Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-11-10 | Page 15 | Mystery Element in Melodrama at Playhouse

Mystery Element j in Melodrama 0 at Playhouse A 4 pleasing melodrama ma entitled Straight Through the Door from tho the pen lien of or hedge and which sery served d' d a as 0 a a. a vehicle e for tor his hs starring acU activities lUcs' lUcs d during diring the he past t l seasons Is ts' this this' bid weeks week's attraction U tion lI at the Playhouse Playhouse In Iu S Straight Through gh tho the Door the th famous author r provides a. a play piny with nn an clement element of of ot mystery one th that t keeps an nn audience In a no Joyful mood and on onO one In which TC TO romance Plays pIny a conspicuous part The play concerns tho the building of ot a suburban a home and the millions of folks who have bc hben n. n through h this this- terrible experience ex cx- will all 11 be be- bevery very Eu Eugene ene Thomas house Is Isn't not nt complete in act on one one it makes little progress In act two In fact It looks looks' as a If it would be fin fin- clutter th the stage at the out outset etl but u they do not work and th the wisecracks about pa pay plumbers and procrastination do much to keep the the going forward There Is Is' an architect very sweet on Thomas Thomas' wife and a a. lady Indy Interior decorator vho ho Is smitten with and finally J letting loose on Thomas himself him himself self Th a lot tot of trou trou- bio bl for tor everybody including herself IIer violent nt Is seized 4 on onby onby by detectives to Ito fasten the murder on on the veri very object of or her affections and matters begin to look ook dark as aswell aswell well ss as tangled But of ot course no one could imagine the hero shoot shoot- lag a contractor in in the back It must have b been en the tho Inebriated gentleman gentleman sentI gen sen- tI who laid tho stone wall especially since he hailed from the tho theland Jand of sunshine hair trigger temi tempers and sharp knives shoot t the e contractor But But- Bute he e didn't either cUter however this Is all aU solved ed happily for Cor the audience in the last act net Diane Esmonde plays the part of Mrs Thomas Don Woods as as Gene Gen I Thomas plays the part Mr Jr Hodge I played In New v York and Miss Mss Sinclair Sin Sn I clair who was fortunate enough to see sec Mr performance says that Mr Woods pl plays ys it tion Uon In fact we wo feel that most moot everyone e will agree that the entire cast of or the Metropolitan 1 players marvelous havo hMo given some during the the- past few v ekS nn and It Is certain they continue todo todo to todo do so in the stirring melodrama Th Then Then- n. n in addition to this muar show show the patrons of t the Playhouse have th the tho privilege of ot parking their cars f free ree at ot the PJ Playhouse Play Play- y- y house parking p whIch I is Just acro across s tha street from lom the tho theatre Straight Through the Door starts with the performance Sunday Sunday Sun Suri- day matinee and co continues th the entire en entire en- en tire Urn week with W Ul matinees Thursday Thurs Thins I day a and d Saturday ur