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Show WESLEY BARRY, who has the stellar role in Marshall Neilan. "Dinty," ! now appearing at the Gem j theatre. SESSUE HAYAKAWA. Japanese Jap-anese film atar, who is appearing on the screen at the American theatre. "' ' Wa 1 Jm X 1 DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. ORPHEUM Nw bill, with WMIHm Sea-bury' Sea-bury' "Frlvwlica," pn Wednesday nlr.t. HiraODROME-The Ralph V?"!"' CWMW In "Th Tw Orphan." Every night thla wlc xept Monday. Mat-Inaea Mat-Inaea Thuratfay an Saturday. PANTAOCS Vaudavllta. Laat tlcnaa today. to-day. Imperial Ouar.et, Mo Moa Japa. Faatur ploturo, Katberin McDonald in "My Lady' Latchkay." LOIW'S CASINO Laat tlma today. Vaudeville, headlined by W. Robert and the Llndlay Sextet. Other big acta. Photoplay, "Sherry." ALT LAKE Thra night and Saturday matinee, opening nat Thurediy ava-ning. ava-ning. tha famoua comic opara, "Ruddi-gor." "Ruddi-gor." MOTION PICTURES. PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS Spaclat "Daau Revel," with Florence Vi.dor and Lloyd . Hughe; Aahtan dog sled raca; Patha News. AMERICAN Saaauo Hsysksws In "Tha First Bomj oomodyl Patho Ravlaw. ROADWAY Laulaa Lovaly In Whll tha Davll Laugha"! Ruth Roland In "Ruth of tho Rock lee." OEM Playing on waak'a ongagamant, Marahall Nallan'a "Olnty," starring Weeley Barry; comady. KINEMA "It I Wora King." with Wll. Ham Famum In tha tlti rolo, runa until Friday night. ! Live Man Hold j Death Record j George Hacka thorn, who playi A mot ar.mah.ur In "Th Urht In ih CUar-Inir," CUar-Inir," T. Hayes Hunler'a new production for th Ital Film company, haa died I more timea and possibly the moat dlvarae I deaths of any actor on the screen. In I nearly evory important part he haa , ploys!, a different kind of death haa fijurea. In "The Heart of Humanity, ha waa ahot by an Auatrlan officer; In "The Lut of the Mohicans" he wu blown up in a powder matraalne dirrfna; the maa-eacre; maa-eacre; tn "The Kin of Martha Queed," he committed suicide by stabbing; In "What io Men Want?1 he died the death of a hero on the battle front, and In "The Light In the Ocarina:" now in the making, he is convicted of murder and hargp-a. In hla next production, for which he haa already been engaged, he will ftitarve to death aa a poet. And In aplte of ell thfa he la optimistic and maintain that "Uilnga could be woree." Cordon Wilde Dae at Orpheum Hhadowgrapha at the hands of Mr. and Mrav jonln Wild t the-Orphewm tomorrow night la an art. Their hands are truly wonderful and with thorn they accurately reflect varioua farmyard farm-yard scene a. the Inhabitants of the Jungle and many other interesting and novel features. Telr pictures are in silhouette and by the crook of a finer? fin-er? r or the turn of the wrist the figure fig-ure becomee animated. A feature of their performance is tha silhouette pictures pic-tures of famoua men. Mr. and Mrs. CJoldon Wilde scored an emphatic hit at the Laondon 4'ollneum and their American engagement have been en ually aa In t creating. Mr. and Mm. Our Ion Wild- are awalstcd by their (?ff ' 'tail jrHrsh:i If Nfilan 1 J If Production f It oiNty f l wltb - WWkjy rrrtJ sessve hayakaw. &sotfyBox 8esu Hayakawa popular screen star, again proves that ha la an actor; ot rare ability and dramatle powers.) in "The First Horn," the llobertaon-foT" llobertaon-foT" supers pec !r V n IcK I s"pl a y Th f" 1 6 day and tomorrow at tha .American theatre. Hla performance Is a splen-jdld splen-jdld one, and hla sympathetic portrayal of Than Wang In this powerful drama mnkea It stand out aa the best work of hia brilliant career. The picture la a film version of Krancls Power's famous story of the same name. It tells in a simple may. of the love of Chan Wang, a romantic young boatman of the Hoang-Ho riven In China, for a beautiful little Chinese maiden, Ioey Tain ft. When she Is taken from him and aold to a rich Chinese merchant In i-'an Kranolaco, he follows In an attempt to find her. After a long ana futile search he marries, another Chinese girl, and then the advent ad-vent of hi eon, his "firat born." fllt-his fllt-his heart with Joy. At the death of I this cherlahed child his grief Is so 1 poignant and touching aa to bring tears to the eyes of even tha most hard-hearted. Mr. Hayakawa la ably supported by a eplendld caet. Helen Jerome Kddy as Ijorv Talng la delightful; "Sonny-Boy" "Sonny-Boy" Wards as the "first bom" Is a revelation in child acting: and Marie Pavli. Ooro Kino. Wllnon Hummel and - 1 Prank Sekl all deserve honorable mention. men-tion. When a comedian has appeared In more than two