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Show I DRAMA AND VAUDEVLL.LK. j SALT LA KRBofion-National Grand I Opera company, two nlKhls, coru- ; nionclnK tomorrow night, with spe cial matinee Tuesday afternoon. WILKKd "Tho nio Grande," by An-ffimtuo An-ffimtuo Thomas, opens tonight and v111 run all week. Matinees Thura-d;iy Thura-d;iy and Saturday. PA.TTAOESDarnhack rid em will hen. 1 linn now bill to open Werlnes-nosday Werlnes-nosday to run a week, with matinee ( ajh flay. UKPII1CCJM Now vaudovlllo bill "Wednesday "Wed-nesday avenfnff, with Ralph RiKs and Katharine Wlti-hle and the Farber girlB as hoadllners. Matinees Thursday, Friday and Saturday. MOTTON PICTURES. BKOAD VVA V Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Francis X. Bushman and Boverly Bayne In chapter B of the romantic serial, "Tho Great f?curet." In addition, Sunday only, ,15mmy TVohlen In "Tho Pretender." PARAMOUNT - EMPRESS Wallace Rold and Myrtlo Stedman in "A Prison Without Walls; Paramount plotographs and the Sells-Tribune Nows. Commencing Wednesday, Mary Pickford in "The Poor Little Rich Olrh-" ; STRAND "Twenty Thoueand Leagues Under the Sea," all week, contlnu-, contlnu-, ous from 1 p. m. AMI0R1CAN Today and tomorrow, Bessie Love In "A Daughter of the ! Poor"; "Patrln." Tuesday and ; Wednesday, Virginia Pearson In "bister Against Sister"; Charlie Chaplin In "Basy Street." Thursday and Friday, Shirley Mason and ! George La Guere In "Passion"; Keystone Key-stone comedy, "Stars and Bars." ORPHEUM Today, Monday and Tuesday, Doris Grey In "Her Beloved Be-loved Enemy"; Pearl White In "Pearl of the Army"; Lonesome Luke comedy; Hearst-Pa the News. Orpheum concert orchestra, directed . by Professor Edgar Short, this aft-I aft-I ernoon and every evening. Perform- ance continuous, 1 to 11 p, m. i MEHESY Shorty Hamilton adven-1 adven-1 tures, "Shorty Traps a Lottery ' King" ; "The Purple Mask" ; "See ; America First"; J. Warren Kerrigan In western drama; Harry Palmer , cartoon comedy. OPEBA lovers of this and near-by cities are keenly interested in the return to Salt Lake City of the Boston-National Grand Opera company, as they are promised even a better season than that offered last year. The engagement is for two nights and a special Tuesday matinee, beginning tomorrow night. Tho reasons for expecting even better performances than before is that this season the company is to offer the two i most popular operas in their entire rep- ertoire. "Aula'' on the opening night and "Faust" on the second nignt, and for the matinee a novelty is promised in Mascara's new Japanese opera "Lris," with the dainty Japanese prima donna, Tamaki Miura, singing the title role. In offering "Aida" this city will get the same big" all-star cast of principals prin-cipals that has made this company so popular on its present tour in all the large cities. Louisa Yillani, the famous Italian soprano, who has created so many prima donna roles in the newer Italian operas, " Ysabeau. M "The Love of Three Kings'' and ''Girl of the Golden West,"1' will sing the title role, ; "Aida"; Giovanni Zenatello, considered consid-ered one of the two greatest dramatic tenors, will be the Badames; George Baklanoff, the Russian baritone, will ; sing Amonosro; Virgilio Lazzari, Italian basso, has the part of Ramfis, with Lui-gi Lui-gi Remario, Amelia Farrelli, Maria Gay and Paolo Ananian completing the cast. It would be difficult to select a more capable cast than that offered for the presentation of 1 ' Faust ' ' on Tuesdav night, with Maggio Teyte, the English soprano, singing the role of "Margu-rite,'' "Margu-rite,'' a part she is exquisitely fitted for, both vocally and physically. Sicca Sic-ca rdo Martin, the American tenor, as ''Faust." has a part that suits his robust ro-bust tenor voice perfectly. Jo?e Mar-dones, Mar-dones, the groat Spanish basso, is considered con-sidered tho best " Mephistopheles " that has appeared in America since the days of Pol Plancnn. Graham Marr, Dorothy Dor-othy Follis, Maria Winietskaja, and . Giorgio Puliti furnish the minor parts with singers worthy of stellar roles. The novelty of hearing a Japanese prima donna In. a real Japanese opera will cause local interest to center in the 1 performance of ''Iris," the matinee offering. of-fering. Mascagni has given us one of the prettiest of stories ever written of the land of the rising sun in this romantic ro-mantic poem of the orient. A story of tho Sun the god of Light, Life and .Poetry partly told in allegory and part in drama that is real. Assisting the little Japanese diva are such well-known artists as Tovio Kittay, the Italian