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Show I JTOA 7 jFVrs Nighters "mF HENRIETTA" Hj ATho New Henrietta," which was seen at tho H Salt Lake theatre last evening in the hands of an Hj all-star cast, will conclude its engagement with H this evening's performance. A matinee will be H played today. The engagement began too late H for review, but- wo feel quite certain with, the m memory of tho happy moments spent at the play H when Stuart Robson was Bertie the Lamb, and M judging from the personnel of the present cornel corn-el pany, that theatregoers who miss it, will bo m unfortunate. B - I AMERICA m Those who have enjoyed the wonderful art of M Laura Hope Crews in "The Fighting Hope" are m to have an opportunity of seeing her again in an K entirely new type of woman in "Blackbirds," the m latest of tho Paramount releases, which will be B seen at the American theatre for the first four B! i days of next week. B The picture is filled with engrossing situations B and the cast aside from Miss Crews is of a high B standard. The story is an expose of alleged B frauds in the operation of the United States cus- B toms offices. B For the latter part of the week the manage- B ment of the American will have the first presenta- B tion of the picturlzation of the famous success of l Rose Stahl, "The Chorus Lady." The film ver- B' ' sion of the story is played by an all-star cast, B ' each member having been chosen because of his B or her especial fitness for the role assigned. B The pretty romance of the Orient "The White B Pearl" with Miss Marie Doro in the leading role B will close its engagement at the American Satur- B day evening. B ' In addition to the feature picture the American B programmo for the coming week will include the B popular Pathe News and on next Thursday, Fri- B day and Saturday, the fourth of the series of J. B Rufus Wallingford complete stories. POLLY OF THE CIRCUS Margaret Mayo's "Polly of the Circus," a play replete with human interest in its clever portrayal por-trayal of various types, has been a winner at the Empress theatre. It has proven a medium for many of the players to demonstrate their ability along lines different from their work in other productions, and in one or two instances, this has been a revelation; the Uncle Toby of Clifford Clif-ford Thompson for instance. All of the members of the cast acquitted themselves with considerable consider-able credit and Anthony Smythe as the Rev. John Douglass was seen to better advantage than in anything he has attempted. Edith Talbot, Evelyn Eve-lyn Duncan, Effie Ober, Claire Sinclair, Ruth Powell, Mary Garff, Guy Hupner, Wallace Roberts, Ancyn McNulty, Bert Porter, Huron L. Blyden, John C. Livingstone and "Fritz" Arnold, most of whom were in character parts circus followers or hidebound village folks have an excellent idea of the portrayals assigned them. The result was a nicely balanced performance. As usual the scenic effects were good and there was no lackluster lack-luster in the unfolding of the pretty little romance ro-mance with its various lights and shadows. "ON TRIAL Cohan and Harris will present "On Trial," one of the biggest dramatic successes of the American Ameri-can stage, at the Salt Lake theatre for six nights and Wednesday and Saturday matinees, beginning begin-ning Monday, October 25th, with the following cast: Leo Baker, Maxine E. Hodges, Pauline Wood, Frank Campbello, Douglass Wood, Grace Peters, Clyde North, Harry Hubbard, Arthur S. Gibson, A. Reginald Fife, Bertha Hodges, Frank Bauman, Franklin Hall, Chas. Reigel, Hal Mordaunt, Dan Day, Howard Gibson, Jr., Charles Walt and James Gerbert. Schlegel, Fretag iand other authors writing on stage construction will have to revise subsequent editions of their works on the technic of play- writing if dramas of the new type are accepted with acclaim that greeted "On Trial" when it was produced in New York. One element of novelty connected with this production is that the author, Elmer L. Reizen- g. stein, is just out of his "teens, and that it is his first venture. A clerk in a law office, he has evolved a series of dramatic situations that for novelty and general intensity are seldom equalled. In these days, when there is no half-way between failure and success, "On Trial" is described as a knockout. It is a melodrama destined to make fortunes for all concerned. REX Described as daintiest of all screen actresses is Dorothy Bernard, the Lady Babbie of William Fox's production of "The Little Gypsy." New fc York critics declare that Miss Bernard's wonderful wonder-ful charm and delightful freshness of method account ac-count for her universal poplarity. The actress herself ascribed it to an unbounding love for her work. In a recent interview Miss Bernard declared that she would never return to the legitimate stage. "I shall never return to the stage," she said. All its fascination ior me is gone. Since I have been starred in feature photoplays I have become convinced that the broad appeal to a world-wide public is much more satisfying to my artistic sense than playing to a few thousand of people during a long theatrical season. Then too the screen affords an opportunity for the development de-velopment of the best in an actress, a thing which the stage does not always afford." Miss Bernard will be seen at the Rex theatre for the first three days of next week, beginning Sunday afternoon. The Rex program for the last of the week ( contains another exceptional picture and presents to Salt Lakers Howard Estabrook and a star castjin "The Closing Net." The story is the re-demjition re-demjition of a crook who has adopted burglary as aHine art and won an international