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Show AMUSEMENTS Glass Comedy Is Finely Presented at Salt Lake i'ptL"9JN'ESS Before Pleasure," the new vehicle in which our old friends Potash and Perlmutter are marking their rounds this sea-son, is by far the beat comedy in which they have been seen in a long time, if not the best of all. Mon- j tague Glass and JuJes Kckert Goodman ! have produced a three-act comedy that ' is up-to-the-minute in every respect and ! it is crowded full of humor. "Business Before Pica-sure" in an cx- cell en t prescription for a-Let business j hours and in business hours, too. if - one, can si eal a.way from busi ness long enough to see it. If you want two hours and forty -five minutes of thoroughly god enteruirnmeni, the sort that makes you laugh with thorough enjoyment , see Potash and Perlmutter j in their new comedy -which opened at the i Salt Ialie theater last night for a three 1 nights' run with a matinee tomorrow ; afternoon. Potash and Perlmutter always draw ! good audiences in Salt Lake anil last night J was no exception to the rule for the ( house was exceptionally well filled con- i sidering the inclement weather."- And,1 everybody there got their money's worth of enjoyment out of the performance, judging from the epidemic of laughter which began with the raising of the cur-Lain cur-Lain and continued on the crescendo scale to the conclusion of the performance,- "Business Before Pleasure" is a rollicking rollick-ing stage and screen portrayal oF the trials and tribulations of Potash anrl Perlmutter Perl-mutter in the moving picture business. Pursuit of Dame Fortune in tho nimy leads Potash and Perlmutter into a series of Adventures with "v;imr$,"' jealous wives, scheming financiers and various and sundry other "assets" of the movie ! business that constrains Perlmutter to ! wisely observe that the moving picture business is not a business but a dissipation. dissipa-tion. The domestic hot water inlo which poor Potash gets finding out that a vampire vam-pire Is noi , as he thought, someone who gives a decision like five strikes and you're out. furnishes roars of laughter for the audience. But. one has to see it to appreciate it and he has but to see It to enjoy it. The cast is excellent throughout. Jules .lordan and Charles Llp;on as Abe and Mawrus are too well known to ned any comment on their work. Helen Gill as "Rita Sismondl' the vamp in the screen hp n.p 1 ion, "The Guilty ollar" which Potash and Perlmutter are Induced 1jt nmdnrp aftr making a failure of "The Fatal Murder" with Potash's relatives a.? t h e per form rF. is prp f ty and 1 nnk s the part to perfection. She is an artist in her line. If vou don't, believe it, ask To lash. Two Head.Uners a-nd Feature Act to Bo Part ofthe Orpheum Bill. TWO headiiners and a feature act will craee the new Orpheum bill opening tonight, and. unless all signs fail, the program m its entirety will be one well worth seeing and hearing. DRAMA . AND ' VAUD13V1LLJ3. ORPHEUM Vaudeville biii, with Tcto, Maryon Vfiuic and Ota. Gygi, and Milt Collins, headiiners, opens tonight. Matinees begin tomorrow. SALT LAKE Tor.igh t and Wednesday Wednes-day night and .Wednesday matinee, "Business Before Pleasure." WtLKHS All this week. "On least." Wilkes pLiyers- with Napa Bryant. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. PANT AGES Vaudeville with "Quake "Qua-ke rt own to Broadway" as the head-liner. head-liner. Five other acts. Three shows daily. . . MOTION PICTURES. PARAMOUNT-EM PRESS -Mary Pick- . ford In "Johanna Enlists"; Pa the news: Utah battery pictures. BROADWAY Today and "Wednesday, Peggy Hyland in "Bonnie A nnic La uric." Fatty A r I j u c k 1 e t n ' I "a 1 1 ' on Broadway." AMERICAN Bessie Barrjscale in "The White Lie." Allies'- Official War Review, i''ay Tincher comedy., Organ solos. Ttenry Spiilcr; 'grand opera repertoire, Mr. and Mrs. David Giacobelli. i STRAND Double feature bill. Wine-ford Wine-ford Allen in "The Man Hunter" ; Alice Brady in "The Hungry Heart. " LIBERTY Ruth Roland in "The Price of Folly"; comedy; scenic. RLALTO Louise Glaum in "The j Strange Transgressor"; Frank Kec-nan Kec-nan In "The 1-ong Chance." ISIS Marguerite Clark in "The Seven Swans"; Pathe News and Fatty Ar-; Ar-; buckle in ' Moonshine." - Polo, tliQ world's most famous clown, tops the bill. This funny fellow has heen seen here on the screen repeatedly, and now lie is to be seen in the flesh in one of his most delightful acts, "Toto in Cupieland.'.' The ol her headline act is offered by Maryon Vadic. charming A meriean dansense. and Ota Gygi, formerly violinist violin-ist to King Alphonso of Spain. This artistic paii- are collaborating in tlx; production pro-duction of one of vaudeville's niot pretentious pre-tentious a t tractions. Milt Collins, keen rival lo Walter Kelly for honors as vaudeville's foremost monol-osist. monol-osist. iias a new offering entitled "The F.uviot." Frank Milton and the De Long sisters are returning in one of t heir humorous skit?, 'based on Mr. Milton's delineation of the , wise rube and the clever sisters' imitations of the ymatl-time vaudeville sister team. The "Girl From Milwaukee." Milwau-kee." a wonderful vocalist, has a new repertoire, of songs. Julie Ring, assisted by James Nerval, will play "Divorced." a comedy playlet which gives both excellent ex-cellent opportunities for the riispla v of their undoubted dramatic genius. Keane and White have a clever act combining sleight-of-hand, comedy and piano playing. play-ing. The Pathe News and Orpheum Travel W-eekly complete the bill. " ' " |