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Show DRAM AND VAUDEVILLE. EALT T,A KK--I,hht nttr:i'-f nf th snhin 'I'iu-.lity, Wi-iliM-h-lny utitl 'fliurvliiy', with lity niHii:i.-.-, ",M it y Mine, " h.a'IM by .("h'l ( h;i re-H T v,u Li H, Carolyn Tliomui BU'J i"!.n 1. Murrsiy. I'ANTAGKN Bill n((W pluvinir with "Mies FIvp fdiior ji.-is. UUrt-e bti'jws daily. Ni--W bill W'f-diK s.lny. MOTION PICTURES. KHOA fiWAY-I'f-irK.v Ilvlnn'l in a 'Irn mn tf zn 1lnn f a '-or :,, rr M ( n t clieon'rf novel . "row-it "row-it nit. -e ((niri.": riiarlut ( Impli" In ''Mie I'ilrl," iinu Williiim itunrati iu "The- Mau of M.fclii." r A L'AMIM'NT I'Mriirsf!- - D. W. Griffith lr-H'-rirs "True Henri Nn-1" ; Ta Hip Novh; Pir-loiii Pir-loiii j, plii ; f dill In l 'n l Lnnii. S'i'"inl popillrt r Sun-fliy Sun-fliy rmifert hy tin; Suit Laku l'lillharnioulc ori'h-st i'u 1 In - p. in. (j'l'IIAM)- -Illiiiifho Hw.-.-f; anrl M:ip Mnrsh In "Avi iik'ini; 'oiiHi-l' : Keystone rouv-dy. 'My V;i If-1 ." Bty rririK Mnhel .Nnriiiami ; Kay-moiifl Kay-moiifl Jittchrnrk In a Muck H-niii'U irmnly. A M K It H'A V I'Misittim.' Ta Immlffe in corned y-iliMina. y-iliMina. l!:itp:ii-'s a 1 Mod.-"; TJuroWl Lloyd f. mi fly ; 'I'm vnlnuii, unci Hpfclal VOt.fil unci tiihl rum "ii(a I music. OKI'lllil'M -ItlMirhfi Sweet in "The T'nparflrm-jil.l- Stu" LO'luy ijti'l all n-it we.:k. Two sliowa ti.dly, nL 2 IU) uti'i p. in. THIS Snii'lav nud Mondny, Mae M h tm h in "The. I-'mph in tliM Dark"; Untold L-luyd comedy; Initio Nuws. rOC A L theatergoers will be afforded J this week their first opportunity this Boason to witness ono of New York's Kreattst musical successes when the McHsrs. Shubert present at the Salt Lake theater ".May Lime." a totally different piny, In four acts, by Ktda, Johnson Ynuns, with music by Siffmund Romberg. ".May Li mo" is the attraction which ran fop ono year and three months in New York and for twenty-two weeks in Boston, Bos-ton, breaking all records in the former rky for larse audiences. lOspeeial emphasis em-phasis is jilaeed by the management upon the classiilcallon of "Maytime" as a "play with mustc." for It has nothing In common with the conventional "musical comedy." "Mavtimo" Is an Interesting and novel drama'tio narrative, and its musical em-bfdlishment, em-bfdlishment, far from being 1 rapped in simply to afford a - tuneful accompaniment, accompani-ment, fits logically Into the action of the plftv and enhances the value of the story. The torm "all-star" might legitimately be employed to describe the original , "Now York cast which the Messrs. Shu- , bert will send here with "Maytirno," so , T'duiniant is It with the names of real , Broadway favorites. John Charles ! Thomas, Carolyn Thomson and John T- i Murray are in the featured roles. The ; balance of the notable galaxy of players Includes Grace Van Studdiford, Isabel Vernon, Janetta Methven, Howard Marsh, I'.ra Walck, Kussol Lannon, Alfred Hemming, Bntty Klrkbridge, Vivian Oakland Oak-land and Nellie Mallln. There Is also a selected coterie of M-niviftn rnnahlft of artcline real vo cal and tcrpsichorean abilities, as well as pictorial embellishment, to the charming ensembles. "Mavtlme" will open at the Salt Lake thoato'r Tuesday evening, for three nighca and Wednesday matinee. T,ffISS 1920" Is a gay little musical ItI creation that ia bringing down the house at the Pantages this week, for 'Tau" patrons are all crying "kamerad" to the bevv of beauties who gracefully adorn the act, to Benny and Western, who are responsible for a hundred and one laughs, to Olive Callaway, charming prima donna, and to Eva Warden, petite too dancer of amazing grace. The act abounds in clever lines, chuckling corned corn-ed v, gay tunes and pretty girls. "Who Is He?" is one of the biggest laugh-getters of the season as slapped over the footlights by Murry Voelk. He has packed his turn with snappy mirth. Mclallen and Carson are unusual when it comes to roller-skating, and their gingery gin-gery little act dubbed "Oh, Sarah!" is replete with a line of chatter that is distinctly dis-tinctly new. Irene