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Show 1 j , isjLl! American Offers Picture With Appeal itrrtHB THUNDERBOLT," featuring Katherine MacDonald and Thomas Meighan. attracted capacity houses at its first" thowing at the American theater yesterday. The story treats a serious subject and at times makes an intense appeal to the audience. Miss MacDonald anl Mr. Meighan perform in an excellent manner and are supported by a splendid cast. Marked at birth, Bruce Corbin, wealthy, but rendered powerless at the will of the elements, is saved a life of wretchedness by his wile, who married him out of hatred. As Ruth Pomeroy, daughter of the only living member of that fami!", Katherine MacDonald is forced to marry Bruce Corbin, Cor-bin, sole member of the Corbin family, which has hated the Pomeroys as a result re-sult of a feud dating a generation back. Young Corbin marries the girl in order to blot out the name and blood of the Pomeroy family. He is in a position to prove Allan Pomeroy a disreputable forger, and he uses this information as a club to force Ruth to marry him. Refusing to allow Corbin to win, Ruth determines that she will keep the blood of t lie Pomeroys in existence. How she outwits lier husband and turns a hate marriage into one of happiness forms the basis of a novel picture. 1 Bicycle Funmaker T 1 Dorothy B&lltom', Favorite Sim London j F- ' "v- r ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 I , ' r - , I ?i j , - - r , : . j:r',-j ' I . . 1 ? "-'J f 1 s J ? . stock Actress Is Sensation on Screen DOROTHY DALTON" is tho reign -in? screen I'uvorite In London," ,. (iidaratiin of h member of the - ; lorces, who recently returned .'f ccuntrv from service. "Loiidon, ' 1 as every oilier c:ty in Great J..-hi is movie, mad," ho continued. -': " .heater 111 London seats 10.000. Six varices ure given ev.-ry day. lt 1 '", -re that Dorothy Dalton pictures ' d-cn their first London showing. In - of other London theaters Dorothy N.'A plavs also delight fans." 'vrothv 'Dalton first came into real ence as a screen actress in "The t'of the Yukon. " She was born in "r,m and early showed a strong in-1 in-1 '"ircn for a stage career. A graduate 11 'dninitic academy, she was given opportunity through a profes-'-'-, eneajenient with Virginia Harned 1 , e a" season of stock at a leading ', !"'i'er in the city of her nativity. -:V-l Hu"tl"Ston Played leads and -"'-n'he the following season, estab-' estab-' " j a Cr,mpa.nv of his own. Miss Dal-fts Dal-fts engaged to play the ingenuo . :' Her next engagement was in 'r:iv-'!le In a sketch called "The bnrag-of bnrag-of which she has confessed to be-'fihe be-'fihe author. Then for a time she -f4 leading ingenue roles with the -'-'h Garden stock company in Deil-- Deil-- '-'"The following season she passed in - -'and Me-, as the leading lady of the i' p.' Keith stock company, playing a Ue range of parts. -.it3 Palton's screen career began un-l un-l '."the direction of Thomas H. luce and ' mail continues to be addressed in rare of the Ince studio. Her home Hollywood and her recreations are ,,,: swimming, shooting. Khe plays :;"n'iano and sings and dances. In -ht she is fivc eet thre0 inches, t to 1'5 pounds, her hair is dark iYtn and her eyes gray, jDancing Act in Stellar Place at Orpheum BKINXIXG tonight, the Orpheum offers of-fers Bessie Clayton, one of Amer-foremost Amer-foremost danseuses. heading a com-tr.y com-tr.y including the Cansinos, Spanish " U Cera; James Clemmons. eccentric V,:er from musical comedy; Arthur Gor- ;w and Wilbert Dunn, team dancers, and ,1 1 company of artists. The company includes four vaudeville idllners, giving examples of modern Heads New Bill at Pantages A BILL of merit, headed by Joe Jack-son, Jack-son, "the original," opens at Pantages Pan-tages today for a