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Show With the First Nighters BIG FEATURE PROGRAM AT PANTAGES THEATRE Vaudeville Acts of High Class and "The Third Alarm" Draws Large Crowds. While every act at the Pantages show was a feature in itself and thor-oughly appreciated by the large audiences which have attended this weeks '.program since the opening last Wed-- : nesday afternoon, the people did not seem to get enough of Josie Heather in a delightful repertoire of exclusive Buf-fon- s songs, and Palo & Palet in Les These artists made a Musical. decided hit and they were encored i time and time again and the apprecia-.- . tive audience did not like to have them quit the stage. The film, The Third Alarm, is a thrilling and sensational fire picture around which is woven the life of the average fireman and intermingled with a true love story. The fireman is retired after giving the best part of his life to the service and at an age when he most needs work to keep his family. He has a young son who wishes to become a doctor and who is in love with the daughter of a prominent physician and surgeon of wealth. The latter had refused to save the life of the firemans child and it went against his grain to see his son in love with the doctors daughter. In the course of events the son has to quit school and go to work to aid the family. His first job and fire run was to the home of his sweetheart, whom he saves in a mirac- ulous escape from death. As he descends the fire ladder amidist fire and crumbling walls with his sweetheart whom he has rescued from nearly the ' top story of the large apartment house the entire wall caves in and the two lovers are buried in the smouldering ruins. Hundreds of spectators close their eyes in horror, but the boys father appears on the scene with his favorite fire horse and the boy and girl are rescued from the debris seemingly .none the worse for their heartrending ; experience, and the story closes in a happy reunion of all. The film shows ;P. A. Bowers the master thriller in .The Third Alarm, which is dedicat-- . ed to Chief Bywater and his brave fire--; men of this city, and is a picture that .every one ought to see. ; Josie Heather with John McLaughlin and Bobbie Heather appear in a role of new songs and impersonations of character which are received with rounds of applause. As entertainers ; this trio has no superiors. At the final little Bobbie comes out, pulls off his cap and turns into a wee girl with flowing hair to her knees. Palo and Palet in Les Buffons Mus- ical are two of the best all round musicians that ever appeared on the Pantages stage. They are the masters of all the reed instruments as well as the brass, and the people kept them ; on the stage until they were complete-- ; ly exhausted from playing and inter- changing the many musical . . John Philbrick and Sayde DeVeau in a comedy diversion on Samples is an act which is replete with comedy and humor, and is one of the big hits of the show. Kate and Wiley in Watch Your Step Appear in artistic poses on a high pedestal. Their work requires great physical strength and steady nerves. Ford and Truly, man and dog, give a unique exhibition in which the dog successfully imitates the performances of Ford. This weeks show closes Tuesday night.' OH, GRACIOUS ME! a Stewart and Hillam production play staged by Rodney W. Hillam, in which local people make up the cast, opened last Thursday at the Salt Lake theatre and runOh, Gracious Me! ning three nights, closing' tonight, is a pronounced success. The play is the most gorgeous musical extravaganza ever staged by local talent. The cast includes fifty principals and two hundred dancing beauties, together with several fine soloists who take you for a trip to the moon in artistic song and dance. The show is held under the auspices of veterans of foreign wars. Martin J. Doner has been signed by Goldwyn. His first assignment will be models for the sets for Ben Hur. . Production on The Journey of Death, the next Mix vehicle, has been started. THE ISLE OF LOST SHIPS "SAMSON AND DELILAH. COMING TO AMERICAN, m The University of Utah Musical Somagciety production of Saint-Saen- s nificent opera, Samson and Delilah, which comes to the Salt Lake Theatre next Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, will tax the scenic, electrical and other resources of the house to the limit. The three big acts ,one an exterior of the Temple of Dagon fn Gaza, Palestine; the second, Delilahs house in the valley of the Soreck and the third the interior of the Dagons temple at Gaza, form three huge tasks. The xiollapse of the temple in the third act is a master work of the scene builedrs art. The music, made popular recently by the jazzing of some of the most striking melodies, is ranked among the greatest of dramatic music. Aside from the beautiful lyric numbers of Delilah we have several numbers of dramatic intensity seldom reached. In fact it is said that in the second act the music runs the entire gamut of hu-builde- rs art. The arrangements have already been made to remove the first three rows of seats of the parquet to make room for the orchestra of sixty pieces. This group, with Mr. Arthur Freber as concert master, will furnish an accompaniment that will be at all times equal to the demand made. Mrs. Geor- gia B. Johnson has charge of the large ballets of John W. Summerhays will carry the big role of Samson. If you think your life is full of trials, pity the police judge. V Thrilling Picture Depicts the Hard Work of Movie Actor Nec. essary. The general impression current among the patrons of motion pictures that the life of a movie actor is pretty soft will find no champion in Milton Sills, one of the most popular of leading men, and who is the star of The Isle of Lost Ships, the production which is the feature of the program that is to run at the American theatre next week, begining with the matinee:; of Sunday. If you hate hard work and are afraid of danger, dont try to become a movie actor, is Sills advice to those youths who are ambitious for a screen career. Choose some easy and safe job like being a steeplejack, making dynamite or be an aviator. Of course there is nothing particularly strenuous or dangerous about clasping the heroine in your arms at , the end of the picture and pressing a kiss on her lips, but even then you get somewhat weary of the taste of lip rouge. Hard Work. When I leave home in the morning I never know what is in store for me. I maye have to taxe part in an automobile collision, swim five miles in a stormy sea, fight wtih an actor who is five times as big as I am, or jump from an aeroplane to the top of a moving train. And Ive done all of those things for the benefit of motion picture fans. So do you wonder that sometimes I wish I were a business man and knew that all I would have to do during the day would be to sit at a desk? In The Isle of Lost Ships, for instance, the author was particularly hard on the part I took. Much of the time I was wearing handcuffs; which are not very comfortable, I assure you. Then I had to dive off the deck of a large steamer into one of the roughest seas Ive ever seen and swim through the waves to rescue Anna Q. Nillsson. I was dashed against the side of the ship with such force that I thought I was a goner. Boy, but wasnt I glad when that part was over! Saved From Death. The worst of all was to come, how- ever, for I was slated to fight with Walter Long over a girl. Ever see Long on the screen? If you did you know why I didnt look forward with very much eagerness to that battle. Why, Long could knock out the best of them without half trying. Now, make this fight snappy and realistic, Director Tourneur told us. Long obeyed that order literally. As soon as the bell sounded he sailed into me wtih so much eagerness that all I could do was to back away from his blows and save myself from sudden death. Fortunately, I was slated to be the winner in the end, but I thought that Long had forgotten that fact and was intent on sending me to sleep or kingdom come. I. |