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Show With the First Nighters SALT LAKE FOLLIES CREATE SENSATION AT PANTAGES If there everwas any doubt as to available theatrical talent in this city, that doubt was dispelled with a big exclamation point which the Salt Lake Follies were presented at the Pantages theatre last Wednesday afternoon, which play will continue throughout the week ending next Tuesday night. When it is taken into consideration that Walter Windsor produced the Follies Cooking up Pleasure in six rehearsals, selecting for his cast boys and girls with no stage experience it must be admitted that this city possesses unusual 'talent. In fact the members of the cast of sixty girls and boys are but mere children, but they give an entertainment of which their mothers and fathers might well be proud, and .unless previously advertised, the average person would take them for the regular professional actor. Ester Peters In a solo, Every Night I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You and Melba Marker in an Egyptian dance classique were probably the entile The outstanding features. chorus in dance and song, the members appearing in pretty and becoming costumes, presented. a magnificent picture, and it could not otherwise be because of the many pretty girls in the cast. Those selected for other special numbers were Viola Hanson, singing Sitting in a Corner; Frank singing, MaTketa; William Lujan dance Egyptian; Utahns quar--teLawrence Parkin, Ivan Hatch, Golden Hatch and George Ellis, singing .Kentucky Babe; Eva Lujan, singing Old Folks at Home; Thomas Albis-tok Mammy; Jeff singing Creager, singing More! More! More! A Metro picture produced by Fred Niblo of Strangers of the Night deciding the pirate life of Captain Applejack, his shipping crew and life on board ship, a stolen treasure, how it was hidden and left to his heirs who did not know he was a pirate, the sensational discovery of the treasure and the intoxicating intrigue of a pretty woman who desires to secure the valuable treasure, a thrilling chase through the castle for the will, all go to make this picture one out of the ordinary. The superb cast is made up of stars among whom are Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Barbara La Marr, Robert McKim, Mathilde Brundage, Emily Fitzroy, Otto Hoffman and Thomas , - Zac-chi- o, t, n, Coal-blac- elevator girl, tells the public stenographer of how her beau makes love to her, while the bell hop extracts the moonshine from the lire distinguish er hanging at the side of the door. Between the three, the audience is kept in continual laughter by a great deal of humor injected into the skit, and it is worth while. Dennis Chabot and Nonette Tortini perform some difficult hand balancing stunts never seen on the local stage before. Their work is cleancut and perfect with a great deal of strength displayed by the athletes. CLONIGER COMPANY WILL PRESENT MAIN STREET The Ralph Cloninger stock company will present Main Street at the Wilkes theatre next week commencing Sunday night. It will be the first appearance of this popular play on a Salt Lake stage, and it is heralded as the greatest play of the kind since Way Down East and the Old Homestead were presented. Ralph Cloninger takes the role of Doc Kennicott and Miss Anne Berryman is his city girl wife; you will also see Sam Clark, the village hardware man and Dave Dyer, the druggist, and their gossipy wives and other folks. The play is rich in romance and fun, the characters are picturesque and the stage settings are new and pretty. There is a bedroom scene that no one ought to miss. If you have read Sinclair Lewis great story you then know what to expect, and with such a competent company to stage the story, there is every reason to expect one of the best shows of the year. THE CLIMAX IS COMING TO THE SALT LAKE THEATRE At the Salt Lake theatre on December 25 and 26, Guy Bates Post will present Edward J. Lockes unusual play, Consummate artist as The Climax. he is, it is doubtful if, in The Heir to the Hoorah, The Nigger, Paid in The MasThe Virginian, Full, querader and Omar the Tentmaker, or in his many fine leading parts with Mrs. Fiske, Mr. Post has ever demonstrated so ably and intelligently that ability to act which places him in line with Sir Henry Irving and Richard Mansfield. As Luigi Golfanti, music teacher and maestro of opera, training the voice of a beautiful young girl and lovingly guarding her for her great future in the walls of his New York studio, Mr. Post holds his audi ence in an absorption of interest so tense and still that the hush may afc most be felt in the great dramatic momenta of The . Climax-- ; a play serious enough to make the unthinking 'think, funny enough to amuse everyone, pure enough to make clergy and laity rejoice, and good enough to live. There has been a big mail order demand lor seats from in and out of town, and it will be recalled that on the. occasion of Mr. Posts last appearance here many people were disappointed in not being able to obtain seats. PIERRE OF THE PLAINS ' MAKES HIT AT WILKES . "Pierre of the Plains has proved a most wonderful success as presented by the Ralph Cloninger stock company at the Wilkes theatre during the week and the show has made such a big hit that the management has found it difficult to provide seating capacity for its numerous patrons. Ralph Cloninger, Anne Berryman, E. Forest Taylor and Seldy Roach appeared at their best and they were supported in the most able manner by Howard Russell, Harry Jordan, George Cleveland and Ray Brandon, Norma Deane and others completing the cast. One of the features was the stage setting and scenery of the second act in which real pines were set on a rugged mountain side, showing the Little Elk cache, also a narrow pass between precipitous cliffs, and in the distance the aurora borealis forming a beautiful colored overhead, towering above the mountain peaks. Such a wonderful scene is seldom reproduced upon the stage. The story followed is of primitive love, thrilling adventure and the fight for self preservation in the uninhabited rugged country of Canada. Cloninger, a half breed Indian, falls in love with Miss Berryman who does All next week Starting Sunday, December 23 I I WILKES RALPH CLONINGER presents his own company In Main Ricketts. As jugglers, the Cromwells have the world beat and they can work with any kind of old paraphernalia. George Lashay plays difficult and popular tunes on a xylophone. Paul and Georgia Hall in Character Impressions and Music, make a hit. Paul perfectly imitates the songs of birds upon his violin, and Georgia renders several solos of unusual merit. Billy Swede Hall with jolly Jennie Colburn and Jos. F. Carter in an original character gem Hilda are a scream. Hilda Carlson, . a Swedish ; Street Adapted from Sinclair Lewis great story r- 4 Every night at 8i30. Prices i 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c. Matinees I Thurs--. day and Saturday at 2:30. 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