Trevette scores a big hit "with her charming cycle of songs, her smile and her fetching frocks, while the three W.es-ton W.es-ton Sisters have only to step before the footlights to win instant favor with their clover playing on the violin, piano and cornet, as well as their pleasing vocal mmibors. A gay little photo comedy and travelogue picture round out the show, together with Eddie Fitzpatrick's usual np-to-1 he-minute musical program. This bill runs through Tuesday night. Wednesday's new show promises a bubbling variety of new acts, chief of which will be the Colinis dancers, billed as "masters of the art of Terpsichore." Other acts will be the Four Danubes, in an athletic turn; the Bullet-proof Ladv, featuring Captain E. F. Lefell and Mile. .Pealmer; Beth Challis as "Little Miss Personality"; Charles Semon, "the narrow nar-row feller," and Housh & Lavelle in "It Happened In Arizona." rpHE marked success that has attended the week's showing of "The Unpardonable Unpardon-able Sin" at the Orpheum theater has induced in-duced the local producers to prolong the Salt Lake engagement of the remarkable picture for another week. Movie fans and theatergoers in general will, therefore, have further opportunities of seeing ,the popular screen drama under the same conditions that prevailed during the opening open-ing week. The beautiful special music that has won widespread commendation for "The Unpardonable Sin" will remain a feature for the last week's showing. Several additional ad-ditional features are also to be announced, an-nounced, one of them a surprise for the matinee patrons. The Orpheum concert orchestra will continue to provide the special spe-cial musical score. Tho picturization of the widely read and sensational Rupert Hughes novel has scored a real hit in Salt Lake, just as it Is doing in countless other cities of the country. Despite the extreme ho weather capacity audiences have been the rule at the evening shows. And the reason lies in the fact that "Tho Unpardonable Sin" is one of the ereatest nroductions ever E'iven the nic- ture-going public. It thrills and amazes with its startling exposures of Hun brutalities bru-talities in Belgium, and with its adventuresome adven-turesome tale of the brave American girl caught iu the German trap. Its photog-ra photog-ra phy is wonderful, and there isn't a single detail lacking to make it one of the screen's most sensational successes. The extra week will see the same two i performances daily matinees at 2:30 and evening shows at S:15 p. m. INTO the rural village for the setting, and into a woman's soul for the theme. David AVark Griffith has gone for the mn t eriais of his new Artcraft picture. pic-ture. "True Heart Susie." which will be shown at the Paramount-Empress for three days, commercing today. Ho has cosen three characters, typical typi-cal and definite In the domestic life of America, familiar to the residents in everv small p'ace and most large ones. "is t'at of a lovable, loyal girl, who : i ( -'.:' has a c ha. nee to marry but one liin:, and, when that man passes her by, y-cs 'nor' sul with tears and wearies her dr-vs wiih waiting. A r. it :ier is a young man who goes to ,)".. returns wiih comical conceit. 'the cf swains, as serious to himself ' !:' nv-ask-s. And the third is a girl v.-'-o f-onsHers marriage never a union of ) '"-nris, hut a ncfssary patronage, a wife , . su''-'H!rir ratuer Than of love. T.il'ian Gisii appears as the girl who I v.'.p i t a repressed role which absorbs the full puu-.'r of her acting. Robert Harrow, Har-row, as th boy who becomes a minister, v. i!l remind the world of some it knows, aruJ Lu've to it n. chuckle never forgotten. I .'u1 : i itt; Sr,vmo'ir is introduced as a im'itv young miiiiic-r from Chicago. WITH Blanche Sseet, Mae Marsh, V.nhfrt Uarron and Henry B. Wal-1 Wal-1 r;i ;i :-,.'! rred in i - few t nr and of ferine .M h'. f:l 'rn-p. ih nd a I'd ;i ymond Hitchcock 1 . 