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Show THE CITIZEN 8 With the First Nigh ters . i CLARA KIMBALL YOUNGG AT TliE PANTAGES. Clara Kimball Young, the capra-ciou- s and captivating movie star, is appearing this week in person at The Pantages. Also one of her celebrated screen productions, Straight From Pari3,,is holding a stellar place on the well balanced and varied Pantages. piogram. Miss Young possesses a most charming personality and she easily won her big audience Wednesday night, completely and successfully persuaded all that movie actors are really human beings who harbor only love and good will for. all mankind, even if they are sometimes compelled, by the very nature of their difficult work, to appear freakish and almost inhuman at times. Miss Youngs act is of a conversational character in which she quietly and informally unfolds some of the secrets of screen acting for her audience to gaze upon and to gasp over. Then the scene changes and the conversaticnal, lovable actress is seen at her be3t in the picture play called This producStraight from Paris. tion is filled with tense situations and is replete with human interest which affords Miss Young. a rare opportunity to display her histrionic ability. 1 , t Springtime Frivolities," a headliner of unusual merit, is a bright musical comedy, built on a nonsensical plot which hangs on a lost pocketbcok. Singing and dancing frills, pretty girls, effective staging and costuming combine to make this act exceptionally attractive. Mason and Bailey, two negro boys from Dixie, draw a full round of applause with their eccentric danc- ody of the Alphabet sung as a duet) was one of the big 'hits of the even- tor, ate quite equal to the task. Golf for the average person not inclined to profanity or to vigorous exercise is a dull, drab, most prosaic game, indeed. But as illustrated' and illumed by Flanagan and Morrison cn the stage it becomes a roaring iarce with its piofe3?icnal quips and mysterious lingo strung cut into a rapid fire exchange of classical wit and humor. Another headline act is the offering of classic seelcDons by David Sapir-Lteithe eminent American pianist. Sapir stein plays with great accuracy, charming technique and wonderful expression. He furnished a rare treat for the lovers of the classic in music and gave the uninitiated a practical demonstration of scientific manipulation of a grand piano key board. He displays great interpretative power, blending the light and catchy numbers with the major selections with amazing neftness. The gems of his act WedChopin weie the nesday night Etude, as transcribed by Godowsky, under whom he studied, and the Rigo-lettparaphrase. Answering prolonged encores he gave several charming numbers in lighter strain, displaying wonderful artistry. ing. In a turn that combines new jokes with cle$er work, Frawley and Louise, in Its All a Mistake, prove most interesting and won much applause. Their act is full of stage pep and ginger and there is some clever singing and dancing thrown in for good meas- ure. n, Carson and Willard present a very amusing skit in Meet the Doctor,' which is based upon nothing at all, but which holds the keen interest of the audience because of its real humor if it lacks much in what might be termed horse sense. The aerialists act by the Four Lamy Brothers is indeed a supreme performance. It is possessed of much that is daring and more which may be classed as different. Withall it is clever and may be placed well up among the most interesting acts on the long pro- gram. A scintillating surprise was furnished by The Rayolites in their novelty sketch featuring lightning artistry and wonderful electric light effects, depicting snow storms, leaping w'ater falls and surging billows of the ocean. There are the usual funny animated cartoons of Aesop Fables, Pathe News reel and the topics of the day, which never fail to interest Orpheum adherents. o act the song Ranking as a stunt by uouise Dresser and Jack Gardner won instant approval. Miss Dresser has a charming personality and her singing was much admired. Jack Gardner displays great versatil-tMiss and no little individuality. Dresser scored in her interpretation of My Pal Sal and her song, The Old Fashioned Rose," while the Mel top-nitc- h y KINEMa. Marie Prevost, the famous bathing ing and song offerings. Three maids in Dolly Varden cos tumes and a man in Harmonyland WHY tt I O st: S tl t CLARA ! S' HIBAL YOUNG The most beautiful worn on the worlds screen in PERSON Springtime Frivolities Harmonyland an attack on the popular jazz music which is a veri.able riot. The chief art st performs on drums, bells, whistles and various noisy devices, until she apparently loses her mind, along with her hair, in a mad musical orgy. . Mason & Bailey 8 Straight From ORPHEUM FEATURES CLASSY VAUDEVILLE NUMBERS. Paris Theres nothing too good Orpheum fans were treated to a well balanced and delightfully diversified program at the opening performance. for the week, last Wednesday night. The character, .of the bill is moie general than that of the previous programs and includes a' full list of ; I you Pan -- Three stellar acts are featured, the interesting skit, A Lesson in. Golf,' with Ed Flanagan and Alex Morrison essaying the piece de ..resistance of the act, being perhaps the most noteworthy. This act calls for unusual finesse and rare ability to put over and to give it the punch; but Flanagan as the pupil and .Morrison as tu- USEAUYY Also proe themselves arti t3 on French horns, cornets and other wind instruments. The best thing they put on is high class attractions. D busini gre1 Julios wooing of Marguerite Laurier In The Four Horsemen of.the Apocalypse, the Metro million dollar production of now play at the Salt Lake Theatre. |