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GOODWIN'S WEEKLY 11 HH
The Drama arid Music
THE new dramatic season is not
.without its sensations, since the
'expected has happened unexpect
edly in .the case of Willard Mack and
his hew wife, Marjorie Rambeau. The
Romance of these co-stars, which is
ended in a pot of grief, has been
watched with keenest interest by a
small group of onlookers close enough
to the scene of hostilities. By this
time "Wlllard's recent fall from the
water wagon is news to only a scant
few, for it is just as impossible to
keep gossip of this kind from the
play-going public as it is for Willard
Mack to hide himself somewhere and
get over his souse.
Willard Mack and Marjorie Ram
beau fell in love. Mfss Rambeau's
mother objected strenuously, but to
no apparent avail. The lovers were
married without ma's consent and
started housekeeping. Mother-in-law
went alpng. It so happened that Miss
Rambeau was getting a good salary
at the Colonial, where she and Mr.
Mack were playing, and her mother
had a minor part for which she re
ceived an excessive remuneration.
Mother-in-law insisted upon .having a
better part and more money, and she
worried her new son-in-law daily.
Mack excuses his leap from the wag
on upon this ground, but his inability
to remain sober is duo to a weakness
that has blighted an otherwise prom
ising career. His is a dual nature.
Those who are familiar with the do
ll mestic difficulties in the Mack-Ram-
' beau family will smile when tney see
jl references in the ill-advised daily
press to the "nervous condition" of
Miss Rambeau. When she was suf
fering from what she pleased to call
"ptomaine poison," those who knew
her real condition were humming that
odd ditty:
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
i I've discovered what you are
Just an actress, after all;
I One part talent, nine parts gall."
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, Without trying to bore anyone with
the sordid details of the Mack-Ram-.
beau episode, and not presuming to
' expatiate upon the splendid throw
made by ma-in-law of a handful of
, coin into Mr. Mack's very teeth, it
I may be timely to ask just who will
I be the next victim of the Mack mal-
I ady. In the last few year3 ho has had
an opportunity to make good In every
stock house in Salt Lake, and in some
iof them several times. He had quite
a vogue at the Colonial, the GarrlcK
and the Bungalow, and later appeared
at a cheap motion picture house in
flj First South street. Ho was drunk
u most of the time. He was away for
Jl some time and then returned, once
more to "show the Salt Lake people
that he Is a man." He had a run at
the Orpheum during the summer, and
did very well. In fact, he remained
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sober for more than two weeks at a
stretch, and this gave the house man
ager, Mr. C. N. Sutton, so much en
couragement that he heconvo manager
for Mack and took him down to the
Colonial, thereby putting one over
Howard Garrett, who had some plans
for Mack himself, so long as the actor
showed an inclination to stay on the
wagon.
It seems that Mr. Mack fattens on
the falls he takes and waxes stronger
with each Incarceration in the cjty or
county jail. Even now he is talking
of sobering up onqe more and "coni
ing back."
Few announcements of the local
theatrical year have carried more in
terest to Salt Lakers tban the news
from the Colonial the past week of
the plans that have matured there for
the theater's regular winter season,
which opens "the coming week with a
big scenic production of Charles
Klein's drama, "The Gamblers." Un
der the arrangements perfected by
Mr. John Cort, the Colonial the com
ing week enters on what will be easily
the most important and pretentious
season of stock production ever givpn
Salt Lake City and the intermountaln
West. A comp&uy of most capable
players has been selected, and at their
head will be Catherine Countiss, a
leading woman of national reputation
and an actress who has appeared in
some of the largest and most success
ful dramatic productions the Amer
lean stage has had to offer these last,
few years. A talented, accomplished
artlgt whose experience has Atted her
unusually well to star at the head of
such a company as the Colonial. Miss
Countiss come to Salt Lake totally un
known here as an actress, and her
engagement will bo watched with a
great deal of interest by those who
know how successful and popular she
has been elsewhere where the play
going public has learned to discrim
inate well in the matter of leading
women and stock stars.
Wilfred Rogers is the new leading
man who is to head the supporting
company for Miss Countiss, and he is
an actor cf the new and younger
school, whose success has been very
great in the East and on the Pacific
Coast, and above all else he has the
necessary qualification of being ex
tremely good-looking and prepossess
ing in appearance. Mr. Rogers is also
new to local theater patrons, and thd
fact that ho has never been seen here
in even a traveling production lends
a good deal of additional interest to
his appearance.
Supporting Miss Countiss and Mi-.