'cued: r-s e.v t ran rd ina rv, t ne St i a nd is o!':rin V-lny one of tho best programs f "MAYTIME" COMING TO SALT LAKE - i I " ' f ? - i. ..'i I -, ' 5 . . it " ' A -,r ' ' 1 M: iMj Jti'O." . . i.l ( y - - , " s ' - x ' lllll . ! lMiMk:-:, , . j John Charles Thomas, the popular baritone and stage idol, who will appear in "Maytime" at the Salt Lake theater next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with Wednesday matinee. this popular playhouse has ever given for a Sunday entertainment. The feature picture is "Avenging Conscience," Con-science," one of David W. Griffith's biggest big-gest and best productions. Griffith himself him-self says "Avenging Conscience" is his supreme screen effort, and nearly every one of the eastern critics puts it In the same category of spectacular things as "Birth of a Nation." Miss Sweet Is said to have the most difficult part of her camera career, and is more captivating in the principal role than ever. Miss Marsh, Robert Harron and Henry B. Walthall have equally Important parts in the cast, and complete one of the most finished and rotable of photoplay companies gathered for one play. "Avenging Conscience" may be described de-scribed as a mystery story, but not In the ordinary sense of the term. It Is the sort of mystery conceived by the weird genius of Edgar Allen Poe and then transplanted to the screen by the wonderfully won-derfully vivid and artistic methods of that wizard of the screen, David AY. Griffith. The picture had Its first presentation pres-entation In uVew York at the Strand theater, the-ater, where it broke all attendance records. rec-ords. With "Avenging Conscience," the Strand will offer a big Keystone comedy entitled "My A'alet," starring Miss Mabel Normand; also a Mack Sennett comedy with Raymond Hitchcock in the main character. HAL E. ROACH is a thirty-third degree baseball fan. Recently he handed a good laugh to the fans within hearing at Washington Park, Los Angeles, although, as he explains it, his mind was on July 1 at the time. On the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast league they have a popular pitcher named "Sammy" Beer. In a recent game with Salt Lake this good right-hander had held the Bees even in a 0 to 0 contest con-test up to the last of the ninth, when the Angels, finding themselves with a runner on third and only one out, decided to send in a pinch hitter for "Sammy" in hopes of blasting in the winning run. "Crandall batting for Beer!" the announcer an-nouncer shouted through hi heavyweight megaphone. And from a box back of first base came Mr. Roach's comment: "Who wouldn't?" he asked. PEGGY HTLAXD In the well-known story, "Cowardice Court," by George Barr McCutcheon, will be the feature at the Broadway, Sunday and Monday. The production, which was made by William Fox, follows very closely the theme of Mr. McCutcheon's book. It all happens because Evelyn Banks of Jersey City marries Cecil Bazelhurst. Evelyn's sole "idea is to gain a title; it is no part of her plan to reside abroad permanently. per-manently. So she instructs her agents to purchase an estate in the Adirondacks. The agents are slow and Randolph Shaw, heir to the Randolph millions, gobbles up 500 of the 1500 acres Evelyn wants. That starts a feud. Mrs. Bazelhurst Instructs that If Shaw attempts to put foot on her property he shall be thrown into the river.. Her servants, ser-vants, taking her order seriously, are themselves thrown Into the river and Shaw announces that all persons from Bazelhurst A'illa aro barred from his property. Then it Is that Penelope Drake, sister of Cecil Bazelhurst, played by Peggy Hy-land, Hy-land, gets into the feud. She rides forth horseback one day to inspect an old cottage cot-tage which commonly is believed to be I haunted by the ghost of ' a murdered woman. The cottage happens to be Shaw's laboratory, and when the owner; finds Penelope in the vicinity he leads j her horse to the property line then ling- 1 ers to chat. They meet again and again, and on one occasion Shaw even ventures into Bazelhurst Villa. This is followed by a series of thrilling situations and a climax upon the same order. On the program with this feature, Charlie Chaplin