| Show I AT THE THEATRES The Telegrams Telegram's Critics tc Buy By T Their Theatre e Tickets SALT LAKE LAKE William William Hodge opens engagement tonight in Tho The Road to t. t Happiness PANTAGES Last PANTAGES-Last Last time tonight for present t vaudeville bill Mr GARRICA-Mr concert and Mrs appear tonight iu in New EMPRESS New vaudeville bill pleased TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S critic AMERICAN An An all star itar cast iu in great society play 1 Bid a drama that gets under ender the tho surface surta 8 of modern day American society Hearst Selig weekly American concert orchestra Prof J J. J J J. Mc au conductor Cornet solo by Alva Bacr Baer LIBERTY LIBERTY LUlian Lillian Walker in iu Wife comedy Bon Wilson Amsterdam Diamonds seventh complete melodramatic melodramatic melo melo- in In The Tho Tho Mystery of the dramatic story of the Chronicles of or deck Clock Ormi Hawley in A A Leaf From Yesterday Lubin drama The REX REX The Bruto Bruton Marion Marion Leonard in a three part feature The The Awakening of or Donna Isola II Third Adventure of Shorty two-reel two Broncho comedy Concert orchestra and continuous performance lOll in color filled with scenes of ot picturesque beauty and anti replete with mth R RICH weirdly fascinating a music The Tho Sun Dance an nn operatic tor f story of Indian life a and d primal emotions was Jt given en last night by the tho Bri Brigham ja l Youn Young Un Opera company of Provo under tho direction of ot Prof A A. G 0 U. Lund of the chair har harof of oI music music B B. B 1 V. V U at tho Salt Lake theatre The story is an engrossing one which lc leaves es no moment of flagging n interest Tho rho libretto is is UI b by Zit kala Sa Mrs a Sioux woman of broad education and culture and and andis is is the tho fruit of many many years vears of study of the tra traditions and folk folklore folklore lore loro of her hf race lace The storo is by William WilliamJ 1 J JHanson Hanson of Vernal who though tho hohas hohas ho has not attained l his s thirtieth year has bas accomplished much in the thc preservation of Indian melodies an and has d demonstrated his Lis own fine insight into tho the spirit of Indian music 1 Of Of tho music itself it may mn- be said that man many of the tho melodies aud and chorus numbers are arc strangely beautiful l and that they aro are true truo delineations of tho Indian melodic treatment There Thore aro 10 sharp harp changes however in some somo df or the I numbers Dumbers to the modern Italian treatment which are aro incongruous and which clash sharply with tho the typical music that dominates the opera These inconsistencies inconsistencies luny u DO oo a smoothed out by tho the adaptation of portions of the score to the characteristic Indian thematic i treatment after which the opera will be a a. monument monument ment merit of beautiful proportions to its creators The stage stag settings were ware beautiful beautiful in the extreme and were wore lavish in detail nocturnal scope scone In jn which tho the lovers lover's serena serenade o is given is tho the most purely beautiful beau beau- scene of tho the o opera era and the music is perfect in its harmonious blending blendin with th th other effects acts The he orchestral delineation of night sounds sound growing rowin gradually into an appealing accompaniment to jho ho singers singer is isone of the tho real gems of the tho production This serenade also is n a and when the opera eventually is 18 published will find instant favor The university students who presented the opera work worked 11 from maw manuscript alone and thus had man many difficulties to overcome l Tho choral work was especially especially espe line fine the tho voices blending in a n. most mOll pleasing manner r. r The 11 entire production t. t tion lion was ryas an evidence c o of the tho skill and patience of Professor Profesor I Lund U and of ot the tho genuine genuino ability of the company compan Spectacular in tho the extreme were tho the two nc d dances given i Cn at th the close o of tho the fourth act and through tho the fifth act true truo to life u was tho the Latter when tho the weary cor lance Indians fell one by b by bono ono one from the lance overcome by hy the extreme ex ex- physical exhaustion The realism of this scene was mn mado madu u moro more real b by the participation of a s number nUmb r of Uto In Indians ians in iu tho dancing cast Indian tr tradition on religion and fol folk lore ore are aro arp blended harmoniously in in tho o stor story There is 19 tho the village e belle bolle whose hollo hand is IS hought ht by hr the singer cr from another another an other tribe and who ho is fa fascinated by br hj his music There Thre is is tho the brave of her own o village who lo loves s her There Thero is tho the maid whom tho the in f. singer cr has bl cast off oft in hi hio his o own n tribe and who follows hint him to the tepees of tho the Tim rho rivalry of tho the singer cr nn and the tho bravo is bro 1 brought ht to a climax unusual in its character and aud tho stor story ends happily The characters are arc the tho Sioux chie chieftains chieftain 1 B daughter Anna nna Duko Duke S Sweet Sin Singer er a Shoshone brave c Prof B It H. C. C Johnson Sioux bravo bra lohn John McAllister 1 Shoshone maid who follows Sweet Sm Singer cr Helen Newell cw hi hias a mother tva Elva Chi Chipman Blu Necklace old vila village c gossip r Hudora Eudora licho Hoho il the Idler Idlor n a clown Harry Harr Russell Tl Medicine r ran JIan Harold Davis is j Witches c of the Night Stewart lu a Fletcher her Kerr Gossips Myrteen Thurmond Alice