Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-04 | Page 23 | "The Little Woman Who Plays" at the Paramount-Empress Theatre

The Little Woman Who Plays At the Empress Paramount Theatre The Interpretation of motion pictures on tho the piano is s an nn art In Itself at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted b by man many musicians musician but attained at attained at- at by few tew The majority of professional professional pro pro- piano players player are arc perfectly at home homo when hon It comes to a a. rough and tumble slapstick comedy but when tho the thoIn Interpretation In of oC pathetic scenes is called for thero there is always danger of bordering on the burlesque Plano Piano plaIn playing play play- In ing that merges merRes into the tho picture and is subconsciously absorbed by an audience audience audi audi- ence once without a Jar the dignified interpretation interpretation inter inter- Inter Inter-I I of at drama and action arc are rarely rarely rarely rare rare- ly encountered ll in the average motion picture theatre For five e weeks Mrs J. J S. S Stout has been playing tho single single reels reels at the Paramount-Empress Paramount together with a I piano solo at the matinee overtures I When it was noted on the tho third week that this pianist who plays ragtime and tho the heaviest classical music with technique and equal ease had not re repeated repeated re- re on a. a a single number played without notes and In tho the dark patrons patron at the home of Paramount pictures be began began h- h gan to ask the and management management manage manasc- ment who this new was For several years Mrs Stout was acknowledged as 8 the most intelligent motion picture accompanist in Chicago where phie was featured Sho also has b been cn n associated with concert orches- orches I I I I I siP tr t il j l r I L J. J 4 SS t c MRS J S. S STOUT t Ira In and antI recital work with traveling 01 or In tho the East t Apparent the She he Is s PO possessed of or unlimited repel toire and anel when sho sits dot down at al tl U piano to pla play a new show how she does doe j t without knowing at the fin first t ante ance what is coming comins upon the screen screen- surely the supreme test of rea ready y ads tab it ity Mrs Stout is the wife ot of ofa a a. T we known him man nod add plays for tir t tf it pleasure of at the work Inel Incidentally 5 si sh is the only musician in Salt Lake wI wb drives to and from work every cry c cIn dain da di in her own coupe and her tier technique I driving an automobile Is equal to h In mastery of the piano In this Willard Villard We I he Utah's taah's violinist refers reters to her as l. l tho the little artiste we wo have in our music organization at the Paramount Paramount-En press press