin-cess hits upon a clever plan, one that will save her country and glvo her ttho man she loves. The army is clamoring clamor-ing for its pay but the treasury is all but empty. She secures tho appointment appoint-ment of Hawthorne to a position of power and he, with his $100,000, relieves re-lieves the financial strain. This, however, is not accomplished without man thrilling adventures in which Hawthorne and the princess are the principal figures. Ho proves himself him-self a man and she the right sort of woman, and althotgh the strugglo is a hard one. love wins. It is a beautiful story and is told in a convincing manner, man-ner, ft requires a lurgo cast, four sets of scenery and a lot of props of considerable con-siderable 'longtb. Mr. Mack plays the title role and Miss Itamboau will be seen in tho charming character of Princess Trnia. J. Frank Burke will plav the role of King Augustus. Richard Vivian has been cast for the role of Rodne' Blake, friend of Hawthorne's. Prince Hal-berstadt. Hal-berstadt. will be in the hands of Arthur Ar-thur J. Price. William Chapman will be seen in the character of Count Ivan Paulovie. Mr. Price and Mr. Chapman are among tho new members of Mr. Mack's company "Wally" Gilbert, another new member, will plav tho art of a reporter, Arthur Morse Moon will pla the part of Senator Thomas Ballard, Bal-lard, M. "De "Wotz will bo pla3red by Prescott Erickson and Colonel Radul-ski Radul-ski will be portra3'cd by Frank Jonas-son. Jonas-son. Miss "Regina Connelli has a charming part in the character of Kate Ballard, the senator's daughter, and Miss Lillian Lil-lian Burnett will appear in the part of Miss Fitz-Hardingc Sm3'the, an English Eng-lish governess. With an exceptionally brilliant, cast, four beautiful sets of sconry, a fine musical programme and a play of undoubted un-doubted merit, there is no "question that lecal playgoers will be given a roval treat this week. IRENE FRANKLIN, the "Red Head of Vaudeville," comes to the Or-pheum Or-pheum today for tho first time in Salt Lake. Eight years ago she played tho big circuit houses on the coast. Since then she has scaled tho loftiest peaks of vaudeville popularity. In the east her name in front of a theater the-ater is all that is needed to fill it to overflowing. She is a comedienne- of great ability and marked personal charm. With her comes Burt Green, who is scarcel' a less important factor in the success of the act than Miss Franklin herself. The- are bringing a wide repertoire of new songs and a few-old few-old ones which will be used if so requested. re-quested. Among the latter is tho famous fa-mous "Red Head" ditty, Miss Franklin's Frank-lin's first stepping stone to popularity. Pat Roonej' and Marion Bent, who were headlincrs hero a couple of seasons sea-sons ago. and scored a big hit, are listed second on the new bill. They have a now act, but at the same time they have interjected, if anything, more dancing and coined-. They offer a diverting di-verting bit thej have called "At the News Stand," which fairly bristles-with fun. Dramatic playlets always have a strong following in this city. It is predicted pre-dicted that in the little drama, "Sen tonce Suspended," Angela Keir and her company Jiavc a vehicle that will appeal to the lovers of the intense drama. The sketch was written by a brother of the' star, who is a prom'inent New York lawyer, and the story is founded upor. a case that came under his notice. It is grippingh' dramatic and colorful tr an unusual degree. The emotion o: parental love plays a striking part. Briefly, it tells a stor- that is heipfu! to all "Zip, giugor and some pep," to use the terms ot the gallery, are all encountered encoun-tered in the offering ot the Rose Valorio sextette, who arc billed as "Speed Fiends on a Taut Wire." According to the Los Angeles newspapers, they live ur to their billing in every detail'. This daring and lively sextette of girls and bo3s put over a stirring act that is handsomely costumed and staged. The banjo as a musical instrument is not thought ver' highly of in some musical mu-sical circles. However, in the hands of Brent Uaycs this instrument is lifted to tiie level of the highest. Critics have declared that even the violin produces utation which it. established beforo leaving New York of being one of tho costliest, newest and most artistic and elaborate musical productions to tour a vaudeville circuit. Each and every member of tho entire company is versatile ver-satile and aside from possessing an excellent singing voice, can play numerous nu-merous musical instruments oxquis-itely. oxquis-itely. The costumes worn are of Colonial design, the scene being laid at an old English castle where guests have gath.- ' ifl IWMi1 1' W 1 '' m 1 1 1 i ii iiiiiiliwiiiliif. Willard Mack and Marjorie Rambeau, who will appear in the principal roles of "Hawthorne, TJ. S. A.," at the Utah all this week, beginning tonight. no more melody than Mr. Hayes extracts ex-tracts from his banjo: A sure laugh getter is Robins. Fresh from the European music halls, this clever imitator of musical instruments is duplicating his success on the other side. Robins is indeed a one-man baud. In the makeup of au eccenzric musician Robins manages to produce both humor aiid harmony in abundance. A startling aerial act is that which will be furnished by the Cromwells. The two are justly entitled to their claim of "lightning aerialisls," and man' astonishing feats of skill, strength and daring on the flying trapeze are included in their act. Then there will be the Orpheum motion mo-tion pictures and tho daily concert b' the symphony orchestra, starting at -2 n. m. and S p. m. f-rpHAT great Sullivan & Considine rorul show is here. It is at the Empress, having opened last 1 Wednesday and will close with tho last performance Tuesd.13' night. That it is a great show is certain, for all tho big cities where it has appeared have so declared. It is made up of the season's greatest vaudeville offerings full to the brim with variety and di-versit'. di-versit'. the things that go so far to make of vaudeville performances the class of entertainment that assassinates assassin-ates the blues and despondencies in