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Show The Drama arid Music THE new dramatic season is not .without its sensations, since the 'expected has happened unexpectedly unexpect-edly in .the case of Willard Mack and his hew wife, Marjorie Rambeau. The Romance of these co-stars, which is ended in a pot of grief, has been watched with keenest interest by a small group of onlookers close enough to the scene of hostilities. By this time "Wlllard's recent fall from the water wagon is news to only a scant few, for it is just as impossible to keep gossip of this kind from the play-going public as it is for Willard Mack to hide himself somewhere and get over his souse. Willard Mack and Marjorie Rambeau Ram-beau fell in love. Mfss Rambeau's mother objected strenuously, but to no apparent avail. The lovers were married without ma's consent and started housekeeping. Mother-in-law went alpng. It so happened that Miss Rambeau was getting a good salary at the Colonial, where she and Mr. Mack were playing, and her mother had a minor part for which she received re-ceived an excessive remuneration. Mother-in-law insisted upon .having a better part and more money, and she worried her new son-in-law daily. Mack excuses his leap from the wagon wag-on upon this ground, but his inability to remain sober is duo to a weakness that has blighted an otherwise promising prom-ising career. His is a dual nature. Those who are familiar with the doll do-ll mestic difficulties in the Mack-Ram- ' beau family will smile when tney see jl references in the ill-advised daily press to the "nervous condition" of Miss Rambeau. When she was suffering suf-fering from what she pleased to call "ptomaine poison," those who knew her real condition were humming that odd ditty: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, i I've discovered what you are Just an actress, after all; I One part talent, nine parts gall." i i , Without trying to bore anyone with the sordid details of the Mack-Ram-. beau episode, and not presuming to ' expatiate upon the splendid throw made by ma-in-law of a handful of , coin into Mr. Mack's very teeth, it I may be timely to ask just who will I be the next victim of the Mack mal- I ady. In the last few year3 ho has had an opportunity to make good In every stock house in Salt Lake, and in some iof them several times. He had quite a vogue at the Colonial, the GarrlcK and the Bungalow, and later appeared at a cheap motion picture house in flj First South street. Ho was drunk u most of the time. He was away for Jl some time and then returned, once more to "show the Salt Lake people that he Is a man." He had a run at the Orpheum during the summer, and did very well. In fact, he remained i i. . Your automobile Is waiting for you. Purdue's Automobiles and Taxlcabs. Anywhere at Any Time. Phone for Rates. j Phone: Wasatch 5 or 1598. sober for more than two weeks at a stretch, and this gave the house manager, man-ager, Mr. C. N. Sutton, so much encouragement en-couragement that he heconvo manager for Mack and took him down to the Colonial, thereby putting one over Howard Garrett, who had some plans for Mack himself, so long as the actor showed an inclination to stay on the wagon. It seems that Mr. Mack fattens on the falls he takes and waxes stronger with each Incarceration in the cjty or county jail. Even now he is talking of sobering up onqe more and "coni-ing "coni-ing back." Few announcements of the local theatrical year have carried more interest in-terest to Salt Lakers tban the news from the Colonial the past week of the plans that have matured there for the theater's regular winter season, which opens "the coming week with a big scenic production of Charles Klein's drama, "The Gamblers." Under Un-der the arrangements perfected by Mr. John Cort, the Colonial the coming com-ing week enters on what will be easily the most important and pretentious season of stock production ever givpn Salt Lake City and the intermountaln West. A comp&uy of most capable players has been selected, and at their head will be Catherine Countiss, a leading woman of national reputation and an actress who has appeared in some of the largest and most successful success-ful dramatic productions the Amer lean stage has had to offer these last, few years. A talented, accomplished artlgt whose experience has Atted her unusually well to star at the head of such a company as the Colonial. Miss Countiss come to Salt Lake totally unknown un-known here as an actress, and her engagement will bo watched with a great deal of interest by those who know how successful and popular she has been elsewhere where the play-going play-going public has learned to discriminate discrim-inate well in the matter of leading women and stock stars. Wilfred Rogers is the new leading man who is to head the supporting company for Miss Countiss, and he is an actor cf the new and younger school, whose success has been very great in the East and on the Pacific Coast, and above all else he has the necessary qualification of being extremely ex-tremely good-looking and prepossessing prepossess-ing in