Show SEES P PROSPERITY IN SALT SILT SAlT UKE LAKE THEAT THEATRES ES ESIt If It If the show how business Is as 83 It Is supposed supposed sup sup- po posed ed to be a barometer of general conditions con con- and the tho welfare of or a a. community then Salt Lako Is still In the middle of ot the tho road of or prosperity This was the tho comment last night of or H. H T. T Nolan of or Denver general manager of ot tho Swanson Film company compan which operates a 3 chain of theatres throughout the mountain intermountain I and Western estern stales states and who Is also heavily Interested In tho Universal Film Manufacturing company campan the largest producing producing producing pro pro- film manufacturers In n the wOrld Mr Ir Nolan Is hero on ono one of ot hIs ical leal Inspection tours his hili company ownIng own own- Ing ng the Rex flex theatre After Arter a n. survey of ot local conditions which of course took In notice of or tho the other city theatres he said s. You can Judge from the show business business business busi busi- ness tho rho prosperity of or a n city and I am pleased t to say nay that nn any talk of depression depression depres depres- sion slon or an any backward step In your our city Is a bugaboo bus Our theatre Is s doing an excellent business and so 50 far as I r can see Bee our competitors seem to be able to sa say the same sam I notice too each time l t come here herc new Improvements BO so that In Itself speaks for tor your pro progress Speaking generally of ot the moving picture picture pic plc- ture turo world Mr Ir Nolan Moving pictures have havo long since ceased to be a It fad tad but aro are now tho the popular pleasure of or playgoers and amusement lov lov- ers With the vast and rapid strides stride made recently In the art of oC the tho silent 1 drama druma and and tho the perfection reached In the 1 reproduction of ot plays the moving mo pictures pictures pic plc- tures turcs supply a 1 want long felt Celt b by a n. vast majority of ot the public who had a desire to see really goo good l productions but could coul not nOl afford the tho speaking stage Then too the film manufacturers have havo done much to bring brine about this condition Nowadays v I I i 1 to bring brine about this condition Nowadays v no expense or time Is spared or be begrudged begrudged begrudged be- be grudged to obtain the best besl very r plays plas actors and staging It Is no uncommon thing to spend several thousand dollars and expend months In the construction of or a scene that will bo be used only a few minutes and perhaps be destroyed In le less les s time than that Another changing feature Is In the program For a while five and six reel pictures were in demand but this demand Is on the wane now and what whal seems to tobe tobe tobo be bo wanted Is short pictures The people arc are too busy for tor long drawn out stories The average a man doesn't want to et st down own and go KO through a out long stor story no matter by 11 what author but will eagerly read reat a a. short story This 1 Is b what that within n short time the silent si- si lent drama will be he limited to three or four reels A forecast of that Is given In one of the thc plays you had hero here recently recent recent- ly Samson a wonderful play pia lay In six reels It was sent over to Europe but before alt any success s could be made of or It It it ha had to be to condensed to three reels The Tile serial story ston however honeter In lt its advancing nd strides Is really taking the thc leading place in the tho moving picture world orld With ourselves ours we are nard haul at work preparing a n number of surprises surprise to be bo given hen In the picture world during fall and winter but wo w o are arc not able to give out Just at this time tune what the they will consist of or We Yo are hard at l work both In California California Cali Call fornia and New York At Los Ang Angeles les the Universal Film Manufacturing company com coin pall pany Is 18 operating fourteen producing companies and six lx In New York At th the Los Ios An Angeles cles studies we arc are employing something l over o 00 people and are aro constantly con con- Increasing our plant as ns well as adding to our menagerie We e look for foran foran an nn exceptionally good coming comins season |