tenor; ten-or; Thomas Chalmers, the American baritone; bar-itone; Elvira Leveroni, the Italian contralto; con-tralto; Romeo Boscacci and Paolo Ananian. An-anian. The orchestra is said to number fiftv-five fiftv-five musicians and the chorus is mae up of sixty trained voices. As regards 1 the scenic equipment, it is necessarv only to state that the productions will exceed those of last year in completeness complete-ness of detail. fl est and most popular play 1 yet penned by the famous American author, Augustus Thomas, will be this week's attraction fit the Wilkes theater, opening with tonight to-night 's performance. ''The Rio Grande" is a story of the war activities along the Mexican border bor-der during the past two years. The scenes are laid at tho United States ; armv post at Laredo, near the Laredo i bridge, and overy minute of the play ' is chuck full of "red-blooded American . patriotism, punch, bravery, thrills, love and laughter. It is a play that runs : the entire gamut of emotions, with a j military background of handsome soldiers, sol-diers, Bpurs, clanking sabers, rumbling guns and proud mothora, sisters and weethearte. Tho plot concerns tho love of a girl compelled by circumstance to pass by " ' ' Wallace Redd, co-star -with Myrtl e Stedman In ' ' The Prison Without W alls, " at the Paramount-Empress today, to-day, Monday and Tuesday. one -whom she fancies she loves and marry another double her age. That the latter is in every way admirable and succeeds in the end in winning the single-hearted devotion of his wife, does not prevent a tragedy which results re-sults iu the self-destruction of the unsuccessful un-successful suitor. Into this frame are placed two characters entirely lifelike Major Lane and his wife. Upon these characters the author has put a lot of careful study and work, especially especial-ly on the wife, who, while exhibiting peculiarities of the sort that make for picturesqueness and vividness, leaves no doubt in the minds of the audience that she is a true woman with a lot of versatility and tact. The major is drawn on simpler lines. He is a man devoted to his wife, yet determined not to be ruled by her, and he also embodies em-bodies the military conception of steadfast stead-fast loyalty to a friend. Young Ellsworth, Ells-worth, the unsuccessful suitor of Nan, is offered not as a hissing villain, but as a youngster, unhappy and eifing. Mr. Thomas has woven into his play right up-to-the-minute lines that are genuinely American, and consist partly of such sentences as are actually spoken spok-en by soldiers, gamblers, brokers, lawyerspartly law-yerspartly of such sentences which are his specialty, and for which his re-cipo re-cipo is to take things and give them neatness and point and force and humor hu-mor and often wit. There is something large in the way he can move his characters char-acters on and off the stage. There is something robust in his pictures of two men conlronting each other, In the threatening directness with which their wills speaK. He expresses his humor in a kind of large-limbed honesty. In the role of Nan, the colonel 's daughter, Miss Nana Bryant will have an unusually splendid opportunity to portray her great dramatic ability. In the first act she depicts the frivolous, charming girl, which gives way to the dignified and sorrow-stricken "wife of the second act, and the distraught woman wo-man of the climax. Frederick Moore will be seen as t'olonel Eannard; Frank Slimier as Major Lane; ' ' Cliff ' ' Thompson as Lieutenant Ellsworth; Cecil Ce-cil Kirke as Doctor Carson; Ancyn Mc-Nulty Mc-Nulty as a Mexican; George Barnes as Bjll Hecht; Charlotte Treadway as Katie; Claire Sinclaire as Mrs. Lane; Dorothv Meeks as Mrs. Meadows; Huron Hu-ron Blvden as Colonel Woilcutt, and Frank Bonner as Corporal Ready. "The Rio Grande" is considered the biggest success of the manv popular dramas Augustus Thomas has written. Its presentation at the Wilkes theater this week will be the- first time it has appeared in the west at any theater. Beginning with tonight's performance, "The Rio Grande" will run through-out through-out the entire week, with matinees Thursday and Saturday. THERE was a time, not so many years ago, either, that when one spoke of a " sister act" in vaudeville, vaude-ville, there was frequently to be found a note of derision in the term. This was due, in a great measure, to the large number of acts of this character char-acter that were to be seen on tho stage. To go back a little further, the number num-ber was originally because of their popularity, pop-ularity, and when the popularity began to wau.e the