Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-03 | Page 8 | Amusements

f t 1 s. s A AM M U MU I I 8 E. E JEM M. M Er N TS t t Eerie eie Story r Chills Spines J I EAt At R LO Show 01 Opinion ion may differ as u to whether e not Fr Frankenstein a feature film m which ch opened pe efa at th the R- R R R-K-O O O Orpheum Wednesday is IS ent entertainment 1 tinly it outranks any thriller yet on the screen It Is hair raising rais rais- ing mg and blood curdling The story Is of ofa a young experimenter expert j menter who creates a human body out aut of many parts gathered at jn in m laboratories and else else- where After putting all together he endows it with life Ule by bombarding I If 11 n f with a ray he has discovered Then Thenne he ne learns that the consequences of his Ms success may be sinister because the brain he placed in the body of the monster was that of a criminal This his Is proves to o be be tr true When the monster breaks out of his prison inan in inan an abandoned windmill he stalks about the countryside spreading death and terror The climax is a horrible sight the monster trapped l ia fia flames that consume his retreat In the telling of at the story a capable capa capa- b ble cast gives it great power and 1 force c Boris Karloff as the monster gives promise of being another Lon Chaney Chancy Colin Cohn Clive Mae Mac Clark John Boles Edward Van Sloan Dwight Frye Fryc Frederick Kerr and I Lionel Donel Belmore have the principal roles Mr Clive lh has an an exacting part find and nd this young actor late of the stage gives a fine account of him him- self edt For the others except Boris K Karloff there is not a great deal to do ao Karloff succeeds in making himself him self zelf just about as spine chilling as possible Instead of applause during the show women's screams from all allover allover o er over the house t testified that the realIsm realiSm real real- Ism lm in the creepy story was registering registering register register- ing with the audience The setting in m the old windmill is an eerie achievement with the composite body of the monster lying on a n slab awaiting the Ute of life amazing electrical contraptions for tor making the spectacle more weird and the un uncanny uncanny un un- canny aIm atmosphere so successfully at att at- at t tamed ined Frankenstein is unconditionally recommended t to those who like their diversions unusual thrilling and hor hor- Children and nd others subject t to attacks of nerves should pass it up Ann Pritchard and five ve young men Ope of w whom o most certainly ertain y should hould be De billed present an attractive dance act on the vaudeville program Miss PJ is an alluring blonde and a graceful and versatile dancer Art i-Art Henry Henry- and his young woman companion stage stace an act of nonsense that caused a few chuckles in the house Cherry and June juvenile entertainers from the bayou country stage an amazing specialty It Is a combination of dancing and acro acrobatics acrobatics b tics prettily staged and diverting The little miss of the pair is astonishingly aston aston- capable in tumbling while Her ner sister is good to look upon and andR R graceful dancer Toto the famous clown is as much of f an art attraction to the older ones ones in his audience as he is t to th the children Toto oto is in a class by himself in extraordinary ex- ex ex cx- x