Rogers will be the members of the
Colonial company, y including Mr.
Burke, Mr. Vivian, Mr. Moon, E. For
rest Taylor, Rosa Roma and the other
players who have mecomo so popular
those 1 .st few weeks with local pa
trons of the Colonial.
Of equal interest to the players
however, is the list of plays that has
been secured for production at the
Colonial. First comes "The Gamb
lers, opening Sunday night of the com-
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not advertising. They are fur.
nlshed by the various play
houses, but are not paid for.
ing week. Then will come "Zira," and
ifollowirtg that a long list of successes
that have never been pen here at
popular prices.
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The new bill at the Orpheum com
mencing Sunday" afternoon will be
headed by that veteran actor, William
H. Thompson. In "The Wise Rabbi"
last season, ' Mr. Thompson created
such a pronounced impression over
the Orpheum circuit that arrange
ments have been made for his return
in another playlet. The new vehicle
is called "An Object Lesson," and is
by Frederic Sargent. The distin
guished actor has a role well suited
to -his talents. Second on the new
bill are listed Billy Gould and Belle
Ashlyn, a smart pair of entertainers,
brimming over with fun and frolic.
Inexhaustible patience and the gift of
showmanship are possessed by How
ard, who has brought forth a decided
novelty in his spectacular exhibition
of musical Shetlands ' and terriers.
Herbert Ashley and Al Lee are pre
. senting a musical duologue called "A
Night in Chinatown." It is a bit of
song and humor, and many good sto
ries. Since their last tour over the
Orpheum circuit, Fred Gray and Nel
lie Graham have presented "The Mu
sical Bell Boy" on a world's tour,
which they have only just ended. The
potpourri of comedy and music was
well received abroad. Prominent
among the European novelties import
ed by the Orpheum circuit for the cur
rent season is the celebrated Italian
duo, The Takiness, In their eccentric
musical offering, "The Angry Tutor.'
An eccentric performance, containing
a number of unusual acrobatic feats,
is given by Mint & Wertz on the new
bill. This team has achieved a good
deal of success abroad. The Animated
Weekly will furnish a bunch of newsy
pictures, including the national motor
boat races, labor demonstrations,
world's series league games, etc., while
Who's Who in Stageland will furnish
some home life views of Raymond
Hitchcock.
Another one of the big muBical
vaudeville productions which were ar
ranged for by John W. Considlne, busi
ness head of tho Sullivan and Consi
dlne oircult, during his recent trip to
Now York Is at the Empress. "Fujiy
ama" Is the name of the brilliant and
mammoth musical comedy. It is a pre
tentious comic opera in tabloid form
but Japanese only In name and set
ting. Tho company of twelve people
headed by Ada Mitchell and John B.
Wilson. The scenic and electrical ef
fects are discriptive of the Japanese
garden and tho mountain Fujiyama.
To tho big bill holding the boards this
(Contlnuod on Pago 14.)
COLONIAL
Catherine Countiss I
and a perfect company QH
The Gamblers I
BY CHARLES KLEIN BB
Beginning Sunday night Oct. 20 H
Matinee Thursday and Saturday H
Prices: Nights Lower floor, 76c. 60c; Bil
balcony, 60c, 2Gc. Matinees Lower floor, &f
26c, 60c, balcony, 26c. H
ORPHEUM I
WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, B
With His Company in H
"AN OBJECT LESSON." H
Here's BILLY GOULD and BELLE H
ASHLYN, 11
In Jokes and Songs Written by Mr. H
Gould. H
HOWARD'S NOVELTY, H
Musical Shetlands and Terriers. H
HERBERT ASHLEY and AL LEE H
"A Night in Chinatown." H
GRAY AND GRAHAM H
In "The Musical Bell Boy." H
THE TAKINESS H
In "The Angry Tutor." H
SAM CLARENCE H
MINT AND WERTZ H
European Eccentrics. B
DAYLIGHT MOTION PICTURES. H
Concert Orchestra. H
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ISuliivan-ConsidineVaudeviIIe M
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"FUJIYAMA." H
A Japanese Operetta in H
1 two scenes 12 people. M
MLLE. LA DEODIMA, H
7:30 Rogers and Mackintosh, M
and'o:i5 Daniels and Conrad, M
Llna Pantzer, Holden M
and Harron, Empress M
Orchestra, Animated M
Review. H
Regular 30c Matinee Dally 1A jH
Empress 20c 600 MIC IH
Prices 10c Parquet 8eats "" M
ALL KINDS OF H
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