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Show THE CITIZEN 8 of the Capitol, has not yet been released in other parts of the country, the last scenes having been completed durhg the past lew weeks, and the first completed print having left the laboratory only a few days ago, and having arrived in Salt Lake City barely in time for the management of the theatre preview it before the opening. Thelma Todd, the Massachusetts school teacher, who came to Hollywood to play opposite Gary Cooper in Zane Greys Nevada, won the lead in this, Paramounts biggest western of the year, which pictures the life of the early California bandit chief, Joaquin Murietta. Miss Todd plays the role of Ruth Ainsworth, the beautiful daughter of an early American pioneer in Calif i. r nia, while Dix is starred as Murietta himself. The majority of the outdoor shots were taken in the actual scenes where Murietta won his fame, the central California gold country, described in such glowing colors by Bret Harte. A vigorous effort was made in the case of this particular picture to give a particularly complete and correct ed in Salt Lake, Sea Nymphs, an under-se- a fantasy. The stage is dressed to represent a scene far below the surface of the ocean with a typical Jewels Vem submarine from which the orchestra looks out upon the Sea Nymphs, mermaids, fishes, and other denizens of the ocean. Exotic and colorful almost beyond description, Fanchon and Marco have outdone themselves in the greatest of fantastic costumes, patterned after finny inhabitants of the sea. Armanda Chirot and Joce Mercado until recently stars of the Mexican Grand Opera Company, and the featured singers in Sea Nymphs idea, and upon the completion of their contract with Fanchon and Marco, they are scheduled to go to New York, where they will open with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company. The Sunkist Mermaids, another lineup of gorgeous girls, will present a new type of dancing to Salt Lake in the form of a spectacular aerial ballet, in which the girls perform on ropes far above the stage. Wallace and Sanna offer a very unusual dance specialty, while Douglas Alene presents a crocodile dance which has won him fame wherever he has appeared. Alberti and his band in addition, to playing the special music score for Sea Nymphs, offer their own arrangement of the overture from William Tell, in which they will be assisted at the organ by Alexander Schreiner. Parowan Lyman alfalfa field yields $5,000 seed on less than 100 acres. is comparatively unknown in many parts of the country, while Jesse James and other outlaws who operated in a more central part of the country, won international fame for their daring. spectacular Idea which has yet play- - The Gay Retreat, something new In the way of war comedies, produced for Fox Films, under the direction' o fit Ben Stoloff, comes to the Victory Theatre today. It is a hilarious picturization of some of the maz.y funny situations the boys found themselves in when they took leave without asking permission during the late unpleasantness. Unlike the majority of war comedies there is a definite plot having to with the activities of the son of a certain millionaire and the faithful watch kept over him his two trusty bodyguards, sent France with his father with instructions to never leave their young mas- ter out of their sight. Gene Cameron, an extremely popular young comedian, plays the leading do sleep-walki- ng . j role. Sammy Cohen and Ted McNamara, the famous team from What Price Glory, are his attendants, and n Homes Herbert, character actor, his father. The feminine end of the picture is held up by Judy King and Betty Francisco, Judy playing a French girl and Betty the lovely, driver of ah ambulance, .room Gene leaves behind for his father to take care of. Ben Stoloff, who served his apprenticeship as a director making two reel comedies for Fox, reached the reel comedies for Fox, directed the production, which was adapted from an original story by William Consel-ma- n . and Edward Marshall. In addition to The Gay Retreat, the Victory will present the second of The Collegians series in which Dorothy Gulliver, Salt Lakes own star is featured. Each one of The Collegians series is a complete short story of. some part of college life. The scenes are all taken at one or another of the leading colleges of the country, some of them being taken at well-know- historical background, as Murietta was undoubtedly one of Americas most colorful outUwz. but due to the fact that his operations were confined almost entirely to California at a time when news traveled slowly, and not always with the greatest accuracy, he On the stage, Fanchon and Marco present what is undoubtedly the most NEW WAR COMEDIES ARE PRESENTED AT VICTORY Five pretty dancing girls in Kathryn Lamberts Parisian whirl, a classic dancing feature at the Pantages this week. the University of California, sometimes the University of Southern California, sometimes at Stanford. All in all The Collegians is one of the most popular series of short-refeatures ever produced, and the success of the first of this series, which was shown at the Victory two weeks ago, was such as to cause the man- - . ogement to book the entire series. V Ralpn Archbold and the Victorans offer a very pleasing musical program n being assisted by Jewel Cox and Heaps at the Wurlizter. el Sel-do- GREAT MUSICAL COMEDY COMING TO S. L. THEATRE The Marx Brothers, comedians par excellence,' will be the attraction in The Cocoanuts, at the Salt Lake Theatre for four nights, commencing December 7th, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Dull moments in this musical comedy laughing success are conspicuous by their absence. There is concentrated mirth, melody and dancing in abundance. In The Cocoanuts the versatile house of Marx is concerned with Flori- . Scews franC T'ke (jay Retread Wlfiajvt Tox JlVCycuCilOK, Featured at the Victory Theatre. . |