hundred comediea. it takes a whole lot of assurance on his part, and much responsibility, too. to y that-one picture is the bent one that he haa ever made. Hut this is the statement credited to Lloyd Hamilton, Hamil-ton, one known to the motion picture fubllc aa "Ham" because he wss In 34 single reel Kalem "Ham and Bud", picturea. After scoring a great hit In Sunshine comedies and then taking the greater part of the limelight in A Twilight liubv." Hamilton same six month ago axMoclated himself with Jack White in the making of Mermaid comedl.l released re-leased through Kducational. He has appeared in "Inick Inn." "Dynamite" and "The Simp." all of which have made new laugh records here. .now he Is to be seen at the American theatre the-atre In "April Fool," which Is even more laugh provoking than Us title suggests. Ilea trice Monaon, who has established estab-lished herself In six months as one of the bis; women screen favorites, ap-pear ap-pear opposite Hamilton. Bathing Season Opens in California For a scene In "The Light In the Clearing." being made by T. Hsyes Hunter at the L.al studio. Kdward Sutherland, Suth-erland, playing the Juvenile lead, has to wssh hia face and neck. (Prop dirt, of course.) - New Club Called OwU I T. Hayes Hunter's payers are banded together as "Owls' because they are working every night on "The Light In the Clearing.' ivddie Sutherland in "Pop Owl" and Clara Horton Is "Mom Owl." the main officers. They have lota 1 of fun. ' . Real Is m ca n be carried too fa r, as Johnny HI ne discovered In making the latent of his comedies frmo the stories by Rewell Ford. "Torrhy's nig Iead." The action centers around a plot to smugKle a quantity of aigrettes through a band of immigrants. Determined th.it everything should be genuine a score of immigrmita were engaged. but after two call for the police reserves Hlnes derided thttt regular actors would make batter Immigrants after all. Kddle Barry and Bobby Vernon, two featured players, lotn appear in "Short and Snappy," a two-reel comedy to be releaeed by Christie through Kducational. Kduca-tional. Vera Bleed man la the leading woman In thla film of complications that result from two youths trying to wear the same dress suit. SCENE from Chaplin's latest and bofit, "The . Kid," which comes to the American theatre Sunday. h ) - Charle ChapNn 'The) tod I Marjorfe Paw, the pre'.ty little motion (picture actress, who wH be seen In I leading liart "InIntyVnowpIaylng at .the Cam theatre declares ahe went j through the most squenmtsh experience of her career during the maklrg of that ! film. Hhe plays the part, of Ruth Whltely, daughter of Judge Whitely, who h.ie Incurred In-curred the deadly enmity of "King" Iorkh, Malay haffbreed and leader of a gang of hlghblndere. Dorkh kldnais the Judge's daughter and plans a terrible revenge for the sentence of his son. Ruth Is a I rapped to a table under a swinging pendulum wit h a raxor edge. The fiendlah contrivance drops Just sn Inch every time It swings, coming nearer snd nearer the stmpped victim. "THnty" O'Hullivan. a newsboy, and his Chinese friends, however, bring about a rescue In the nick of time and Ruth is restored to her father and fiancee. "Acting that ecene wss the most nerve-racking nerve-racking experience I have ever had," said Marjorle. "Of course, 1 knew that everything would come out all right, but Just the snme I had cold chills looking at that swinging pendulum. I believe 1 went through all the sensations of a drowning peraon, because it seems as though I thought of everything I had ever done In my whole life. The scene was terribly realiatic snd I never felt more relieved than I did when it was all over." j j Vera Cordon, t he beloved mot her of I the amusement world, has received a poent written by No. lMal at anne-: anne-: mora prlnon, after seeing her performance perform-ance In "The Crcateet Ixve," her latest picture. This was screened at the prison pris-on on the same day when Miss lor don took her company up there to present her vaudeville vehicle, "Lullaby." Virginia VaJII, now supporting Bert Lytell In "The Man Who" Is a student in the story at the Art Rtudents' leas-ue. where she hsrsetf studied Illustrating Illus-trating in her earlier screen days. Mtss IVslU will soon be seen hs lady Alice Pipin worth, in "Sentimental Tommy." Katharine Htlllker haa Just been appointed ap-pointed conaulttng film sura-eon to 8. L. Kothafel, director of the Capitol theatre. In the selection, cutting and titling of the varioua pictures that go to make up the progra mthere. Hhe is well known as sn editor of short subjects and