Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-27 | Page 12 | "The Temple to Venus" Big Victory Film

The Temple of Venus Big Victory Film One of the greatest photoplay spectacles of modern imes times is The Pits I Temple of at Venus Ve Ve- Ve- Ve a attraction nus 11 f r a c current at atthe 1 the Victory theatre the the- I atre The Temple of Venus is a ap 1 p ag e ant t 0 of t V. V beau beauty beauy y which has had much advance notice and has been heralded as one of ot the real reala i eu a c ch 11 I oC or cinema ogra- ogra ph phy It Is ls all nIl that Its best Blary Stary critics l h 11 a v y va a claimed for tor it It-as It as a photo photo- as asan asan an n exhibition of feminine loveliness and as a masterpiece of photography phy Tile The Temple of or Venus Is a stupendous stupendous stupendous stu stu- production too large largo to be reviewed in intelligently from the standpoint of at the ordinary drama Suffice It to say that there is a wholly satisfying story of good material material material ma ma- much love and many thrilling thrilling- adventures Drama Dramatic lc episodes are piled one upon another in rapid sequence and the whole p plot t Is well knit The story H Ia di di- di vided between a pageant of fanciful fanciful fanci land ful tales of at folks of mythology andor and of or moderns The photoplay was filmed on one of the b beautiful islands lying off the California coas coast and much submarine submarine sub sub- marine photography Is Is' Is featured considerable action t taking place under the surface o of the sea Many of the finer views are beautifully colored It Jt Is said that more than thana a thousand persons were used inthe inthe in inthe the cas cast and it is easy to bell believe eye this statement There are bevies of ot bathing beauties dancing nymphs In droves s s and hordes of girls who v are Just pretty girls The featured players are Mary Philbin remembered as the star of ot Merry Go Phyllis Haver Haven once famous as a Sennett bathing beauty beauy and now as a prominent nt leading lady and David Butler one of the most prominent young actors on the s screen reen As a prologue to The Tha Temple of V Venus Vnus nus the presents Miss Miranda Matson latson and her nine Salt Lake dancing girls The They are Melba Marker Lorraine Ackerman Lois Farrell Luella Marker Constance Woodruff Alice Reid Jean Robin Robin- son son Ruth Woodruff and Lois Lob Brown rown Miss Matson and her her- herda da cers c- c ers s make a b beautiful lul showing and dance gracefully Ralph Pollock and his Victorians are as usual prominently featured playing a a. specially arranged program program pro pro- gram grain consisting of some of the latest and catchiest tunes Aesop's Fables and Pathe News ws are also a a. apart apart part of the Victory bill bUt which prevails prevails prevails pre pre- vails all this week Even talented directors lead a lay layman's lay layman's mans man's life on occasion During Durins the summer slump 1 In lIon Him activity R RoBin Sturgeon who developed many actresses actresses actresses ac ac- ac- ac tresses to stardom opened a real estate estate es estate es- es tate tract on Pass and sold residence sites to his friends lies lIe back bael at the megaphone now now directing Glenn Hunter in West Vest of or the Water Tower for Lasky YVe Yvette te Mitchell brought her almond shaped e ev eyes s and shiny black hair ball to Hollywood before the craze for orien oien oriental n- n tal Sal characters began She played a afew afew few tew parts Now she's happy selling exotic perfumes in a a. Los Angeles de department le- le store