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Show I Theaters) Wni AT THE OGDEN M'li Manager H. W. Peery of the Ogden rjKj1 theater, has arranged to show two 5Wij more Fox Kiddie pictures here In the tvl near future. Yesterday he signed by 1(1$ with Jack Roden, representative of the ir ox Fin company, to show "Aladdin wfcii and the Wondcrful Lamp" and "Babes in the Woods." pmf k The Ogden will also show some of iXr the other big photoplays which have tX been recently released. Yesterday con-1K con-1K tracts were signed for Theda Bara in1 jriKv- "Camillo" and in "Cleopatra." "The KM Honor Sj'stem," a gripping human in- BMl terest story, will also be shown here WW soon. Of interest to admirers of Wil- , Bl Ham Farnura will come the news that ! fft he will appear here at an early date ' jhljs In "When a Man Sees Red." 'jjEl- AT THE ORPHEUM. jlB' The Pantages bill at the Orpheum . this week Is so entertaining that t 1L 'throughout the performance there is Mf not a dull moment. It is a bill, of songs and chatter and good dancing, M with little to cause the least pause In lj pp' . the joy and laughter. The entire pro- f if f cram is recommended for those trou- yt bled with the blues. It will surely 1 n drive, them away. ! fj The bright particular act is "The ! H; i Mimic World of 1917." The steUar . i nj ? iperformers on the stage today are ' M mimicked by artists who, although J j, -' not claiming the position on theater- Wj' . dom their patterns do, are none the ' 'iW"' less clever and to those who have 'rJiXsfP . seen real article, the imitations ' V!'eTe scen - he good. lr ' The horus in this act is unusually FiflV good. The girls are all young and j Ml'' pretty and their singing is above the n m average. The plot, for thero is one, fj 'B - is arranged as the rehearsal of a num- jj rl ,r ber of stars who are featured by Oscar Hammorstein. They were all there, even Oscar himself. This part was taken by Charles Havlcan. Whether he was a good Oscar, we cannot can-not say, never having seen Oscar, but he certainly is a good Dutchman and the dialect is inimitable. It is safe to say that Havican is really Dutch. As the famous theatrical manager, he Introduces the different characters, and they imitate their personages in great style. If the imitations are not good, tho singing, dancing and playing play-ing are. So the act was well received. Felix, as a stage hand, keeps up a running firo of wit with Hammorstein that is great. He kept "butting in" on the regular program just enough to make the audience want more. Smith and McGuIre, singers and dancers, have a good act and some clever songs. Their dancing deserves more applause than it got. "When Hubby Realizes" is a good lessen for the men who think they could get along with their wives if said wives were different. The husband, Billy Abrams, comes home intoxicated (not really, because, you know. It is not permitted here any more) and crltcizes his wife. He accuses her of being old-fashioned. To show him how his type of girl really looks, she dresses in a dress he bought for a chorus girl friend and proceeds to shock friend husband. In about two minutes he begs her to be as she was and all ends happily. The Lamkins are comedy illusionists illusion-ists and entertainers. Their act is not to mystif, but to amuso. This they succeeded in doing. The contortions of one of tho men were tho best that have been seen here for some time. He didn't seem to have much backbone. back-bone. Lots of unexpected laughs in this acL Joe Hunter, singing comedian, has several good songs and his jokes are new and mighty clever. Joe "put3 over" one or two that will cause him to be remembered here for some time to come. Mutt and Jeff, in their usual comedy com-edy picture, ends the bill. The work of the orchestra this week deserves special mention. Throughout the program, tho music was unusually good and accompaniments were well directed and played. nn |