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Show . . ,, ,1 I, )r--r iTriacriaaaacrji 11 imi 'lu.ananj hTTkXTTTi v 1 DRAMA AND VAUDKVir.LK. OUPHKCM Today, Monday an Tuesday, double feature photoplay hill, bended by Kilith Storey. PAXTA-:S Now olll Is on today, headed by "Funs Chov." Other pood acts. W1LKFS House opens tonight "-!th tho comedy. "A c.li-ti I Iem:in of Incisure." MOVING PICTCr.KS. AMERICAN Today. I'.essie Bar- rtscale, J.ouise. Glaum and Charles liny hi "Home." PARAMOUNT - KMPKKSS Today. Monday and Tueslay, Fannie A aid In "Kadi Pearl a Tear." REX Today and tomorrow, "Iove's l.arlat;" Gillie Burke In "Gloria's Komance." BROADWAY Today only, Valll Valll, the brilliant English actress, in "Tho Turmoil." , MKMESY A drama on circumstantial circumstan-tial evidence, featuring Edward , ('oxen and Uzette. Tliorn. THE production of "Rnmona," coining to the Salt Lake theater Monday nfternoou Cor a week's engagement, is declared to set a new standard in tlio art of motion pictures pic-tures with musical accompaniment. The music, based largely on Spanish, Mexican Mexi-can and Indian melodies, is woven into an operatic score said to be truly interpretative inter-pretative of every moment of the action. An orchestra of twenty -Ave is carried for tho rendering of this score. W. II. Clune is credited with a really remarkable visualization of the " lia-mona" lia-mona" story. lie accepted the tale exactly as Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson wrote it, without any of the distortions of which dramatists, are top often guilty, and photographed the action of tho characters amid the actual scenes described by Mrs. Jackson. His players play-ers are credited with having caught tho subtle spirit of Mrs. Jackson's personages, per-sonages, and in consequence, Bamonn, Alessandro, Father Salviordcrra and the rest all but live before the eyes of the lovers of tho delightful old romance. New York and Chicago have approved as enthusiastically of " Ramona" as has I. os Angeles, in tho heart of the mission mis-sion Indian country, proving the cine ma-opera to have qualities of charn that are independent of locality. Musically, "Uamona" i". said to be by far the finest tiling that has ye been done in the new at ', of combiniiif the photo-spectacle with a score whosi aim is not merelv to make noise, bu actually to interpret the meaning otth scenes "flashed upon the screen. Tin new art is comparable, with the art o Hich.ird Wagner. Wagner found th opera writers of his day introduce, music uieiclv for its beautiful sound: irrespective, of whether it hit or misse the sense of what was going on befor the eyes of tho spectator. The Genua genius saw a better way. He took dr - " " .1 , , , n-:: . ; , :. - v. t - - . ; . r ' , ' . " ' 1 . z s ' i ii -- t- , '..-'- ! ,A, U ' - ' ' - , ' . - ... mas of the power of Shakespeare, fitted fit-ted music to their passions, and the result is the now style of operas from which no composer now dares to deviate. devi-ate. "Until the advent of the cinema-opera, the motion picture was scarcely worthy tho name of art. For art must be. complete com-plete there must be nothing lacking in its appeal. The s'ladow ligures flashed onto the screeu wore mere ghosts. An 1 attempt was made to give them lite ' by employing actors back of the screen to s'-eak 'lines. Bnt the experiment was an utter failure, a"d even struck th; spectator as being atsuru. It was not , until somehodv hit up"ii the happj ; ide? of fitting appropriate music tc , tho scenes that the problem ot making r, I he motion picture a complete art via; solved. e In arranenne- the musical accompani s meat for '7Eaniona," C. Lloyd Browi f and Emil Bierman ransacked the work: c of the mightiest geniuses. Tschaikow it shy Gricc, Schumann, W'agner am r Beethoven are only a few who havi d cutributed to the score. The Kussiari e Tsihaikowskv, whose, "Nut-cracker n i-ii ite" contains the lincst American In i-l.Tau music vet. composed,' is freely boi - h Winter Garden Slar Coming to Pantages c A v"t , Ac ' ' s Mr;; , f 11 I ?'T ' - ' f!L ' ' x rowed from, and his Indian melodies are augmented from the gentler American Ameri-can McDowell. Beethoven's " Pastoral Svmphony" interprets with beautiful effect the sheep-shearing