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Show V ' t If AMUSEMENTS HE' . T MISS BLOOD'S SUCCESS H H The local friends of Miss Adcle Blood, who re- H cently visited Mrs. Edwin F. Holmes here, and H' ; who hecamo very popular with those who were H privileged to meet her, is scoring a great success H fi in George Broadhurst's "Innocent," the sensa- H tlonal drama which is making such a hit in San H Francisco. H Walter Anthony, of the Chronicle, wrote re- H gadding the play and the star: H "Innocent" isn't. When George Broadhurst H wrote It, I believe he made up his mind to dis- H close to the American public just how far he H could go in a plot and not wreck it on the H shoals of censorship. H At the end of the second act, if the curtain m hadn't risen for a "curtain call," there would havo H been a scandal and not a play to record in this M column. M Though why, I ask, in all sincereity, should Mr. M Broadhurst havo written it at all? (1 Possibly because it was originally done in the H Hungarian by a gentleman of the peculiar name M' of Arpard Pazzlor, and, without knowing any M thing about the original, being unable to read H Hungarian unless LiBzt wrote it, I should say that H 'Innocent" must have sizzled in its first form H before Broadhurst Englished it. H And speaking about form reminds me of the B heroine. H Adele Blood played the title role. She assumed H'1 the part of a young lady who was wroiig wften H, she selected a father. She had tendencies, and Hj when she was left by her dissipated paternal re- H lation to the indifferent care of a young man like Hl Forrest Stanley, the worst happened. H! I might humbly suggest to the management H J of the Alcazar that the night dress scene were Hj better arranged. All that the heroine needed to Hr make her fit for the street was her ear-rings and H a bit of fur. Perhaps it's better as it is, though H the reflection is inevitable that a night gown is H. no overcoat. Hf I would not bo so silly as to attempt to "kid" H so fine a show, but I shall say that it is not the Hf wickedest in the world. It can be seen with B perfect impunity by your grandmother. It will Bj not harm her nor give her anything to think about H' which will worry her peace of mind. i There is a nice bit of suggestive writing In H the scheme which presents a man whose life has H' been disorderly, but who intends that his daugh- H. tcr's shall be regular. The father dies in Mud- B den, leaving his unsophisticated child in the care H of a youth old enough to be her husband. M Where the nice bit of suggestive writing comes H; in is in this. The prologue takes on the nature ' of an "On Trial" plan, and the whole story is h told backwards how the young man whom you B' have just seen in the uncomfortable act of commit- H ting suicide was the guardian of the girl whose H' father sought to keep her as innocent as ner M name. The said guardian had left a diary behind M him, and as the diary is about to be read in the M prologue, the curtain falls, and the events dls- H closed in the autobiographical account of "a fool M there was," are enacted. J' f The "fool there was" dearly loved his ward, but H I she, assuming the characteristics of her father, H ' ! who was confessedly a scamp, only loves "the H fool" as long as his money holds out. "When it H is gone, she is, too, and with several different gen- H t tlemen not at once, but consecutively. Hi The fool who was seen to commit suicide in ' j the prologue is found dead in the epilogue, H and Broadhurst or the original Hungarian has H J p brought his plot to a cyclical completion without H , i much ingenuity of development. y Miss Adele Blood is a ravishingly lovely person, per-son, who adorns even her lines in the play. Forrest For-rest Stanley as the young man inio wnose nands the father placed his daughter performed miracles with his role. Ho was especially effective in the few scenes wherein he was called upon to act reality and not "act acting." A fine sincerity invested in-vested his characterization. But most of all I liked Louis Bennison in the role of the adventurer who was the first to steal Innocent for such was the girl's badly adjusted name from Bela Nemzeti (Forrest 'Stanley's role). Bennison brought the only touch of humor to the play and was quite an agreeable villain. He sensed his humor with so quick an instinct that I wondered wnetner it was his or the authors. t Aside from my own unimp'ortant opinions about "Innocent," I should say that it registered vigorously with last night's audience at the Alcazar Alca-zar and that Edwin T. Emery has done so well with the production that he renders the absence of Addison Pitt a menace to the latter, which only Pitt's arrival can amend. AMERICAN The special feature at the American for Sunday Sun-day and .Monday is W. S. Hart in a Triangle drama called "The Captive God." Everyone who visits the picture shows knows William S. Hart. The story of "The Captive God" is said to give iMr. Hart a splendid opportunity, and it has, besides be-sides its entertaining qualities, an educational significance of more than usual interest. Much of the picture was made in Arizona for special scenic effects and the cast supporting mir. lart includes Enid Markey, Dorothy Dalton, and others. oth-ers. The story has to do with an ancient custom of the Aztecs, who selected from among their numbers one member who, at the end of the year, was to be offered up as a sacrifice to the gods. There is a strong love theme working throughout the play which is said to be beautiful. Beginning Tuesday and continuing tnrough Wednesday and Thursday there will be shown in connection with the Billy Burke" serial the latest William Fox play entitled "A Tortured Heart" and featuring Virginia Pearson. "A Tortured Heart" suggests a strong dramatic story, and Virginia Pearson is a star who has always had a strong grip on a large number of moving picture patrons. PANTAGES Down at the Pantages theatre there are great big blocks of ice with electric -fans shooing the cool air all over the house. Gee, they look good when you step in out of the glaring sun