will be seen In "The Flirt," and AVilliam Duncan in "The Man of Might." SITUATIONS of dramatic tenseness as well as of cogent humor abound in "Happiness a la Mode," Constance Tal-madge's Tal-madge's latest screen triumph, which is the feature picture on the bill at the American theater today and tomorrow. Miss Talmadge, supported by a group of screen artists of rare ability, has been able to introduce some grand histrionic work, together with some of the most humorous situations imaginable. The play itself has a lot of startling passages, but as a general rule is of a light comedy order, and is pleasing in every part. It moves fast and is full of interest, both as a humorous sketch and dramatic offering. of-fering. Each scene is set with a view to artistry and appropriate effect. "Happiness a la Mode" tells a story of a young married woman who divorces her husband. The part of the husband is played by Harrison Ford. The rift in the lute comes when the husband, Dick Townsend, discovers that his wife is apparently ap-parently letting him have all the freedom free-dom he can use. He is suspicious, and during a series of humorous situations, not ail without some real seriousness, however, proposes divorce as a means to end marital troubles and complications. Before the matter comes to a focus, however, Dick is the subject of a "frame-up" "frame-up" and the wife, in turn, brings suit for divorce. The wife wins her suit, but Dick and his wife suddenly are confronted con-fronted by the fact that they reallv love each other. Then things and circumstances circum-stances begin to hum and the picture comes to a sudden and happy ending. JOSEPHINE F. BUSHMAN, who obtained ob-tained a divorce from Francis X. Bushman, has begun suit against him for $9818.04, the amount of alleged unpaid alimony, including a $1000 claim for unpaid un-paid counsel fees assigned to her by Robert Rob-ert Biggs and Scott Offutt, Baltimore attorneys. at-torneys. In connection with her suit, Mrs. Bushman obtained from Supreme Court Justice John M. Tierney an attachment attach-ment against property recently removed by him from Baltimore to New York City, she alleges. The nature of the property is revealed in an exhibit to wit, the printed an-, an-, nouncement of M. Van Brink, art dealer, Amazing .Act at Pantages Wednesday ' : s i v ! -. t . . ' ' - I ' f ' i ' 7"- r f r ' '- 5 t - - "U " . -k ) &n ' - ,-T-- pim Mile. Dealmer, the "bullet-proof lady, who, with Captain E. F. LefolL ! will present an amazing act of mystery as a big feature of tho gingery new I bill at the Pantages Wednesday. that 'Vostlv and rare nntiques and modern mod-ern works of art, of the home of Francis X. Bushman, Bruch manor and Rider-wood, Rider-wood, I Jali imore. aro to be disposed of by him." The works of art and furnish- j ings aforesaid are declared, by the dealer, to be wor;h $150, U00. The Baltimore decree directed the defendant de-fendant to pay $10,000 to the plaintiff in installments of S 10,000 each. , DOLORES CASSINELLI, who deserted a highly promising musical career to become a motion picture star, is the pos-j pos-j sessor of "melodious, symphonetic moods I of silence," according to Etlenne De Mar-i Mar-i sac. Also does Fhe possess one of the most curious musical instrument a ever known to science or art. It is an iridescent cone-shaped shell, finely threaded with wire at one end, and covered with drum fiber on the other. Held in the hand lightly, as the mood stirs the holder, it emits a faint sound. Tn cases of deep emotional excitation, it vibrates at a high rate, making a distinct dis-tinct tone. Gaston Picot, the French writer, calls It the "Aeolian harp of the soul," and W. R. Cleiland, president of the Musical String Com pa ny of America, condenses this characterization Into the terse, scientific, scien-tific, term of Psychophone. Dr. Carleton Simon of New York, an eminent authority author-ity on nervous diseases, says that the phenomenon is simply nervous reflexes expressed in sound. HERE is a true analysis of scenario writing. Frank E. AVood, the