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Show 'ANTAGES HAS EXCELLENT BILL lACK'S PLAYLET MAKES A HIT rank North at Orpheum plays a Double- Sketch on Programme. Bll,T-. that entertains throushout. and L with no notable weak pointy, opened the FantJg:es thenter yesterday for the etOi. H Is probably the best bill, eon-:rtns eon-:rtns Us uniform exeeliriiec. in many At Iflt the rajiiiios ha a h playlet irth the name. "ISc Gunie." written by ;- veli -known Wlllnrd Mack. 1ms the 'unch." Muck would "put it. A ;ood Ripany presents It, llt'Lin tho piece to p first class, as vnuuevllla drama goes, nek and Murjorla Rambeau played it i ,re on the Orpheum some time ago and 1 e present company appears to have ttpmed their production mnoli alter ihe Ai-li-Ranibeau fashion. It-abello l-'leu-h- r!ft3 t lie part of Kate- Harrison, and; es it well, almost ns well as Miss inibenu. which la a high compliment. iarlf? P. Ay res Is not Willurd Mack, e.e beinjr but one extant edition of the -,ita'o!e Mack, but he catches the Mack fnt and almost duplicates his swasser. Is another- high compliment. Kthel -.we difoiavs a fine bit of character act- i 5 as Mrs. Murphy, and Al H. HalleU. i Jin: Steele, is all that a gambling vil- I !n s;;ould be. I ?a.!!iders and Von Kunta divide honors tli tTe V'a-Vet- They are as funny a ir ss have trod tho Pa males' boards Is season. They kept the audienc.o in j 'gurgle of amusement last nlcht. I Klein's mechanical reproduction of the unlc disaster is a remarkable effort. It ow3 the great ship leaving Soutiiamp-n Soutiiamp-n on its maiden voyage, on the seat at dnif'nt. s.nd the clash with the- iceberg- Is faithfully acne, even to trie shooting rockets to attract attention and the trkinp of the wireless for help. One !4 the lifeboats lowered as the great ip settles and finally is shown the ex-islon ex-islon and the plunge that ended that utter. Mr. Klein has achieved some-nc some-nc novel in the way of entertainment. L:e Rossdell Singers, billed as vaude-1 vaude-1 s ciass:est trio, are not undeserv-: undeserv-: of the title. Their singing is par essence. es-sence. They roused the audience to en-jsiastic en-jsiastic applause. eckhart and Lnddie, tumblers, are ead of their kind by a lap or two. k ceUo solo by Albert Press of the r.'-ages orchestra was well received, re motion pictures were up to ir.'isrd. 3ac to Wellington" and It3 Sequel Played at Orphetvm by Frank, North. RANK XOP.TH gave the Orpheum patrons a genuine treat last night appearing in both of his "Back to silinetonp." Mr. North and his com-i.y com-i.y opened here this week in the third his Wellington sketches. It was a ok to Wellington." a sequel to last it's "Bsck to Wellington," which in n was a sequel to "Those Were the Lppy Days,'' his great? hit of a few irs ago. -U the request of many Salt Lasers ;o were delighted wita the refreshing rr.or of last year's "Back to Welllng-i.' Welllng-i.' Mr. North decided to appear in both etches at the Orpheum for the remain-r remain-r of the week. !t will be remembered that "Those e-e the Kappy Days" dealt with the cidental meeting in New York of two ;n who years before had been chums boys In a tiny village. One had gone New York early in life and had be-rather be-rather a good-natured grafter. The :ier remained In the small town and is a typical ruralite. He was paying his st visit to New York. '.n the sequel to this sketch, the "Back Wellington"' of last year, the city chap lerits some money and "pays a visit his old friend in the country. He sr.eg to wed a boyhood sweetheart, "but his return to the village finds that she s married his old chum. Thi3 dlsap-Intment dlsap-Intment hastens the return to New rk, but he leaves h's pal with a deed his home. Reverses strike the city chap in Mr. irth's latest "Back to Wellington" and ! oM pal takes him Into his home In 5 little old home to-R-n. The gam-proclivities gam-proclivities of the husband's friend ive too much for the wife, and she goes the her mother, leaving the two chums try to run a boarding house. The an try husband finds he needs his wife re than his boyhood chum, and finally ts money enough to send him back to sw York. Ml three sketches are brimful of hu-r hu-r and heart Interest. The "Back to ellington" of last year is more dramatic in the others and make more of a pop-tr pop-tr appeal. Mr. North is practically the ide show. He Is original and his man-risms man-risms are pleasing. The others of the mpany are also very good, rhe two North sketches now on the pheum bill are delightfully entertain-i entertain-i and rank with some of the best etches in vaudeville. The Orpheum inasment has lengthened the bill by e Introduction of the second North etch, without making any reduction the other acts on the bill. fiasco Success, "Rose