or drop in after dinner in the evening. Oh, yes. There is a good bill there this week, too, better by far than some recent ones have been. Arizona Joe and his company, including a mighty good looking cow-girl, who rides a horse that stands around mostly on his hind feet, have a rousing act including plenty of shouting which inspires the audience to shout and whistle in sym. pathy. "School Days" is the regulation act which comes booked under that, title every so often round a vaudeville circuit. There is a little girl in this one who is a delightful bit of numanity and the rest of the scholars and the teacher do their turns commendably. The Mlelvln brothers open the bill with some acrobatic work which is well worth seeing, so if you are going to the show don't plan to miss the first act. They can jump from anywhere on to each other's hands with seemingly absolute surety. Scanlon and Press, late with Valeska Surrait, so the program reads, have something in song and dance. The young woman has a volcanic energy en-ergy In her dance and some graceful sweeps of her dress which might be characterized even more happily than just plain different. ' Little Lillian Watson is a card all toy herself diminutive though she be. Her songs are good and she has a most expressive face. Knapp and Cornalla with their potpourri of several things that make vaudeville entertaining j have some dancing steps in addition to their other attractions. The tenth series of the "Secret of the Submarine" concludes the week's offering. THE WILKES STOCK It is noted that the WHlkes Stock Company, intact, will begin its season in September. Wo had hoped to see three or four of the familiar faces in that company in the new stock company, but the others could be eliminated to advantage, and merely as a suggestion, we believe it would result in better business for the company and more satisfaction to theatre goers if there were a shakeup a the season begins. Salt Lake could supp real stock company as has been demonstrated ,une and again. Local theatre goers are too well educated not to appreciate tne difference dif-ference between real art and the make-shift variety, va-riety, and as a whole the Wilkes Stock Company will not stand the acid test. HON. MOVIE EXPLAINED (Cashamuro Nogo is puzzled at the wiles of American ladles, especially the ways of "pleading women" in motion pictures. He writes:) Honorable Editor Removing Picture Magazine, Esquire. Elusive Sir: Improbably you will be astonishment astonish-ment to hear that I have rebounded from Mexican border suffocating from bite of large bug. They respond me it was tarantulum I pick up. My hand swell like balloon, and I return to New York, where taranutums are not. But I get troubled trou-bled again too soon by fault of friend director in removing picture building, who write me he re- j pairing filum of which Japan, be scenario. He want my advice so that Hon. atmosphere is K. O., and he ask my personality at office for little hours each day. I go to glass-lighted stable and am introduction to blond lady, which my friend call "pleading woman." She wiggle her optics and hold my hand long time, recurring to director: "Isn't he sugar," while I feel a blushness and bow low to hide contusion. Also I feel light inside, in-side, and return lady's hand squeeze with pleasurable pleas-urable tingling. Then come up big man, who, I think, musician, because he wear his hair long and have soulmating expression. My friend tell mo he is "hero." , Director ask me how do hula hula in Japan, and many other remarks, so that I come number of days each after other, and always pleading lady wiggle eyes and entitling me 'Cashy,' whisper whis-per she like to live in Japan with full-face Japanese, Jap-anese, until I think maybe she pasted on me. She appear most lovelikable, and I go look at dollars I have in bust bank, rehearsing perhaps buy marriage mar-riage ticket. Each time I go to the stable, I choke, because hero likewise whisper to pleading lady, but she look disrespectful at him and close eye in my direction. ' Finally comes big scene, where hero abscond pleading lady from Hon. Villain, and my friend make speech: "W must stage big fighting with lots Japanese villians," and he says to me: "You lead band of desperates, because you are good typed. You run before grinding 'machine with big knife, and hero ho snap you up and throw you down, naseful, to be course, and then you be : filum actuality." I havo wish to be filum actu- ality, to I resent. ' Then incurs extounding happening. I stand near lot of settings and I hear hero converting with other actuality. He say: "Watch me bash that Chink. Nellie hold lovie dovey with him J all week. Now I tear him limb from leg, and suit him right." Then he cast inflections on my an-cestors, an-cestors, and leave me shaking with rage and in- Jsultness. I grind out to myself: "No man can discourage my ancestors. Also he love pleading lady, and he want make bloob out of me. I m make bloob out of him and receive clappings from lady." I then practice jiu jitsu silent behind set-' set-' ting, and stand watchful. Director friend call "Active," and shake "bo-coming "bo-coming finger at me, so I run out before machine ' to uncover hero standing in malicious attitude. i He snap me up, and try to bang my head on the ' floor, but I wind legs about his neck, and bite his ' arm. With howl he declares names with voluble- ness and drop me. I grab left arm, and with jiu jitsu insinuations expel him to floor. Opportunity arising, I jump up and down on his stomach, and I look for applause from pleading lady. But she fly at me with long fingernails and extemperaneous quotations, and call "Kick him outside; kick him- outside." I begin complaint, but am still unfin-S unfin-S ished when I And myself in center of highway. 9 I excuse myself to you, but why did pleading ' lady extend squeezing hand and wiggle eyes Just for embarrassment of innocent alien. I ask you from bed, where I write with left hand and one eye, being as yet inexposed. m Hoping you are the same, 9 Cashamuro Nogo. m Paige Nevin in The New York Telegraph. |