scene. the ekbr Iiamona Oriegna dies to n Grieg accompaniment from tho "Peer Gynt suite, and similarly the great masters aie employed through tho ope. a. ' The mission singers carol with won-ldtrful won-ldtrful effect the beautiful morning song, remembered vividly bv readers of the . novel, set to music by Mr. Hierman him- self. Thev are also lieaK, in Air Through the Night," 'Abide Wnb Me" and ihe famous "Ah ' sor.g, ot ,! stinctive Inoian typ". from the Inuiaii suite -of tho Russian ' ' Hiir.sey-Korsi-! koffi." WITH Miss Nana Bryant, the leading woman, just a little more beautiful and entrancing 5 thau ever before if that is pos- : sible and every other member of the I Wilkes Players enthusiastic and eager to show Salt Lake theatergoers how s glad they are to be back in town, prep-. prep-. arations are complete at the Wilkes .. theater on State street for the formal . opening of the second season at that house tonight. A dashing, lively, lilting comedy success, suc-cess, entitled " A" Gentleman of Leisure," Lei-sure," is the bill in which Miss Bryant Bry-ant and the Wilkes Players will make their first appearance for the present season, opening with', tonight ' show at the Wilkes and continuing throughout the ensuing week, with a special Labor dav matinee at 2:30 Monday afternoon, and regular matinee performances on Tnitrsdav and Saturday afternoons. It is doubtful if in all the records of successful and popular stock companies that have appeared in Salt Lake, any theatrical Organization of this nature has ever scored so great a success as the Wilkes Players. The personal" popularity of Miss Bryant, Bry-ant, Cliff Thompson, Ancyu MeNulty, Ferdinand Municr, Charlotte Tread way and George Barnes is something of which this theater has every reason to be proud. This year' patrons of the Wilkes are to see a number of new faces, inclnd-in inclnd-in Frank Bonner, Thomas Murphy and the new leading man, .1. Anthony Smvth, who, while he will not appear the' opening week at the, Wilkes, will begin his engagement a week from to-dav. to-dav. , . The theater itself has been cleaned and repainted and redecorated in a way that has made it one of the most beautiful in Salt Lake. Nothing looking look-ing to the convenience of theatergoers has been overlooked, and when the doors of tho ainutovium swing open tonight for the premier presentation of the do-, lightful comcdv, "A Gentleman of Leisure," Lei-sure," Salt. Lakers will find many surprises sur-prises in store for them. Tho same prices as last, year prevail throughout the house and the same order of performances. . In selecting "A Gentleman of Leisure" Lei-sure" as the opening bill of the sea son the management, of the house hus unquestionably chosen a plav that will appeal to cverv class of theatergoers. It is the comcdv in which Douglas Fairbanks achieved his greatest ianic. and the play is unusually clever in dialogue dia-logue and ludicrous situations. Gaietv, jollity and hilarity sound die kevnote" of the plav. and the old saying. say-ing. "Always leave them lauching when you' sav good-bv," admirably fits the lau"hin.7 finale of the comedy. Miss "Bryant will have the leading feminine role of the comedy, and I liH Thompson will be seen in the role oi Hob Pitt, a inllv whole-souled chap, who after vea'rs of idle indulgence, is prompted bv his love of adventure to rob a house to win a wager. Fate throws him in touch with a genuine pori-h-elinibeT, who becomes his asMstai:! in this special job. A mixup in addresses ad-dresses brines tiiem into the home o! the commi-sioncr i' police, who ree.u-nizes ree.u-nizes the oM-timer and naf'irally ;i.e-l-his companion as ope of Ihe gang. IT' commissioner's dauuhter. whieh part wil be placed bv Miss Itrvant. has had i love-at'-lirst-sicht affair aboard shi crossing the ocean and she intopede for him and is successful in establish in-, hi honestv. The many situation- tl:.i result from this flaring adventure ... escapade are fmitiv i" the extreme the role of th nmissioiier 's d.ip-htc will a'Vord Miss p.ryant a splendid portiini'v (or ihe exercise of the t.il cut and'nbilitv she possesses to so In an extent, as well as an opportiinit 'to wear an extremely handsome, in" ,au. eoe n a"d lo-,k her vci v prettiest. nand