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Show I With The First Nighters H fi THE CAMPBELL ENGAGEMENT BH Too seldom we have the opportunity of hear- H' ing the satyrical remarks of Bernard Shaw on H ' the stage. We live too far from the center of Hji things theatrical. In "Pygmalion," granting that H ' Mrs. Patrick Campbell, as Ellze Doolittle, is far H from being the actress for the part, Salt Lakers H were treated to a classic which we are afraid, as H I a whole, they did not appreciate. Surrounded by H ' a company perfect in every respect in which H Edgar Kent was the real star, the Shaw truisms. H;! delicious in their humor and inspiring to a de- H gree, fell short of their mark and as a result, the H brilliant romantic comedy was played before what H was practically a "papered house" the second H night. Thero has been nothing seen here in years H containing so much to appeal to thinkers as "Pyg- H malion," albeit thp star was disappointing, and it H Is rather a sad criterion on the) intelligence of the H' theatre going community that the company did H not receive better support. H In "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," by Arthur H Wing Plncro, the same criticism may be made, H for a- btillinnt as .is the play, it is of another day H and while enjoyed by those who used to revel B in plays of the kind, the time is passing for the B proper appreciation of such dramas. The thing for B one to do who still has an ideal regarding the H drama, is to get a job as a delivery boy and for- K get H M ORPHEUM B Pleading a bill of general excellence at the B Orpheum this week, "The Meanest Man in the B World," with Allen Dlnehart and Mary Louise H , Dyer, scored a hit seldom equalled on the vaude- B villo stage. The one act sketch by Everett S. B Ruskay is replete with human interest and a B knowledge and ability to picture human nature H) in a way that makes it unusually distinctive. B Practically everything in the Orpheum bill is B of the highest class in vaudeville though the B Song Revue of Gus Edwards (himself) would be B greatly improved if Gus would refrain from ap- B pearing. He is a producer who sends us some B of the best stuff on the circuit and he should B have discrimination enough to refrain from try- B ing to act. The lyrics, the humor and the gen B eral arrangement of the various novelties in the B Revue were very pleasing and his ohildren, little B Georgia and Cute Cuddles quickly won their audi- B ences, but as for Gus himself, he pleases his au- B diences better when he is behind the scenes. B Nan Halperin and her individuality meant a H lot to those who came to be amused, and she will fl always be welcome. B The bill includes more musical acts than the M average, but they were all so good that no fault m was found with any of them unless the length of M time that some of them took up might be ox- B cepted. m Opening with the Steindel Brothers, followed m by Prince Lai Mon Mm, the Chinese tenor, who m is clever, though there are those who cannot be- M come used to songs of sentiment when sung by a m Chinaman, and a singing novelty, "The Volun- H teers" with a quartette quite different from the M average, the Orpheum has given us one of the best B musical bills ini the history of the house for which 1 lovers of vaudeville are truly grateful. In the m meantime, Allen Dlnehart is the headliner, irre- H spective of who else may be billed in that ca- H paclty. . H One of the most successful forces of last sea- H1 son was "Mrs. Temple's Telegram." The princi- m j pal role In "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" was creat- M ed by William Morris, who has adopted the play m . for vaudeville purposes. Mr. Morris own version of "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" will be seen at the Orpheum theatre next week, starting tomorrow afternoon. In the cast are Ave people. The moral of "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" is if you are out all night, don't telegraph your wife, she should worry. In other words, the play is a farce comedy with complications. The Orquesta Torreblanca is a musical organization organ-ization consisting of twelve musicians, all Mexicans, Mex-icans, featuring Senora Rivera as soprano soloist. It is considered the foremost orchestra of Mexico Mex-ico City. Attired in the picturesque costumes of their native land, these musicians play from their repertoire of classical, national, operatic and popular pop-ular numbers. The Four Melodious Chaps, Curtis, Armstrong, Rhoades and Curtis, are said to possess pleasing voices and enliven their act with refined comedy. Stewart Jackson and Dorothy Wahl are a clever and versatile team who will present a humorous hu-morous act called "Before the Theatre," in which they sing, dance and play the piano. James Teddy, champion jumper of the world, who recently arrived from Europe, will give an exhibition of his skill in leaping. Mason, Wilbur and Jordon are comedy acrobats. acro-bats. For the past two years they have been in London where they developed their pantomimic ability. Their offering is entitled 'A Soldier's Dream." The Jewel City Trio will mix comedy with song, dance and talk. The Orpheum Travel Weekly Week-ly and concert orchestra will furnish the balance of the entertainment. PANTAGES Originality prevails in the pantomime absurdity absur-dity presented by Hanlon brothers at the Pan-tages Pan-tages this week. Grotesque situations and freakish freak-ish scenes mark this sketch as one of the best pantomime entertainments seen here in vaudeville, vaude-ville, and the Hanlon brothers are maintaining the reputation as peers in that art. Kelly and Galvin as "The Actor and the Italian," Ital-ian," finish close seconds as the headliners and their act is a decided novelty. The character work of the Italian is exceptionally good. To the layman a "snow-shoe dance" might 4J seem impossible, but those who have attended the Pantages performance that is now running, have seen the Mozarts with a snow-shoe dance that is splendid. The Mozarts introduce their act