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Show THE CITIZEN 8 CALIFORNIANS HEAR PYPER. Word comes to The Citizen from several people living in various parts of California that they clearly heard George D. Pyper, manager of the Salt Lake theatre, over the radio last Friday, April 24. Mr. Pyper gave a lecture and address over the radio on the history of the Salt Lake theatre, and some of his best friends in California say they thought he was in the room with them talking, so clear and distinct was his conversation. -- GILLARD AND JORY AID IN MAKING PLAY SUCCE8S the play to a success b. his work of a clever detective. This is a play which holds the esce until the very last. There J a matinee this afternoon weeks show will conclude with formance tonight. 1 When Lenin died a ear ago comments on his passing were, tioned After Lenin What?1 uation is still Wli at. Detroit Net, . General Allen says Germany ig main Republican, but w hat the it, ated saints of an imperishable j ocracy want to know is, when win country go Democratic- ?Post-Dispatc- George Cleveland, who will play an adorable role in Smilin' Through, thu most wonderful romance in the world, when Ralph Cloninger presents this play at the Wilkes Theatre next week, opening Sunday night. Miss Mary Newton, the charming new leadinglady of the company, will have the best role since her arrival, one that gives her a chance to display her charms, her acting ability and her singing voice. Ralph Cloninger will be seen in a-ro- as lovable as that of Lightnin. goers have been wishing for her, one that will give her ample opportunity to display her talents. And yet other players have ample opportunity aiso. Elaborate costumes and settings have been prepared for the presentation. The story of the play is one of the most fantastic and unusual ever staged. On a moonlight night many years ago John Carteret and his adorable sweetheart Moonyeen are to be married. The guests aie assembled, the lanterns burning. The old fashioned garden presents a picture of gaiety and happiness. Then a grim spectre of death looms up and Moonyeen is snatched from her lover by a bullet from a jealous suitors gun. Through the years John Carterets one pleasure is his memory of his lost Mooneen. Then comes the day when Kathleen, his ward, the niece of Moonyeen, falls in love with Kenneth Wayne, the son of the man who inflicted upon Carteret a life of grief. The romance blossoms amid scenes of tumultuous excitement in the old fashioned garden and presents to the eye and the ear one of the greatest entertainments ever gracing the stage. Smilin Through' will be played every night next week with matinees Thursday and Saturday. CAMERAS GRIND ON SCENE OF NEROS TYRANNIES First National announces a new and gigantic film version of Henryk classic, presentation Quo Vadis, on the screen at Sien-kiewic- zs for the American for one week commencing today. The picture was staged in Rome on the actual scene of Nero's tyrannies during his cruel reign in the middle of the first century. To get proper realism it is said that the producers obtained permission of the Italian government to rehabilitate many of the ruins of ancient Rome the Palatin, Circus Maximus and others. These of course were merely temporary, and were removed immediately following the completion of the scenes, in order that the ruins might remain in this classic contact. But the pictured effect is said to be the most realistic ever camerized. The Rome that ruled the world lives again. Nero, the try ant as cruel and inhuman as he was vain, casts beautiful slave girls to the fishes to delight his banquet guests; burns Rome that he may gain inspiration for his insipid ragverses; and turns ing lions upon the Christians to hide his incendiarism. Softening the deeds of the emperors inhumanities is the tender love story of Vinicius and Lygia, and the supreme faith of the Christians, who face the most terrible of deaths rather than yield their beliefs to their pagan persecutors. ' Emil Jannings, noted for his characterizations in Passion, Deception and others, has the role of Nero and is said to have achieved the pinnacle of artistry in its portrayal. He is supported by a cast of 20,000 men, women and children. half-famishe- d, Whispering Wires at the Wilkes and presented by the Ralph Cloninger company is making a big hit this week, and the patrons of this theatre are given a big treat in dramatic art in a play in which many thrilling situations are staged by stellar actors. The play is written from the novel by Kate L. McLaurin, a mystery drama in three acts, and it was never staged to better advantage. Victor Gillard deserves great praise in his perfect characterization of Montgomery Stockbridge, man of wealth, who is marked for death by a human tool whom he has sent to prison to cover his own misdeeds. In the death of Stockbridge is the mystery of the play, and the climax in the first act is a dramatic achievement by Mr. Gillard. Able support is offered by Norma Deane, as Ann Cartwright, secretary to Mr. Stockbridge, cold and calculating as the sweetheart of the convict. Miss Newton, leading lady, i? most charming as Doris Stockbridge and is loved with devoted attention by Berry McGill, the role taken by Ralph Cloninger. Victor Jory brings h. All Next Week Startaf Sunday Night WILKES RALPH CLONINGER Present! SMILIN THROUGH Wonderful, Fiintnxlii1 Ronaart June CohI'n (irmtext Magi Triumph Every night at 8:30. Pries: Me, 50e, 75c, f 1.1)0, Matinwi: Th ii r m1 ay und Saturday u 2:30. Price: 25c. 50c. All aeata reserved. Coming "L1TTI.K MISS HU Avery llopwood1 i:nRARD Latent SL'CC.TJSS EMILIE LEA WITH CLARENCE RACK & SAM KAUTM.N AND Five Other Big Acts ON THE SCREEN Beauty and The Bad Mai WITH AN ALL STAR CAST . |