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Show AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE THEATER Photo spectacle, "Quo Vadls." All week. Performances every afternoon and evening, with two matlnee3 Saturday. Satur-day. UTAH THEATER Wlllard Mack and Marjorio Rambeau In "Hawthorne, U. S. A." Performances every ovening. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. ORPHEUM Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performances every afternoon and two performances perform-ances at night. HPHOSE who havo seen "Quo Vadls" as a drama and now see it as a photo-drama at the Salt Lake theater, where It opened yesterday afternoon, will be able to institute some Interesting comparisons. com-parisons. As a spectacle It cannot be approached ap-proached by any stage representation. For example, the first scene of the third net shows the Christian martyrs led forth from their cells Into the arena, while Hons are released through a gigantic trap door to attack them. A score of Hons are seen leaping and crawling from the trap, and at first roving aimlessly about the arena. Soon several beasts spy the kneeling men. women and children. In an Instant the entire pack Is dashing toward them. At the moment when the lions are about to leap upon the victims, the picture vanishes and is replaced by a view of Nero surrounded by his courtiers, cour-tiers, and by tho Roman populace in tier upon tier of the Coliseum. The spectacle shifts back to the arena, and we behold the lions "mumbling the bones of the slain" and fighting over the blood-stained garments. Although tho actual attack upon the kneeling victims cannot be represented, rep-resented, the scene goes far beyond any realism of which the ancient drama can boast.. The story of "Quo Vadls" has become one of the familiar narratives of the modern mod-ern world, and all who see the photo-drama photo-drama are able to formulate for themselves them-selves the very words that each character appears to be uttering. In the drama as it was enacted before the motion-picture machine, the characters actually did use all the words of lhe real drama, and a wealth of gesture that would be considered consid-ered unnecessary on the stage. The result re-sult Is one of the most remarkable spectacles spec-tacles of all times. Fifteen and twenty years ago vast productions pro-ductions of "The Last Days of Pompeii' and the "Siege of Sevastopol" were grcat-Iv grcat-Iv admired when presented by hundreds o'f actors, together with tons of scenery. Today similar productions are first acted boforc the picture machine. Such a production pro-duction is "Quo Vadls," but It Is on u much vaster scale, and from an artistic standpoint so far superior that comparison compari-son would be odious. The Oklahoma Wild West show gave two performances In this city yesterday which were well attended and hugely en- joveu. iiic ireci iinuu, " ad'vcrtlsed for 10 o'clock, was more than three hours lute, owing to tho failure of the train to get In on time, but It was creditable to a marked degree and was enjoyed by thousands of people who lined the streets. There were three bands in the parade, nnd ninny Indians from the government, reservations In Oklahoma, garbed In gaudv blankets and with their facorf painted. The Oklahoma Wild West show does not. claim to bo tho largest aggregation of the kind on earth, but It docs claim, and can easily substantiate the claim, that It luis a number 'of the beat performers now on the road. Th (ollowlns theater notices aro mrkel "ailvcrllf-ement" In oriler to comply with a trlrt Interpretation of the new federal noivi-pnpnr noivi-pnpnr lar. In no souso are thoy paid adTer-lUemcntu. adTer-lUemcntu. They arc Itomi furnished by the pre ncnnlg of the various theater. From artistic, scenic and musical viewpoint!;, "Hawthorne, U. S. A.," is without doubt the most, attractive production pro-duction seen at the Utah theater this season, and It Is doubly attractive by the rolurn tf Wlllnrd Mack and Miss Mar-Jorlc Mar-Jorlc Rambeau In the leading roles.'-Their I reception at the initial performance amounted to an ovation, and reservations reserva-tions for the remaining performances of the thrilling piny are sufficient evidence of tho popularity of Mr. Mack and Miss Rambeau. The cast is an ideal one in every respect; the scenes are elaborate and beautiful and the programme bv the orchestra, under the leadership of Prof. Wlllard Welhe, Is a genuine treat to lovers of music. A corking good bill, with the accompanying accom-panying enthusiastic audiences, Is In evidence evi-dence at thc Orpheum this week. The word has apparently been passed that there Is a good show in town, with the result that big business Is the order of the day. In Irene Franklin, the cute little lit-tle headllner, Is presented an attraction that carries class and entertainment to a degree that Is refreshing. The old favorites, fa-vorites, Rooney and Bent, too. are receiving re-ceiving a warm welcome with their new act; In fact, thc entire bill Is going big all along the line, from the opening thrilling aerial act to the new series of motion pictures which close. Thos,e who are looking for a good, clean "and entertaining vaudeville programme pro-gramme will do well to viElt the Empress Em-press Home time today, as the bill that has such a grip on Empress patrons will close with tho last show tonight. "The Cavaliers." eleven vocalists and musicians; musi-cians; "The Passenger Wreck," a one-act one-act drama by John B. Hymer; Joe BIrnes, the dialect story-teller; the (3) Bennett Sisters, athletic girls and physical physi-cal culturists; "The Palace Quartette," with rich blending voices; the Georgia Trio, delightful entertainers, In song", dance and patter, and the Gaumont weekly review complete the programme. "Tho Trail of Steel" Is the title of tho headline feature film for thc new bill that begins at the Rex this afternoon. The story is a talc of thrills and adventure adven-ture developed along new lines, and some tremendously effective climaxes are thrown Into the action of the film. The Bison company declares It Is one of the most expensive films It has ever made, and Manager Davis anticipates a big drawing card In the feature. Several other new films are on today's bill, the programme running through Wednesday. For the big dancing carnival at the Majestic pavilion tonight. IT. G. Montgomery Mont-gomery and his band will furnish the music at one end of the hall, while Charles Schaufellberger, with his Ma-jectlc Ma-jectlc 'band, will ocupy tho other bandstand. band-stand. Continuous dancing will be maintained main-tained during the cntlro evening. A drama of unusually strong lines and beautiful photography is "The Sixth Commandment." Com-mandment." by the famous Vltagraph company featured at the Mehesy today. A young husband swears to kill the man who cheated him and then tried to take his life. Years later, when the two meet, the husband Is prevented from carrylnng out his threat by the bravery of his wife. The Selig company appears In "A Jolt for the Janitor," a comical story of the Flannlgan flats. "Old Doc Yak" is another an-other comedy featuring Sidney Smith, the famous cartoonist. A Lubln drama, "Tho Bravery of Dora," is also on the Mehesy programme for today. |
