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Show ILOCKWQQO li BIG HI! SI 111 At the Utah Theatre last night Harold Har-old Lockvood delighted a large audience-in "Pals First." This is a Screen Classics production, with Harold Lock-wood as the star. In the role of Danny Rowland he scores one of the big hits of his career. Never Nev-er before, it may safely be said has he had a part more suited to his abilities abili-ties than the role of the tramp, ex-convict, ex-convict, philosopher of the road, impostor, im-postor, lover hero, Danny Rowland. Danny is mistaken for the master of a southern estate and before he can turn around he is set up in state to discover that he Is supposed to be m love with Jean Logan, a fair flower of the South. Nor is ho at all adverse to this state of affairs. Ho immediately immediate-ly loves Jean and she returns his affections. af-fections. But there-is a villainous cousin, who keeps insisting that he is an impostor and that the real master of the house has gone to his death at aea. And finally he brings proof conclusive con-clusive of this fact and confronts Danny Dan-ny with the evidence. Ho is revealed in his truo colors as an ex-convicL But wait the mark of identification lies on the under side of Danny s right, forearm. Tho sheriff pulls back his short sleeve and discloses a perfectly smoothe, unmarked arm. Here is a predicament indeed, one to which, you will find tho solution by a journey to the Utah theatre. To reveal it here would be to spoil the story. It s one of those real surprise endings and because be-cause of this the management of the theatre warns its patrons not to come in on tho tall end of the picture. Mr. Lockwood receives sterling support sup-port from James Lackaye as tho other "pal", from Ruby do Remer, as the girl, and from Richard Neill and Frank do Vernon in other prominent roles. "Pals First" is plentifully supplied with comedy, romance and adventure, and makes an ideal entertainment for these times. Tho play was by Lee Wilson Dodd. from a novel by Francis Fran-cis Perry Elliott, and on the stage played to great success with William Courtenay and Thomas A. Wise in the two principal roles. A funny cartoon, "How Charlie Captured the Kaiser" completes tho program. oo |