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Show kKELLERNANN IN FANTASY FILM s & & "IN WALKED JIMIT" AT WILKES Clifford .Thompson and Claire Sinclair Inject Real Pep Into Comedy- . HI'S WALKED .IIM.MY," a laugh pro-ducer, pro-ducer, was well put on by the Wilkes Stock company at the Wilkes theater last nisiit. Jimmy proves the mascot who marts a broken-down shoe factory in a small manufacturing town on the upgrade by optimism and a game of bluff until it becomes a largo concern. con-cern. A prttty girl stenographer, will: whom Jimmy falls in love. gives the hea it interest to the play. A shadow is cast by the suspicion of crime resting upon tiie hero, but a friendly dictagraph clears up the matter and the end is a happy one. Cecil Kirke lakes the part of Jimmy in a breezy way. The real "pep" is given tht performance, however, by Miss Claire Sinclair as Delie Dunn, tore lady in the shoe factory, and Clifford Thompson as -Slobby Day, shipping clerk. First as the slow-moving country "boobs" and late: as the transformed, flashily dressed young woman and young man taking their first fling at real life, they are botli screams. Miss Sinclair is especially clever and makes the most of the droll part, brimming brim-ming with comedy and mirth-producing lines. Miss Charlotte Treadway is winsome as Kilty Blake, the pretty stenographer. Ferdinand Munier makes the role of John 'i re! lava n, owner of tiie shoe store, impressive. im-pressive. Ancy n MoNulty as the weakling weak-ling brother of Kitty does some good work. Frederick Moore as Hiram Wiggins, Wig-gins, the skir.iiint landlord of a country town, carries the part well. George Barnes as Arnold Baker, scapegrace nephew of Trellavan, makes a fair villain, vil-lain, and Huron L. Elyden is natural as Norris, a detective. Miss Nana Bryant is resting this week in preparation for her heavy role in "Madam X," which will be put on next week. "In Walked Jimmy" is well staged and , promises to prove a popular bill. How Politicians Oppose Man Who Tries to Better Conditions for Criminals Is Shown. NOT so ery long ago the news columns carried manv stories relating to the efforts of Thomas Mott Osborne to net-tor net-tor the conditions at Sing Sing. America's Amer-ica's most iamous prison. One is reminded re-minded of Watden Osborne and his work by "Her Life and His," the feature photoplay, pho-toplay, which is being shown at the Or-pheum Or-pheum theater. This timely picture si iows how politicians work against the man who tries to offer criminals a helping help-ing hand. It is a wonderful love story, cast in a unique setting. Mary MurJock, forced by circumstances to choose between the streets and theft, is caught . breaking into t he home of Ralph Howard. After serving her term she is unable to secure employment be-ca be-ca use she is an ex -convict. She seeks the man who sent her to prison and finds him about to commit suicide because he is despondent over his wife's unfaithfulness. unfaithful-ness. To this man the girl makes a proposition that he use his fortune to better prison conditions and to lend the unfortunates with a prison record a helping help-ing hand. How he is tricked into a scandal scan-dal and how the gir! matches wits with the adventuress who lures him to her apartments makes a thrilling story that moves fast and surelv to a strong climax. cli-max. It is a big picture with a big theme and a universal appeal. Florence LaBadie is cast in the leading lead-ing role of the production and makes clever use of every opportunity which is offered her for emotional acting. The supplementary feature of the programme pro-gramme is the n huh episode of tiie patriotic pa-triotic serial, "Pearl of the Army." in which Pearl White is the featured' player. play-er. The serial is gaining rapidlv in intense in-tense interest and the theme of unmasking unmask-ing the work of secret enemies of this government is cleverly adhered to throughout. The bill, which continues today to-day and tomorrow, with continuous performances per-formances from 1 to 11 p. m.. also includes in-cludes a Lonesome Luke comedy, winch is commendable because of its cleverness and utter lack of the suggestiveness which so often mars comedy productions, and the 4-iearst-Pai he News, with its animat-. animat-. cd current events. In the latter, scenes depicting preparations made by the United Unit-ed States for eventualities with Germany were greeted with much applause. The Orpheum concert orchestra, under the direction di-rection of Professor. Edgar Short, interprets inter-prets the pictures. "The American Consul' at the Paramount-Empress Theater Draws Capacity Houses. rpHB current bill at the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress is destined to score with all sorts and conditions of tastes in the "si- , lent drama," embracing as it does laughs, . tense drama, fond love passages and the waving of the flag. Last night the usual capacity audiences followed the adventures of "The American Ameri-can Consul" with deep and abiding interest inter-est and at the conclusion of this latest Lasky release voted the title role the best bit of character work vet done bv that veteran. Theodore Roberts, on the screen. Supporting Mr. Roherts are that Stilt i Lake favorite, Maude Fealv; Tom Forma n. - Raymond Hatton, Charles West and Ernest Joy. each having a pa rt fitting -ifc- -Iilr respective talents like the proverbial Theodore Roberts's yours of experience as a star on the speaking stair, the love of his work and bis ch..ar understanding r of human characteristics and human nu- f tiire all stand in good stead and make . his delineation of the character of the ' small-town patriot who enes to Washin- I ton to answer his country's call, stand 1 out like a cameo. Rarely has such hu morous work been seen on the screen as the incident where he rehearses his political po-litical speech before his