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Show H; ?F 7 jFVr Nighters H; ORPHEUM fl The class of tho Orpheum bill this week is con- B ccntrated in Nonettc, the violinisto who sings and B Pago, Hack and Mack whoso athletic entertain- B ment is so far out of the ordinary as to headline B them. also. Nonette whose bubbling personality, H attractive appearance and perfect artistry have 1 always made her a great favorite with Orpheum H audiences, is even more charming than ever and H she easily heads the bill which is fifty-fifty, good h and not so good. 1 Eduardo and Elisa Cansino are introducing H some Spanish dances quite different from the Hli usual Castilian effects and finish with a whirl- H wind trot which is distinctly American, the ex- H i citement of which is enhanced by the Latin tem- H perament. They might easily improve the act, H I however, if the lady in the case would acquire H ! some good looking clothes. Bj , Laura Nelson Hall and her company comprised B of Daisy Belmore, Gaston Mervale and William B Lorenz in "Dcmi-Tasse" are apparently touring on B the theory that half a cup is better than none. I But the stupid sketch is really not the fault of those who play it. They do as well as anyone could with such a vehicle which hasn't a line or H ' situation to illuminate or commend it. B The program opens with some beautiful H French scenes in color taken in the vicinity of H Chenonceaux, followed by Eddie and Berdie Con- M rad in which Eddie's imitation of Warfield and M Foy are sad enough to open wide the lachrymal H glands, though he does better in his dance after, B some distance after, Fred Stone. Tho Leightons have some near comedy, considerable con-siderable chatter and some fairly good dancing, though as a Avhole their performance is way outside out-side of the Orpheum orbit. Also they have the nerve to put over "Frankie and Johnnie Were Sweethearts," though the original version has been necessarily modified since it was sung with such success in what might be termed some very high priced vaudeville houses in an earlier day. Then for some reason, Thurber and Madison in "On a Shopping Tour" were booked again and we haven't the heart to do justice to a review of the chestnuts they brought with them. But Nonette and Page, Hack and Mack both acts coming at the last of the bill make up for much that has gone before. AMERICAN How life seethes and boils at times even in a peaceful little town is thrillingly recounted in "The Missing Links," the Triangle Fine Arts drama. It will be the feature attraction at the American theatre for Sunday and Monday being coupled with a Triangle-Keystone comedy "Because "Be-cause He Loved Her." In "The Missing Links" will appear Norma Talmadge, Robert Harron and Thomas Jefferson in the three principal roles. It is a detective story with its climax concealed admirably until the very end. Sam Bernard is featured in "Because He Loved Her" is said to have even a better vehicle than "The Great Pearl Tangle" the comedy in which he made his screen debut in Salt Lake. In "Because He Loved Her," Bernard is cast as t the chef of a restaurant. Tho American's chief attraction for Tuesday and Wednesday will be the screening of a pic- ture which is extraordinary in many ways. "Madame X" as a story and play is probably the best known novel or theatrical offering of recent years. The production was made under the personal per-sonal direction of Henry W. Savage and stars Dorothy Donnelly who played the title role in the initial stage production. The Triangle headliner for Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be "The Beckoning Flame," an I oriental tragedy with Henry Woodruff, the mat- 4 inee idol as the leading man and Tsuru Aoki, i Japan's principal actress in the chief feminine role. The cast also contains J. Frank Burke and Rhea Mitchell both well known in Salt Lake. "The Beckoning Flame" is the story of an Hindu girl's sacrifice for the white man she loves. The accompanying comedy is the proauct of the Sennett studio of the Triangle-Keystone combination. com-bination. "A Modern Enoch Arden" is the name which has been given it, but the name is not nearly so interesting as that of the star, Joe Jackson. " THE ONLY GIRL" "The Only Girl," the new musical comedy which was one of the big successes of last season in New York will be offered by Joe Weber at the Salt Lake theatre Friday and Saturday nights, January 28th and 29th, with Matinee Saturday. "The Only Girl" was written by Henry Blossom, Blos-som, who supplied hook and lyrics and Victor Herbert, who composed the music and was produced pro-duced under the stage direction of Fred G. Latham. La-tham. These men has been