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Show OLD-WORLD LOVE PICTURED 3 5 T. M,A. SHOW MAKES BIG HIT ! Madame Petrova Star of Unique Phpt.oplay at the Paramount-Empress. ATHRILLIX'-. tale of worlrt-ojd love and sacrifice and the romance- of an lOiryptian princess, daughter of the pha-raoh. pha-raoh. and her humble shepherd lover, p- , artpd bv fate but reunited centuries la t - I er in what is know in Kgypt as '-rein- j carnated form," is Madame I'etrova's I first Kasky's picture, which was given iis initial showing yesterday nt the J'ara- j mount-Empress and runs again today and tomorrow. Kspecially interesting and , novel is this unique photoplay, of which : the setting is laid in Egypi with a Kip- j ling tw;st to It that appeals. M. Tourneur. the noted director and producer of "The Undying Klame," has directed many stace success and some of the most famous photoplays screened, including Marv Pickford in "The Toor Little Rich Oirl." His work in I ho current cur-rent picture, which runs again today and tomorrow at the Paramount -Empress, places him in a rlnss by himself when it comes to the selection of natural settings, set-tings, ambitious staqe sets, electrical effects and remarkable camera effects. Th1 work ot" M me. Petrova and her handsome leading man, Mahlon Hamilton, In "The Undying Flam-"" is worthy of the expense and or'ginality displayed In th3 unfolding of the story. The ancient Egyptian rite between lovers lov-ers of breaking a scarab in half and each preserving a halt' as a symbol of tHj-.it- 1 1 ndv i n f idi.i n (I the nrie n 1 :i I be lief in reincarnation are important elements ele-ments in the thoroughly interesting and unique plot of this photorira ma of the new school, while the transition from ancient Eg pt to the modern land of the pharaohs, with the loves and functions of a Rritish reciment in garrison as the theme, gives added spice to the entertainment. entertain-ment. One of the striking scenes, where a slave is thrown into a pool filled with crocodiles, is perhaps a hit too realistic. Otherwise, however. 1 "The Undying Flame" can be paid to be a distinct step forward in the photedrama, both artistically artisti-cally and mechanically. The single-reel features on the new bill, too, are worth while, in the form of the popular Pictotrraphs, a patriotic cartoon car-toon and the Pat he Weekly, which, is mainly devoted (o war incidents at home , and abroad. On Wednesday "The Undy-1 Undy-1 ing Flame" will make way for a doubli hill, made up of Louise Huff and Jacb I Pickford in "Freckles." and "Fatty" Ar-buckle Ar-buckle in "A Reckless Romeo." William Farnum Pleases Strand Audiences Audi-ences in His Latest Feature, "American Methods." Ty ILL I AM FARNUM appeared on the screen last night at the Strand before be-fore capacity audiences in his super-df super-df luxe feature. "American Methods." Never has Mr. Farnum been eeen !n a more superb and attractive movie production. pro-duction. Incidental music.- specially provided pro-vided for the film, enhanced its merits ten fold. Last night was the first appearance of the Salt 11 ke hieh schools' male quartettes quar-tettes in the contest which has been arrange! ar-range! by the manasfment. The quartettes quar-tettes will appear every night tn the week and at the close of this week's attractions at-tractions on award will be made for the best quality of singing. Excellent Programme Enthusiastically En-thusiastically Received by Large Orpheum Audience. AS a benefit it was a great success; as an entertainment it was immense. im-mense. I ("haritv may be its own reward, hut I the. la rce and representative and lence that greeted the "stage folks" who did their "bit" 10 insure t he success of the benefit to the TlK-airi'-al Mechanics' association as-sociation at the Orpheum last night evi-dentlv evi-dentlv believed in a more tangible dem-onstratiou. dem-onstratiou. Salt Lakers were there in all t he glory and salubrity of modest and elesant attire: It was like unto a "first niuht ," but everyone present knew deep down In his or her innermost thoughts that it. was the last night at the gay Orpheum in many weeks and. while en-Kiving en-Kiving the wholei-'omo show presented for "their edification and delectation, secret-lv secret-lv regretted this fact. Tbe house was packed from front to rear and from pit 10 gallery. If a German Ger-man scout cruiser, plying the dense waters wa-ters of reat Salt lake, had released an airship loaded with bombs, nver the city, a nd one of the missiles of death had dropped on the Orpheum. it would have spread an enormous amount of "Kul-tur" "Kul-tur" among men, women and children. But nothing untoward happened; it was. Indeed, a .ioyous. elevating and intenseT v enioyable event. Those who contributed their talent era t is to brtn? about the happy results were from the Lihertv theater, members of the Orpheum orchestra and Salt Lake talent. There was not a d nil moment durin.g the performance. A musical act contributed by students nf the public made a decided hit. The performers were repeatedly encored. 1 Soloists who were recently with that incomparable in-comparable organization of musicians. Sousa's band, gave evidence of their prowess on harp and bass horn: Irish 1 comedians, 'with voice, as pure toned as ' the shamrnrk is green, did a "hit"' in honor of the little green island that was a delight to all. Dancers with feet educated to trip from the Highland Fling to the mystic feats of Oriental motion were there, and their efforts gave decided pleasure to the big and ience. Seldom lias the Orpheum been so well filled, even on a night when a "regular" Orpheum road show was in town. T'.ie members of the Theatrical Mechanics association as-sociation are to be congratulated, both is to the" merit of the performance and the success attained. |
