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Show 'THE WARNING A Genuine Film Mssterplce of Uncommon Uncom-mon Dramatic Power Featuring Henry Kolker and to be Shown at the Alhambra Tomorrow and Monday. Reviewed by "W. Stephen Bush. It the word "wonderful" had not been abused to so woeful an extent, I v.ould unhesitatingly speak of this production as truly wonderful. Exhibitors Ex-hibitors have been so constantly deluged del-uged with a dally flood of superlatives that they have most reasonably become be-come suspicious of all terms of high praise. Confessing this handicap, I must also confess my inability to speak of this picture In other terms than those of the highest praise. First of all, I was Impressed with what may be described as the dramatic dra-matic dignity oi the production. Class and power Rccompanj' every inch of the film One chord there Is hi the dramatic and emotional register which will always wake Its vibrating echo m the human heart the relentless-ness relentless-ness of Fate. If ever the screen illustrated illus-trated the old principle that "consequences "conse-quences are unpitying" It is done In this play. It is true that there is a very happy hap-py and gratifying ending, but it "comes most unexpectedly, and wo are about ready to shed a tear of sorrowing sympathy sym-pathy for the man who fell over the edge of the precipice when wo discover discov-er to our Intense relief that he has stopped just short of the fatal stop, and that having had a most fearful warning he parts company with the terrible destroyer of souls and renews re-news his allegiance to the fireside. Mary Pickford, Unrivalled Screen Star, in Wonderful Characterization Characteriza-tion as "The Foundling." "Little Mar" Pickford, whose great' s CAST SAID TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY EXCEPTIONAL-LY STRONG; OFFERING IS A COMEDY. Tuesday night, the University oi (Jtah Dramatlo Club will present in the Orpheum, "Her Husband's Wife," by A. E. Thomas. Tho Club has the distinction dis-tinction of being the oldest organization organiza-tion of Its kind in the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain region, and has been asked to lead the western universities in bringing bring-ing the Associated Unlvorslty Players, Play-ers, the national dramatic fraternity, west. This year the University of Utah club is making Its twentieth annual tour of the state, and judging from the point of view of choice of play and the unusual ability, of the caat, It j : and unequalled ability in creating lifelike life-like portrayals on the screen has made her tho foremost motion picture star in the world, returns to the Alhambra Al-hambra beginning next Tuesday in an elaborate five-part photo-production of 'Tho Foundling," produced by tho Famous Players Film Company and released on the Paramount Program. In the superb feature, the Famous Players have created another motion picture masterpiece. This producing company, which first Introduced the policy of presenting famous stars and plays on the screen, and which since its inauguration, more than three years ago, has continuously represented represent-ed the highest feature standard possible pos-sible to achieve, has again indicated through the medium of this sterling production its unremitting efforts for the elevation and refinement of screen drama. A number of very human touches aro skillfully contained in this feature and delicately suggested by the boundless bound-less art of Mary Pickford. When, as the cast-away, after years of hardship and suffering, of lonliness and destitution, desti-tution, sho crosses the path of her father, from whom she had been separated sep-arated since babyhood, tho drama reaches one of its most tender climaxes. cli-maxes. And when the father, who had loved his wife so greatly that he sent their child away when its birth robbed rob-bed the mother of her life, looks down Into the eyes of the daughter, for whom in after years he had longed and yearnod. and asks her If she could forgive a daddy who had been so cruel to her, she not realizing yet that this man Is her own father, replies, "I could forgive onybody anything If I only had a daddy " There Is a superb blending of the pathetic with the comic that mingles laughter and tears as this story unfolds un-folds Itself Placed In a foundling home, Molly O suffers many hardships hard-ships until sho Is given to a boarding house mistress -who abuses her more roundly than the matron of the home. Even when tho sorrowing father returns re-turns from Italy whence he had fled, determined to make reparation to his daughter, fate Interposes and another child is susbstituted for Molly O. But, after she has undergone many hardships, fate relents and ordains r Is believed that it will be its most successful season. The cast is ?nm posed entirely of students of the S verslty, all of whom have had two or more years' experience in dramatics under the direction of pomot Maude May Babcock. "lessor The play to be presented is tho one especially revised by the antw for Henry Miller, who ajpewed hi n Salt Lake a few seasons ago t is well remembered for the unusual amount of clever dialogue aud u niorouB situations which it contain! The story is that of a yoSf ffe who, laboring under tho impression that she Is going to die, attempts to chooso a wife for her husband to take her place when aho 1B gone The hu- that she shall find her father by accident. ac-cident. ' With a sweet simplicity and n natural nat-ural method of depicting this wistful and lovable character, Mary Pickford tugs constantly at the heart-strings. ' The production appears nt the Alhambra Al-hambra Tuesday and Wednesday. t oo The other day Hughle Mack, the Vltagraph comedian, had a clay pipe shot out of his mouth in a scene in a one-part comedy. Charles Rlchmaa, "Battle Cry Charlie," was on hand to witness the sharpshooting and v,zz I very much impressed. Ho threatens to take up shooting, but Hughlp says ' it won't be his mouth that will holi the pipe r mor of the situation is appreciated kjrt by nor congenial uncle, who sets out 1 3 to show her her folly and at the same ft time have his practical joke. p&i John Cotter, in the role of uucle. jjo shows exceptional ability In handlinS tj$S the part. Miss Orpha Kingsbury, a fftfl' the wife, has had considerable ex- ttwh perlence and also has exceptional imI ability. The remainder of the cost 1 JjB Is made up of Miss Daisy Rolapp, s t H Miss Ledew; Miss Clare Kimball, b3 H Nora; Miss Maurine Prouse, as Mrs SB Iliggins; Angue Boyer, as Stewart Randolph; Mrs. Henry Ruggerie, as f "ick Bolder; Don Wood as Mathers, , ' the horse trainer. Advertisement : ' |
