Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-11-22 | Page 15 | 'Mother Machree,' Vaudeville Please Pantages Patrons

Machree Vaudeville Please Pantages Patrons 1 A picture which tugs at heart- heart through a big Irish heart heart- drama which sparkles with life find devotion such as may be tod d In the crowded immigrant district dis- dis it of ot New Now Tork York that that is Mother Moter j i Machree thI this weeks week's vehicle at ho Pantages theatre The play lay Is supposedly an elaboration of ot otI i the popular Irish song ballad by the flame tIame name but if it there was the I least bit of ot sentimentality conveyed through the song then it will be bei i doubly ture conveyed through the he plc- plc Mother Machree Is Is' the story of ot L i devoted Irish mother and opens some of ot the best scenes o of na- na ture ure which have ever it d silver sll screen screen outdoor outdoor n-outdoor scenes scene in lipid th t-th old Ireland The devoted mother after alter having lost her husband deides de- de ides that more opportunity will be her son in America It develops lops that she must relinquish 71 claim to her son in order to him in the school and her herr ambition r sways her bet emotion to such I ant n extent that she acquiesces I She sees no more of ot him until he her I r grown when hen ehe fhe meets him in lithe Ithe home of ot her employers a A New York famil family Then t tic comes mes tho the war and his foster moth moth- oher reveals the identity of his hm real ral mother other The rho war ends and the film as most films must end Belle cUe elle D Bennett and Victor g- g len portray the leading roles with lawless flawless characterization T The he vaudeville bill is of the pantages 1 type providing mirth and entertainment through four of the theLe 0 Le acts Started by Mildred Tau Jl and Jinette a ci t dancing trio Iving giving some sonio vivid classical and es esth esthetic es- es I th U presentations it is is' followed b by Franz Mehel a a. violin virtuoso ho renders some Interesting num- num cers Knorr and I provide a rath r nauseating corn con jedy dy act In The Battle Cry of ot Fr ee- ee dom flom om While the lines o of the slIt are re amusing they were presented Jn n n such 30 a way that disgust was tiled lIed rather than mirth moT Tom om Kelly elly decked in Irish with Rith a a. typical Irish brogue broue prides provides pro pro- vides ides some rollicking entertainment Jor his few minutes on the boards I Ifor end tho the bill bUlls Is ended by an excellent sketch pre presented by De Do DoI I s and com company pan WA great gnat number of ot meteorites the earth each day but butI butI th they hey seldom fall taU within range of or l I