cynics got in their deadly dead-ly work and brought about a complete change in the meaning of the term. But if one of the "sister acts" of yesterday was offered in a high-class theater today undoubtedly the cynics would gain almost unanimous approval, and the only wonder would be, Plow could such an act ever have gained popularity? pop-ularity? The question is too great. The only answer would be something, concerning the fickleuess of public i taste. , j How, then, is it possible to describe ; two youn girls who are really sisters and who sing and dance? Undoubtedly they form a ' ' sister act. ' ' And vet, while there is a general xan against "sister acts" in first-class vaudeville, tliese two sisters, the Farber Girls, Constance Con-stance and Jrene, are bring featured on the Orpheum bills. They will thus im-I portantly be assigned when thoy appear here. Of course, every person who ever attended at-tended an Orpheum show will say there is a reason for it. After thev see the Farber sisters there will be no doubt as to the reason. The truth is t hat aftnr flock after flock or" sister acts had seemingly exhausted every possibility ot' this clnss of entertainment the Farber Far-ber girls came along ;nrd with youthful youth-ful charm, daintiness and sheer ability they sUi rted in some five years ago where the others left off, ami they were soon so far ahead that they had the field to themselves. This was despite de-spite the fact that the Farber girls were youngsters just out of school. A year after their vaudeville debut they were engaged for a tour of the Orpheum circuit, and they registered strongly. The few years that have passed have seen them grow, not only into young women, but into artists whose services are in demand in all branches of theatricals. the-atricals. In fact, their present engagement engage-ment marks a notable battle, as tenta-, tive arrangements had been entered into for their appearance . at the Winter Garden. The girls, however, showed a preference for the two-a-day and the contracts offered them by the Orpheum management, which brings them here as a hcadliner next Wednesday. The joint headliner of the bill will be Katherine Wit c hie and Ralph .Riggs, whose "Dance Divertisements ' ' have1 proved one of the most enjoyable lea-1 tures of the Orpheum programmes on which they have played. The bill" also includes a sketch, "The Final Decree," in which Harry Jeane and Dorothy Mortimer appear. It was written by Agnes Scott, whose delightful delight-ful little 'story, "Drifting," was recognized recog-nized as one of fhe classics of vaudeville. vaude-ville. Maurice Burkhart calls his act "The Thief," but it is not nearly as ominous as it sounds. It is a song story, in fact, and proves a clever entertainment. entertain-ment. Benny and Woods will contribute contrib-ute ten minutes of syncopation, while an equal amount of fun is scheduled for Witt and Winter, a ' ' pair of aces. " Howard's animal spectacle, one of the big animal acts of the circuit, is also on the bill, which will conclude with the Hearst-Pathe News. A CIRCUS on the stage is the novelty nov-elty being afforded Salt Lake theatergoers at the Pantages theater this week, where Gru-ber Gru-ber 's animals, recognized as leaders of their kind on the American stage, are j the headliners of a well-balanced and j especially attractive programme of vaudeville. This headline act is staged , in the rapid-fire and alluring raauner of the "big tops," and the action never nev-er lags, but keeps the audience holding , its breath during the entire staging of the spectacular feature. The ' ' cast ' ' , of the company is composed of an elephant, ele-phant, a horse, a Shetland pony and a dog. Minnie, the elephant, is the star of the production, and -she is given most capable support by the other members mem-bers of the cast. Stunts that have seldom sel-dom been equalled either on the stage or in the circus are seen in this act, while a special stage setting, together with appropriate music, easily makes this number worth the price of admission. The comedy course of the vaudeville menu is nlmost all served exclusively by the Wilson Brothers, two reallv funny German-American comedians. 