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Show PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUAI23,104JL o a V I 6! m's Im Prove SOU er -Jr 5- CARROLL AHD "The Philadelphia Story" at The Paramount Now Fredric March, Betty V fi "Virginia," Coming Here Soon in 1 Thrilling Film at Uinta! LI AG MRA TEAL1ED AGAli PAGE TWO Top W mi A gay modern comedy drama, set off by striking technicolor, brings "Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray together, as a team for the third time when Para-mount's Para-mount's "Virginia" opens next Sunday at the Paramount theatre. thea-tre. ' Added to, this famous duo is a handsome blond newcomer-to the screen, Stirling Harden, who shows great promise ot becoming becom-ing a star, in his own right, very, Very soon. "Virginia" is a story of a "second "sec-ond invasion" of the Old Dominion Domin-ion by a sudden influx of large numbers of wealthy Northerners who tuy up the beautiful estates that have been the ; ancestral homes of prominent Southern families. fam-ilies. It was written by Virginia Van Upp from data that slie collected in the course of a several sev-eral months' stay in the picturesque pictures-que Shenandoah Valley. The .plot revolves around the return of a native Virginia girl, who had moved away when still a very small child, to' find herself her-self land-poor; and her rebellion against the slow, easy-going Virginia Vir-ginia manner of living. However, through the love and devotion of her neighbor and the loyalty of old family servants, she becomes be-comes acutely conscious of her heritage and responsibility to carry car-ry on the venerable family traditions. tra-ditions. The wealth and worldly sophistication sophis-tication of a play-boy Northern newcomer to the locality complicates compli-cates the young girl's changes of heart. In the colorful unfolding of this romantic tale lies thrilling and amusing entertainment. ANCfEMT L1USIC ELD CTAL The recital of ancient music " given Friday evening in the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle by three Provo musicians proved to be one of the most enjoyable en-joyable concerts of the current musical season. In epite of professional pro-fessional concert on the two previous prev-ious evenings tne performance of the Provo artists suffered nothing noth-ing by comparison. One seldom has the opportunity of hearing musical composition of tnree hun-dred hun-dred years ago performed on the Instruments for which they were written. The organ, of course, is the exception. The wortts of Bach are still the back bone of organ . literature and form an important . part of any organist's repertoire. The organ portion of the recital m. is nt::o DEL (La Of all the pictures nominated nom-inated by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences "Philadelphia Comes Closest to the "Sweepstakes" Here's Why I ... Nominated as one of the Best Pictures of the year "Philadelphia Story" Nominated for the best male Acting Performance JAMES STEWART In "PHILADELPHIA STORY" Nominated as one of the Best feminine acting performances per-formances Katharine HEPBURN In "PHILADELPHIA STORY" Nominated as best supporting sup-porting actors of the year RUTH IIUSSEY In "PHILADELPHIA STORY" Nominated as year's best Director GEORGE CUKOR For "PHILADELPHIA, STORY" SEE ... The Hit of the Year . . . "PHILADELPHIA STORY" - RIGHT. NOW at the H . S . Ex-husband on the left, potential Husband Number Two on the right, and a laughing, witty, scheming schem-ing Miss in the middle! The stellar trio of Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart bring the Broadway smash hit, "The Philadelphia Story," to the Paramount screen starting today and audiences are assured of the laughs of a lifetime. was played by J. J. Keeler, B. Y. university organist. In his usual impeccable style Mr. Keeler played play-ed played a variety of Bach compositions com-positions ranging: from the haunting haunt-ing chorale prelude "O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross," to the majestic and powerful "Fantasie in G. Minor," as well as tne chorale chor-ale and fugue on Von Himmel Hoch by Pachelbel. As encore he responded with two