reputation in his especial line. B SCENE FROM "ON TRIAL" A T THE SALT LAKE THE A TRE NEXT WEEK WL "The Miracle of Life" which began its engage- ment at the Rex on Wednesday has caused a sensation sen-sation in Salt Lake because of its treatment of the subject of race suicide. ORPHEUM Girls, she's Grosmeyer NANA STERLING who awoke the audience with a start from the inertia that seemed to be upon it and whose whirlwind finish brought down the house. Flighty or Fleta Brown, or something like that, and Herbert Spencer sang and played and gave an imitation of the aviary in the Bronx with a series of funny noises, too long drawn out. ' Louise and Grete Brunelle, a couple of good looking girls, and Harry Stephens in "Ye Olden Days and Present Ways" haven't anything especially espe-cially interesting, though Harry is a darling in his Colonial makeup. Shirll Rives and Ben Harrison have another "bench act" by Jimmy Barry, which is more or less entertaining but they enjoy each other too much, though some of their stuff is clever. Ralph Dunbar's salon singers are responsible for some musical moments half of which are pleasurable, but their rendition of "On the Road to Mandalay" is a mess, and once more they made us stand for the quartet from Rigoletto. "To Save One Girl," one of poor Paul Armstrong's Arm-strong's sketches, is a little disappointing though the flashes of Paul in the lines, have the punch that always go with 'his productions. The sequence se-quence of situations is rather too sudden, but this is probably necessary in the limited time necessary nec-essary in vaudeville. The sketch served to introduce intro-duce us to a charming little actress, Miss Made-lino Made-lino Delmar and the entire company is very good, though there seems to ibe no occasion to feature Mr. Strong. Good pictures complete a bill somewhat below the standard quality set at the shrine of vaudeville. vaude-ville. Toots Paka, the famous Hula Hula dancer and her antive singers and instrumentalists, with Hawaiian dances and music will feature the show tomorrow. Director Frank Lloyd of the Pallas Pictures, released through Paramount, ruthlessly condemned H fifty perfectly good feet of film In "Tho Gentleman B i From Indiana," because a property man had care-IB care-IB lessly left one of these day by day calendars show-IB show-IB ing tho date as the "13th." The calendar hung in Hi the hotel office at Plattville, just above tho desk, Hj and in the excitement of Dustin Farnum's tense Bf meeting with Howard Davies and his gang no at-Hj at-Hj tontion was paid it. But hardly had the scene Hi ended when Frank Lloyd gave a shriek and point-H point-H ed wildly to the offending "13." H "I'm not superstitious, you understand," ho B said, "but we are going to make that scene over!s B And they did. B H , PANTAGES B Heading a bill far better than the average at B Pantagqg, Chester Spencer and Lola Williams are H seen in "Putting it Over," described as a cornel corn-el ( edy with songs, patter and dances, and it is just B that. They have that indefinable something es-B es-B pecially Mr. Spencer, of being able to get over B with everything they do. That is what made Al B Jolson famous and many other stars. Spencer's B stuff is what the English would describe as "a H howler." There isn't a chance to keep from B laughing every minute he is on the stage and ho B has just tho necessary assistance from Miss Wil-B Wil-B Hams to make the act complete. The performance flj ! is the brightest spot that has been seen in the B firmament of variety hereabouts for many a B week. Bl "The Birthday Party" with eight more or less Bj ( juvenile stars, is another clever act and espec- B ially commendable for tho dancing of Lulu Bal- B mont. Hanlon, Dean and Hanlon start things B j' off with a show of strength and agility worth B ) watching. H " The Parisian Trio follow and Louis Winsch B and Josephine Poore in "No Trespassing" bring B back the little apple blossom act that has been B done several seasons. By tho way, there is some- B thing in a name, Josephine Poore, is. B jj Bob Albright singing as well as ever has been B welcomed by his old friends and completes an B unusually entertaining bill. H H LIBERTY l B Peter B. Kyne is the author of "Judge Not" B the feature attraction at the Liberty theatre for B the first three days of next week beginning on B Sunday afternoon. "Judge Not" or "Tho Woman B of Mona Diggings" is a six-act photodrama with fl its scenes laid in one of the early camps of the B west, named Mona Diggings for the sake of the B t story. B The leading roles are in the hands of Julia B i Dean, Harry Carey, Harry Carter and Hare Rob- B bins, all screen performers of prominence. The B story is a powerful one and filled with dramatic B ' situations. B Another strong drama is billed for the Liberty B ' for the latter part of the week, opening Wednes- B day afternoon. wM "The Avenging Conscience" is a drama of the B mind, completely visualized throughout and with B a thoroughly connected story. Though it deals B with tho penance inflicted upon a murderer by Bj his own conscience, this penance is so personi- B fled that the result i3 a very graphic narrative. H "The Avenging Conscience" was suggested by B Edgar Allan Poe's famous story, "The ' Telltale B Heart," and Poe's famous poem, "Annabel Lee." B B B Hazel Dawn, the Famous Players-Paramount B star, being photographed for one of the big week- B ly magazines, was required to pose before a mil- B Honaire's palaces on Fifth Avenue. A former mu- B sical comedy associate riding by on the top of a H bus, exclaimed, "Gee, lodk at Hazel. I didn't think . B she was making enough to buy a place like that." B mJkmm |