supervising su-pervising director of Paramount products, has the following to say regarding writers : "Seventy ppr cent of the population write a scenario once. "Sixty-nine of that 70 per cent ' receives re-ceives its scenario back, with regrets. "One-half of one per cent says Its brain child was ruined. "The other half (minus a fraction) never sees its story produced. "The fraction receives a check and becomes a regular offender. "The 60 per cent thereupon say Us Idea was stolen, its 'idea' being the eternal eter-nal triangle, with variations; also said 69 per cent wrote on both sides of the paper with a pen or pencil and did not inclose stamps for return. "The scenario editor has no profit In his own company." TT will be with sincere regret that many theatergoers learn of the death of Jack Merritt. "Who was Jack Merritt?" probably will be the question; and, in reply, it may be explained that Jack was the young actor who poss?ssed the reddest head of hair ever granted a mortal. Originally office boy for Harry H. Fra-zee. Fra-zee. Jack was called in to play the part of the red-headed office boy In "A Pair of Sixes." He scored a tremendous hit, due to his fiery crown of hirsutey ap pendage, and was given the part of the energetic waiter in "Oh, Boy," when it was produced. Merritt succumbed to an attack of i pneumonia after a three weeks' illness. A mother, a sister and two brothers survive him. AFTER all, there is no trouble at all between J. Warren Kerrigan, the pleasing hero of so many romantic film dramas, and the lovely Lois AVilson, his former leading woman, as has been erroneously erro-neously indicated by various rumors. On the other hand, according to a member mem-ber of Mr. Kerrigan's family, who yesterday yester-day stated the fact, Mr. Kerrigan entertains enter-tains the deepest sentiments for Miss AVilson, and it is even possible that later there will be an engagement between the two. , "We all hope so," said the member of Mr. Kerrigan's family alluded to. "It would Indeed be a joy to the whole of our family, since we all love her very much. "In any event, as soon as Miss Wilson's engagement with the Lasky company is completed, she will return as Jack's leading lead-ing woman." ALLEN HOLUBAR, director, used to be an actor on the speaking etage, and, at a dinner party the other night, he told, this one about his first high school attempt as ' an orator. He was scheduled to deliver a famous poem about the Athenians, which began: "AVhen Greece her knees in tribute bent." He started off bravely "AVnen Greece her knees " Then he paused. , "AVhen Greece her knees " another pausa very painful this time, "AVhen Greece her knees he re-Iterated. re-Iterated. "Well, Allen," said the teacher, "grease her knees once more and see if she won't start this time." rp HE Los Angeles film colony has! .learned of a romance In their midst that rivals any of the screen. I Frank Currier, affectionately known as j Metro's grand old man, because of his j long association with Metro in parts of old men, hut who is not so old, was ! married to Miss Mabel Olms, a famous English dancer. Miss Olms and her sister sis-ter were trained from their childhood by ; a celebrated French dancer, and both had appeared before Queen AHctoria. For many years Miss Mabel Olms had made her home in America, and she and Frank Currier were both friends. Then Mr. Currier was stricken with a dangerous danger-ous illness and Miss Olms had him brought to her home, where ehe nursed him back to health. H- ARRY ("SNUB") POLLARD, the hustling running mate of Harold Lloyd, was not always a screen comedian. come-dian. In his earlier days he was out on the road with a "rep" shop, one of those "trouper" organizations that "give away a set of furniture every Saturday night." "Do you mean to say that you played In some towns so small that they didn't have a regular opera house?" Director Hal E. Roach asked, in listening to some of Harry's experiences. "Say," said "Snub," waving his hands to emphasize his words, "there was one stretch of time when I dressed in haymows