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Show G-- TIIE A IIERALD-KEPUBL1CA- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, N, ikeatrical Offerings "for tke K 191(5 JUO 111 1 1 JL JL Lionises ayi Scenes from I). W. Griffith's Eighth Wonder of the World, "The Birth of a Nation," Salt Lake Theatre, Starting With Matinee Tomorrow. tida Jnst befora lie charge at Petersburg. 1. Union i i'i , , fJHr- T . r-- - - . 2. Lies of trenches from the union side. , V - ;;". vV.'X;V.-V.;;- if i : '"' 1'? . Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee. ' ..- , r : - - rf : 5. Gathering of the G. Ku-Klux-Kl- iinnnfTllinfii truHi ' ' L - Donald Crisp as Gen. U. S. Grant. During the battle of Petersburg. .lit f ..... : - 1 i- rr:-"- , ' , " v 00:"-.- C r, w c.m - ' v ; s Ball Xke. "The Birth of w. Nation," ttrTfnK" motion jIetor drama of th civil fcr. All thla Mk, Monday with prformanci and S.1S r- m at Uallr Orphaum. m.VaudevlU dally at 2.1 N"w bill opna to- ani S.1& p. be-Vlnn- Panta and Vaudeville Vin4. opna Wltke. Ernest at dally Nw bill p. M. et(Vk Wllito--1 company prewentln "The Third Satmatin Thursday rtd urday. Every nlKht at a.2o bestnnlnc tonlcht. - - For the assasilnatlon of President Lincoln Ford's theatre, Washington, was reproduced to the smallest detail. The scene Itself was taken In the presence of several eyewitnesses of the actual occurrence. West Point laW ou tn Kreat battle scene of Petersburg- from maps and reports in the war department at Washington. supIntimate details of the action were plier! by veteraxs who fought on either side. Night photography was perfected for the first time to secure battle scenes In the dark. This detail cost J3000. Great artillery duels actually were prepared shells reproduced. aSpecially $S each. Comcost of exploded at were missary and two hospital corps maintained while the pictures were being taken. Not a human life was lost. The condensed production represents 12.000 feet of film. It Is said that nearly 200,000 feet of film originally was taken. Tho following extract from Rupert Hughes: "In hie novel. 'The Clansman. the Ilev. Thomas Dixon has made ft fervid defense of his people from the harsh Judgments and condemnations of With this unsympathetic historians. W. Griffith rook a foundation. David built up a structure of national scope and of heroic proportions. Of course, slxe has little to do with art. A perfect statuette like one of the flguriness of Tanagra Is as great In a sense as the cathedral of Kelms. i , en-Klne- Salt Lake Theatre. - Nation." the TCark Orlf-fltDavid of masterplo" founded on Thomas Dixon atory. -The CUmman." will VeKln Its three weeks engagement at the Salt Lake theatre tomorrow. There will bo performances dally At 2.15 and S.15. Thla which hae mt phenomenal p"taclp. uce all over the country, haa City. tnurh Intert In Salt It ran In New York for 725 cenecu-tlv- e by performance, thus exceeding 'flfty-fl- v performances any other Newtl run In the history of the York atace. Wherever it hae been shown It haa been with the same success. of 1 h, ox-rlt- ed con-eu- att A orchestra is thlrty-pler- e carried with It. which renders special roueic. la Every effect shown upon the screen reproduced by the orchestra. The cannon's boom, the sans' reports echo through the theatre till tho spectators feel they are actually in the throes of battle. A few facts hnt "The Ulrth of a Nation" will disclose the rnascnlflcence of the pro.;u-tlorThere, are more than 60 rtlttnct scenes In It. Eight een thounand people and 3000 horses1 u j I ! GIKLS," a bevy of pretty maids appearing in a aft, which is one of tho fwitures at the Pnjitnt'es FASHION" tnpiir: clever rausiral thi week. p ni.. .... .... f a,-- ' , mm , 7. : i - : . Nhe-i- ' 5 v - J iV j -- it - .... .... n .v.--.- if "' - - i i v. M . ' 1 ; - - J,?;.-;"-. a i. Z-- S :- l- ;K'' ;'-:v,- - ... W j, .- .... - - r jT7 -- . 0s. - CONTRIBUTED inp,in X ;s ns. - I.4S. ' - were utilized in maklnsr the narrative. Mr. Griffith worked for eight months to complete the picwithout a let-u- p ture. The approximate cost of the production was tZOO.OOO. The women's dresses of the period of I860 used up 12.000 yards of cloth. Over 23,000 yards of white material was eewed Into the cosTwo tumes of the hundred seamstreie worked for two months to make thse costumes hisand appropriately pictorically correct thousand works and reFlv turesque. of on the civil war the history port and the periods Immediately lcadlnfr up to ami following th Kreat conflict were searched for authentic data. This research was conducted by four college professors specially en ated upon It. In Every piece of ordnance musketry the battle scene Is an exact reproduction of the artillery and arms uned on both sides during the war of the TEin WEEK'S Program dAr. ' - . rs Howard 7. ?, - V ' 4. J ' , Lee's last stand at Petersburg. 