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Show ' THE CITIZEN t shiner, his father and her father having been slain by the Bame man, Horace Hoiten. She is half in love with ' him until one day there comes to the mountains a young man from the city, Frank Lay son. He, with a party of men and women, are on an outing trip, and also looking up some mining claims. With them is Hoiten, in disguise. He knows the value of the rich mining claims on the Breirly land and attempts to. buy them from her for $1,000.- Not knowing the value of the But Layson money she accepts it. comes on the scene, and finding out about the transaction, forces Hoiten .to return the money and tears up the - deed. To get revenge, Hoiten tells Joe Lorey that Layson has informed the revenue agents about his illicit still. Lorey .immediately hunts for Lay-sofinds him and thet wo have a terrific. hand to hand battle in which Layson is knocked unconscious. He puts dynamite under him to destroy all traces, but his better nature will not allow him to set it off. In the bushes watching is Hoiten. When Lorey leaves he sets fire to the fuse. But Madge Brierly sees the act from' her home.' There is a great chasm between them, but she leaps on. her horse to reach the man. Hoiten has wrecked the draw in the bridge, but she makes the daring leap and extinguishes the fuse. 4 n, . t- . .. - - AMERICAN American theatre will present its feature attraction Sunday and Monday Earle Williams, in his latest screen success, When a Man THE Loves. : The popular star appears more debonair, artistic and admirable than ever in this picture, one of the best he has even been seen in. The story is an alluring and romantic one that has for its background al the blended charm and beauty of the Occident and the Orient, tls elements are the tried and' true ones love and adventure, tincture wtih startling surprises and suspense and capped by a thrilling climax that will send the audience away with a'- new standard of photoplay pleasure. The: picture is given an unusually rich and painstaking production with lavish interiors and colorful exteriors. Effective today the American announces a general reduction in admission prices. Teh new prices are 17, 30 aiid 40 cents, including war tax. - MAURICE TOURNEUR has a MAURICE Tourneursea. In for the The the Life Line unusual ability scenes of the moods on the White' Heather and i he demonstrated his to produce thrilling ocean in its' varying screen. Now he has taken one of the most famous stories of all times, Joseph Conrads Victory, and used it as the basis of a motion picture that portrays. in vivid detail , the tale of love, adventure, and revenge in the . South Sea islands. It Is a Paramount-Artcraf- t picture and will be shown at for four days, the Paramount-Empres- s commencing Sunday. Mr. Tourneur loves to deal with mankind in the rough. His faithful reproduction of life in the slums and low dives is well known. Victory has given him the opportunity of making a picture exclusively with characters who love passionately, see red when they hate, and are quick with the trigger and knife. Life among the European waifs who have drifted to the South Seas reverts to the elementals and these are the materials out of which Joseph Conrad weaves his gripping stories and Maurice Tourneur his entertaining pictures. Jack Holt, Seens Owen, Lon Chaney and Wallace Berry are in the excellent cast. Commencing Christmas day and running for the rest, of the week another big attraction will be in order in the form of Hawthorne of the U. S. A., with popular Wallace Reid supcast, including ported by an all-stTheodore Roberts, Harrison Ford, Edwin Stevens, Tully Marshall, Lila Lee and a number of other favorites. The picture was adapted from James B. Fagans well known stage play of the same name,' in which Douglas Fairbanks once starred in the legitimate. It concerns the experiences of a pair of improvident American law clerks when touring Europe in a jitney, they break the bank at Monte Carlo and invade an obscure little revolution-torn kingdom. Some weird adventures follow, in which the hero gets sentenced to death and is rescued by the U. S. senator (Theodore Roberts) at the critical moment. Owing to the popularity of the vocal selections this week David Reese, the eminent Utah tenor, will be held over for another week as an added jllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllll SALT LAKE THEATRE 3 j i! NEWHOUSE HOTEL in time for the holiday season, bevy of new chorus girls and principles will arrive from New York, carrying with them Gothams newest jazz ideas and costumes for the delectation of Newhouse patrons, when The Follydols introduce their new program next week, beginning Monday night. Miss Grace Dodge, charming new prima donna of the company, will lead a novelty number entitled Meet Me in Bubbleland, with the chorus gaily costumed in rainbow frills. A duet selection by Miss Dodge and Mr. Theriac will be Let the Rest of the World Go By. The opening ensemble, Holidays, promises to be unsually attractive, and also the Sunst in Sweden number, led by Mr. Theriac, with the chorus in milkmaid costumes. Miss Gerris, another charming new member of the company, will have a big jazz number, while the principles of the company will have new and dis- JUST tinctive solos. Five Oclock Tea in the Newliouso ! Days Commencing Monday, December 22 NORMAN FRIEDENWALD . Submits America's Greatest Musical Comedy Success U NATIVE HAWAIIAN Singers, Dancers a Plenty Prices $1.50 to 25c plus war tax Same prices in all cities E :iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItS 1 MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR THEATRE-LOVER- S I Manager Pyper takes great pleasure in announcing as a gayly brilliant attraction for the Christmas-Tid- e Henry W. Savages offering; of Americas foremost prima donna comedienne ar attraction. 19 with the complete cast of metropolitan singers, comedians and dancers, even the Henry W. Savage Opera Orchestra, the ensemble of fascinating femininity and troupe of sensational acrobats in I HEAD OVER HEELS 99 THE SEASONS GAYEST MUSICAL COMEDY E E PRICES, as in all cities EVES., 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. Special Priced Holiday Matinee Saturday, 50c to $2.00 E Z NOTE: Mail orders with war tax received and filled in order of receipt. Mm DkAn. n.lar. Mn ha takan for this attraction. E E E most- Regular Seat Sale opens Tuesday, December 23. This is the talked-abou- t and important musical comedy to visit the west this year. E E . jniiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiiiimjiimmmmmmmmiimiiiiiimiimmmmimmmmiiin: and Syncopted Harp are the popular checks that reach me weekly at my numbers that will be repeated again shakedown in Birmingham, Alabama next week. JIMMYING INTO THEA TRE men are born playwrights, g and achieve some have it thrust upon them. Me, Im at the very bottom of the last named class. As to those who achieve playwrit-- . ing well, Ive met just one in my time. He is of medium height and girth and he wears glasses and eats three times a day and sleeps once; isnt the least bit upstage and doesnt rave about the poor, unknowning public which doesnt appreciate a good thing in the dramatic line. He why hes the chap who thrust playwriting upon me. His name is George Broad-hurs- t and he dramatized my novel The Crimson Alibi and produced it at the Broadhurst Theatre July 17th where as is proved by the royalty SOME play-writin- capacity crowds are parting with good, hard money for the fun of finding out who killed Joshua Quincy. Anyway, I was talking about George thrusting me into the playwriting game. Of course, I dont call him George when Im with him. I call him Yes, sir, Mr. Broadhurst! You see, I never meant to be a playwright. Not on your life I didn't. I had every intention of working for a living at my trade of writing short-storie- s and novels which fool all of the public none of the time. It wasnt that I didnt want to join the magic . and, well now when circle the one hundred percent of my friends who are writing The Great American Drammer come to me and ask me how its, done, I tell em that it isnt. Thats the secret; it just isnt done. It does you. If the critics dont like it, it does you good and plenty. And so again to The Crimson Alibi." I wrote the novel and Bob Davis of ... |