hay-mows and buggy lofts for so long that I was ashamed to look a horse in the face for fear he'd ask for my union card." rv HE gentle art of shooting a cuff seems to be a forgotten achievement in fashionable Los Angeles. No longer do the swashbucklers of the town thrust forth their arms In an effort ef-fort to make their cuffs slip into view. Jack Ford, directing Harry Carey, the Universal western actor, wanted to add a rural touch to a scene. He told one of the famous Flying Squadron of cow-punchers cow-punchers to "shoot a cuff." ! To the amazement and fright of by- ; standers the man calmly disengaged his cuff, tossed it in tho air and shot it twice before it fell to the table. O A U LINE FREDERICK thought she - knew about clothes, but an assuming assum-ing girl at the Goldwyri studios gave her a fresh viewpoint the ot her day. The scene was an elaborate tea room, and a Japanese girl was engaged to go among the guests with flowers and cisarets, attired at-tired in native garh. M'ss Frederick admired ad-mired the kimono the Nipponese maiden wore and learned t hat - there Is but one way to wear a kimono, and that never, never should the obi, or sash, be worn with the bow in front. ri7HF,N the Imperator docked in New " York recently with returning soldier boys, a half-dozen bronzed cow punchers from Arizona, dressed in character, but without weapons, rushed forward 1o meet a bunch of returning soldier pals who left the ranch for the war. The visiting rnwhnys are employed on a ranch near Flagstntf, Ariz. AVhen they were advised by wire from the AVilliam Fox offices in New York, by arrangement with a former pal and present Fox star. HIT OF "UNPARDONABLE SIN" BRINGS ADDED WEEK FOR FINE PHOTOPLAY i ' 4 w ' " A X A v N. ' Lv v , . 1 ; K 'i K 4 " A v , , 1 ' 'c , - v s . v v v q f.U -I t X J v Blanche Sweet, screen star whose work at the Orpheum ia attracting widespread comments. The picture is to he held over for an extra week. Tom Mix, -that their friends were due on Thursday, they Immediately obtained permission per-mission to come east and meet the returning re-turning heroes. These cowboys were Hank Adams, Red River Johnson. Slow Foot rke, Pete Rogers. Rog-ers. Tom Shirley and "Poke" Curtis. BE It known that Olive Thomas has two dogs, named Upstairs and Down, respectively. That Is, most of the time she has two does. A good deal of the time, however. Upstairs is lost. It is all because Upstairs has a most erratic walk which makes it impossible for him to manipulate in a straight line. He is a skye terrier that's whv they call him Upstairs and zigzags like a tin lizzie. Miss Thomas has spent a small fortune in rewards having him returned to her. The other canine, however, is an obedient fellow. All you have to say to him is, "Xay, Down," and he does so. HOUDINT, who is showing film followers follow-ers how simple It Is to escape from handcuffs and other restraining forces, sava the American handcuffs are the most finished of. all used throughout the world, are the only niclcel-nlated once in existence, fit well, are light In weight, but very strong, and, pos!bly next to the French, are the hardest to get out of. The easiest one to break away from is the regulation handcuff usfd in Great Britain. It can be opened simply by a sharp tap or rapid knock on the hinge part of the cuff. THERE is great rivalry in the Tom Mix company as to who can wear the "loudest" hats and coats, Tom Mix himself set the example for sartorial noise. Now Arthur Rossnn parades around with a grcn-and-red checked jacket: Fred Granville, the cameraman, almost blinds the innocent spectator witli a yellow, yel-low, biat'k and red striped cap. while Lee Moore sports a dazzling red sweater. Fat Chrisman, who goes in for gaudy kerchiefs. Is careful tn see lhat the horses are securely tied, for fear of a stampede. stam-pede. FANNIE! WARD has the most beautiful beauti-ful private gnrden of sea anemones in the world. It is in a marble piil on Iter beautiful California estate and Is s.nid to surras the famous cullt-ction of th-i Duke of Monaco. |