3. General 1 - - X X i - A flawless sonnet of Milton's need not yield place to his 'Paradise Lost.' "And yet we cannot but feel that a larger higher power has created theIncludes work, since the larger work the problems of the smaller, and countless others. The larger work compels and tests the tremendous gifts of orselection, disganization, climax. Such Is 'The Birth cipline, of a Nation In" comparison with all other photoplays." Orpheum Theatre. Evelyn Nesblt will THIS afternoon her introductory bow to Salt Lakers from the Orpheum stage anJ she will continue to bow throughout the week. Jack Clifford will appear with her In her numerous dances tho same ones that captured the that fancy fancy of London, turning Into a demand which was so keen that the Orpheum circuit had considerable difficulty in securing Miss Nesblt and Mr. Clifford for a headlining tour of the west. Evelyn Nesblfs return to the stage was that she might have a means of a livelihood. Before earning herself her marriage aha was an actress. It Is therefore natural that In order to) provide for herself and baby that she return to the field which originally held so much promise for her. She bases her claim to distinction only on her ability and the ability of Mr. Clifford, her partner, and the extremely excellent act which the two are Orpheum circuit. presenting over the who has recently John H, Gordon, from the legitimate been recruited stage, will appear in his own playlet, and Day." which is entirely "Knight novel In its plot and construction. It Is a delightful bit of comedy, which Is admirably acted by Mr. Gordon and a clever company. Dyer and Fay will offer In a and manner a little singing entitled conversational offering "What's It All About," which will tickle the palate of the vaudeville apEach can do something out petite. of the ordinary, and do It uncommonly well . "Nonsense" Is what James Toney and Ann Norman are going to present and forming an opinion from the Orpheum photos on display to In the be a big event. lobby. It Is going They look like two, of the funniest people who have come over the circuit for some time. In fact, it is positively asserted that Toney and Norman are a great antidote for the "blues." Van and Pelle, the boomerang throwers, who appear at the Orpheum with this show, were featured In the public scene with "America" at the New York Tho boomerang is unHippodrome. one the most curious. Inof doubtedly moat remirkanle weaand teresting The pons, considering its crudeness. tales that have been told about the feats that can be performed with them To actualby experts are not myths. ly see expert boomerang throwing Is a sight well worth witnessing and when you see Van and Ilelle at the Orpheum, 3ou will see a man and woman who have made a life study of the boomerang and Its uses and who cause those strange looking missiles to obey their every wl.h. They have Invented many different kinds of their own. some to represent birds, and Van, being a wonder at reproducing the rails and cries of birds and animals, will imitate the many different kinds of boomerang birds as they fly about. In Callste Conant. the vaudeville of enterstage has a different kind ."A TuneFhe styles herself tainer. ful Tale Teller." and In reality enacts characterizations of a musical accomlatter being provided by paniment, the herself at a piano, and each one of the bits she portrays Is true to life In the minutest detail. Something new In the contest line will be seen when Billy, the bouncer, will Introduce for the first time here, his bounding or bouncing contest, which takes place on what is technically known as a trampoline. The contest is open to all the athletically in- " pro-dlgo- . us hearsal on the Pantages stage this but has based the story on afternoon. The sketch will be given In facts as they exist in. real life, plausible bringing VELYN NESBIT, headliner at the Orpheum this week, who appears out some surprising conditions addition to the regular program. that exist In the police system of dealing in oricinal Eoncrs and dances with Jack Clifford. with the criminal world. Wilkes Theatre. The stage director of the Ernest fflHE Ernest Wilkes Stock company Wilkes Stock company is highly opJL will present Charles Klein's great timistic in expecting the company to police play, "The Third Degree," to- make a presentation of "The Third Denight at the Wilkes theatre for the gree" that will outclass former efinitial performance of their coming fort in plays along the any same lines. week's engagement, with Thursday and Nana Bryant, Paul Harvey and Cliff Saturday matinees. Thompson will be seen in roles of ImMr. Klein In "The Third Degree" portance and with the following list employs an accurate portrayal of police of the cast of characters, the full department methods, particularly rela- support of the entire company will be tive to its operation in applying the given: Robert Underwood, John C. Livingsystem known as the "third degree". The play has been described by some stone; Mr. Bennington, Raymond as melodramatic, but with its strong House; Howard Jeffries, Jr., Cliff treatment and admirable diction, some Thompson; Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Sr., of the highest class theatres in the Claire Sinclair; Captain Clinton, Fercountry continue to book it with won- dinand Munier; Maloney, desk sergeant, derful success. From the moment the Stanley Jonasson; Dr. Bernstein, G. Lescurtain rises on the scene of the first ter Paul; Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Jr., aot an exciting story is unfolded, Nana Bryant; Howard Sr., which is better appreciated when seen Huron L. Blyden; elevatorJeffries, Dougtoy, than read about, on account of its las Morris; Richard Brewster, Paul lifelike characters and human atmo- Harvey; Jones, Ancyn .McNulty. 