Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-20 | Page 22 | Theatres

I Otis Skinner Appears in "Kis- met" at Utah Theatre Today I Otis Sklnnrr. tho urontrst nctor of I lrhe American si n;- In hfa most poim-'.Tlar poim-'.Tlar ami tclohniti-il .st.w success, "KIs- ;nt," will he seen ;it the I'tnh theatre How the Cnllph .h.lulljih. tlio "youth flit ruler of i bl? rlty. stole " irom IiIh pniftco nnd retainers, nnd IJfound the irlrl of Ms choice In tho poorest quarters of tho city. l A series of bathing srenos in Uie hurem In whlcli Yvonne Oardello anil pother world famous modols, all noted '.Tor their symmetrical ftfUreS, contrlb-'' contrlb-'' ute many lnti- rc.it ink' nii:iciits. yl How a begpar In one day arose from poverty ami ras to wealth nnd posi-tlon posi-tlon only to have them dramatically. Swept away before sundown. How Sthe favorite wife of the Waslr of Baf-Sdad Baf-Sdad fell in love with a beggar. I ,M "Kismet" tho talo of HaJJ tho beg- 'Jjpar. who dwelt in Bagdad in the first 5'oar of the reign ot tho Caliph Ahdul- I ""Jah and begged upon the stone by the I ffdoor of the Mosquo of Carpenters, clad I !tin filthy rags. It is a talc. wild. Im- I Jirobable. barbaric, romantic, full of 'I Jchlldlsh simplicity and adult passions. I t Tho street of the T:UIors. portraying I ,Jfne anc'prt methods of selling goods Wot all sorts. Hundreds of gorgeous .jfrobea and gowns designed especially ';for the production by a large stuff of irtlsts and designers assembled from I SJdlfferent parts of the world. I 'J The famous pool scene In the harem I jewherv HaJJ, the beggar, finds hits an- Vient enemy and fights and drowns I The interior of the Caliph'.- pala - I kronounced by critics the finest set of; I jpts kind ever built. This set is over '&.'00 feet long and thousands of dot- I Bars were spent on the gorgeous dec- E -durations used In it. 1 A -tory hrltn full of mlnr. drama, m t.Vomedy, adventures. Intrigue, fights, m 'love-making, bewilderment and sus- II "pensc. II A beggar who in a single day be ll ernes a rn.ui of wealth and importance I pnly to be dashed hack again to his I .J'48 a,,tl begging. JJ .'4 A gorgeous royul wedding as they ja jjd'd it in Bagdad a thousand years ago. M A speotacular wedding procession at jl Jilght through the picturesii,- winding 'I '..streets of Bagdad. M j A fac-slmllo of ancient Badad cov- il H-ering many acres of ground.