p. Nettie Netti Parkins Parkins Eth 1 l Taylor Leonora Companions of Asa Fowler toy Frisby n ad South Southwick wick Miss I ss Duke as Winona had good opportunity to display her soprano voice to tofino tofino fino fine effect and utilized that opportunity Professor Johnson on as Sweet Sin Singer er has an excellent voice oice but his acting was stilted and lacking in spontaneity John McAllister a as Ohi D sang and acted liko a veteran throughout hout his part pait His work ork reached tho the h height i bt of realism in his final dance danco Helen Newell as tho the maid has but ono one t son song but in that sho ho threw a charm harm of delight lIe lIe- de delight light over tho the audience e. e Ludora Eudora EJ Eggertsen ft en as ns Blue Necklace tho old gossip acted her part in a n pleasing manner Harold 1 Davis Davin as tho the medicine man has ha haa a splendid bass voice and acted his bis part with truo true dignity j GORDON GOnDO II PLACE HOSE who have o boon been cn wont to scoff eft at tho the dramatic possibility of the motion T picture will do well ll to hurry and visit tho the American today to ay aud and tomorrow In In A 1 Mill Million ou Bid U YOU vou will wall fin find what is undoubtedly ly tho the greatest example example ex ample of endeavor or that has ban so far been sent forth The Thc writer has bas never nc enthused enthuse over the tho photo phot photodrama Its almost ridiculous pantomimic denouement its display of vcr very mediocre actors and tho the seeming eaf eagerness to exploit a n very cry cheap anti and undesirable form of melodramatic enter enter- have ha promoted an nn inclination to shun such things Like man sunny many others who wi wish to r remain main firm and steadfast fast for tho the drama o or of living and breathing people I have hae contended that tho of tho the cinematograph raph lay j entirely in inthe in the tho he propagation of things s educational k But ut the tho stirring action of A Million fillion Bid Did has chan changed ell our viewpoint First of all an here bere is a bi big bip feature It consumes over oyer an hour that grips rips an and aud enthralls enthralls en cn thralls as do few flays The characters wore w ll cast and each actor is a typo type As to art in C movie movie mo je action I cannot speak It has bas always b boon been cn a n. myth mth to mo me But I know something of types and scenes and aud A A Million ltd JUd satis satisfies fies flea in these rc regards Tho The p people ople in tho the pIn play lay appear as people in iu such a story should tho the scones showing idle and wealthy people arc are true truo to life and the tho clothes worn bv In the actors actor are correct something correct something not often encountered in photoplays Vo o o know how p people look and dress in in London how bow the leisure loving class of Paris appear and we happen to have e observed the tho quaint folk alon along tho the coast of France ranee in in their native haunts Such people appear in cc A A Million Bid Bid- Bid in iu its myriad of scenes and it made mado one p fee feel as if he be were again visiting among this varied lot The men on onboard onboard board the tho millionaires yacht acht look like a yacht crew an and oven even the tho doctors who appear in the big biJ sur surgical cal scene arc naturally cast A After Affer er witnessing a run of this wonderful pi picture ture pIa play we can ver very readily understand wh why it was selected to open the tho Criterion theatre in Now New York when that famous fatuous playhouse went the tho way of so many mau many and became a home borne orthe of or the silent drama I It t is is easy to see why this picture cd such a Do long Ions engagement engagement engage engage- ment in the tho metropolis It will surely attract anywhere There Thero isn't need to go o into detail as to tho plot of c A A Million Bid It isa is isa isa a bi big drama and wo tie v will let et it go o at that You had bad better bettor hurry and see sec it it as asit asit asit it is here bere only today and tomorrow The Tho American was packed and jammed last t night for all aU performances so it is evident that the tho tho movie devotees had heard something of the merits of the picture ore Ire it was shown hero here Such efforts as A Million Bid will have havo a n tendency to elevate ate the photoplay photo photo- photoplay pI play and aud gain for it a thoughtful and substantial following In n addition to tho the bi big feature picture there thero arc a remarkable series E of Hearst Selig Selig scenes scones showing our soldiers and marines at Vera Yera e Cruz alon along with actual actual views of refu refugees ces being beins transferred from one ono train to another on ou the b the J 1 Mexican fe federals Every on railway that had been heen partly partI destroyed by man woman and child should see eoe them hem as ns they show just what is is going oin on ri right ht no now in an epoch marking event ent of history histon Never o before have wo we realized the scope and the universal eye eyo of the motion picture camera Professor McClellan has arran arranged e a worthy musical program ram for the week weel His Verdi festival condensed is a delight ht In tho rendition of the u from H Ii 11 Trovatore his bis was a happy idea in sending the man with the tho B flat fiat trumpet to the balcony This This resulted in a wonderful effect We Wo almost felt asif as asif asif if we were outside th the prison walls and ang listening to Maurice Maurice's s pitiful plea pIca as it H might ht have bave act actually boon been rendered R. 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