Show 4 INDA J k SUNDAY y MORNING GI Nt MAY MY 1 4 1921 1921 1 fage c Fate Favors Ogden Lad Ik 1 kes His s L Looks ok and Bines Bigness uess 4 I I. or or or or 4 3 1 rusts Him F Forward ol wal d. d as Idol By ELSIE GREEN P The Telegrams Telegram's Special Correspondent JEW V TE V E YORK April 30 Fate Fate took a liking to big blonde blond Moroni Olsen from front the da day he lie was born out in Ogden Utah endowed d n all the ph physical attributes of f the ideal matinee idol Nl i id tied d his footsteps ps along dramatic paths and finally shoved hi hio hun him m o prominence n cc among mon the tle bright lights of Broadway ua is 15 1 i dIscovered I Tone one of the cast of Margaret hns hn's remarkable and impressive li jal i-jal rii l of Joan of Arc which Is hout ut doubt one of the biggest li matic tlc triumphs of the season He Ito ItoI I attracted the great stars star's favors favor- favor ej s attention through his splendid of Achilles in Iphi ila lia la in Aulls the Greek drama she recently produced And she made a place for him In Joan Joa n of Arc as the cast had been brought rought t nearly intact from from- San Francisco LOVE IS CRUEL lIe He plays Massieu the sympathetic clerical Registrar whose heart is 1 e torn with sorrow for the unfortunate Joan but whose duty compels him t to o write the warrant for her death Fo Foone For Fox Forone Forone one brief minute at th the end of ac act 3 ho he holds hOds the stage with Margaret i 13 Anglin She has refused to sign a aHe lIe He stating her belief in her voices is s untrue has denounced the wily bishops for tempting her They slowly file out but Massieu pauses pause s and reverentially kneeling neeling kisses th the e I i courageous girls girl's Irl's hand Tears come cent cometo I to the Maids Maid's eyes eyes It it is is' is the first bitof bit bitof of sympathy she has had then had then he too goes oPs out and she sher is left alone alon e I facing death Now let us see how Fate helped Olsen to arrive on Broadway Since high school days das Moroni has been en acting He lIe took part in all th the e school productions productions leading leading man o of eg course cours they course they wouldn't think of hivIng giving g the part to anyone anone else with Moron Moroni i around At the University of Utah Uta h he taught dramatics and through the extension department had as man many manyas as ns nine plays in different parts o of t Utah going going- at once Consequently f it t was nothing at all for him to giva give e a Ii complete play pla- plan n acting lInt all the par himself himself- And this he did oh on a Chautauqua Chau- Chau tour throughout hout northwestern northwester n Canada giving not one play but bu t many AT LITTLE THEATRE The war put a stop to his aspirations aspirations tons for awhile ovine and the United Unite r i States Stales navy acquired a new lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant But it wasn't long long- before e we find him back bak in Salt Lake again prominently identified led with the Little theatre Here he won hosts o of f fn friende nd and admirers through his splendid work in the various plays play s produced And not only that he received re reI received re- re I invaluable experience in charI character character char char- I acter interpretation Then Maurice laurice Browne professional j I theatrical producer came out to help I Miss Babcock with the Little theatre I movement and Moroni Olsen was wa s j given an opportunity to produce direct direst di- di I rest and stage plays in addition to taking part in them Browne too took tooka k a liking to Olsen from their first meeting and a year car later back on onI I Broadway again he induced Moroni to join him and take part in a Greek Greel I play he was producing That was how Moroni became Achilles and andI I how Achilles attracted the interest j of that greatest of emotional actresses ac acI actresses ac- ac I tresses Margaret Anglin Fate had hadi I opened the door of opportunity to I I her ATTENDS MEETINGS I I saw Moroni Olsen at Hawthorne hall han last Saturday Semiannual conference conference conference con con- ference had brou brought ht forth an un unusually unusually un- un usually large largo crowd crowel of and un-I un I the little hall han after meeting was crowded with groups of friends and acquaintances laughing and chatting Towering shoulders above the rest he hp smiled at me across the room and the next minute gripping m my hand In Ina ina a a. real Western estern handshake he was wassa sa saying Of course I remember you and I Ithe the time I met you down in WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C. C when Ren Hen Richards rattled us over oyer in his Ford to the House restaurant restaurant- With congressmen to the left of ofus ofus ofus us and senators to the right of us I laughingly interjected We c sat down on the yellow ellow pine bench that lines ines the walls for an I exchange of reminiscences There is something so wholesome and sincere about Moroni Olsen a person is friends with him at once He still retains a boyish eagerness s over the tha promise of the future Tall extremely well wen built clean dean cut features with a complexion not seen often enough on Broadway and blond hair that curls curl ever so slightly but so attractively along his forehead I Lean can see him hima asa as asa a boy with wet hair brush trying to press th the annoying curl out of ex existence ex- ex all aU all small boys do but never neve r I succeed just to look Jook at Moroni Moron t Ol Olsen sen is to convince you ou that Utah tn will soon boast of another star o on n Broadway I |