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Show OGDEN WRESTLER TO GET A CHANCE II TI MOVIES ' The scenario of one of iho first five-! reel feature films to be produced by; the new Ogden Pictures Corporation.) culling for a battle between hero of, the play and an athlete of great physique. phy-sique. President Albert Scowcroft has I hit upon the idea of giving Ogden a' boost by casting in the role of the ath- lete a native son. The two finest built athletes in Ogden, according tn statis-I statis-I tics Mr Scoweroft has been able to ob-I ob-I tain, being Pete Ylsser. the Ogden fireman, fire-man, and Jack Harbertson, who is to I wrestle Visser for the intermountain light heavyweight championship at the Alhambra theater March 28, the motion picture man has decided to offer the j winner of the coming match the role ! of the athlete In the picture play The picture play In which tho winner win-ner of tho wrestling match is tn hp ! offered a part will be constructed on the lino?, of Rex Beach's stories of the j north, in which a primitive contest of I strength is waged between the leading ! male characters, generally with the. hand of the heroine at stak Both Visser and Harbertson are well quali-j fled to fill the rnle of a 'strong man" t in the picture play, and there is cer-I cer-I tain to be no little rivalry between j them for the honor of being selected as the most representative athlete in the city. The incentive was hardly nooilod, for, recording to all reports,' there is enough feeling between Visser Vis-ser and Harbertson now to insure the ! coming wrestling match being an exciting ex-citing one. The picture company's offer of-fer will, however, add to the interest! of the match from the spectators' point of view. nrv |