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Show WILKES PrTsENTS A COMEDY ! i5 S CHRISTMAS BILL AT ORPHEUfl i "Seven Keys to Baldpate' '! Excellently Given by Stock Company. THKATKRGOKRS in Salt Lake are in, A for a treitt this week with the production pro-duction at the Wilkes of "Seven Keys to Baldpate, -a production from the pen of the famous George M. Cohan. To say that the company entrusted with its production pro-duction in tliis city handled the many situations and climaxes with honor is but a mild statement;. They did more than that. Kach and every member of the cast acquitted himself or herself in a manner last niyht to endear themselves to every one of a larye and enthusiastic audience. The plot of the production kept the audience in an uproar from beginning be-ginning to end. Baldpate is a summer resort, and a deserted habitat In the- winter, made all the more so on account of its seclusion In the mountains. To win a wager that he could not write a novel in twenty-four twenty-four hours a young man with literary ambitions am-bitions is supplied with the "only" key to the place, and hopes to find absolute seclusion. This because the city, owing to his nervous condition, affords him little lit-tle opportunity for concentration. Not long after he begins his task, he finds he has company; someone else has a key to Baldpate. In -time more visitors arrive, not tiie least conspicuous being a demented hermit. The novelist's company com-pany is made up of all sorts of characters charac-ters from crooked politicians seeking to sequester, money obtained in a street railway franchise graft to a "coke" fiend and an exceedingly tempestuous climax is reached wiien there is a killing of a woman. To say more about the plot would be to disclose a situation which must of necessity be left to the theatergoers. theater-goers. Suffice it to say it is something of the unexpected, and pleasing to one and all. Cecil Kirke, as William Hailowell Ma-gee, Ma-gee, the novelist, a part made .famous by the eminent actor, Rodger A. Mc-Kenna, Mc-Kenna, portrays n character for which lie seems preeminently fitted, and Nana Bryant as Myra Thorn hill, the blackmailer, black-mailer, certainly provided a treat for an appreciative audience last night. Cliff Thompson as Peters the Hermit, a part. which required the very best that was in him, did all that was expected from such a difficult task, which means that particular character was well taken care of. Frank Bonner. Alice Conrad. George Barnes, Charlotte Tread way, Claire Sinclair, Sin-clair, Ancyn T. MeXulty, Ferdinand Murder, Frederick Moore, Huron L. Bly-den. Bly-den. Jack Conway and J. V. Kirkpatrick, the rest of the cast, were not one whit behind in demon.-ti atiug their abilities and did their share in proving -to Srlt Lakers that no matter what the nature of the production may be, the stock company com-pany at the Wilkes 'is second to none. Baby Marie Osborne Is Featured in "Joy and the Dragon." AN unusually appropriate Christmas photoplay bill is that being given at the Orpheum theater, where Baby Marie Osborne is the featured player in "Joy and the Dragon," the headline attraction of the bill. Baby Mario won hundreds of friends several weeks ao in her portrayal por-trayal in "Sunshine and Siuuiows," and she wilt undoubtedly add to her host of admirers in this subject, which gives the youngster an unusual dramatic opportunity. opportu-nity. The picture, which is produced by the Pat he company, tells of the incident of reformation of a hardened criminal through the love of the little girl. The camera has caught in wonderful fashion the varying emotions of the child, who evidently took a keen delight in her work. She carries her audience from laughter to tears and from joy to anger with the ease of a player of many years her senior. se-nior. "Joy and the Dragon" is a play that will Interest old and young and is worth while every minute of it. The supplementary feature of the bill is the third installment of the patriotic serial, "Pearl of the Army," In which Pearl White is tha stellar player. It details de-tails the further attempts of the heroine to save her sweetheart, who has been accused ac-cused of and sentenced for an alleged betrayal of his country. The story has to do with the effoits of the spies of foreign countries to undermine the financial finan-cial affairs of this country and to gain the secrets of the defense of this nation. In addition, the bill also included the regular edition of the Pa the News, the animated current events of' the world, and another of the Lonesome Luke comedies, which have gained many followers. The Orpheum concert orchestra has an admirable ad-mirable selection of appropriate music. The shows will bo given today and tomorrow, to-morrow, with performances beginning at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 o'clock. The new vaudeville vaude-ville bill, headed by Sophie Tucker, "the Mary Garden of Ragtime," opens on Wednesday evening. DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. SALT LAKE Henry W. Savage's "Everywoman" begins an engagement engage-ment for Christmas week tonight. Box oflice is open daily. PANT AGES One of tha merriest and most lively vaudeville bills of this season opens Wednesday 'night, to run a week, with daily matinees. WILKES Stock company presents the inimitable comedy, "Seven Keys to j Baldpate," all week, with matinees ' Thursday and Saturday. ORPHEUM Opening on Wednesday j evening is a new vaudeville show , with four headliners. MOTION PICTURES. PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS Dainty little lit-tle Vivian Martin In "The Right Direction," introducing the "Little Mother," Billy Boy and "Rags. DRPHEUM Special Christmas photo- I i play bill, headed by Baby Marie Os- borne, "Joy and the Dragon." MERICAN Today, Douglas Fair- j banks in "Matrlmaniac." HEX Today, Robert Henley in "The 1 Sign of tha Poppy," a Bluebird. Tuesday, Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursday, "The Battle of Life." MEHESY Christmas story, "Spider Barlow's Soft Spot," Civil war drama, "Daughter of Dixie," in two reels. BROADWAY All week, big morality picture, "The Libertine," featuring John Mason as male vampire and Alma Hanlon as girl. |