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Show W A ' 4 sf T , f ,J- - S'1 I PROVO POST, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 192 V ATTHi; IHfAl RE'i AT THE THEATRES catm - roniKht TonTght The Road Demon of Velvet Fingers 4 P. M. but the front wheels stagger. So Hap ropes the front axle and guides the car to his fathers ranch. Then he cant stop the car, so he drives through a fence and causes the cow- boy to grattcrHe yells to the boys to shoot the gas tank so as to stop the wild critter. For this escapade Dad Higgins upbraids Hap, but Hap soon lonrea ' him" back "into ' good humor. Hap soon getB the blamed thing going and rides off. He meets Luther McCabe, an auto driver, with Patricia OMalley, looking over the road for the coming Phoenix race in which car McCabe is to drive the OMalley hoping to win the race and thus secure a big Japanese order. They race. A motor policeman arrests them. Hap signals Patricia to jump into his car. After she does so Hap turns his tar over a dirt road and gets away. Patricia asks Hap to secure McCabes release so that he can drive her fathers car in the Phoenix road race. Hap goes to the Jail and with 'the aid of his rope reseues McCabe from the country road gang. I When the big race starts Hap is a contestant, driving the cay he obtained in the desert. Patricia is there -- nsrunEa LEWIS J.SELZNICK vsasti nrs me HIGHEST A RALPH LAW Tom Moore Has MCE PRODUCTION Goldwyn Star Battles For Hia Good Name and His Stolen Opera in Latest Dramatic Success. I-n- 1 Sheltered Daughters WEDNESDAY-THURSDA- ' . Y ; TOM MOORE V. T - - - mmsmsaewm forOr Lunch . 5.. Tfieres nothing morejajp petizintfthan a dish dr used in mak--. whitecom are ing these delicious flakes of substantial texture.They are cipals are specially fine, all having had previous stage experience. Each Is putting forth every effort to make it the big success it promises Miss Jepperson as a leader of course has proven herself before. Prof. JPardoe makes the best kind of a coach and Is surely getting results. Prof. Eastmond had painted a beauti ful scenp for Plymouth Bay and with other scenes, stumes-and-JigbUng effecls will offer an unusually fine background. Mrs. Balllf and her de- partment have accomplished meritorious results in the dancing acts. This opera was especially selected Pretty Opera -- Priscilla Coming To Columbia To again remind the citizens of Provo and vicinity that one of the rarest musical treats In its history Is to be given by the B. Y. U. Music department. Thursday evening at the Columbia TheairerwrAnnounco the comic oper Priscilla, or The Pilgrims Proxy. A number of the art departmental -co- LASSOS IIEIIS TO , t lc cus-hundr- ed I Wednesday and Thursday ALLENE RAY and . HARRY MCLAUGHLIN in day-OMall-ey 'West of the Rio Grande v BUSTER KEATON CURE FOR BLUES and AS "CONVICT 13 : 'Y J in , U f Convict 13 99 Friday and Saturday ' ready to serve, crisp and -.golden brown,direct from 7 the package with cream or .. milk and a sprinkle of sugar if desired. -- Ask For Them By Name Pkde by Pcs tim Cereal GUnc,Battle Cree)c,tlld. - A new way to chase chickens or hens, rather, is humorously shown in West of the Rio Grande," a Bert Lubin feature at the strand Theatre Two and Thursday. Wednesday wandering cowboys get a Job on a ranch,, but instead of roping cattle they are told to milk them and also gather eggs. They discover the milking Becret difficulty la cornering the hns have resort to miniature lariats hens and to solve the problem. The lassoing of the bans lends a very comical touch to an otherwise exciting and very dramatic picture. - -- J Produced by the B. Y. U. Opera Co. Chicken-chase- rs -- Presents Priscilla or The Pilgrims Proxey ' GATHER, EGGS Will, Find Much of ' Interest In "West of the Rio Grande" n T ut I Only the hearts of selected Marys Attic. The Pilgrim Celebration Cominitee Com Flakes) (Superior r i - Up In heads are assisting Miss Jepperson and her chorus, being Prof. Frank Madsen and his orchestra. Prof. T. to commemorate thd landing of the Earl Pardoe In staging and coaching Pilgrims. As many perhaps already Pro( e. H. Eastmond In scenerj know the plot centers about the Tits. Algi VLBtl-o- n quaint courtship of the fair Priscil. ... dsTumingTnd la by the Captain thru the means danclna Although the chorus runs to the of a friend John Alden. Not detract-gigantproportions of about one ling from the Puritan ideals and an fifty individuals. Miss toms either there Is Just enough of and re-- ! the humorous fo make it altogether pleased Jepperson is wellbestmTteur' the group 'enjoya'ble. K river. Friends and patrons we Invito your she has ever worked with. The that McCabe wins the race by a length i and support. It is too fine been too has extensive presence experience and disregards his promise. Hap both and In the EaRt. The prin- - to miss. here to at McCabe. This annoys tries get Patricia. She cuts Hap. The next auto race is at Fresno, TdcCabe plans lo throw this race tor OMalleys rival, Wade Waters.1 Hap enters In bis old car. When OMalley is 111,. Hap finds volunteers to drive the car. Hap Is! leading when the car goes wrong. He stops. He finds his spark plugs have been tampered with. McCabes car also 8 tops. Hap has fixed his car when OMalley asks him to let McCabe drive it. Hap jumps into the car and wJna the race. O'Malley gives a dinner to the Japanese buyer. That Is kidnapped and locked In Waters hotel room. Hap also is