life and provides rest and recreation for the tired and worried brain. The Empress can again and right-full' right-full' boast of having a double headline -ombinntiou made up of "The Cavaliers" Cava-liers" consisting of eleven musical artists art-ists and "The Passenger Wreck," a production b' John B. Hj-mor, having a half dozen plaj'crs in tho cast. "The CavaJiers" maintains the rep- j - - - ered to partake of a great 'musical festival. fes-tival. More than a carload of scenery is carried and the setting ou the stage in its entirety depicts tho interior of the old castle. "The Passenger Wreck" is another of John B. Hymer's offerings like his former ono appearing as a headliner some months ago, "The Devil and, Tom Walker." It is full of surprises and entertaining features. The scene shows a wreck on the D. & R. G. R. R. in the I Grand canyon of tho Colorado. A number num-ber aro killed and some more or less j injured. The plaiet is filled with 1 sensational and exciting situations which are interest-compelling. "The Palace Quartette" sings its waj' into the admiration of the audience audi-ence easily. Each member of the aggregation ag-gregation is possessed of a splendid voice and when the voices are combined com-bined thev blend beautifully. The three Bennett Sisters have an unusual oficnmr, but one that is full of interest. inter-est. These charming and shapely fem-lnines fem-lnines are athletic girls who give ox-hibitions ox-hibitions of physical culturo exercises, which includo boxing, wrestling and tencing. The "Georgia Trio are real live fun-makcrs fun-makcrs and keep the audience in a constant ronr the ontire iimo of their performance. They also are dancers ano with their blackface nonsense make a pleasing diversion. The remainder re-mainder of the programme is made up of Joe Birnes, f'tho poetic storv teller," m character songs and dialect stories and tho Gaumont weekly review. re-view. The present good bill will close on Tuesday night with a now bill opening open-ing on Wdnesdaj-. . T,lli new programme having its initial ini-tial opening on Wednesday matinee, promises to bo up to the usual high standard of Sullivan & Considine attractions. at-tractions. Heading tho programme will bo "The Girl in the Vase"' a stupors clous musical comedy tabloid production, produc-tion, with George M. Georgo and twelve full-fledged artists, funmakp and dancers. "Tsy Money " a plav let presented by Mr. Georgo Richards" former star of Hoyt's "AbTcmpcraS Town," and a company of excellent players, will be another one of th stollar attractions that will maintain -i grip on Empress audiences for seven days. Others are Walter Daniels Golden and West, the Savovs. Samnaon and Douglas and the Gaumont animated ani-mated review. THOSE playgoers who delight in the startling, stirriug scenes of war and those who like the tempcstuous love stories of moving pictures will find a combination combina-tion at the Rex today and Monday in the new Bison feature, "Soldiers Throe." that will probably provo as realistic and entertaining as anything this popular "movie" house has o fered in weeks. This is the latest, releaso to come from tho famous Bison company and it is in two reels. Manager Dayis has secured it at heavy expense ami it will ho played at regular Rex prices in con nectiou with three other strong subjects sub-jects on the new programme that opens this afternoon. There is a call for volunteers for the civil war Frank and Bill enlist, but Nod delays, as he is the only support of a sick" mother. Not understanding, this, tho villagers believe Ned to be a coward. At last his mother improves and Ned enlists. Dora, the girl that both Ned and Frank love, promises to wed the one that returns with the highest high-est rank. At. their first battle Frank deserts in action, while Ned saves the flag and the captain's life; but just as he has gotten the unconscious captain to safo-ty safo-ty he faints. From tho shelter of a tree Frank creeps out and picks up tho flag and his captain, and in camp is received as a hero by officers and men alike. Ho later receivos promotion. Bill, who has been hi'ding behind another an-other tree, confronts him. Bill promises prom-ises to remain silent if Frank will 1130 his influence for him. This he does, and the three boys return after the war, Frank and Bill with commissions but Ned still in the ranks. True to her promise, Dora marries Frank. After a gear's time she has become thoroughly disillusioned, her fortune nearly all spent and she is forced to stand both neglect and abnse. Sho overhears Bill demand nionej' from Frank, and learns that it was Ned who was tho real hero. Frank overtakes her as she attempts to lcavo him, and drives her to a sanitarium, san-itarium, tolling the doctor that the death of her father has unbalanced her mind. Then Bill and ho outfit for a mining trip. On their first night on the desert Frank takes the water and supplies and is just riding awav to leave Bill to die, when Bill awakens and fires at him, Frank hurries to the hospital, while Ned and his mother, who havo sold their cottage and started start-ed to make a new home, hear Bill's crios and take him to the "hospital. Bill and Frank die, after Bill has confessed, con-fessed, and Ned and Dora are left to pick up the tangled threads of their romance. ro-mance. THE Eclipse drama in iwo parts, "A Statue of Fright," is a genuine motion picture masterpiece, master-piece, a thrilling and sensational sensa-tional plaT, throbbing with strong sentiment, sen-timent, excellent portrayal and unusual situations. It tells the stor3' of a man who trifles with the love of a beautiful young girl. She dies of a broken heart and her father, a famous sculptor, plans to be revenged. When the man iniys a statue for which the girl hud posed, the father, instead of having the statue delivered, brings the body of his dead daughter to tho reception at which the statuo was to be unveiled. This powerful feature will be shown al the Mehcsy toda'. A picturesque Es-sanay Es-sanay coniedv drama, "Love Through a Lens," tells of a young civil engineer's engi-neer's difficulties in winning tho daughter of his manager. Papa refused but. Cupid won out. |
