Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-07 | Page 11 | "Kick in" is Bought by Wilkes Company

"KICK IN" IS BOUGHT BY WILKES COMPANY Salt T,nkf; C'ity added to ils pi-esiige as ii tiieairi'-al center stcn!ay when the liriK-st Wilkes ritnpanv, proprietors of I the stock company at the Kmprcss the-; the-; arer. announced that It had pur' ha&od all ihe western riphtn to "Kick In," Wil-laril Wil-laril .Mack's play, now current at the-uptown playhouse. This M anpactiuti. rlosr-d by " telegraph lasl nicht. kivph tlie ICrnest 'ilkes company com-pany fill the. Hght to proeiuro an.1 control con-trol "Kick In" iti every stale west of the Mississippi river. Mr. Wilkes said that a com pa ny would l:e organized and sent on tour. The Wilkes company secured wesiern rights to the pin v from A. M. "Woods, fhe New York t.lu-atrical producer, who Voi 1 a:! it the phi v f roni Mr. Mack. A frcr liio-iucinLT tiie play in the stock company ii:e. officers of The en m pa ny thought its possibilities so pifni that they immediately immedi-ately began negotiating for the rights. "Kick In" was a l;ic success in lie east.