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Show r THE CITIZEN With the First Nighters WONDERFUL PICTURE AT PANTAGES THI8 WEEK. the program in an entertaining and pleasing presentation of a series of numbers from spirit land in which Drama, Burlesque, The Circus, Grand the Pantages theatre this week. The Opera, are paraded in a contest for a picture, The Only Thing, in which crown. In this act there is some Eleanor Boardman and Conrad Nagel splendid singing, dancing and features, are supported by a notable cast, is displaying the real spirit of vaudeville. one of the most lavish, magnificent This fascinating act and musical fanand expensive productions on the tasy with Josephine Masstab lssup-porte- d screen today. Thousands of people by a company of star players. are used, a. whole city, burned,., the Flagler Brothers and Ruth in overthrow of a government and its Songs and Sayings, compose a trio king killed, an English navy ship re- of real entertainers. Ruth is a pretty storing order in the harbor by blow- pianist. Vocal solos, a violin solo, ing the revolutionists and their boats .1 some dancing and some original jokes to atoms, court scenes in all splendor complete a pleasing act. J and beautiful costumes-"wlcall; , .Tonie Company jn Run woven around a beautiful love story m Down is' a scene in an operating ' has been which the Duke of Chevenix (Conrad room where a darky After he Nagel) falls deeply in love and is brought in for repairs. overwhelmingly enamored with the listens to the many screams and sees beautiful Princess Thyra (Eleanor some of the amputated limbs of unBoardman). After a series of the fortunate patients he is about all curmost thrilling adventures and narrow ed and comes to the conclusion that escapes from death, the two emerge he is not a sick man. Its a big laugh from beginning to end. victorious in a real love dream. Marion and Jerry Ross present a This super picture is the product of the company, of lovesick act and they sure take the which production Elinor Glyn is the part of two bashful innocents. He author and Jack Conway the director. takes the girl home but does not know Among the others in the cast are how to get the first kiss. The Four Beilis in a European the well known Edward Connelly, , of a meritorious is quartet Carrie Clarke Ward, Vera Lewis, Con-Novelty stance Wylie, David Mir, Mario Caril-ltrapeze performers who show some wonderful feats on the suspended and Arthur Edmund Carew. The bars and ropes. bill, Of a good vaudeville This excellent show which started Spirit of Vaudeville, would headline A super bill is being presented at - -- . h Metro-Goldwyn-May- . er (ynd last Wednesday will continue week and close Tuesday night. all CLONINGER WILL STAGE BIG NEW YORK SUCCESS. A petite flapper in a' bathing suit is the magnet which lures Brauglio Silva out of the charmed circle of his mothers love and protection in My Son, the celebrated New York success which will be next weeks presentation of Ralph Cloninger and' his players, starting tomorrow night. ;My Son, i? a powerful ..comedy- drama, having been procured , direct from its long run in New York where it was an putstanding hit. From the typewriter of Martha Stanley, clever of Puppy Love, Nightie and Scrambled Wives, this Night a stage triumph presents colorful, picof the fisher folk of turesque story Cape Cod and their New England neighbors, among whom the author lived. It is a story aflame with the fire of human emotion and leaping with action. A beautiful Portuguese widow, the . . co-auth- or role to be played by Miss Mary Newton, living in this little cove on the coast of Massachusetts, a typical Yankee port, peopled with quaint characters who have made the tales of Yankee daring and the conquest of the sea a part of American history, has two lovers, one a man of her own race, Felipe, the role to be played by Ralph Cloninger, and the other a Yankee sheriff. Uncertain which one to choose Anna Silva comes face to face with a crisis in her. adolescent sons life which makes her decision highly dramatic. ,A fascinating flapper, the role to be played by Miss Luclle Holder, and the alluring rhythms of modem dance music, draw the boy, the role to be played by Ray Clifford, of foreign race, away from the traditions of his The flapper courageous ancestors. to roam loves the beach in a scanty bathing suit and to wear extreme gowns of little material. The boys mother senses the danger, knowing that the sun beats more warmly on the blood of a Portuguese than on that of an Americano. With her son slip- - o As the beautiful Portuguese widow who has two lovers, one of her own race and one an American, and who has also an erring son under the spell of a bathing beauty flapper, Miss Mary Newton has one of the best roles of her career in My Son, next week's presentation of Ralph Cloninger and his players at the Wilkes Theatre, starting tomorrow night. |