of the Eancho," Shown in Movies at the Broadway, NOT HER big film production, "The 1 Rose of the Rancho," one of David lasco's successes, is drawing large -3s at the Broadway theater. The :ture was shown for the first time yes-"day yes-"day and will be displayed the remain-r remain-r of ihe week. ihie cast is composed of all-Belasco yeis. The costumes are elaborate In details and the scenic effects make e pture a wonderful spectacle. The uing of the picture is in the mission "ritry of California. r.'ie play pertains to the California dis-ct dis-ct after It was taken into the union. ;e daughter of a large estate holder, "'0 was known as the Girl of the Lncfio, becomes infatuated with a sov-nment sov-nment inspector, who is dispritched to Hfornia to str.p land jumping. She Is I troUed to another and would Ixave been HT.cd to her ard'-nt suitor had not i riKalfJ. a notorious land jumper, and his i lowers Interrupted the wedding. The ; era men t official nobly protects the "l and h?r mother from the abuses of1 rutaid and hia band and prevents the :tr from registering their land holdings his name. His valor Is rewarded by nninir the girl's hand In marriaste. Tne following letter, recently written 1 VANTAGES Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every aitrrnoon and evening Pill rhnnea Wednesday matinee. OliPHnrM Vaudeville. Perform-ancrs Perform-ancrs every afternoon nnd evening Bill changes Sunday matinee. I-OEWS KMr'UlS Vaudelle. I'enornntnces evor- afternoon and evening. mil changes Monday matinee. 1 TAH"'The TiniG' tho Phxce and the Girl." Two performances nightly. night-ly. 7:45 and 9:15. Matinees today. Saturday and Sunday. Jacobs Mu-Mc:tl Mu-Mc:tl Comedy company. SALT rKJv-Klka' Minstrels, tonight, to-night, Friday unci Satuiduy. Matinee Mati-nee Saturday. MOTION PICTCRKS. AMERICAN Three days, beginning today, all-star cat In "St. Blmo," the greatest lovo story of nil ages, in six aets. Concert otvhestra. Professor J. J. McCJellan, conductor. con-ductor. MlHKSy Today only, "Perils of Pauline." "The Flouting Can," newspaper-detective feature. Fatty Arbuckle in "Shotguns That Kick." Concert orchestra. BROAPAVAY "The Rose of the Rancho," the first Ivasky-Belasco production on the Paramount programme, pro-gramme, which David Belasco last week declared to be the most artistic artis-tic motion picture he ever saw. in five reels. One other reel; good music; mu-sic; continuous. c ravM Belasco to Samuel Goldfish of the Lasky company. apUv depicts tho famous fa-mous producer's idea of the picture; My Dear Mr. Goldfish It was like a dream to me to sit In niv theater last night and eee mv production of "The Kose of the Rancho" unfolded in all its beautiful color and with all its dramatic action. The motion- picture scenes of old California, which your firm went to such great pains to obtain at their very fountainhead, are most lifelike. You have caught the very shadows of the - land of mv childhood. My enthusiasm oould not have been greater, and I congratulate congratu-late the Lasky company on its wonderful won-derful work. Needless to eav, I was your most exacting critic at the first showing of the pictures last night, but I am forced to admit that I think it the most perfect motion-picture play l have ever seen, and I look forward with much anticipation to your forthcoming motion pictures of ail my plays. Faithfully yours. (Signed) DAVID BELASCO. Musical Comedy Company Comedian Has Wanderlust and Plans Oriental Tour. IF you know Fritr Fields, who plays the Dart of Johnny Hicks in "The Time, the Place and the Girl," at the Utah theater, where the Jacobs Musical Comedy company is playing a winter stock engagement, it would be hard for you to believe that the comedian is inoculated in-oculated with the wanderlust germ. While Fritz Is daily staging, rehearsing and acting he is at work consummating plans that will take artists part way around the world on what is perhaps the most unique trip ever attempted by a band of American actors. While in China last year he met the Charles Frohman of that section and, incidentally, in-cidentally, one of the richest men- in the Chinese repiibllc. It was through him that Fields and the company of which he was a member took a trip that carried them through the greater part of China, Japan and the orient, aqd he was so favorably Impressed with the reception accorded the comedian and his fellow players that Fritz was made an offer that holds good any time he wants to accept. In "The Girl and the Drummer," which follows "The Time, the Place and the Girl," commencing with the matinee performance per-formance Sunday, Fields Is prepared to offer some new and novel numbers. While many of the original song hits will be Introduced, several interpolated numbers will be offered by Miss Hazel "Wainwright and Miss Estelle McMeal. 