'Phey offer of-fer their own original rapid fire fun-fest, fun-fest, "You Go Out," and this act is nothing less than a riot from start to finish. These two extraordinary come-' come-' dians have won fame throughout the ! country by their excellent portrayal of i German characters, and, judging from ! the applause that greets their act at every ev-ery performance, the comedians are hn-, hn-, ing received hroe in the same favorable way. Some really entertaining yodel-ing yodel-ing and singing is contributed in this number, and both of the young men have pleasing voices. One of the most unique and attractive acts on this week 's big bill is that of .lack sou and Melaren. the Ausl ralian wondenoppers. These two men are the champion nxnien of the world, and they demonstrate their skill with the ax in full view of the audience. Ileal lugs are used in this number, and a contest between the two men is staged, with the competition keen and the battle hard fought ail the way. A "William Tell" -stunt is enacted by one of the champions, whu severs an apple in the hand ot his partner without so much as even scratching his partner's hand. Other Australian bush novelties are contributed con-tributed by the axiuen that arc proving prov-ing to be more than popular with the Pantages audiences. . Gaston Palmer has a juggling act that is decidedly out of the ordinary, and he, too, receives many plaudits from his audiences. Some good comedy is also contributed by the balancer, and he richly deserves all the applause that he wins at every show. Other features on this week's bill are the Melviiles with their singing and dancing comedv sketch, ' ' I lie Little Green Cottage.' J ami Payne Condon any.1 company, presenting "Flaggs, " a neutral neu-tral and patriotic playlet, and the third episode of tho thrilling serial of romantic roman-tic love and adventure, " The Secret Kingdom." For the week starting next Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon Manager Newman has booked another all-feature bill equally attractive as the one holding the boards this week. The famous Wirth family, the world's most sensational bareback riders, formerlv with the Barnum & Baiiy circus, will headline the bill. This celebrated family are known the world over for their daring horsemanship, and they will "offer a real circus novelty to Pantages patrons. Others on the programme pro-gramme will be the Exposition Jubilee Four, harmony singers; Verna Mer-cereau Mer-cereau and company, presenting a number num-ber of oriental dances in their own original orig-inal sketch, ' ' A Romance of Old Egvpt"; Herbert and Dennis, the two jolly fellows, and Hip Raymond, the famous fa-mous fun-making clown. The fourth episode of "The Secret Kingdom" will be shown as a special added attraction. attrac-tion. THE BLUE PARADISE," which will be seen at the Salt Lake theater in an engagement for three days beginning Tuesday, March 27, is a foreign-made musical comedy, or operetta, if you prefer the more dignified title, .which enjoyed a flattering prosperity at the New York Casino theater and "which has. been cordially cor-dially welcomed on tour. In the quality and texture of the musical score and in the humor of the libretto, "The Blue Paradise" is said to possess all the sparkle and melody that is so characteristic of the best of compositions that have-come to us via the Austrian capital during recent years. Leo Stein is the author of the original orig-inal book and Edgar Smith Americanized American-ized the piece. Much of its musical fame rests upon the very beautiful love song, " Auf Weidersehen, " which has been Tictrolaed and phonographed over the world. It is said .that there are many of the original players in the cast, and that thev are quite capable of giving the melodious qualities of the operetta their full value. In the cast are John E. Young, Hobert G. Pitkin, Shep Camp, Madeline Nash. Helen Kiev, Louise Kel-lev Kel-lev and a chorus that has been selected with the aim of securing as many fresh faces and combined with youth and beauty as possible. TWO offerings this week at the Paramount-Empress in the form of extensively and enthusiastically enthusiastical-ly advertised attractions are announced. an-nounced. They are commencing today with handsome' Wallace Reid and Myrtle Myr-tle Stedman in the latest Lasky drama, "The Prison Without Walls," and starting Wednesday and running for the balance of the week, the big new Artcrafts production, "The Poor Little Lit-tle Rich Girlj" "with America's sweetheart, sweet-heart, Mary Pickford, in the title role. Wallie Reid and his golden smiJe today will be reinforced on the screen by some excellent single-reel offerings in the form of Paramount Pictosraphs, a Bray animated cartoon and the Selig-Tribune Selig-Tribune News Review. Wallace Reid will be remembered for his famous fight in "The Birth of a Nation," and ever since that time he has generally been assigned to strenuous strenu-ous parts calling for muscular endeavor. That he is destined to uphold the reputation