chorales of Marcel Dupre, out of period as to composer, but not out of the spirit of the' program. . With hardsichord accompaniment accompani-ment Donald Qisen played two movements from. Sonata by Ario-sti Ario-sti for yiole 6y amour. Thl3 instrument instru-ment is very rare but none the skill demonstrated. The delicate accompaniment of the harpsichord harpsi-chord blended perfectly with the vioI de'amour. Probably the novelty of the evening eve-ning was the first public appearance appear-ance of Homer Wakefield playing play-ing his recently acquired Challis hardsichord. Thougli the instrument instru-ment is small every note emild be heard in the alM?rna.Te. Music written for the harpsichord cannot can-not be performed adequately on any other instrument and this is the first time there has been an opportunity to hear it publicly in Provo. Mr. Wakefield's selec- CIVIC. .OPERA'. AWAITED HEBE Directed by Drs. Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen, daily rehearsals are being held preparatory prep-aratory to presentation of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, "The Gondoliers" at the Paramount theatre Wednesday, March 12. Taking the place of the sixth annual M. T. A. arts program, the opera is . sponsored by the Provo, Utah and Sharon L. D, S. stakes to procure funds for installation in-stallation of refrigeration equipment equip-ment at the Girls' M. I. A. canyon home. . r Beautiful costuming and scenery, scen-ery, togotner r;Ufj exceptional music including the orchestral attraction at-traction under direction of LeRoy J. Robertson will be features. The cast cf characters to appear ap-pear in addition to the chorus singers are Nevin Williams, Sterl-inkg Sterl-inkg Bush, George Lake, Grant Butler, Earl Callahan, Carl Mar-tineau, Mar-tineau, Ted Weaver, lone Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, Mary McGregor, Edith H. Stein, Mary R. Day, Nan Chip-man, Chip-man, Sylva Rodrigo, Isobel Keele and Lucy Whipple. Betty Field and Fredric Marsh are shown above in a happy, roraan- tic mood, before terror strikes their island paradise of Samburan, near Java, in Paramount's filmization of Joseph Conrad's famous novel of exciting adventure and romance, "Victory," which opens today at the Uinta theatre. March's role in the immortal story is that of the island recluse, Hendrik Heyst, who distrusts the world, and Miss Field's role is that of Alma, who restores his faith through love. "Victory" plays on the same program with Boris Karloff in "The Devil Commands." (08 Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Can oil and Stirr.g Hayden, stars in the technicolor, romantic corn ay-drama, "Virginia," coming to the Paramount soon. . " ' ' tions were taken from seventeenth century, Engljsh and French composers. com-posers. The prefatory remarks by Dean Gerrit de Jong contributed to the enjoyment of the program. R. B. R. 11 cdays Bin 9 l.i 11 iiioie Hit lr ay iilme JO. Year! . Nowl . THROBUING JUNGLE DRUMS -Black Savages On the Varpath! A LONE WOMAN f At the Mercy of, the MEANEST WHITE f IN AFRICA! , I MAN I ) J . I j with CHARLES BICKFORD in "White Woman" 2nd Hit! f Vou'H Be Happier Than You've Been in a Long Time When You See JANE WITHERS In Her Merriest Hit QIMm VJagon Family" with LEO MARJORIE CARRILLO WEAVER SPRING BYINGTON KANE RICHMOND Attend, the SPECIAL LATE SHOW TONIGHT! Smn-STUDDDD LAUGH triumph is Tannine. thin3 buty! n'k I 'nt0 ,f'""W becomes I- m r 'ft- ! n t ) SkOiAi 11 Ullliili liDUJUHW ' " R 11 II 1 1 iiU I 1 i k 1. LJL lowm youkg mini haiuday r.lAEY MASH VIEGIIilA VEIDLIR A f," ETSO GCIDWYN -KAYtX PICTUSE " Sect Wsy by Cirtrtid ky rrwtocwl ky eCNAU OGOEN JTWOT . 6E05CI aXCS . Josspfc L Katwia X. Now Playing! . . First Feature-At Feature-At 12:50 p. 'in: PETE SMITH SPECIALTY "QUIZZ BIZZ'' -More Joy! - AIR EXPRESS EDITION PARAMOUNT WORLD NEWS Utah's Biggest Entertainment Bargalnl Adults 2t Anytime Children 'fl'CC O O NOW PLAYING! O O 2 SMASHING HITS! 2 Other cities are paying as much as 50c to see "Victory," alone! Commands," at the very low price of 20c matinee or evening! ur sif; :: i; l 'ill; iVr : i f , t - i ; is'. ' I . 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