successful before in combination, as with "Mile. Modiste," and "The i Red Mill," but no more so than in the present work. Manager Weber promises a superior production and an excellent cast. REX While the continuation of the serial pictures c at the Rex theatre will form one of the principal B features at that house during the coming week, 9 the program which is to bo shown on Tuesday, Jll Wednesday and Thursday is of especial interest. On Sunday and Monday the fourth episode of "The Red Circle," a chapter entitled "In Strange Attire" will be shown. On Friday and Saturday there will be the fourth installment of the "Graft" series, a yarn suggested by Reginald Wright Kauffman, the novelist and playwright and called call-ed "The Power of the People." " The bill for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- " day will be the Universal feature "The Nature Man" with Joe Knowles in the leading role. This ' . ' film was inspected in New York City by William H. Swanson, owner of the Rex theatre and booked book-ed by him there after its enthusiastic reception in the metropolis. WILKES STOCK "Stop Thief," the Cohan-Harris comedy success, suc-cess, has been a great Wilkes Stock company suc cess at the Empress this week, all of those appearing appear-ing ,in the farce entering into the spirit of the thing with avidity and the vim that the rapid action requires. It is one fast succession of sparkling lines and changing situations and Paul Harvey as the burglar, Nana Bryant as the maid, Cliff Thompson as the son-in-law-to-be and Huron Blyden as the father-in-law, produced a brand of comedy that has kept Empress audiences hysterical hysteri-cal at every performance. For the week to come, beginning tomorrow, the stock company will be seen in "The Woman," one of the strongest modern plays ever written. A crowd of political highbinders are out to "get" their enemy, a Progressive congressman who opposes op-poses their will and true to their type, they endeavor en-deavor to dig up something in his past wherein a woman may be concerned, in order to compel him to do as they say. Much of the action centers around a bright telephone operator in a Washington Washing-ton hotel, where the political gang is in the habit of meeting in what is known as the amen corner. The telephone girl, by the way, enacts a most . important part and through her cleverness saves the day at the finish. It is a play which from begining to end is filled with interest and replete with thrills, and will probably prove one of the most popular attractions at-tractions yet offered by the Wilkes people. It will be the last play offered by the stock company at the Empress, the company opening at the Wilkes theater, formerly the Utah, on State street, a week from tomorrow night. LIBERTY Following the remarkable two weeks' run of "The Battle Cry of Peace" at the Liberty theatre that house will on Sunday roturn to three changes Il of program during tho week. This will be in ll force until several other big features which are rH planned for the Liberty for engagements of a H week, can be secured. iH "Comrade John," a Balboa production with 'H William Elliott, Ruth Roland and Lewis J. Cody M as its stars will be shown on Sunday and Mon- ,H day only. It is the story of a greedy man who H tries to amass wealth by hoodwinking innocent 'H folk into joining a fake religious cult and then H making off with the funds of the organization. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, tho H Liberty bill will be headed by "The Hound of M tho Baskcrvilles," the film version of the detec- H tive story by the same name written by A. Conan H Doyle. A comedy feature and a Pathe scenic reel, H "Tho Waterways of Bruges," said to be one of H the most beautiful of the exquisite travelogs made H by that company, will also be on the bill. H The Friday and Saturday feature will be "The M Closing Net," a story of crime and regeneration H with Howard Estabrook, Bliss Milford and Kath- H ryn Browne-Decker in the leading roles. It is H the story of a youth raised as a criminal and H who finally attains the distinction of being the H most expert in his chosen line, that of burglary. Driven from the United States he goes to Paris M where he becomes a member of a notorious gang H and falls in love with an adventuress, who in M reality is the queen of the crooks. Taunted by M his fellows who are jealous of the girl's friend- M ship for him he robs a house and is wounded in M the attempt. It develops that the home is that M of his half-brother of whose existence he had no M knowledge. The balance of the story deals with M the man's renunciation of crime and of the sacri- H flee which he makes. M |