Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-14 | Page 15 | Mystery Comedy at R-K-O Orpheum

Mystery Comedy At R-K-0 Orpheum 1 ! Sherlock Holmes relives In a feminine guts in Hlldegarde Martha Withers, who behaves In full accordance ac-cordance with th Holmes system, , except that ah arouaee one'a heartiest hearti-est laughs. For ' Hlldegarde, clne-matically clne-matically is Edna May Oliver, who appeara In "The Penguin Pool Murder," Mur-der," current attraction at th R-K-O Orpheum. Mia Oliver pries and peruse, snorts and sniffs, while Sherlock canned and mused with an abundance abun-dance of "oh's" and "ah'a." In thia lory th lady Is involved In an amas-ing amas-ing crime to which her sleuthing faculty evolves a solution. She even discovers th crima-and gats her man. A schoolmarm, she takes her pupils to th aquarium. In th Penguins tank ahe esplea the dead body of Gerald Ger-ald Parker, broker, Stuart Palmer's tale Is adroitly manipulated to plac euaplclon on everyone. Including Miss Withers, whose hatpin is th murder weapon. Investigation further Involve th aquarium director, whom Parker had eold out In th atock market; Mrs. Parker and her lover, who had plot-tad plot-tad to elope, and a pickpocket found In possession of th murdered man's watch. 1 Miss Oliver's convincing performance perform-ance neatly couplea humor and drama. With Jamee Olesaon, ahe promotes pro-motes grand- hilarity! Added features are a Mont Col-Una Col-Una comedy. Path News and a Sport Thrill. Fast-Moving: Show At Playhouse Fast-moving and colorful entertainment entertain-ment Is being presented In large quantity quan-tity Just now at th Playhouse, where Fields Faille opened with a Monday matins. A packed house greeted this varieties show Monday evening and, it epplaue can b taken as a criterion, cri-terion, th audience was well pleased. There la plenty of apice, to ssy th least, in tha company's production, , which Is titled "Hello, Salt Lake," and - at times not too much Is left to the : lmaginstion. Ther is a comely chorus , - ot ten or so, th members of whlchl i csn really dance. Thar, ar a like I number of principals, Ihcludlng a I couple of rough-and-ready funmskers - whoa comedy Is measured by breadth rather tha a height But on the whole, th performance, despite a seen or two of questionable value, la gmwlpg and well worth seeing. I Among th principals who do entertaining enter-taining bit ar Tlmmy and Franki Walker In eccentric buck and vail dancing; Bern ice Gayli, a graceful 1 young dancer; Buddy and Corrlnne r Williams, In dancing and comedy, and Max Coleman ana Al Ferris, who i- provide the bulk ot th hilarity. In addition to th stag show there a is a picture, "Bachelor Mother," fee ; luring Evalya Koapp, and short ' comedy film. Performances begin eech day at i J p. m. and ar continuous.