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Show SALT LAKE WILL SB WONDERFUL Pit "Cabiria," Historical p, tragedy of Fall 0f (v,, thage, Coming Herp BOOKED BY GARR Zion One of Five Cities the World to Secure the Production. To Salt Lake is coming this . what is universally termed as the est triumph in the history of t photography. It is the product!, "Cabiria," a historical photo-te founded on the events of the s' Punic war and the fall of Garths": Salt Lake has been selected a' of five cities in the world to se-production se-production prior to the time goes on the road on its world The picture was made in Italy now being shown at Home and ' in Italy and at New York and C in the United States. Annona," was made yesterday that the pro ' had decided to bring the film t- -Lake tor a week's run this r though this trip to Salt Lake yip no part of the world tour of ttV duction, which will not begin unr year. Producers of the picture decifc select representative cities in ent parts of the world where the might be shown simultaneously -to its tour of the world. ThroV-efforts ThroV-efforts of J. H. Garrett, maia the Utah theater, Salt Lake ii eluded among the cities to see tt; duction first. Mr. Garrett was r; ly in New York, where he saw i: production, and arranged to hit. brought to Salt Lake. It will be at the Utah theater this month, the exact date has not yet been nounced. Tremendous Advance Sale. "Cabiria" opened in Kew W the Knickerbocker theater ten i , ago and every seat in the theate: the' next twenty weeks haB been Three weeks ago it opened in Ci; and the seats have been sold as tV advance as the management wilt them. Salt Lake will be third tit the United States to see the prods-While prods-While the tragedy is in motion pit:, it is arranged in acts and scene-.. accompanied by an orchestra of ti:: four pieces and a chorus of ,thim. ' ' 1 Cabiria ' ' was produced by tie ! Film company of Torino, Italy, or: occasion of the tenth annivemrr the establishment of the company.'" scenario for the photo-play was wr: by the great Italian poet, drar: and novelist, Gabriele d'Annnnzio." is perhaps best known as the mi-the mi-the powerful tragedy. "La Giocon:: The story of the play is based o: tragic incidents or the second P.. war. Cabiria is the name of a t girl that passes unscathed throcel blood and fire that marked the V gles of the armies of Hannibal :. Scipio. Two thousand actors appts the tragedy and the production $250,000. Struggle Visualized. The thrilling history of the r struggle of Home and Carthage it: supremac3r of the world is visualb: the film and in addition there is w into the tragedy the wonderful if: gripping interest from the penoi' master artist, d 'Annunzio. The i ' tacular, the beautiful and the su: all combine to make what the t: are apparently unanimous in deci: to be the last word in motion p:: tableaux. The first episode of the story is eruption of Mount Etna with Jilts Ji-lts grandeur and horror. At the c tion Cabiria, the frail heroine 01 gripping drama, first appears as at: With a nurse she escapes from eruption only to be captured byP-cian byP-cian pirates and carried off to 1 thage and sold in a slave market. ' is about to be sacrificed to the 1 thaginian blood-god Moloch when" man and a slave interrupt the K-sacrifice K-sacrifice and save her. The Eoman savior of the little : is obliged to flee from the wtm: the high priests. The girl enters service of a beautiful princess aaa faithful slave of the Eoman u '. tured and harnessed to the arm t millstone by heavy chains. The Roman finally finds to', back to Home and joins the arm1 the pro-consul Marcellus in the sk-; Syracuse, the ally of Carthage. AK-edes, AK-edes, the famous Greek, construct reflecting mirrors and by tne rfc tion of the ravs of the un set to the approaching Boman fie" ; bums -it to the water's jdS8-.' Boman savior of the little " . among the few survivors of tM disaster and subsequently he sen -the army of Scipio during tne i-siege i-siege of Carthage. Carthage Is Destroyed. , In the meantime, the princess the mistress of Cabiria, ais- -identity to the high priest ana J ; rations" are again made to sacru ' , to Moloch. A happy fate d Eoman, Fulvius, who had P' -, saved the little girl, back tro thage, this time as a spy tor w , mans. With his superb slave of the Eoman breaks his ' and joins his master. They if the predicament of Cabiria as rescue her from the bloody P"eSc,'j,? Then comes' the assault 01 "I, armv on the walls of Carthage w fall "of the citv, after the despe -; fense of the remnant ot the pro; thaginian army. Carthage is o'-and o'-and the victorious Eoman aroj .. to Italv, and with the victor go and 1- iilvius as bride and groom. ( Mr. Garrett is not vet ready " nonnce the dates of tne produ" "Cabiria" in Salt Lake, bu , do so soon. The appearance : tragedv in Salt Lake will be unj direction of H. E. Raver, A , director general of the Ita's.ve it i.anv for America, and under ' j,, agement of Louis F. Verba and ( A. LuoFcher, the big -ew 10 sica! comely producers. When the production was snu vntelv o a number of K" tf; sons 'in 1he ballroom at ;8S, : few weeks ago Augustus T110"i,: famous American playwrifi in, opening address. Mr. Thomas ',, thoritv for the statement tnsi inn film is the most accurate cal picture ever produced. i |