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Show c THE CITIZEN 9 With the First Nighters V JACKIE COOGAN PLAY8 AT PANTAGE8 THIS WEEK The1 show at the Pantagea this week is made up of a program of acts of unusual interest and probably the feature of the program is the picture of Jackie Coogan in his latest and best photoplay, Long Live as.. Prince. Otto the King." Coogan nr, has no time for play, and he greatly deplores the fact that he is a prince when he sees the other children at play in the street and his little heart aches to be free. His young life is one of education and discipline. Twice he escapes from his tutors and flees from the castle and becomes the happiest boy, even learning to play marbles. But the people of his country are weary of the king and want a new one, and there is a conspiracy among a few bad men to do away with the prince and eventually' Otto falls into their, hands, from which he has a narrow and thrilling escape. The king dies and Prince Otto cannot be found and the people mutiny, but through the heroism of a faithful lieutenant, the young prince is restored to the throne and the conspirators sent to prison. After seeing this picture, no American boy would like to be a real prince. Rudinoff, inventor of smoke paintwhistling, ings and phenomenal a vaudeville with starts the performance the like of which has never been seen on the local stage. He smokes a steel plate over a smudge fire and then by erasing some of the smoke with his fingers he produces wonderful pictures. He outclasses all birds as a whistler. He can perfectly imitate the canary and nightingale. Rhoda and Broshell prove themselves wonders on wind instruments. Rhoda takes a concertina in each hand and plays a popular tune which is difficult to accomplish. William A. Weston and company direct from New York Hippodrome, with Miss Poppy Chadwick In the with Harry Hills, Miss Attorneys, Ida Emmerson and James, liven lathings up in fun making. They meet nin a downtown office and discover, that the book cases, filing cases, desk book racks and even the door curtains have music in them and they forthwith begin to play a series of popular tunes. Weston tries to write a letter on the typewriter and to his surprise he hammers out a tune. The skit is one of the features , Mary Pickford". Mary Pickford is coming next week in Rosita, scenes in Spain in which Mary is shown as a Spanish gyp3y girl. The critic of Life says that this is the best picture overproduced of Mary Pickford and its fame is of world reputation. CHARM 8CH00L MAKES HIT AT THE WILKE8 THEATRE , , of the bill. Sidney Langfield, The Good Little Bad Boy, wtih a line of chatter on auto riding with flappers pickup causes much merriment in the Qrhich audience, and he passes around candy to the girls only. The Parkers father and son in Extraordinary Athletes, perform several difficult feats which require great strength. The Charm School proved a delightful and entertaining comedy at the Wilkes theatre this week, the concluding performance to be given to night Splendidly supported by the regular members of the cast augmented by a number of pretty girls necessary as pupils at the charm school, Mr. Cloninger, in the leading role, was again masterful and thoroughly delightful. He was equally as capable in the character of the austere principal of the academy which the story relates he acquired from a spinster aunt, as in the denouement, as the curtain falls, when he succumbs to the charm of the girl who captures him as her sweetheart. Anne Berryman is again ideal, with her innocent and captivating glances and pretty expressions, never leaving a loophole through which the young principal may escape. Apt. in the love scenes she is thoroughly charming. Honors in the play are shared by E. Forrest Taylor, also in love with Elsie Benedott, and Seldy Roach, as the guardian uncle of Elsie, is well chosen for a difficult part. Howard Russell and Harry Jordan, as the twin brothers fit well into the comedy, while Fannie Stanley Gurgett, as Miss Hays, loved by all the pupils, is more than acceptable for cleverness in meeting every situation. Norma Deans, in the difficult role of secretary to the principal, is indeed excellent and adds materally to the success of the play. RUGGLES OF RED GAP PLAY FOR WILKES PATRONS starting Sunday night with matinee Thursday and Saturday. Nobody can write satirical humor so smartly as the author of RugMerton 'of the gles of Red Gap, Movies, etc. If ever a comedy can be called a scream from start to finish, Ruggles of Red Gap is it. Gales of laughter will greet the experiences of Ruggles, English valet, in the western town of Red Gap. Won from the Honorable George in a poker game, he becomes servant to Cousin Egbert, rough and ready All this happens in a westerner. fashionable ' Paris hotel at which Mrs. Senator Flond and two of her society friends from Red Gap are staying with the rough and ready Cousin Egbert. Back again in Red Gap, the Flonds expect to make a show by having an English servant with them, but Cousin Egbert introduces Ruggles about as Colonel Ruggles of the English army and the latter becomes a social lion. Ma Pettingill helps Cousin Egbert mess up Red Gap society to the ultimate profit of Ruggles and his United States Grill. Romance, adventure and comedy make this realistic play one of the outstanding events of the theatrical season. It is a first time play for Salt Lake. - Red Gap isnt on the map of the United States, but it is the leading town in the play world state of laughter, as will be evdenced next week at the Wilkes theatre, when Ralph Cloninger and his company of players present that remarkable comedy, Ruggles of Red Gap, dramatized from Harry Leon Wilsons Ma stories, which appear in the Saturday Evening Post. This merriest of comedies will be presented every night next week, Pet-tingi- ll MEANEST MAN IN WORLD OPEN AT THE AMERICAN The Meanest Man in the World which opens today at the American d comedy-dram- a theatre, is a of true Cohanesque style directed by Edward F. Cline. unBert Lytell, as the businesslike young lawyer, wins the affection of everyone in his futile attempts to be the meanest man in the world. Blanche Sweet is a lovely sympathetic heroine, the lady of Berts high-powere- soft-hearte- d, heart. Two other love affairs which help to keep the heart interest at a high pitch, are those of Bryant Washburn and Maryon Aye, and Helen Lynch and Lincoln Stedman. The two latter, re- spectively the stenographer and office boy in Berts office, do some deliciously droll work that stands out in this snappy comedy-dramOthers in the cast who contribute excellent characterizations are Ward Crane, Frances Raymond, Carl Stock-dalForrest Robinson, Robert Dunbar, Victor Fotel in his usual rube a. e, self-Murra- y. Victor Potel is his usual rube self, a clerk in a small country store. Forrest Robinson makes a beloved character out of the old shoe mender, friend and champion of Blanche Sweet. Ward Crane is the successful lawyer who tries to inject some of his coldblooded business methods into Bert, without success. The Meanest Man in the World is a picture full of genuine American humor, with the right amount of pathos and suspense to make it hundred per cent entertainment. It is a First National attraction. |