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Show THE CITIZEN 8 With the First Nighters ORPHEUM PRESENTS VARIED AND ENCHANTING PROGRAM THE PANTAGES OFFERS STELLAR VAUDEVILLE. There is a wide range of effect, pleasure and thrills combined in the Orpheum bill for the week. It is well balanced and does not feature any special stagey accomplishment above that of another. From the dulcet and soul calming strains of the master violinist, Duel de Kerekjarto, to the wild swings and the fascinating feats of strength by the Danoise Sisters, the bill presents much that is new, much that charms and more that provokes wholesome humor and healthy laughs. Duel de Kerekjarto is a master violinist. He plays with exceptional technique and with evident display of emotion. He has the deft touch and the finesse of the old masters and his entire repertoire is composed of brilliant selections brilliantly executed. Roscoe Ails and his swift aggregation of jazz musicians, aided by clever and pretty Kate Pullman, furnish the best entertainment of the program, when only the eccentric, the novel and the high lights of fantastic and furious are considered. This stellar crowd is also assisted, "wonderfully, by Charles Calvert, an adept at fancy and difficult dancing. Another headliner of character and renown is slender and witty Flo Lewis. She constitutes a whoie show in her small self. She offers a wide range of amusement, featuring famous women! the hardscrapple club woman and the flapper in manner Ahat leaves no doubts lingering in the minds of her audience. Flo is something of a and this part of her skit goes front over strong with the row occupants. Professional and occasional gossip-er- s in come in for a grand round-uthe clever skit, I Heard, by Paul Decker and company. The efforts of Paul to correct his wife's ways in the matter of spreading false rumors and alarms among her women friends and to exaggerate, proves a boomerang, but withall produces a very effective ending. Golf nuts, enthusiasts and others, are recommended to see the stunt pulled ' by Morris and Flanagan. It Is clever work and makes mild fun of this most popular pastime. Aside from offering the charming May Murray in the latest film production of the day. Broadway at the Pantages this week, has Rose, also lined up a master aggregation of fun-maki- ng kiss-ing-bu- bald-heade- en-gen- ue vaudevillians. Miss Murray is presenting a screen version of the old, old story of a country maiden who comes to the city to gain fame and fortune. She finds fame and a man, the son of wealth, and not until she discovers that this man is a scion of the idle rich, does she 'really .begin to live her life. The. picture makes possible various tense complications and is heightened by the rare charm and exceptional beauty of Miss , Murray. Headliner honors are about equally divided among the vaudeville stunts which appear in quick succession. The "Last Rehearsal is a clever burlesque on the production of a modern play. It is staged in two scenes and furnishes rare amusement for the fans. Phil Cocia and A1 Verdi present a fine musical feature using violin and cello. They spice their act with clever repartee and comical mannerisms and funny facial' contortions. A Vaudeville Symphony is given by the Homer Sisters, assisted by Billy Kamena. This is a most clever and thrilling dancing act by the sisters, while Mr. Kamena wins favor for his fine piano playing. ibers of a in sbil The celebrated Scotty Weston, dancer supreme, latq of The Girl of Greenwich Village, presents a dancing and clog act of exceptional worth. He displays more than the usual pep and his costumes are most elegant. hearing distance when the marked that they would start i at seven oclock. Realizing that in the techni the screen' shooting means graphing a scene, Ray saw the tion at a glance. "How long have you been tures? he asked; and the ansi vealed that the extra had a around for the first time in the of picking up some spare :er, id poi line st rom . CHARLIE RAY IN "ALIAS JULIUS CAESAR AT THE AMERICAN. More than one screen actor has won success by a careful attention to detail, but it remained for an extra in Charlie Rays company of Alias Julius Caesar to win the engraved quartz loving cup. The Charlie Ray feature, by the way, is to be one of two feature productions on the new program at the American theatre for the week beginning with the Sunday matinee. The second feature will be Buster Keaton in "The Frozen North. Charlie Ray, in his role of director, was inspecting the extras to make m; irg ICoo: rs. tei GL THE "FROZEN-FACE- D iff COMEDIAN COMING TO THE iff AMER pi Buster Keaton, they call him lea comedian, has ever son to be that way now, for hi been filming exterior scenes fo HE frozen-face- d latest super-comed- y, "The F North, in actual snow country. Keaton comedy is one of the twi ture attractions which are to be s on the bill at the American theati the week beginning with the Su matinee. The second feature is lie Ray, in his latest comedy di Alias Julius Caesar. Keaton and his company of ten laughmakers were domicile s sure of details when a shifting of revealed a mail shirt underneath a dress shirt. "Whats the idea. he asked. The extra hemmed and hawed and it took fifteen minutes of questioning to reveal that he had heard that there was to be some shooting done that night. Inasmuch as the script did not call for even a blank cartridge Ray was puzzled to understand this remark until ah observing cameraman happened to recall that this extra was within posi-tino- Truckee, Cal., where it was rep there was eight feet of snow, the solemn visaged comedian remi for five weeks for all of the actk the picture calls for snow. Eddie Cline, as usual, directed ter, and Bonnie Hill, a vivaci blonde, played opposite him. Ot prominent in the cast were Free Wood and Joe Roberts. Movie fans who expect sometl new from Keaton in every not be disappointed in this picture laughtiv g" HONEY LOVE SCORES HIT AT STATE THEAT d The second week of the fascinat and thrilling musical comedy succ of the Monte Carter aggregation the State theatre is proving even m of a sensation than that of the p Ben Nee One Is a Chinaman, born in America, and therefore an American. Ho can talk and sing in both English and "Chinese and possesses a charming manner and a stage proficiency that helps out his act immensely. The Danoise Sisters close this really wonderful bill with a fast turn on the tra-- , peze bar and rings. Topics of the Day and the usual news reels with Aesops Fables round out the program. opi ing week. The first performance cn last Sai day scored a decided hit and this cess has been the feature of the ve Cohen Monte Carter as Izzy Blanche Gilmore as Mrs. Cohen the leading fun makers and entit to special mention. Gus ie, as I trayed by Bille Bingham, is receiv of1 merited attention and app'muse s ' fans. jonipria ' stellar chorus organization that seldom been equalled in tl is are most graceful mid exc dal some difficult and inti cate . The "Sunkist Maiden city-girl- s very steps. Here are some of the treats ed for the weeks program: The Lamb sisters and the Strutters Ball, one of the P101 Blanche Gilmore in Daffy Dills, beginning Saturday, September State Theatre. 16, at g-rl- 1 s o! |