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Show THE PROVO POST SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. 27, 1921 r At The Theatres The Place To Go oMmbia ; -- -- L.- MONDAY AND TUESDAY r. Matinee 1 j ' Mn 15c, 25c Daily,4I Evening, 7:30, 9:15 , Events Watch This Page Each Issue for Review of Uoming.Theatrical -- - 15c, 25c, 35c I - Ji, I.9 ' A Masterpiece CONFLICT, M SS2P52IWI iii Monday and Tuesday; Whats a Wife Worth PRILL nevor4fbre shorn on anij screen-cou- 'em I nt 1- - PRlSCUt A DtAN ,, trm ! hate, anger and joy all find an outlet In the gripping story of Conflict, which will bring the beautiful Priscilla Dean to the Colombia theater o Monday, Love, Prlscllla Dean fans, who have been anxiously awaiting the stars latest picture, after having enjoyed Reputation" so thoroughly, will be more than repaid for their patient vigil. This Universal-Jewproduction is supreme in its detail and technicalities, a great deal of time having been spent on finding desirable locations for the North Woods scenes. That they are true in every detail will be readily observed even by the- most expert woodsman. r Conflict" presents' a cast worthy of note, including, as leading man. el Cast including Casson Ferguson, Ruth ick and Virginia Caldwell' ' Jr . j Herbert Rawllnson, one of the best known players of the screen, Edward Connelly, Hector Sarno, Martha Mattox, L. C. Shumway, Sam Allen, Captain C. E. Anderson, Milton Brown and BUI Glllls. n diStuart Paton .the rector of Reputation," also directed this picture. Many of the most important sequences of the narrative were taken in British Columbia, where accurate scenes in the logging industry were obtained. The atmospheric background of the story is said to be startling in Its exactness. Dynamiting a log jam waa one of the exciting incidents of the expedition. It was faithfully caught by the camera and will give a mighty tbrUl to playgoers. well-know- PATHE NEWS SPECIAL Ren- i Including: scenes taken in Washington, showing the Nations of the World as they join America in paying homage to her unknown martyr,' brought from Frances battlefields for . burial in his native soil. t And ESOPS FABLES Wednesday and Thursday Whats a Wife Worth . .Wednesday r : ?i'yu 3:45 10c, 20c, 30c Matinee, f 'Evening, 8 :15 . ' 25c, 40c, 55c, 75c TOliY SARGS , Royal Pekin Troupe MARIONETTES AT 1 Celestial Marvel Workers "u J Elroy Sisters Stone and Manning; ' Grace May, f ' . Grace Chester Garry Owen Amoros & Jeannette t i For No Reason Whatsoever Humorous Nonsense, , m The Edge of the Worlds MON CHAPLEAU , , b , ' . . w. . j ", Columbia Orchestra v Chapter 10 " -t -k- 1 v' - ' A Futuristic Fantasy of Color, Mele La Lucy Spirit of Color Lester & Moore ; - t Comedy t " ) I" ' r PRINCESS , v i v J' 'lV' In V; A HEART TO LET , epoch-makin- tertainment MONDAY and TUESDAY Justine Johnstone The Tony Serf Marionettes, which play at the College haU on Saturday, December S, under the auspices of B, T. U. Social Center, constitute a revival of an ancient art During the middle agea, long before moving picture were invented, and . when strolling players were still regarded as vagabonds, the acting doll, or marionette, enjoyed popular favor at Tuletlije and other feetlve occasions. Before that the Greeks and Romans had puppets, and crude prototype have been found in the ruins of ancient Egypt For the renaissance of this fascinating art in the United States. Tony Sarg deserves chief. credit In mechanical ingenuity his puppet surpass all predecessors, and of contemporaries he has none who make tours to all pens of thla country. His practiced eye and skilful sage craftsmanship hsve made his marionettes In Ameriin institution can art During the past four seasons the vogue for marionettes has been increasing, and critics throughout the entire country have united with the first verdict of those in New Tork, Boston and Philadelphia, who first saw the Tony Sarg Marionettes, end spontaneously acclaimed the producg tions as dramatic ennt of Eddie Polo in DO OR DIE J Matinee Only . rt COLLEGE HALL : THE TALE OFTHREE CITIES , s , . I Want Ads Get Quick Results "'"v The repertoire for thla season includes Rip Van Winkle, Washington Irving's favorite folk story, The Rose and the Rlng,Thackeray's satirical comedy, and a aeries of short plays and puppet stunta' by Tony A Night In Greenwich Sarg, called Village. . Nearly one hundred of the wooden-head actors" are ' required for these playe, and a complete sage, with all facilities, is carried by the Company, giving the effect of a full sited stage with real actors. mw v ix- - ARROW FILM CORPORATION m "GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE LAW" COMING. sham or simple folk who know-nartifice. , No one wUl be ashamed to wipe away a tear over the shattered romance of the maiden aunt, played by Cora Drew.- -' No one will he afraid Id laugh out loud at the antic of the household pets, and neither young nor old will fall to thrill at the beautiful love theme which runs like a silver thread through the entire production. Whati a Wife Worth!" Is one of those stories that contains a theme that the world will feel better for having seen. Making no pretense at anything that la melodramatic or sensational, it nevertheless stirs the imagination and grips the heart as only that which is real can. It is full of a happy blend of laughter and drama, that will bring chuckles and sobs, And over 'aU charged with wholesome, homely sentiment. Tony Sarg ' the footage of the picture, the In RIP VAN WINKLE 4 COLLEGE HALL - f ' Saturday, Dec. 3, 8 P. M. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE & Y. U. SOCIAL VVe, CENTER . di- a long way and take much pains to rector, 8idney Olcott, sent two camInject the desired color and realism era men dear from Portland. Maine, Into photoplay stories. The lateet where these Curwood pictures are beexample of this Indefatigable enter- ing made, to Montreal to take "shots" prise pn the part of producing com- of the business section of the city'. panies' It the famous old City of Not content with' that, the photogMontreal, Canada, in Goda Country rapher hired an airplane end flew over the city several times, making and the Law." another splendid omepanorama views of this old one of James - Oliver French-Canadltown. Curwooda series. Gods and the Law" will Country Even though the need for the Strange, but when a woman Is dissolved In tears," she i more Montreal scenes was very slight and be shown at the Strand theater on TikiWb than at any other time. they took up hut a amall portion of Wednesday and Thursday.' an S s IVlciYlOTtCttc S - Gods Country and the Law Motion picture companies today go - James Oliver Curwooas ftuxnoH VUUAJ4 COTSIY Home folks" have, as a general rule, received anything but sympathetic t reament at the hands of either stage or screen directors. Their native mannerism have been grotesquely exaggerated,- thd their unaffected pleasures made ridiculous. As a result, a wrong impression has been created and left to Unger In the minds of those who have never known the intimate life of a smaU town. . In What's a Wife WorhT the special production which opena at the Strand theater on Monday and Tuesday, one of the outstanding features Is the sympathy, the . understanding with which Mr. Cabanne haa handled the scenes in his story laid in a amall New England town. Hit masterly balance, the delicacy with which the characters have been painted, bespeak tbe study of human nature, and a deep knowledge of the work lngs of the minds and heart of those : offers . , Here is the oldest plaything in the world, the acting doll, doing ail the things that live people Pnd their best energies trying o do on the stage, and doing it so much better, so much more richly and effectively and with Buch simple economy of expression as to throw down the last ledge of privilege that has fenced the human actors sacred person. RALP BLOCH, N. Y. Tribune. GENERAL ADMISSION, 75c. RESERVED SEATS, 11 |