Munier, Charlotte Treadway. George Barnes, Frank Bonner, Thomas Murphy and the other members of the east are all due to be seen in roles to which thev are splendidly suited. The management of the Wilkes reported re-ported last nit'ht that the house is well sold out for tonight's performance? and hundreds of patrons lmve made season's reservations. Every indication points to a splendid reception to the Wilkes erctta for its premier production at Pantages just about a year ago and so popular did it becomo wdth Salt Lake audiences that it was sent out to make the entire circuit. More than passiug interest was manifested in the advance notico that Eoduey Hillam 's operetta would play a return engagement at 1 an-ta'es an-ta'es this' week and the houso has been enjoying the results of this big drawing card". With a cast of new principals 1 as a banjoist and his ragtime music is a delight to everybody. Tho Brown-Fletcher Trio wins applause ap-plause in its singing playlet, "Christmas "Christ-mas Eve," which has clever dialogue as well as good music, and is novel and interesting. Mabel Harper is a "nut" commedi-enne commedi-enne and offers .a breezy line of comedy patter and singing, with Mae Weber as her assistant at the piano. Clinton and Eoouey are a team tc elight the most exacting and their act ! winning deserved applause at every erformance. Tho last chapter of "The Secret ot he Submarine ' ends pleasingly with eath to the villains and happiness to he hero and his sweetheart. Coming next week is a "whale of a iill, with tho quintessence of quality md polish in every act. An unusually ir headline number is Kita Gould, star if "Maid in America." the big New-fork New-fork Winter Garden show. Rita Gould s oue of the best-known comediennes m imeriea todav and is the most famous nusical comedy star who has ever slaved the Pantages circuit or in the c-ost in recent seasons. For good measure, on the new bill ire Lepinski's canine comedians, which are so cleverly trained that they do everything but talk. Dannv Simmons, Scotch comedian, cavorts about in his kilts and makes laughs bv the score. And there are a number of other high-class high-class acts coming on the new bill. Beginning next Wednesday is another moving picture, which is acclaimed the sensation of the movie world. Tt is a serial of sixteen episodes, each of which is filled wiih red blooded action and most, exciting climaxes. The scenes rain'e from China to New York and Florida and thousands of people were used in the company making the production. produc-tion. There is a strong cast, headed by Margaret Gale, who in the course of the production wears more than 100 gowns of the most advanced styles, representing represent-ing $15,000. ANNA WHEATON, charming musical mu-sical comedy star, formerly with DeWolf Hopper and Sam Bernard, Ber-nard, and Harry Carroll, who probably has more popular songs to his credit that any other song writer in the world, will hcadlino the new- vaudeville bill which. opens at the Orpheum theater thea-ter next Wednesday evening. Miss Whcaton has a delightful voice and a piquant personality, and she is said to weur some of the most stunning gowns ever shown on the vaudeville stage. Mr. Carroll has almost become the national na-tional song writer. His "Girl in the Heart of Maryland" and "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" have been sung, whistled and phonographod all over the land. In Miss Whcaton Mr. Carroll has the ideal exponent of his melodies. "A Wayward Conceit" is the manner man-ner in which I lark and Hamilton. England's Eng-land's musical comedy stars, refer to their act. H is merely a variegated colored col-ored bubble. Miss Hamilton is pretty aiul dainty and the combined efforts of the pair afford a rarely pleasant few minutes' entertainment. Oilier acts on the bill are The Brightens, artistic ragpickers; rag-pickers; Miss Fdna Brothers and com-panv com-panv in "The Might Have P.eons:" Lou Holt'.. Father Joy's 1)ov, and (lie Font b'eadings, sensational jugglers of human beings. FA XX IF WARD, the brilliant La'lo star, who will be the raramoun itt'i-actinn at the !':t'-:i:iiount-Kmp''cs: to. lav. Monday ami Tecsdav in tin Jesse L. L.'iskv prod nc I ion ' of "Fad Pearl a Tear." was curled up on : couch in her big dressing room and then were flowers everywhere. The room re (Continued, on Following Page.) "ATTKTHATRSl iy? (Continued I'roin Preceding Page.) senibled a rose garden more than it did a boudoir. v "L enjoyed doing ' F.uoh Pearl a (y Tear,' " smiled Miss Ward, "because it T is what I call a constructive, play; that is, it builds up a better feeling lor tho photodranui and in a way will pro sent a strong lesson and be a warning to a great maiiv people- It is a play that besides being intensely interesting and thrilling teaches a sincere lesson without a lot of preacltments and lalse pathos. "You see," she explained, raising herself on her elbow, "l play the role of the daughter ot the old employee ot a verv wealthy and uiusciupulous man. This man, knowing the average woman s , . fondness for jewelry, employs that means to entice them to him- He per suades mo to wear a . -Unable string of pearls, and then intimates that 1 have lost them. My father having died from a stroke of paralysis. 1 am forced to work us this man's stenographer to vepav him for his loss, and ail the time he has the pearls ooneenled in his safe. I find this out, and how eventually 1 ruin him and am won by the man 1 ' love is brought about iu a way 1 have I never seen done before, and I don't believe vou have. "Yes," Miss Ward replied iu answer to a question. "1 had a very nice vaca-' vaca-' tion in New York. 1 went there priu- eipallv to lay in a new stock of gowns. 1 did get. some very nice frocks while here, pud every oiie of them will be displaved before lone. "Thev have not selected the picture I am to do next, but'l want to be a country coun-try girl if I can. and run around in . bare feet and overalls. I had some pic-1 pic-1 tares taken like that the other day and jV-3 there is nothing I would like hotter I than a tomboy part, and some day I ma v -ret m v wish. Owing to the fact that the winter amusement schedule noes into effect V' witli Labor day, the management of the Paramount Vim press has made arrangements arrange-ments tor an extra reel, in the form of a well-known news weekly, whi h wiil be an added attraction on the bill commencing com-mencing today. Following Fannie Waid in " Karh IVarl a Tear,' there will bo a return booking of tieraldine Farrnr in ' ' Temptation ' ' for Wednesday and Thursday, followed Friday and Saturday Satur-day by the big event, Duslin Far n um in "'i'hc Parson of Paii.-iiniut. " IN addition to the third installment of the wonder drama, "The Mysteries of Myrii." the hypnotic serial in which .1 can othern and H oward Fstabroolt ate being slarred, the Orphcutn theater photoplay bill for today, tomorrow and Tuesday will contain a not her big 1 ea-ture ea-ture attrn'-tion. 'This is called "The Tarantula." Supplementary tcalures on ithe same programme with these lug subjects sub-jects and the lull Orpheum concert orchestra or-chestra under the direction of Protestor Kdgnr short, will be the lleait Inter- national News pictorial and another of 1 1 hoe laughable comedies, ' The Mishaps Mis-haps of Must v Sillier. Although K.iith Storey of the Vita-tranh Vita-tranh plavevs h;;s always' enjoyed an en- inble reputation for versatility, she is found nddinir further proof to her repu-t repu-t at ion in t his regard in " The Taran-t Taran-t uln. " llcr character in the first rels of this Vit aL'i'aph picture is that nf a b vo'y, care-free Spanish sen on t a f of life and gn-atly atfaete-i to a vnur.g -Vmn-can. a!; hou::h iu oppoii'ion tn her faiher's wishes. The :nanner in which she jumps from the carriage while her duenna sbunbers pencefullv is quite typical nf an innocent inno-cent voung girl afraid of nothing and detesting rules and rogu latum-. Her love for all friend' for nature -life and ail the good things in the world, is eleverlv po-traed. (iraduallv the clnracter i- eors to undergo un-dergo a complete change. When she i h.u raved bv her me;L:in lexer V.et father send-- her from h s hnu-e. and ir companv with her dnenna she bc-ome r-dancer r-dancer m a Spanish ir.usi' liai1. iv" venge must be hers every move is made with that in view her free and easy manner gradually vanishes and an avengeful woman is found before the plot runs its course. Versatility has always been hers. Pictures