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Show AMUSEMENTS Rare Artistry Is Shown in Film at American YESTERDAY'S premiere of "Oh, Boy!" at the American theater revealed re-vealed the fact that Albert Capellani, "the wizaj-d romancer of shadowland," as he has been called master craftsman, crafts-man, who has fashioned the three great Xazlmova masterpieces, "Eve for Eye," "Out of the Fog" and "The Red Lantern" Lan-tern" -Capellani has achieved a new and delightful triumph, an offering shot with sunshine and smiles and feminine loveliness. love-liness. He has taken "Oh, Boy!", Broadway's Broad-way's conspicuous musical success, and conveyed it to the screen with all of the technical skill, all of the delicate art and beauty which mark his more serious productions. Capellani has fashioned a coherent, whimsical narrative, with all of the soul of the original, which moves briskly in well-sustained actiori and is productive of laughs that arise naturally out of humorous hu-morous and farcical situations. Creighton Hale and June Caprice, as the stars, happily carry the spirit of the comedy, and the supporting cast, which is notable for its star players, includes Zena Keefe, Flora Finch, William II. Thompson, Joseph Conyers, Grace Reals. J, K. Murray, and "Lefty" Flynn, the famous Yale football player. Each has played leading roles in leading screen successes and all are popular with picture patrons, due to their splendid artistry. Helene Chad wick plays , the leading role in . this picture, and the Misses Eddy, Faye and Nilsson have equally important parts. Other members in the cast are: Wade Boteler, Sylvia Ash ton, Jane Wolf. Julia Faye, Noah Beery, Edward Burns, ' Mayme Kelso and Charles West. Donald Crisp directed, and C. Edward Schoenbaum photographed the production. produc-tion. Waiter Woods wrote the continuity contin-uity from the three-act play by Martin Brown. Thrilling Western Drama hown at trand pO GET 'EM GARRINGER," which " opened at the Strand yesterday, is a story of strongly organized border bandits of the west, of a sweet girl enmeshed en-meshed in their web of infamy; of a two-fisted, quick-shooting he-man. who revelled in the sport of hunting down the criminals. It is a regular western drama of the "wild, woolly days," with occasional occa-sional flashes of good comedy and the tender glow of beautiful sentiment. Helene Chad wick, talented as she is beautiful, who recently became leading woman for Douglas Fairbanks, is the heroine; and, in this role, shows an emotional emo-tional strength which lifts the picture away out of the ordinary. Frankly n Farnum, one of the popular heroes of the screen, plays the part of Garringer, who, acting for the Land Reclamation company, runs . down the outlaws who are terrorizing the workmen work-men of the big corporation, and, incidentally, inci-dentally, runs into the heart of the beautiful beau-tiful western girl. Garringer did "get 'em." And the girl, too. And, while he was getting, his pace was fast and furious, fu-rious, with occasional pauses for comedy and sentiment, which stand out charmingly charm-ingly against the crude border background. back-ground. The work of both Miss Chad-wick Chad-wick and Mr. Farnuin make this strenuous stren-uous western story a first-class entertainment. enter-tainment. College Girl Follies to Headline New Vaudeville Program Opening at pantages This Afternoon, v flOMEDIANS who really deserve the name, and an entrancing little prima donna all go to make "College Girl Frolics," the starhno attraction on the new Pantages bill opening this afternoon, after-noon, the blithest bit of gaiety imaginable. imagin-able. The next big act on the bill is presented pre-sented by John G. Sparks, the Irish comedian, wiio holds the combination of the laugh safe, and who brings his own company in a rich Irish playlet called "A Friendly Feud." especially written for him and staged by Willard Mack. Big Ben Linn has only to step before the footlights to win a laugh, for ho weighs just 357 pounds, and besides his avoirdupois carries with him a big supply sup-ply of fun. dances and songs. Some unique musical numbers, labeled "A Musical Highball," will be put over by Klass and Termini. Another big mirth provoker will be an act by MennettI and Sidelli, who are two of vaudeville's funniest fun-niest knockabout comedians. A ripping photo comedy and the usual high-class musical program by Eddie Fitzpa trick's orchestra will conclude the new bill. Second Eeel of Rotarian Convention to Be Shown at Paramount-Empress Beginning Today. THE second reel of the recent Victory Rotarian convention, showing the Salt Lakers and the various delegations frolicking at Bingham, Saltair and in town, will be shown at the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress today and tomorrow in conjunction conjunc-tion with the new bill which has for its headliner Bryant Washburn in "A Very Good Young Man." Perhaps never has any modern photoplay photo-play presented such an array of feminine talent and beauty as is offered in this production. Four leading women play important roles in the production. They are Helene Chadwiek, Helen Jerome Eddy, Ed-dy, Julia Faye and Anna Q. .Nilsson. |
