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Show THE CITIZEN 8 With the Fi rst Nighters JOHN DREW AND LESLIE CARTER APPEAR JOINTLY IN. THE CIRCLE." Behind the Selwyns plan to send John Drew and Mrs. Leslie Carter across the country at the head of the all-stcast seen in The Circle, the startling play by Somerset Maugham, coming to the Salt Lake theatre for three days commencing Thursday night, June 1st, is an interesting story. When Archibald Selwyn saw Mr. ar Maughams sensational success during his recent visit to London, his first determination was to secure The Circle for the New York stage. This accomplished his thought sped at once to Mrs. Leslie Carter for the portrayal of the woman who is the storm center Mr. Maugham of the daring story. the agreed with producer that the accomplishment of such a plan would indeed be a coup. So, together they journeyed to Versailles to persuade Mrs. Carter to forsake her quiet life in France and return to the stage. Having seen The Circle, and sharing the enthusiasm of all London over it, Mrs. Carter admitted that the proposal made her was a great temptation. Upon further deliberation she decided to accept it upon one condition. That condition was that Mr. Selwyn secure the services of John Drew as the male star to play the role opposite her own. This was a stipulation not easily accomplished, but it has been done,, and Mr. Drew will be seen as the central masculine figure when the production is made in this city. When The Circle was first produced in London it was damned by critics because of its frank exposition of a certain phase of English life. The public, however, did not share the resentment of the reviewers along this line, accepting Mr. Maugham's play with an interest and enthusiasm which has meant its leadership in the matter of box office receipts for the current theatrical year in the British olis. i test winers in Virginia Lee and Clara Bow, one fair and the other dark, but both young artists who promise much for the future. Diana Allen, a star in her own right, and Marguerite Cour-tolong prominent on the screen, also have outstanding roles. Then there are others, such as James Harrison, well known juvenile; Walter Miller, Charles Craig and also Huntly Gordon, whose striking figure has graced more than one Cabanne success. t, PANTAGES GIVES FANS FULL HEADLINER SHOW. It would be a monstrous and per- - haps a useless task to attempt to pick the real headliner act at the Pantages this week. The program is full of pleasant surprises and the choice between the several scintillating skits is narrowed down to almost the vanishing point before the curtain goes down on the last swift act Miss Julia Edwards opens the big performance with a number of bewildering and startling gymnastic feats. She also thrills the audience by talking and singing a few snappy songs. She is an adept at the entertaining art and is possessed of a very pleasing voice as well as plenty of personal charm. Harry Catalano and company, who follow in the second act, take the audience Along Broadway, where the bright lights glitter. Dancing girls and sparkling comedy make up the major part of the trip. Stanley Murray wins renown in his pianology stunt and Henry Catalano makes a very favorable impression with his songs of the poilu and modern love. Third in the column of this vaudeville pageant comes George Lashay, who captivates the audience with his operatic and popular numbers on the marimbaphone. Lashay displays especial talent in the rendering of his classical numbers. C. vVesley Johnson and his company and Charles B. (Bass) Foster are a - quintet of colored exponents of syncopation. This, the fourth act of the bill, is a series of vocal and instrumental selections offered with such a satisfying result that the patrons applauded loud and long in hopes of an encore. A Couple of Nifties brings out Foley and ONeil in the fifth number on the vaudevile program. The two men are nifty dancers and nifty singers, as well as being nifty comedians. In fact, it is a nifty act. The Three Ambler brothers, gymnasts and equilibrists of the different sort, perform a series of hair raising feats in a bewildering manner. The act is introduced in a pleasing way. At the Sign of the Jack oLantern lovers may meet at their trysting place or crooks may start their escapade of crime, but several interesting events follow in the picture of that name. This is the main part of the picture program, although a good many hearty laughs are produced in The Bashful Suitor, a comedy supplement. PICTURE VERSION OF TURN TO THE RIGHT. sho gSll city It tells the story who, while serving a prison k justly, becomes acquainted crooks. Returning home he mortgage about to be iorecwj village skinflint. With the aS two crook pals a way is found out the miser while ihe inn the aged mother leads the tiro into love and a better life. It is presented by a notahh headed by Alice Terry who enviable reputation in Horsemen and The Cl Power. Playing oposite herf Mulhall, known on both screen. Others in the cast are Myers, who was the Yankee in necticut Yankee in King 4 Court; George Cooper, Edwafl nely, Lydia Knott, Betty lar aes loll Ural til - garet Loomis, William ;n 1 ette' eati il a ail rs ( asp Irei baa inn 1 hi ire Bletche Mayne and Ray Ripley. Turn to the Right was June Mathis and Mary Photographed by John ted ions i pci e ci bin adai tart ope technical direction was and Harold Grieve. StarrettFort production manager. ite. mui is all MR. PIM PASSES Turn to the Right, the most so of a comJ BY DELIGHTS popu- of the stage, whose was testified to by millions of appeal theatre goers, has been transferred to the screen and will be seen at Loews State theatre opening Tuesday, May 30, for a run of a solid week. As a stage play, Turn to the Right made a fortune for John Golden who presented it and for the authors, Win-cheSmith and John E. Hazzard. Keeping up this financial record a half interest in the screen rights was sold to Metro Fiictures Corporation for a quarter of a million dollars, top prices for any motion picture production. The screen version is presented by John Golden and Marcus Loew and is ori BIG AUDI! comedy-dram- a ll a Rex Ingram production, directed by the creator, for the silent drama, of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Conquering Power. Miss Laura Hope Crews iroii admiration and the entire cm great renown in the interpret given the irresistible and encha play, Mr. Pirn Passes By, whid run for there days at the Salt Theatre. The comedy is of the I delicious sort and holds the audi almost spell bound. It has a Ten freshing twang and is, perhaps, best in its line that has come to city this season. The play considered from the d point of cleverness and histrooit cellence is completely satisfying leaves nothing out and incorporate or starts? drew capacity houses here and the that is either worthy eral verdict of the Salt regulars, was, in effect, Lake ft that BEYOND THE RAINBOW, STELLAR SCREEN SHOW AT AMERICAN SUNDAY. r casts beThere have been fore in motion pictures, but it is doubtful whether any more important group of players. has ever been assembled for a single production than the one that presents William Christy Cabannes big drama, Beyond the Rainbow. More than a dozen prominent actors and actresses take part. For the most part they are players who have been before the public on stage and screen for several years and all number their personal followings in thousands. Beyond the Rainbow is the attraction coming Sunday to the American theatre, where lovers of the movie drama may have an opportunity to appraise the work of the extraordinary cast. For example, there are Harry all-sta- Sa JD Ur Morey, Edmund Breese,' George Fawcett, Macey Harlam and others of importance among the male members of the cast. Among the women are such favorites as Rose Coghlan, still the same great artist as of old; Lillian (Billie) Dove, famous beauty of the Ziegfeld Follies, whose artistry in Ca-ban- ne productions has carried her to popularity on the screen almost over night; and Helen Ware, an artist of the first water whose great performance in Beaslcos The Wandering Jew was one of the really big artistic accomplishments in the theatre last year. . Then, too, there are two beauty con-R-- C Sand Beach and Corner of Open Pool at Crystal Hotlake Resort. |