of all k inds and types have been assigned to Miss Storey for portrayals. por-trayals. Every character has been made living to her audience, but never before has one product ion given this talented player the opportunity of demonstrating the many-sided nature as does that of Chonita, the maid of Sunny Cuba. AT the American today the Triangle offering is an all-star production entitled en-titled "Home," feat u riii r three of the most popular stars in that organ iza-tion. iza-tion. These stars are Charles Ray. Bessie Bes-sie Barriseale and Louise Glaum, all of whom have won a. high place in the estimation of most picture fans. Louise Glaum is the Triangle vampire woman: and her aim in life is to make the women love her because of iho fine clothes she wea rs. Charles Kay has risen to popularity more rapidlv than j is the custom, and Bessie Barriscale I has been a great favorite for a hvrg time. On the programme with this fea-ture fea-ture is a typical Kcvstone comedy. "Neve Again": also the Bathe vs. Professor Mcl'lellan will give an orcan recital tomorrow evening rtt 0:l-". which v. ill include the sextetee tm:u "Lu-da." The large American orchera i- slwav ovo of the main feature at tin1 evening performances. Or; Tuesdav. We-tudf-. v nnd Ttvirs.'nv. Virginia Pearson wiil be een iu " Daredevil Kate. THE Res theater is phinjing int- feature fea-ture pin vs of th bi g sort . ha vi n-j . booked a lng list of siib;e.-: of more ' or b'S note with popular M-r. A:r:-.rij , these is a list from the Din I'nvr offices, otherwise known as V. I.. S. ',. i :;c feature on the programme for tday and i t ot n or row is a Blnebi rd. et ! : : lee. - "Love's L.vrat." and prefer.:- a iur,-h i of ireen enu oox s bei v. i: l r. ro ; ;pe d H-1 e i h'.Ji S''iotv in the .-iv. On Tuedav, Wednesday and Tburs- dav the offering is a Lubin feature, ' ' Dollars and the Woman, ' J featuring Tom Moore and Ethel Clayton. The picture is from the well known book, "Dollars and Cents." Some of the big productions coming to the Rex in the immediate future are : "The Ohallis ! of ( 'onrage, " " Saving the Family Name, ' ' with Marv M acLa ren ; ' ' The Sting of Victory, ' with Henry Walthall; Walt-hall; "Into the Primitive," with Kath , rvn Williams, and many others of equal importance. Theda Lara will be seen the last of the week in a return engagement en-gagement of "The Oalley Slave." T!HE TURMOIL, ' ' a five-part pic-JL pic-JL turizatiou of Booth Tarkiugton "s great novel of the same name, produced pro-duced by Columbia Picture mr -oration, is 'the attraction at the Hniad-wav, Hniad-wav, Sunday only. Valh. the versatile English ycdress, is starrd! in this production, and Ceorge Le Cuere is featured. Others in the cast iuchtd" chaHes IL Priii"o, i'egi:y Hopkins. M rs. Kate Jepson, Florida Kingslev, Frmtk Do Vernon. Ford Tidu.a rsh. Robert St owe Cill. Hean Hume, Frederick Sumner Sum-ner and William Anker. CONVICTION by rircumstfliUi;l vi-.leneA vi-.leneA is jealt a Mm- in "Ruth Iti''-ly's Iti''-ly's r:--urn." :i lil mi;a t n n nf W. E. Wr?-.;'s st'-ry rf Ce s;rv--- n airs'1, a t;-"n-jvirt A:!!eri'-nv-M-.:r:;t1 f"a'-;ve xx'.-.i'-j: rr.a ' l-.o tf ni : )- y.i-hc s-v t .;-:.'. .7.-t TV-r?'e h...s n cast for litV- r.-, l;-r p. .ri "' C ; -unp s"--- rni";U'' m lini i'iv 'f-.nvi- '. 1 of g ims: dr.-. p i"-'-.rrr. .- n s y; ;--r (;:.-- n r-'- i' - p'"'y". 1 p' a n nr.' i.1-' ; I ''r'",i" E-iu.'.r-l rnxn;. P'orc F-fi ;if";d Ii;'.' n' c-"?. !-' prr.;.-.-- m ; ' d - .-r- :-v-x.-V. n ' t: ,.-7 I 'h-ps-;- absent, 1 1 if mother steals the money. Kinh, aceused. is sent to prison. Meanwhile the Hiuhoi's nox'el proves a bi suceesp. In the meantime bis mother hurl been .stricken with blindness. Years later. Ruth, released from tire penitentiary, peniten-tiary, obtnins employment in the author's home. Iove ripens between them. J-nler. I Ruth, reading the manuscript of his latest nnvel, lciinis tlmt it is founded on her life's traced v. Then the mother realizes that Ruth is the ifi'l she had wronped. : How the Hiory ends furnishes one of tb most plenslmr surprises ever worked into the climax of a motion picture. other pictures at the Mobesy today are thi; ever-popii;u- "See Ani'-rica First" scries, a two-reel l.-Ko comedy and tin-other tin-other drama. |