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Show uu I Theatres ,,wXtt7ITg "The Man Above the Law" has been attracting much attention at the Ogden Og-den theater, where it opened Sunday night. It is a picture of southwestern life, and tells of a phase not usually made into the subject of a movie scenario. However, it is interesting. Tho production Is entirety southwestern south-western in its atmosphere and its scenes are all laid in a little hamlet situated somewhere in the United States just across the line from Mexico. Mex-ico. There is a population of greasers and Navajo Indians, and when Duke Chalmers (Jack Richardson), an ex-plated ex-plated easterner, arrives here, soured on the world in general, he grabs off an attractive looking squaw for his companion. At the time of tho story' there is an offspring, and Duko has made himself the ono-man power among the hundred -odd persons that make up the population of the place. He Is the only white man, and his trading place flourishes because ho dispenses firewater in the guise of "Pain Killer," and because he has been successful In avoiding the law in doing this, ho 1b referred to as "The Man Above the Law." In an effort to spread civilization among tho bpnighled souls along tho border, there arrives a prim little missionary, mis-sionary, who comes to teach school. She is young and pretty and away from the usual typo of her ilk. But Duke sets his will against her and nono will attend her little school house until his own offspring porsuados him that she wants to go. Ho finally consents, con-sents, which arouses the jealousy of his Indian wife to the extent that she appeals to her people of the tribe to do away with "the while witch." Being unsuccessful in this, she decides o do the job hersolf. Duke's rescue of the missionary and his realization of his wife's devotion to him, leads him to abandon his trading post and whiskey selling to start further west and try again, this time evidently to lead a better existence. It Is a slmplo story that Js carried by the acting of Richardson and a little girl May Garcia, In the rolo of the halfbreed child. She is clover. Claire McDowell as the squaw made a pleasing pleas-ing plcturo and enacted the rolo exceedingly ex-ceedingly well. Josle Sedgwick as tho school teacher carried just sufficient pop to put her over. AT THE ORPHEUM. It Is fortuhato that such a splondid picture as "A Daughter of Destiny" was selected by Madamo Olga Petrova for hor Initial appoaranco on tho screen with her own company. Folks now have a good tasto "in their mouths" and will oxpect something equally as good in her subsequent productions. pro-ductions. "A Daughter of Destiny" started last night at tho Orphoum theatre and drew a house full. It Is no wonder that it pleased here, for it had one of tho biggost receptions in New York, whero it just finished tho biggost week's run at tho Riallo theater thea-ter that has been accorded any picture pic-ture Tho plcturo Bhows taht Olga Petrova Pe-trova has sparod neither expense nor talent in gathering a suporb and adequate ade-quate company. It hns elaborato scenes, all stnged with truthful application appli-cation to reality. Tho story is about an American girl who contracts a morganatic marriage with a prince. She realizes tho breach between them but through a happy circumstance cir-cumstance wins hor right to a placo beside him in equality. Tho prince's life is Baved by his Avife :ind she endures en-dures great danger for his sake, whloh in the end wins for her her desired position. With. the big offering tho forepart of tho week, Manager Goss has secure se-cure da Christie comody, and these, by the way, are already favorably known in Ogdon as humorous and delightful. de-lightful. oo : CERTAINLY. He is a very pleasant fellow. Club or home? Browning's. |