'i t&Z & ' A? sphere which are so skillfully used In Paramount-Empres- s stage expression. Theatre. ; Young Jeffries is accused of havthe little CLARK, ing committed a murder, through his MARGUERITE star, has been unfortunate appearance on the scene v.v.v of a suicide, and is arrested and com- seen in many different characters but mitted by the chief of police and de- she has never done anything more abtectives, who make life miserable for ' the young man in applying the police sorbingly interesting and more thor'A v , system of forcing a confession by the oughly sympathetic than Ellse, the de....... lightful little Alpine shepherdess in application of the "third degree." After the fellow is young trapped "Out of the Drifts," which is the next f into a "fake" confession in which he Paramount picture at the Paramount-Empres- s v- - 4 today, Monday and Tuesday. own words, repeats the chief's "Out of the Dirfts" is a big story of even circumstantial evidence helps to ' 4 great Alps and of the everlasting point to his guilt. Jeffries' father the deserts him and refuses to support his snows in which this superb little star not only for life itself plea of innocence, but he has a devoted is seen battling but to save herlittle wife who will not be swayed against thea elementsroue with whom a young from her determination to prove his self from great avalanche has penned her in a innocence. The wife goes through many dis- deserted cabin. Happy little Elise first learns the couraging incidents in gaining help, and finally enlists the aid of a prom- meaning of sorrow when her father in the St. Bernard inent lawyer, who is not a criminal loses his footing in arms leaving her dies her Pass and efbut the Insistent attorney, through alone in the world. Rudolph, an Alforts of the woman takes the case. As the lifelike characters are brought pine guide, Is desperately In love with she does not return his afforth to develop the story, many scenes Elise, but There arrives at the Monasof exciting and emotional character are fection. a named Regyoung Englishman utilized; and when the final curtain tery van Rensselaer, who has come to falls on the success of the young wife's gie efforts to establish the innocence of her Switzerland to forget his past follies husband a sigh of relief can be ex- in London. from the audience. Instantly attracted by the beauty of cllned young- man. In the audience and act and they are at once the comedy pected Mr. Klein has not only written a Elise, Reggie meets and induces her to after the volunteers come, upon the hit of the bill. realistic drama in "The Third Degree," (Continued on Page 8.) "Billie" Seaton Is a charming singer. stage Billy Bouncer will show the first lesson or trick. It always looks very She has a number of character songs simple to the boys and the audience, and costumes and more than does credbut when tried by the contestants, they it to them all. excitinc situation in one of the scenes of "The Third Degree," The chapter of "The Girl and the usually find so much difficulty in on tramof the themselves will be presented by the Ernest Wilkes stock company the which feature Game," manipulating moving picture is no name for this week's program, features Helen poline that hilarity tonight and for the ensuing week's engagement at the Wilkes theatre. !TT the conclusion of Holmes in more what follows. situations thrilling the contest a valuable prize is to be than she has yet appeared. Standard brothers, In a clean-cand awarded by vote of the audience. snappy acrobatic turn that combines novelty and skill, complete the vaudePantages Theatre. end of the program and the bill mHE Fashion Girls," one of the ville Is rounded out by a special program X most gorgeous and at tho same of orchestra numbers by Eddie 's The time one of the brightest comedy acts Pantages orchestra. Pantages ever seen on the Pantages, i3 draw- present bill will continue atweek. of this until nlht Tuesday ing record audiences at the local house. ' Trained tigers and Hons in a sensaThe sketch Is a glittering galaxy of tional act will top the bill which opens beautiful girls In beautiful gowns with at Pantages next Wednesday afternoon. Herr Havemann is known as king of clever comedy bltB throughout to make animal trainers and his act is one of The girls the most sensational animal features the act more Interesting. show tho best of the new fashions, now in vaudeville. The new bill will wonderful gowns that set every wom- also include the Heuman trio of coman's heart aflutter Iridescent crea- edy acrobats; Lewis, Belmont and tions In the new silks and the new Lewis, two men and a girl. In a clever shades a wonderful spectacle. act; More and St. Claire, a man and a "Oklahoma" Bob Albright Is back In maid, in a spectacular dancing act; a production all his own. Albright is Itoberts, Stuart and Roberts in a nova whole show in himself and with his elty entertainment, and another chapwonderful voice and most likable per- ter of the thrilling railroad drama, sonality, he Is adding scores of Salt "The Girl and the Game." For this afternoon's matinee a spe.ake friends to his already long list. a is cial feature is announced by Manager clever by accompanied Albright, llttlo pianist and Is heard In several Newman in the form of a full dress of his newest and most successful rehearsal of a new operetta by Rodney Hlllam. Mr. Ilillam Is the author of songs. Potts brothers look so mneh alike -- Fung Choy," the delightful little that they can't even tell each other Chinese operetta, that scored such a Pantages circuit, and re-hisapart, according to their friends. "A hit overwillthehave its first full dress Double's Troubles" is the title of their sketch E W.. J J v.-. -- o:- si - AN ut Fitz-patrlck- t |