daughter and subsequently sub-sequently delivers it in the town sou are to become the butt of practical jokers. "Tiie American Consul" is 'not entirely en-tirely clean-cut comedy, for u has jts tense moments. When the American consul enacts the role of a real man in t lie South American republic and upsets the schemes of l crafting United States senator and t ho United States marines i;ind just In time to break up an execution, execu-tion, party involving most of the principal princi-pal characters lined against an adobe wall last night's audiences becajne decidedly demonstrative. Briefly. "The American Consul" is bound to be a popular picture with any Ha f-s of audience. Supporting the main feature are Paramount Flcto-'raphs, a Hobby Pumps Animated Cartoon and the Selig-Tribune Now s review. This bill goes again today and tomorrow. "Our Mrs. McChesncy,' With Kose Stahl in the Title Role, Opens at Salt Lake Theater Tomorrow. A S a wriier of short stories Edna Fer- t. be r bos c:t ined fame t lie country over. Her characters are tine to life and are pcplc with whom you bruh elbows every day. None of her stories has a greater hold on the public than those pertaining to Emma McChesnev. 1 traveling saleswoman for the T. A. Ihic.k Petticoat i or puny. The trials and trih-I trih-I uln t ions of Mrs. McChcsnev have been I followed bv thousands of read e '"8 with a L girat deal'of interest. Now M;. McChspey has gone on the stwre. She has hei diauian'zed and. under the ChMies Frohman ma:ut-emcnt, f Rose Staid will tie sc-n m this i u teres! - f ins- and lovable Huira.-ter ;lt the Sal: I Lake theater iuihotow night. The play "A Daughter of the Gods" Exploits Famous Swimmer in Spectacular Scenes. rjiWE stupendousuess of the fairy-fan-A tasy, " Laughter of the Cods," at .he Strand is its most conspicuous feature. fea-ture. Miss Annette Kellerniann, world-famous world-famous swimmer, is exploited to the utmost ut-most extent of her possibilities. There i;- an a bund a nee of massive, scenes in which thousands of persons are employed. There are -storming of. wails, the burning of a city, moonlight scenes and sunset scenes, dancing by shapely iris in a harem, floating mermaids, a turning at the stake, hand-to-hand con-."Hets con-."Hets in fact, everything calculated to ' excite i!ie imagination anl produce tiie t ihriil. 'The star is magnificent, stunning. Catastrophic occurrences take place in bewildering succession. In many places the photographic effects .are exquisite. The beautiful tropic scenes n which the gnomes of fairyland disport :hemselves, and the mystic grottos in .vhich Miss Kellermann displays her diving div-ing skill, delight the eye. Here she has been described "a living poem of grace and physical perfection." The story of the mythical daughter of the gods, whose soul once inhabited the body of a bird, and who twenty years afterward transmigrated as a human, met J her former bird mate, also in human form, land traversed with him the journey of ! life, is captivatingiy set forth in this ' latest Fox production. The v are sepo -rated, reunited, subjected to the wrath iof a cruel king, are now cruelly treated by the gnomes, now the cause of savage wars and at last die in each other's arms and are sent out to sea to return to the mystic mys-tic dwelling place of souls. The picture will be tremendously enjoyed en-joyed by children by virtue of its many spectacular effects. It is a veritable fantasy fan-tasy feast. Cine of the features of the production which added immensely to the effect of the picture, was t lie superb musical score by Robert Hood Bowers. An augmented orchestra supplies the incidental music. The actua I cost of the picture is said to be in excess of $1,100, Oof). More than - J .000 persons appear in the production, and in one sne 19.744 take part. Three hundred dancing girls and women appear in the sultan's harem scene. A Moorish city, built at a cost of ?r."0,000, is destroyed de-stroyed to make one of "the big scenes" of the photoplay. "A Daughter of the Gods" will continue all the Strand for the balance of the week. v DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. SALT LAKE Rose Stahl and company com-pany in "Our Mrs. McChesney," Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. PANTAGES-ANew and high-class pro- j gramme of vaudeville and motion pictures opens "Wednesday afternoon. WILKES Stock company produces "In Walked Jimmy," all week, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday. ORPHEUM Beginning Wednesday evening, new vaudeville show head- ed by Vivian and Genevieve Tobin in "The Age of Reason." MOTION PICTURES. STRAND "A Daughter of the Gods," phenomenal picture of myth and fantasy, fan-tasy, runs all week. PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS Theodore Roberts and Maude Fealy in "The American Consul." Paramount Pictographs. ORPHEUM Today and Tuesday, new photoplay bill. Orpheum concert orchestra. or-chestra. Professor Edgar Short, director. di-rector. BROADWAY Today and Tuesday, Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne appear in chapter 5, "The Trap," of "The Great Secret.'" AMERICAN Today, W. S. Hart In "The Gunfigtiter." Mrs. Vernon Castle Cas-tle in "Patria." MEIIESY "Roscoe Arbuckle and Mable Norma nd, two-reel comedy feature, and "Giant Powder," mining min-ing drama. has been given the name of "Our Mrs. McChesney" and has proved a' most remarkable re-markable success. The character of the energetic business woman, who dreams of a home but is forced to live in hotels the country over that she may earn a : livelihood and give tier son an education, is well titled to Miss S:ahl. Miss Stahl gives life to Miss Ferber's character and makes of her a living, breathing woman Although the play is distinct ly a comedy, com-edy, yet it lias as its keynote the lovu i of a mother for her son, and emotion is blended with humor. |