recently re-cently titled "Passion and "Out of the Chorus." - Percy Marmont has Just completed filming the forthcoming Corlnne Griffith Grif-fith picture fr VltaaTwph. now titled "What s Your Reputation Worth r' The last weeks of the picture were spent at locations selected by M.irmont for thlr reeemMnnce to the V.rlih country eirte. "F-ast I.vnns." the clssslc tale that has snrvived five ptsysolne; generations, will be reborn in Huico Kallln's modernised version on the screen as a Hodkiaeon release. Iurng Kast Lynne Week." which commence on March t7, Orosaett and Duntap will reissue the hook snd one of the lesdintr music publishers will reissue "Then You'll Remember Me." the aria that plays an important role In the story. j Nlta NaMI, the Italian dancer In para- ! mount s ' Ir. Jekyll and Mr. Hvtle." has been chosen for the role of "Paaston" In "Kxperlence," George V. Hobart's alle-gorlcul alle-gorlcul play which Is now being plctur-iaed plctur-iaed by i'aramount. 'Hang'" ts the thoroughly descriptive title of the next Mermeid comedy, released by Ifrhicatlonsi, In which Jtmmie Adams will be seen. It Is a burlesque on the Western picture, with a cast including Earl Montgomery, who was formerly the partner of Joe Rock In Vitasraph comedies; com-edies; Lige Conley and Dorothy Woods, j With the coming of spring Educational Is releasing a significant single reel in : "Buss-s-s. It is sn intimate story of the life of the moaqulto snd shows plainly plain-ly how the dangers from the pest may he f. voided -Th Kid." which comes to the American Ameri-can theatre for on week, commenclnc Sunday, la th rrat comedian's flrat Tenlure In th realm of ait-raef attractions, attrac-tions, and It's a "knockout." In this picture pic-ture rhanlln lifts himself out of tha title of "World's Ureatest 4'omedlan" Into sc. knowledied apiellatloti of "World a llreataat Photoplay Artlat." for In "The Kid'' he ooea eoma of tbe flneet, moat drlloateiy lia4d acting vr an anywhere. any-where. 'Th Kid" has a real plot a atory that wou.d 10 o.ar hi even if Ctiaplln were not ita atar. Iniermiiia-led with the rol-Urkinjr rol-Urkinjr humorous sltualiona are deft toiichea of pathos atd Jackie Cougan, In th nam part. xhtblta tha beat child actlnx on record. The Chnilln-Coo;an romk.nauoo la on that apeils etc uo- "Trb Kid"- took one rear to make! t three timea In lenalh. three times funnier fun-nier and oota three timea more to pro uc than any pravloua Chaplin comedy. "The Kid'' coat H.ooa.ooo to produce. It la one of the moat extenalve picturea ever made, and on of th moat costly films sver exhibited locally. For this reason the manaaement of tha American theatr haa announced that it will he ehlised to aiiffhtly Increase admission pileee durln; the week of It ahowinx. Knowin- that tha Halt Lake theatrecoliif public demands the beat, even If It costs slixtitly more, the management booked thla picture. e satisfied that tha public will aladly pay tha alight Increaa la lu ad-1 M talaaion prlc. George ntsmaurlc. director. and rtichard Barthelmees and Marjorle law f the cast of "Bxperience," lleorge V. Tllobart'B popular play which la belnx plc-"urlsed plc-"urlsed by r. remount, have returned from Havmnnah. lia.. and HI. Auxuatlne, Kla.. wher the exterior scene for th pic lure wer taken and ar now at work on tha Interiors at I'araraount'a new Long Island studio. i, . Herbert Ha wll nana ha been alrned to s play th leadlt g made rote opposite Kthel Clayton In "Wealth," which I to be a William 1. Talor production for J"ara-aaouat, J"ara-aaouat, th atory being by Cosmo Hamil-tea. Hamil-tea. Cecil IL DeMllle. producer of special aerture for Faraanounl, haa leled IocotliT lalton to play the leading feminine femi-nine rol In hi next all-atar production to foUow "The Affaire of AnaloL" .Th first Paramount picture made In the new laondon aiudio la "Th Call of Youth," which Hugh Ford directed from tha photoplay by Henry Arthur Jottee. - Th Kasy Road," tha I'aramount1 pie-tar pie-tar starring Thomss alrlxhan. is an adaptation of the atory. "Eaey rltreet," by Blair Hall, which waa published In nappy Stortea. Clladya Ueorae, l.lla Le. aud Vlora Ianlel ar In th caat. After having ben loaned to appear eopo.lt Own 14oor la a feature picture pic-ture mad n New York. Teddy Hampaon haa returned to Io AngeUs and haa becom leading woman In the incle reel Oayety comediea raieaaed through Cdu-- Cdu-- -aaUonai. Vlora Daniol. who aoored a hit In "Th Lire of th farty," and Josephine " BUL who had the atellar role In "Harlor. ; Bedroom and Bath," hav both been en--..gaged aa laading women In Chrlatl cfnir11Be. |