Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-05 | Page 11 | " Alien" at American atre One of Strongest Offerings Shown This Season

The Alien at at American merican Theatre One of Strongest I Off Offerings rings Shown This Season eason BIT of refined comedy no end of of almost perfectly delineated delineated pathos ABIT A mingled with heart rending tragedy that affects the home of o a humble humble humble hum hum- ble but honest Italian of the New York foreign quarter and all about the abduction of a little daughter of the rich make the ph photoplay The Alien at the American this evening and tomorrow one one of th the strongest strong strong- est eat offerings that has been shown this year I George Beban who created the Italian character of Pietro Massena and who appealed so strongly on the vaudeville st stage ge to American audiences I has never shown to better advantage than in the stellar role of The Allen His character wOr work is surpassingly fine and shows to the highest degree degre his conception of his role Massena l has a motherless daughter R Rosina sina the apple appie of his eye ere who keeps his meager home in order The day before Christmas Massena is employed by a wealthy New Ne' Yorker to carry a delayed Christmas tree to I his home The New Yorkers Yorker's little daughter I Is frightened at the sight of the uncouth Italian A disinherited I 1 opportunity to abduct the tho 1 little girl I door of Massena and by black hand sum of or money Suspicion falls upon l MasSena ena and hurrying through ugh tile the Italian quartel Rosina Grief stricken Pietro at a lat lal shop to buy a few roses to place on he is arrested on a charge of puts in his appearance with his dau daul has been bee found in his Pietro explains that his little girl mobile and the rich New Yorker he had suspected of stealing his da carelessness Massena refuses all e c J English admonishes the New Yorker operating his machine in streets that little children of the poor may play Fred C C. Graham rend rendered red two t tt tE while pictures picturE's of ot the latest modes in v New York styles bro brought forth of ot the audiene P. P It was noticeable th