witli a blizzard scene in a Minnesota forest and some clever dialogue. "Marooned" is a comedy offering spiced with singing and dancing; Barto and Clarke being responsible re-sponsible for this number. Clever cartooning is done by Jack Retlaw, who is known in vaudeville as the "hobo cartoonist." The novelty act presented by the Martin brothers broth-ers is making a big hit. The Martins do some extraordinary paper tearing tricks, and their Jf&t mouth-organ playing is unusuah Kitner, Haynes and Montgomery in "Swells at Sea," offer one of the most attractive numbers on the program and their singing and dancing is clever. A very interesting moving picture, visualizing the daring feats of Italy's cavalry and special numbers by Eddie Fitzpatrick's orchestra complete com-plete the bill now playing at the Pantages. Salt Lakers will be delighted to hear of the return to Salt Lake of "The Shadow Girl." This is the successful sketch, the music and book of which was written by Margaret Whitney, the popular Salt Lake girl musician. "The Shadow Girl" has just completed a successful tour of the Pantages circuit. Next week will be known at the Pantages as "Shadow Girl" week, and friends of the principals princi-pals and chorus will attend the theatre to welcome wel-come the popular members of this company. The second act on the bill is mentioned as Clark and McCullough in a clever sketch "Much Ado About Nothing." The Gordon Highlanders, Scotland's famous entertainers, are third in importance. im-portance. An acrobatic number will be furnished by Mint and Wertz. Kelly and Violet, billed as "The Fashion Plate Duo," are said to have a BIw'rt4fe'jHEb5:'' Bmjh&PIBNwV'-Z'PB twtc BBOFVBfiHUffir" TJflMtWj,it- Mt W W sBBHBlBBniiJraflHB BB mWjJL- ' "Wil'iilitroMyr' Mm HjHBHafl ' BiHHHHHHHBHBlBMS HBHSSSISBBEBhHHhi BhSBBBbV' -BnfiKsIr mflHHHHflBwHHB BhHVBhHhhhhHoHhhhk ff3BHHHBMHka.T -3BHflHHHffBrty HHH ' lHHHHHHHHHHHHHBBBIfeHkZriSiCPttijMBVv' ' LITTLE NAN HALPERIN WHO IS "HITTING A THOUSAND" AT THE ORPHEUM THIS WEEK I J!liijljljll. m:iJ2 a. t.2".'l i . . "" "".'. ... . ' t- -sggshL clever singing and dancing number. Novolty will be furnished to the bill next week, by Barnum, a hypnotist. EMPRESS STOCK Sunday night, September 12, marks the open-u open-u ing of the season for the Empress stock com- pany at the Empress theatre. The premier at traction will be "Within the Law." The company com-pany includes twenty players who have been rehearsing re-hearsing in San Francisco under the personal direction of "William Ernest Wilkes, producer and promoter of a chain of stock theatres in which the local house forms a link. In a specially chartered train the members of the Empress Stock company arrived in Salt Lake City today. Mr. Wilkes has been wearing a smile of satisfaction since his arrival. Every detail is - ' in readiness for the opening and every member of the company to the last man is up in his part, fifj, having mastered it before leaving San Francisco. Miss Nana Bryant, late star of "The Traffic," will play the leading role of Mary Turner in "Within the Law." Miss Bryant is a Belasco find. For an extended period she starred at the Belasco 1 i theatre in Los Angeles. Later she played the leading parts in the Seattle theatre in Seattle, and the Belasco theatre in San Francisco. She is a woman of unusual beauty and personal charm and is considered one of the best gowned women on the American stage. Among Miss Bryant's most notable achievements is her performance in, the title role of "Madam X." For several seasons Miss Bryant played the leading role in "The Traffic" Traf-fic" in New York City and Chicago. The supporting support-ing cast is of a high standard seven of the players play-ers having before played the important roles in "Within the Law" and other leading American royalty plays. Mr. Wilkes announces that he will present during the ensuing season only tohse plays which have stood the test of extended runs in New York city and which have toured the country at top prices. Performances will begin nightly at 8:20 and Thursday and Saturday matinees mati-nees at 2:20. A new play will be presented every Sunday night and run through the week. UTAH STOCK Roxanne Lansing and Tom Powers are two young actors who are going to make a supreme effort to win a permanent p'ace in the affections of Salt Lake playgoers next Monday night. They will play leads in the "Utah Players' presentation of "The Misleading Lady." This is the play with which Maud May Babcock has chosen to open the State street playhouse as a community theater. thea-ter. Mr. Powers is still a young man, but the few years he has been on the stage have been filled with experience. He comes to Salt Lake from the Portmanteau theater, New York, where he "" 'l became one of the most successful artists in that "" theater. Miss Lansing toured the east as star in "Peg O' My Heart," and as leading lady with James O'Neil. She has also had a varied expe- lience in stock. She is tall and slender, of Spanish Span-ish type and is known as a careful reader and a talented actress. - It is expected that the opening night will be a brilliant affair. Governor Wiliam Spry and ntaff, Mayor Samuel C. Park and the city commission com-mission with other prominent people will occupy boxes while the advance sale Indicates that the house will be almost completely sold out. The te community theater idea being new to Salt Lake '" has created unusual Interest In the enterprise. "SINNERS" Owen Davis" comedy drama, "Sinners," which , William A. Brady, Ltd., brings to the Salt Lake theatre on September 20th, for four nights and matinee, is said to enjoy the distinction of never having received a single adverse criticism. "Sinners" "Sin-ners" presents a group of human beings doing natural things in a natural environment. The drift of it is tender and humanizing, the form is good drama and the characters are widely differentiated. dif-ferentiated. "Sinners" is said to appeal to anyone any-one regardless of age, sex or condition. It is humorous hu-morous and its love stories are replete with tenderness. |