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Show REVIER AND WILLAHD. f It is with no slight degree f anticipatory in- II terest and concernment that we note the blazoning blazon-ing of a new managerial star in the local theatrical firmament a light that seems to have done considerable con-siderable and valiant duty under the proverbial basket and which henceforth, that is at least until Willahd again looks upon the wine when it is amber hued, is to guide the destinies of the versatile ver-satile and recuperative stock actor whose periodicals perio-dicals have enlivened proceedings generally and contributed so greatly to the advancement of dramatic dra-matic art on the stage of every theatre In Salt L Lake, into which he could break during the past eighteen months. Since the financial demise of the town's first and original picture-show-Napoleon, Uie vlcissl-tudinal vlcissl-tudinal Florence, there has been a mighty unrest within the breasts of several of those gentlemen who preside over the fortunes of some of our best downtown fire traps, as to the quickest and surest route to the self-acclaimed magnateship of the deposed de-posed Max. Apparently it took hardest and most virulently on one Harry Revler, manager of a motion picture house on East First South Street and forthwith down came the sign or "Shubert" on the playhouse of that name on lower Main Street and the name of Revier in electric letters now modestly greets the casual glance, wnlie the three-sheet three-sheet likenesses of the estimable Mack, who Is again launched upon another "notable" local stock engagement, basks in the lobby below. I This is his opening week and the preceding one was probably one of the busiest Mr. Revler, the budding managerial genius of a real theatre, has experienced in some time. This was due to a number of causes. The inauguration of a Willahd Mack engagement has for the most part here been attended by more or less uncertainty and anxiety, and to add to the troubles of Mr. Revier, the rough, untutored individuals who administrate affairs at the Utah Light and Railway company looked over the reports of some of their inspectors inspec-tors sovoral days ago and very promptly caused " a criminal complaint to be made through the county attorney's office that In the operation of , the Majestic motion picture theatre such effective use of a "jumper" was made that the electric current cur-rent was carried into the machine operating room, through the machine and out again with but very tittle of it going through the light company's meter me-ter and thereby enabling the company to pry loose from the acquisitive Revler, a portion of the profits of his business. In making the allegations to the authorities which resulted the company intimates very strongly that the Majestic has one of the handiest little fellows imaginable In the operating room of a motion picture house and that unless an inspector can catch him unawares-he unawares-he is quite effective in evading the issue. J Mr. Revler's taking over of the Shubert fur- - nlshes a much larger field for his many talents and his advent should be extremely welcome to the coterie of x-eputablo Salt Lake theatrical managers man-agers who try to maintain the best standard possible pos-sible In their dealings with the public. If it is true that a strong current can be readily switched, the operator should stick close to Willahd Wil-lahd and try to fix it so that the next time the call of the wild comes across ho can affix a "jumper" to the hero's right arm, so that he win not receive the full charge. |