captured, but contrives to escape. He gathers the cowboys who are attending a rodeo and goes after OMalley. Hap and one of the men find OMalley on the tenth floor, and take him to the dinner. They rope the Waters crowd and force McCabe to confess he was consptrlng agalnst OMallev. When Patricia heard the story she not only allows Hap to claim the other glove, but her Laud, loov trip-hamm- er In Heartease t Friday, Saturday Two Reels of Uproarious Laughs In In "Heartsease. the latest GoldComic Feature to Appear at Princomes tSHha ., wyn Picture which Strand Theatre. cess theatre commencing Wednesday and Thursday, Tom Moore will be Another of gloom chasing that makes dull care a presented as a young composer; and, comedies strangely enough, as a rough and thing of the past eomes to thd Strand Theatre Wednesday and Thursday ready, fighter. - In thls productlon directed by when Buster Keaton, the man whose Beaumont, one of the most missing smile makes them all smile, Harry J justifiable fights occurs. It is not appears In Convict 18. 'a mere argument between two men, As the diminutive wearer of the but a conspiracy by a pair of villains comical mantle of Fatty Arbuckie, to rob the boy of hie newly written Buster Keaton more than fulfills the opera. In trying to recover the manu- mirthful role made famous by the script which had been stolen deliber- rotund master of slapstick. His years ately from him, he encounters the of association with Fatty in the hilascoundrels. rious features hare made him well Tom Moore trained at hia beach known to the thousands of motion home for the fight is was a regu- picture followers. In addition to hia lar battle and the opposition had recruits among the fans of shadow a difficult time to keep clear of his land he is remembered by "theaterblows. As it Was goers as the memmany they were badly beaten up,". as ber of the vaudeville team of The Three Keatonk," which for many pugilists aay. Where the scene opens,, he is seasons toured the country. The slender young laugh maker is lone with thetwo ment and la not expecting them to start the fight. proving even more of a aidesplltter When one makes a sudden lunge at I nhis own fun features than when he him, he is bowled over, but recoyers helped Fatty knock about scenery and quickly and dashes st his opponents. props. His many awkward predicaHe rushes them so swiftly that they ments and his uncannily sober manin turn are knocked down. The fight ner in getting out of them, by twists runs for several tense minutes, until and contortions that arouse both the unfortunate chap is thrown wonder anL amusement, give to his he comedies that rarity of unexpected against a heavy table leg where ; remains still, haying stmck his head mirth. , on a projection which badly atnnda A Hamburger wood exporting firm him. sell In other countries as i This picture will create many proposes to or relics the product of laughs, and yet it will cause the ornaments blood to race, as the boy fights for the former Kaisers woodsaw and his right with manly vehemence. It buck, If there ard' enough square-head- s in the world to make the venis a womans picture end a mans courage of the ture profitable. Germany la after picture; both lorevthe menay and Is not particular. youth, which comes to the top with a real punch and a bang when It is needed. Tom Moors is Irish, so why go Into more detail I Manager Ashton promises that every person who views this Goldwyn picture is sure to come away with a great admiration for Tom Moore and hie splendid work In ... hia latest' photopl&y. TONIGHT JUSTINE JOHNSTONE ' " Terrific Fight In Heartsease BROWNE BY, LEWIS ALLEN Grande. On the range and among the cow- - with her fathers. The father wants boys at the ranches, Hap Hlggina la, his car to win, yet Patricia gives her known for his wild escapades and his love of playing tricks. Hap has a glove to Hap and he tells her he is mechanical turn of mind. His father coming back to claim the other glove admits a 1th much chagrin that the la he wins the race McCabe passes Hpp and sneers at only thing Hap ever has done In his life was to invent &n automatic feed f?rnuIfhaHHtCHeJ,fhn grinder which hurt Dads business. b..dg;Hap leaps thete HaP One day when Hap Is riding out of the peril bridge the desert for no other reason and lands In sand twenty feet below than that he likes to ride he meets the other embankment. As he starts a man who with an au- - up the embankment McCabe pleads tomoblle He can't get it in running for a lift, Hap gives It on condition order. Hap swaps his horse for the he will get a time allowance, lie automobile. He trlea to get It going.tows McCabe . .safely through the I REGULAR PRICES . Inttimeri3ancT "'Westor Ihe'Krd 'Priscilla. Thrilling Story of The Road Demon In Friday, Matinee Opera AT TIIE STRAND Thursday BUSTER KEATON Wednesday, --- anTyed::To.nMixln-Th0-RdaaT3emon.- Thbnias "Inc. Prod. "The Highest Law." Saturda; - Win. Russell In Cheater Reformed. TOM MIX 7 AT THE COLUMBIA Tom Mix 'n The Hoad Demon." Friila TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY Regular Prices Wednesday, Chapter .mi ' With a strong cast of principals. Enlarged Chorus and Orchestra. Special Scenery p din ted for the occasion. Prof. Florence Jepperson, Musical Director.- - ; ProfErH Eastmond, Costumes and Scenic Effects. . Prof. T. Earl Pardoe, Dramatic Director.-- .. Columbia Theatre Thursday May 5 1 PRICES 50c, $1.00, $1.50 C f i - |