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Show "Barbary Sheep" Is at Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress Elsie Ferguson Makes Her Screen Debut in Attractive Attrac-tive Vehicle. THE superb Artcraft production of "Barbary Sheep," with Elsie Ferguson j a the star, was the main attraction at ! the Paramount-Empress yesterday and j will -continue to be for the next two days. It is doubtful if a more attractive vehicle ve-hicle could have been selected for the cin- ema debut of this charming actress who for several seasons past lias been one of the most popular of Broadway stars than Robert Hichens's romanric story of Algeria, Alge-ria, which was picturized by Charles latgne and directed by that French master, Maurice Tourneur. The leading role, that of the young and lovely wife of a middle-aged English-i English-i man who leaves her to herself while he j indulges a passion for big game hunting, i might have been written specially for j Miss Ferguson. Into her life while she , and her husband are stopping at an inn : In Algeria there comes an Arabian officer of-ficer of Spahls the picturesque native ; cavalry of that old-world land. She Is i fascinated by him and he pursues her with the ardor and passion of his race. There are moonlit evenings in the silent desert, when the Arab woos Sir Claude's bride while ?ir Claude is far in the hills 1 hunting Barbary sheep. Tragedy finally , comes but not to Lady Wyverne nor to ! Sir Claude. A hand out of the past 1 clutches the Spahi's throat lust as his newest victim is about to fall into his grasp. Among the many interesting features . of this magnificent production are views j of life in Algeria setting forth the mys-. mys-. tery, fascination and strange atmosphere j of the desert. Charged with heat, passion pas-sion and swift action that befit a daring 1 romance of this eountry, "Barbary Sheep" I attracts and holds the immediate atten-j atten-j tion of the audience from beginning to end. Supporting the popular star in her initial film play is an exceptional cast ; of players, including Pedro de Cordoba, Lumsden Hare. Marcy Harlam, Alex ; Shannon and Maude Ford. The same hill goes today and tomorrow with some remarkably re-markably interesting war pictures and 1 the Paine News. ' An Eight-reel Feature of the Films, ! "Heroic France," Is to Open at Salt Lake Theater Today. 1 i rpHE eight-reel special feature, "Heroic France." will be shown at the Salt Lake theater for three days, starling this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Evening perform- I ances will be-ln at 7:30. It Is said that I these pictures are extremely interesting ! and while showing actual war conditions in France do not shock the spectator with its horrors. j |