Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-04-12 | Page 11 | "Wages of Virtue" is Gem Triumph for 3 Days

Wages ages o of Virtue Virtues Is s Gem Triumph For or 3 Days One of the greatest moments in her latest Paramount production Wages of ot Virtue opening today at the Gem for a three-day three engagement engagement engagement engage engage- ment where Gloria Swanson as Carmelita gives a vivid Interpretation tion of the famous dance of ot the seven veils for the hard-bitten hard soldiers of the Foreign legion Swathed from head to foot in golf golt black veiling the first veil of the seven of fighter color she not only proves by th the gr grace ce and rhythm of ot her postures that she is isan isan isan an accomplished exponent of ot the intoxicating beauty of the dance but enacts a remarkable change of characterization as she ceases to be bethe bethe bethe the exquisite little mother of of lost men and becomes the provocative daring little cafe dancer striving to amuse the worshipping legionnaires I and make malte them forget the horrible boredom of the Algerian barrack town Another incident which Is going to set a lot of ot Gloria Swanson fans puzzling is how she manages to balance a bottle on her head while carrying on a a. conversation a feat teat which she accomplishes perfectly The truth is that Miss Swanson only achieved this effect after atter arduous arduous arduous ar- ar dally daily practice so that she might enact the scene where she attempts to bribe a sergeant of the I I Foreign legion with wine to spare her lover from punishment with the same ease that would be natural natural natural nat- nat ural in a girl of the East to whoa whon- carrying articles on the head is ar everyday occurrence