week's run. Joe is one of the original funmakers of the stage and comes here direct from the New York Winter Garden, where he won success with his line of pantomime comedy performed per-formed on a dilapidated bicycie. The famous Gilraine dancers, featuring Winifred Gilraine, in a repertoire of dances are another feature of the new show, while the Rialto quartet offers bits from grand opera. One of the members of the song group is a cellist and has several solo numbers. Bonnie Gaylord and Bertie Herron romp through a burnt-corp act that bubbles with mirth, and Dorothy Lewis, a stately brunette with a personality who wears striking frocks, pleases with a cycle of topical songs. Club and hoop jusrgling will be put over by the Shattueks. The fourth episode of tho thrilling serial. "Smashing Barriers," together with Eddie Fitzpat-rlek Fitzpat-rlek s musical program, will top off the Dill. dancing, strsred -with beautiful costumes and scenic effects. On the s ime bill are six other acts of Orpheum fl'.andard. Miss Julia Xash and C. H. O'Djhnnell, the star and author of "Liz Har; y.ngton." will appear in a new comedy. ' Three G. RI.," a laugh producer which ha 4; scored heavily on the circuit. Ray W. if now, assisted by Narine Velmar, has a c Jjver offering in his skit, "You Pick 'Ep," by Joe Laurie. Williarn Dunham and Grace O'llailey are in ie forefront with comical, musical capers fin 1319 style. Ted Doner offers sometl fng new in singles bv Charles Mc-Carrou'. Mc-Carrou'. The Rosa King Trio are tight-wire tight-wire .ancers, doing daring stunts aloft. Harrw and Harriet Seeback present "Jazz In th Gym," a combination of skill and fun. They are expert bag punchers. Kino-gran Kino-gran is and topics of the day provide motion mo-tion .'picture entertainment. Fajrrar-Tellegen Picture Shown at Casino fTI HE first photoplay starring Geraldine Farrar, supported by Lou Tellegen, 1 will have its Salt Lake premiere today at the Casino, when these two stars appear ap-pear in "The World and Its Woman," a powerful production, which has won praise from photoplay critics in the east : and south. One of the best casts seen in recent photoplays has been assembled to support sup-port Geraldine Farrar in her latest Gold-wyn Gold-wyn picture. For the first time in her screen career she is playing with her husband, Lou Tellegen, who has the role opposite the star. The story of their romance in real life is matched by the intensity of their lovo scenes on the screen. Coupled with this, a strong six-act vaudrjviHe program has been billed, headlined by the Shrapnel Dodgers, four fight'ing Canad'ans, who will portray "A Night in the Billets." DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. ORPHFUM New vaudeville bill opens tonight with Bessie Clayton and the Cansinos. Matinees start tomorrow. ; CASINO New bill today. Geraldine Farrar and Lou Tellegen in "The, "World , and Its Woman" and six acts of Acker- i man-Harris vaudeville. PANTAGKS Six new vaudeville acts to- I day, headlined by joe Jackson. Throe ; shows daily, 2:45, 7:30 and 9:15. HIPPODROME Ralph Cloningcr and as- 1 sociato players in "The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row." Performance every night. Matinees today and Saturday, SOCIAL HALL Varsity players, all week, in Bernard Shaw's comedy, "Misalliance." MOTION PICTURES. PARAMOUNT -EMPRESS Billie Burke in "Sadie Love"; "Up in Alt's Place," a Mack Sennett comedy. Continuous, 12:30 to 11 p. m. AMERICAN Katherine MacDonald and Thomas Meighau in "The Thunderbolt"; Thunder-bolt"; Bathe News. BROADWAY Earle Williams in "A Rogue's Romance"; latest News Weekly. Week-ly. Music by the Malone orchestra. , Coming tomorrow, "The She Wolf." STRAND Charlie Chaplin in "A Night at , the Show"; Mary Miles Mlnter in "The, Eyes of Julia Deep." |