rep-utation may be gleaned from the following fol-lowing svnopsis of "The Prison Without With-out Walls," in which Mr. Reid plays the role of Huntington Babbs: Helen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, philan-thropist, who is interested iu a prison reform movement, is engaged to Norman Nor-man Morris, administrator of the Ainsworth Ains-worth millions and the undiscovered "man higher up," grafting through his influence with prison wardens. He is also having an "affair" with Felice, Helen's maid, an ex-convict. Governor Havens sends for Hunting-: Hunting-: ton Babbs, prison expert, who enters the Srison as a convict, is discovered by "elen and made her secretarv upon his release. Morris is jealous ot the good-looking good-looking secretary and he makes Felice "plant" a necklace which he has presented pre-sented to Helen, in Babbs 's room. Babbs discovers the plot and Morris, overhearing over-hearing his plan to visit a certain place in the rough part of the city for Helen, plans to get him. He orders the gang to murder him. Helen accompanies Babbs (or Conroy, as he is known). Morris learns Helen has gone and reaches the place1 just as the men have nearly overpowered Conrov. Morris allows al-lows the men to escape, but Helen refuses re-fuses his offer to take her home, preferring pre-ferring Conroy. Infuriated, Morris plans to have the Ainsworth safe burglarized the night of Helen's party. Conroy discovers" the burglar and finds that he is Gilligan, whom he befriended in prison. 'onroy sends a note to the governor by Gilligan. Gilli-gan. .lust as the burglar leaves the guests of the house enter the liorarv. Conroy is accused, but Helen allows no arresrs. She orders ('onroy to leave the. house. Morris betrays the girl Police bv suggesting her arrest as an accomplice. accom-plice. Morris accompanies Helen to the governor's gov-ernor's office. The governor requests an interview with Morris and accuses him of being the ' ' man higher up. ' ' Morris asks for his witnesses and a door is opened disclosing Gilligan and the gang and Felice, ( ouroy is introducer! as H un 1 ington Habbs, prison ex pert. Morris is stnered, Helen overjoved. Morris is arrested, but just as lie is leaving Felice shoots him. Unconsciously Unconscious-ly Helen goes into the arms ot the man she loves. TH K photoplay feature at the Orpheum Or-pheum theater for today, Monday Mon-day iud Tuesday will be ihe new Pathe production, "Her Beloved Knemy, " a picture which comprises youth, adventure and thrills, and is of especial intcreM because the pretti'M girl in the fifth largest citv in the United States is co-starred 'with the man whose handsome f.-e ;m, capable acting has placed him on the top rung of (he popularity ladder. "Her Beloved Tmeaiy-' was written writ-ten by Philip Lnnergan and produced at the Thauhouser studio under the di- rection of Earnest "Warde. son of the celebrated actor, Frederick Warde. The stars are Doris Grey, one of the most ! charming looking little girls you ever saw, who won the contest as the most beautiful girl in Boston, and Wayne j Arey, the handsome Broadway leading ; man who has become increasingly popular popu-lar since his first appearance on the Pathe programme in "The Shine Girl." ! The story has a decided punch. A j beautiful young girl on graduation from j boarding school , is suddenly thrown ' upon the world as it really is. On his j death bed her father make's her prom- j ise to be avenged upou the man who j wrecked his life. She falls in love with j this man. What does she do? The sus- ! pense is sustained up to the last scene I and then the heroine and the audience j get a big surprise when they learn the ! real identity of the young hero, whom ! they have suspected of being a crook. There are a number of unusually inter- " esting scenes, among them being those showing Wayne Arey enter an office at night with the purpose of opening the safe. The girl has followed him. The .watchman crashes dow-n the door in time to see a dark object hurtle through the window to the street many flights below. They look out and they are sure they sec the huddled body of a man on the pavement. They exit to investigate, and Wayne Arey," who has merely thrown a chair through the window, win-dow, steps from his hiding place and escapes. This is hut one of the many surprises in the picture. ' The Inst scenes are particularly good, because it is iu them that the girl strug- Jk gles between what she thinks is her . duty and what she knows are the tates of her heart. Several of the terior scenes were taken at the famous corner, Fifth avenue and Fortv-second street, New York. They show the beautiful beau-tiful public library iu the background. Little Miss Grey wears beautiful gowns in the different scones, many of which were filmed on a millionaire's estate on the banks of the Hudson. The : opening scenes at the boarding school are particularly attractive. "Her Beloved Enemy'' is another of (Continued on Following Page.) ; I . I 1 1 . ' .vT-.t-r j- . t ; . -. - - ; "!.'