appearance. Mr. Rogers is also new to local theater patrons, and thd fact that ho has never been seen here in even a traveling production lends a good deal of additional interest to his appearance. Supporting Miss Countiss and Mi-. Rogers will be the members of the Colonial company, y including Mr. Burke, Mr. Vivian, Mr. Moon, E. Forrest For-rest Taylor, Rosa Roma and the other players who have mecomo so popular those 1 .st few weeks with local patrons pa-trons of the Colonial. Of equal interest to the players however, is the list of plays that has been secured for production at the Colonial. First comes "The Gamblers, Gamb-lers, opening Sunday night of the com- 1 ' i i 4 The postal law requires that any reading matter printed for a consideration must be marked "Advertisement." The advance notices printed on this page are not advertising. They are fur. nlshed by the various playhouses, play-houses, but are not paid for. ing week. Then will come "Zira," and ifollowirtg that a long list of successes that have never been pen here at popular prices. i The new bill at the Orpheum commencing com-mencing Sunday" afternoon will be headed by that veteran actor, William H. Thompson. In "The Wise Rabbi" last season, ' Mr. Thompson created such a pronounced impression over the Orpheum circuit that arrangements arrange-ments have been made for his return in another playlet. The new vehicle is called "An Object Lesson," and is by Frederic Sargent. The distinguished distin-guished actor has a role well suited to -his talents. Second on the new bill are listed Billy Gould and Belle Ashlyn, a smart pair of entertainers, brimming over with fun and frolic. Inexhaustible patience and the gift of showmanship are possessed by Howard, How-ard, who has brought forth a decided novelty in his spectacular exhibition of musical Shetlands ' and terriers. Herbert Ashley and Al Lee are pre-. pre-. senting a musical duologue called "A Night in Chinatown." It is a bit of song and humor, and many good stories. sto-ries. Since their last tour over the Orpheum circuit, Fred Gray and Nellie Nel-lie Graham have presented "The Musical Mu-sical Bell Boy" on a world's tour, which they have only just ended. The potpourri of comedy and music was well received abroad. Prominent among the European novelties imported import-ed by the Orpheum circuit for the current cur-rent season is the celebrated Italian duo, The Takiness, In their eccentric musical offering, "The Angry Tutor.' An eccentric performance, containing a number of unusual acrobatic feats, is given by Mint & Wertz on the new bill. This team has achieved a good deal of success abroad. The Animated Weekly will furnish a bunch of newsy pictures, including the national motor boat races, labor demonstrations, world's series league games, etc., while Who's Who in Stageland will furnish some home life views of Raymond Hitchcock. Another one of the big muBical vaudeville productions which were arranged ar-ranged for by John W. Considlne, business busi-ness head of tho Sullivan and Considlne Consi-dlne oircult, during his recent trip to Now York Is at the Empress. "Fujiyama" "Fujiy-ama" Is the name of the brilliant and mammoth musical comedy. It is a pretentious pre-tentious comic opera in tabloid form but Japanese only In name and setting. set-ting. Tho company of twelve people headed by Ada Mitchell and John B. Wilson. The scenic and electrical effects ef-fects are discriptive of the Japanese garden and tho mountain Fujiyama. To tho big bill holding the boards this (Contlnuod on Pago 14.) DRAMA AND MUSIC. Hj (Continued from Pago 11.) H week at the Empro3S, the latent ilnd H is Mile La Deodiraa, the French beauty, H "The Darling of the European stage." H, In fact she Is so beautiful that during H a stay of a few weeks in London sho H became the talk of the town. Two of H tho most marvelous musicals are con- H tributing towards making the present B bill at the Empress one of the best of H the entire season. One of tho young- ster3 is a wonder on the piano while H the othor is equally as clover on the B violin. What would you do if hubby M always came home drunk? This prop- H osition is met by an act called "The H! Green Mouse" presented by Robert H Rogers and Loulsq, Mackintosh. It 1b H, a cleverely devised little sketch. It Hjk i3 doubtful if ever In the history of H the Empress a woman wirist has ever H attempted the hazardous tricks done 1 by Lina Pantzer, rightfully called the W "Queen of the Wiro " "The Messenger K Boy and the Lady," is the name of a H comedy skit delivered by Ilolden and H Harron. Fathe's weekly review comes H in this week with a number of lnter- P eating news events. For the bill H opening on Wednesday Kretore, the H versatile musician will be here with H all the musical instruments possible. H Bell and Mayo will be seen in a little H bit of everything; while James Rey- M nolds, the jovial humorist, will unbur den himself of a lot of new jokes. A comedy triumph, "Kid Hamlet" will be presented by J. Albert Hall and Company. Com-pany. Bud and Nellie Helm are billed as "America's foremost juvenile stars." |