1 Pube' ' Dickinson Surprises His Friends by Sudden Marriage in Birmingham. WALTER P. ("RUED") DICKINSON, the vaudeville artist at the Orpheum Or-pheum this week, is a typical slow-moving countryman in his "rube" act, but he broke all records for a lightning courtship court-ship when he was married on the roof garden of the Atlanta club of Birmingham. Birming-ham. Ala., a few months ago to Miss Laura Grant, a winsome Atlanta girl. After his act "Rube" and several other performers went to the roof of the Atlanta At-lanta club, where Dickinson saw Miss Grant. While they had known each other for some time, there had been nothing more than a casual friendship until that evening. It was decided thai the ceremony cere-mony would be held at the same spot where they were then sitting, and an appointment ap-pointment was made for tho following evening. Twenty-four hours later, when there were more than 100 people on the roof who had no idea they were in the presence pres-ence of a romance, the bticle and bridegroom bride-groom stood beside their table and the marriage ceremony was performed. The diners qufckly realized that something some-thing unusual was going on and they began be-gan to troop over the roof to where the marriage was taking place. Somebody raided the club pantry and a plentiful supply of rice was secured and whole bucketfuls of It were showered on the couple. They left shortly after for Dickinson's Orpheum tour, on which he and Mrs. Dickinson are the center of attraction behind the scenes. The following theater notices are marked "advertisement" to comply with a strict Interpretation of the fed-era! fed-era! newspaper law. In no sense are they paid advertisements, being items furnished by the press agents of the various theaters. Many have remembered Frank North and company from his former Orpheum visit, and have requested the urpheum management that North present his original "Back to Wellington." Therefore There-fore it is announced that during the balance bal-ance of tho week Frank North will play his famous nketch depicting rural life, i and later in the evening or afternoon will offer the sequel that has been included In the programme the first part of the week. North is a favorite vaudevilllan. and this announcement Is sure to prove a popular one. In "The Time, the Place and the Girl," now current at the Utah theater, a strong psychic Influence Is exerted by the rMt,'t:edness of the scenery, which materially ma-terially assists the performers in holdins the sustained Interest of the audience to the unique little story about which the musical plav Is built. .It la this atmosphere at-mosphere which the scenic artist hns created that gives a weird and peculiar charm to suh musical novelties as "Blow the Smoke Away" and "J Am Lonesome Tonight." David rice.--?, who plays the part of Jack Calder In "The Forbidden Song." at Loew'a Empress this week, is scoring a greater personal hit in the role than ever before on a local stage. Mr. Reese sings his part beautifully, and among the selections se-lections rendered during the action of the feature sketch at Loew's Empress this week arc the following: "I Want What I Want When 1 Want It." from I "Ml!er. Modiste." - by Herbert; "Clelo e i mar,"- from "Gloconda." by Ponchielli; i ""Anvil Chorus,"- from "II Trovatore." by I Verdi; "My Hero." from "The Chocolate i Soldier." by Strauss; Sextette from "Lucia." by Donizetti; "Legend of the Chimes," by Planquette: "A Son of the Desert Am I." by Phillip?, and "Good Night," by Flo tow. ' One hundred thousand dollars seems a vast sum to expend for the production of a motion picture, notwithstanding the fact that it is In six acts. After the spectator has seen "St. Elmo" from beginning be-ginning to end, however, he is able to understand the reasons for the cost reaching such an enormous figure. Tiie settings, the buildings erected especially for the picture, the - costumes designed, the employment of the huge cast, and I many other phases of the producing bust-I bust-I ness run the expenses up to tremendous figures. "So. Elmo" opens a three days' engagement at the American theater at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Pauline has a narrow escape from death In a den of smugglers and later in a rowhoat on the ocean. In "The Perils of Pauline," at the Mehesy today only. Harry plans an interesting excursion for Pauline, but he reckons without tho villain vil-lain and the result is two reels of thrills. "The Floating Call" is a powerful two-;ict two-;ict Reliance drama of trie newspaper world, featuring Irene Hunt as the reporter-detective. Fatty Arbuckle is 'miller 'mi-ller than usual in the Keystone comedy, ''Shotguns That Kick." |