!".-:- i?.n-..Y. 1 j " V .. .- x ) .-1 Mi-;s Helen Eley in the sensatiouTS musical comedv, "'Tin Bluo Paradise," "N coming to tho' Salt. Lrko tuenter Tuos-clay, Tuos-clay, Mavdl 27, for three days. ; j . AT THE THEATERS (Continued from Preceding Page.) , the clean, interesting, wholesome pictures pic-tures for which Pa the is noted. It is well worth seeing. The supplementary features of the bill will be the thirteenth episode of the patriotic serial, ' ' Pearl of the Army," of which Pearl "White is the bright and particular star. There will also be shown the regular edition of the Hearst-Pathe News and a Lonesome Luke comedy. The Orpheum concert orchestra or-chestra under the direction of Professor Edgar Short renders an appropriate musical mu-sical interpretation each evening and at the Sunday matinee. Performances are continuous from 1 to 11 p. m. BESSIE LOVE is the star attraction attrac-tion at the American today and tomorrow in "A Daughter of the Poor." In spite of her youth, Bessie Love now ranks among the favorites fa-vorites whose personalities supply the magnets to attract the throngs to moving mov-ing picture theaters. How true it is that "the play is the thing"; yet how true, also, that the personality "of players play-ers attracts quite as much as the story to be presented. The introduction of Mrs. Vernon Castle as the star in "Patria" was undoubtedly conceived with the very idea of injecting a new and unique personality into this film of patriotism to make its power felt that much more. At least, in the case of the showing of this film at the American Amer-ican each Sunday and Monday it has been found that Mrs. Castle dominates throughout and her appearance on the screen in the story is why new patrons are added with each succeeding episode or the serial. Another test of personality is the appeal ap-peal of Charlie Chaplin. Tho reshow-ing reshow-ing of pictures brought bar-k for a second sec-ond and third time is rare, and only occurs in those cases where the star is the magnet. ' ' Easy Street, ' ' the i. .'ha plin comedy shown recent ly, will be repeated again Tuesday and Wcdnes-d Wcdnes-d a y of t li i s we e !: . and no doubt wi 1 1 attract quite as liberal a patronage as did this film when shown the first, time. This comedy will be on the same programme pro-gramme with Virginia Pearson in ''Pis-t"r ''Pis-t"r Against Sister, ' ' the Pox feature for Tuesday and Wednesday. ' ; Pa:-sion. ' ' which the McHures originally orig-inally scheduled for the third of the Seven Deadly Sins, has been left for the fifth and comes to the American Thursday and Friday, featuring Shirley Shir-ley Mason and t-ieore La Gnere. There is a gnnd moral to this story, show ing that love is a matter cif tho intellect intel-lect and in no way physical a lecn;i 1h:it cannot be learned too early in life. The Keystone cnmoriv to be shown with thi is ealVd ''Srns and Bars.' En-'h of the features is interpreted by Eddie Fit zr-n t r irk, who conducts the nrchcsrra in numbers he selects, to carry the sentiment of trie picture. The un-sen un-sen i'icer hr.s his I it r lo part to dn with "nc t h: t serve to ;,dd n splendid re-i;h re-i;h to important scenes iu t lie picture plays. "Professor J. J. "McClcllan 's recitals re-citals are met with hearty appreciation each Monday and Wednesday evening, . and on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday matinees, Mr. Rath plays new and well-chosen piano solos both afternoons and nights. JULES VERNE'S immortal classic of romance and adventure, ' ' Twenty Thonsa nd Leagues Under Un-der the Sea," will be the attraction attrac-tion at the Strand theater this week, beginning this afternoon at 1 o'clock. For years Verne '"s preat fantasy, recognized rec-ognized as excellent material for a pho-todrama pho-todrama of stupendous proportions, was unavailable because of the difficulties in making undersea photographs. Three or four years ago, however, the Williamson Wil-liamson brothers perfected their first submarine photographic apparatus and the way was opened for the producers of photoplays. The success of the recently perfected submarine photography is evidenced in the excellent results obtained hy the photographers who made, the scenes on the he'd of the ocean for "Twentv Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' This photodrama has received the u n-qhalified n-qhalified praise of critics in eastern cities and elsewhere, and the management manage-ment of the Strand expects a successful success-ful run of the picture on its first appearance ap-pearance in Salt Lake. For " Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Un-der the Sea ' ' a special musical score was arranged and will be played by the Strand symphony orchestra, under the direction ot George Kliiik. Performances Perform-ances will be followed at. the Strand by a four days' showing of ' 4 Idle Wives." adapted from the famous novel by James Oppenhoim, bv Lois Weber and Phillips Smaliey. The last three days of that week will be occupied by Theda Bara in "The Tiger Woman." -j-MMY WKHLEX, one of the most ij beautiful and talented young I j women now appearing in the silent si-lent drama, appears at the Broadway Broad-way Sundav only, in "The Pretenders,' Pretend-ers,' an elaborate Metro wondcrplav produced hy Koll'e Photoplays, nr. This, in addition to chapter V of the; romantic serial, "The Great See ret, ' -' 1 with Francis X. Bushman and Bever'v : Bwyue. Tn "The Pretenders" Miss1 W"hlen is surrounded by one of the, : strongest supporting casts ever sr-on in . a Metro produrtion'whieh includes sn-h i well-known players as Paul Gordon, a j newcomer to .Metro; William Davidson, j Charles Kldridge. Edwin Holt, Howard1 Trorsdell, .leromn Wilson. Hub .lef. frey. Harry Seville. Ib-nn Hnrno, Kate Blancke and other stage and screen artists. ar-tists. "The Pretndra ' ' is an original story written by Channing Pollock and hVnnold Wolf especially for Miss W.-h-len. Mr. Pollock and' Mr. Wolf have written several of the b-t plavs sfn on liroadwny during the b;,t f-w year.-, and are f n t winning a ro -i cd ' position posi-tion at the top with th'- firemo-t scenario sce-nario writers. George I. Baker, or- of the ablest directors iQ the country v.'ho produced "The Pretenders." !":V norh-i norh-i ti undone to malie it. an artMie treat. Unusual stac settings aic used and JJi- rector Baker has also photographed some beautiful and picturesque locations loca-tions in and around New York for tho production. The story of "The Pretenders" presents pre-sents a vivid picture of the simple lifo in a middle west town before the family fam-ily of Pcttiiigdlls become wealthy and after they come to live in a Fifth avenue ave-nue mansion, with a country home in the Adirondack's. An interesting glimpse of Knglish customs is also given in the situations, where a real earl and a counterfeit coun-terfeit earl figure. Miss Wehlen, who is counted one of the best dressed women of tho stage or screen, wears many wonderful gowns in "The Pretenders." Preten-ders." Tn a word, this Metro feature has every requisite found ia the best class of screen productions. AT THE Mehcsy theater today will be seen the adventures of Shorty Hamilton, entitled " Shorty Traps the Lottery King." We find Shorty and his chaps on a still hunt for a gang of criminals. He discovers them and finds theni clever crooks who stop at nothing noth-ing lo attain their ends. But Shorty's long suit is remedy and such things as a greased pig for dinner is not the easiest morsel tn rapture, consequently tho C'hi- nose cook gets the worf-t of the incident. But Shorty captures the crooks and very nearly his Anita. "ThePurple Mask," the super photoplay, photo-play, wil h (t rare ( u naid and Fry rices j Ford, holds the interest well. .T. W'ar- ren Kerrigan in a selected J "lying-A : company western thriller. ' Sco ' Amer- ir,i First'' takes you on a visit to the battlefields of Chickaniauga and Chattanooga, Chat-tanooga, Teun. A Harry Palmer car-: car-: toon' comedy fills out a weibbala need, diversified programme of first-run pictures pic-tures for Sini'lay. For tomorrow "Tho Perils of Our Girl reporters." a rompMe. newspaper story, he:u!s thR hill, with the two-reel drama, n tit led " Taking Chances." "The Fugitive" is a two-reel mp Drama. There will be a Ja-k Pichard-son Pichard-son western on Tnesdyv. Nothing but eomedic-s are shown, which include the ri'd: of the week's reiejr ;.,., ;ts Pat he 1 Cone-ome Puke. " The two-,-pp f,p,.5a Fox f nil MV j"iTnj " r'nnd Pun. -,.. " the L-Ko special. "Fp the Khie" and a "Mutt mid .P'ff" c;ir-toon c;ir-toon by Pud Fisher. A Christie mm-e-iy is also on the comedy hill. Wrdnp-d:yH Wrdnp-d:yH are the bi feature productions and the five-rr-H ,d Feather feature "M urn I Mv Pal," with Fdnsi Fl,i-grath, Fl,i-grath, brads the bill. |
