AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

NATIONAL AND LYRIC. 11.. made some of llieni -sad. .-■ >■' lle-11l gla.l. II lew of 111-ui mad let n : id lie-in ln-1 ll'.l Hl'l all lined ||l|ll f- M 1 il.'iiuli deliiilauies in d'.'iblc .-iiitiii.' I ma-il-..iis. Illls is ■■ |he Hull.-111, Xt.lli. 'il.■ ill two big pictures slmxilli- i' I.' ' National and Lyric Theatre- "11 Pi ll'-i l ' prngiainrne tin.- evening. Bui "The I'.ii'lenlv Mao." itltlnuigli a deliglitlul pn'iu' reatiiriiiK l.cxx co.lv and a -ii-.wb ca-t. - ii.i the star iiem ii,-in. The b.-st or Hie mil i- "I.ill of lite luist." siarniig Pida Negri. Willi Pen 1.1011. Nnall llcery and Haynnuil lirimtli iii support. Lily, dain-'tit-r nl i l r widow in a German garrison tnxvn. works a- an and!,laid in a .mall lilirai.i. Here she atlraiTs iiimix nl ili>- j-iuii--i.lltcers. Seeking t" llli'l "HI XVllal attract- tin- yniing men to the lilirarv, tin- ' "llllliaildlllailt VlSlls ||, sees I 111 an I xianis per, .-in- inarrte.- hini. mi ; ; lllllll'Vlllllllll lb' llcciillles iinllole.l Willi 111--looks mat oilier ni.mi dir.-.-t I..ward- I: - wire. Yon Prell. a young nlllcei . ixlp. tin I ll I ill lull' Willi L.IV. HOW SIHIIIIK ,C "Il same indel. meeis her. .he i n coining mil ..r lus room by b.-r husband xvno challenges Pi-.dl lo a duel I lie yumi* man is wounded, and In.-. l'uri''U= superior i.llb-er liirns Lily mil. .-He meets a pleasure hiving rmwil and attracts ilia an..niioii .if a man, .i.-hii.okc p.ut Pr.-ll lliid.s be,- and llley decide pi k Hie approval of bis uncle in limn- niatTia-c. licllliecke breaks mln the party iiucxp-ct-v and Hie unci.- lake- I'reil away. Lily turns to Liehnorke and llnds bal pmc-s ii his wife. The eiilerlaililllenl is ""'.v aiiotlier instance ni what can b- iimia since the aiualgaiiiatlon of tin- Lyric mt National Theatres. HIPPODROME. -otlie of I lie b-iist sil -peeled per.-,ml have licen tlu.se who have cunmiitcl a crime This is shown in "The liuilii one.'' wbii-li will tie Hie principal picture at thechange id piniinuiiiiie at tin: iiippoilr a this evening. The story star- .x.|r,„-_ Aires, xvlin is piii-n the lull- nl' a wife Irving to clear her husband of a murder charge. It is one ~r the nm-i sensational of mysteries, bm carefully she builds up an ailbi which proves iti.it lid" Im-baiid was not nut of the hnii.-e at the nine • )!_ crime was cnminiucil. Just as tin- '!••' lues are about In lean- In i- after th-v bai.- listened and been satislled by ll.'l" sinry. Hie husband's wet rainroal is lintb'eil under a chair, slnixving thai the accusi d man bad been out, and proving the xvliv's story a lie. However, to Hie surprise ~f all, she iinds the B-uiltv one aiming thus! who are least suspected. It is a l'iiamoiml prndiatinii. ami a strong- ,-h-i supporls Agnes Ay res. There an strnmr siipportiiig illuis, xxluch nicliidc a Chrislb: comedy, "kidding Katie" a Hnrtoti Holme:, travelogue and the latest Gazette. EVERYBODY'S. A rui-tln-i" opportunity to witness the Una Picture. ••Monsieur Hcauealre.'' I- 10 be. I given at. Everybody's Theatre, where, la j view nl' the lug business done. It Ins bee,, decided to extend the season. Wherever .shown "Monsieur heaueaire" has been a remarkable success, and xvith Rudolpti %'alenlino as the Due tie Chartres and Beba Pamela as the princess de Honrbon-Contl. Lois Wilson as Marie. Queen of Louis XV. tin: acting is one «t Hie reatures. Tl.o .story is as told in Hooiti Tarklngton's novel, and presents all the incidents in the life of the Due de Chartres. xvbo refuses lo fall in wiih Hit: wishes of tho King or France and marry the Princes. Ilourbon-Conti, and who llecs to England. where, masquerading a.-- a barber, he en(leaxotirs to win Lady Mary from Lord XXTutcr-ea, and is set iip,.n by six svvords- | men lured iiy Lord XVintersea. Finally the | Hue de Chartres returns to France and marries the Princess, it, is a Hue picture, and with supporting Mm* makes a ,-ti-un. programme. PRINCESS. "Against All Odds." Hie chid' ilem mi the bill at the Princess Theatre to-day. is a real Buck Jonas show, tun po| cent western; tearing alone- at a hundred Hitills lan Hour pace; packed xvith hartl lighting, j hard shooting, bard riding and P.viinr. ; packing a mystery plot and a double tun - i relied romance, tip- climax of Hopeless | odds and death-defying- dare-iievniry, i however comes when Buck's pal wrong fully sentenced to be banged Inr Iliurdei, speeds with the sheriff's |)osse no .in I express train to the scene of o.vcutii.ii. I Mow Puck Jones, aboard "r-ilver," ov", - I takes and literally lassoes that la.-l-moi |:,jj I train, how lie hait'-ralsinglv hauls linii- ,' self hand over hand from ins lior-.-s ba-K to the back or the tram, and s-n,-- his 'buddy xvith the help i.,r --sih ,-r"-- lids yt.ii i must see and thrill In xvllti your nun eye-. , Muck's support Includes a brace or cxipn sile screen beauties; polures Boilsse ;,- the hero's racy, passionate "I'rail'ie 1 Flower" sweetheart, and Thais Valdein.ii, the noted Hlissian stage beauty, as ins warm-blooded exotic love. Another line picture on the programme i • "The .Man Alone," in which tun men are rivals for the hand of lln- daughter nl a siiirkbkrokcr. The workings ~r a troll mine in California, and a mutiny on board -hip arc incidents in the story. TIVOLi. Always a clever actress. Virginia Valll has never been shown on lln- screen in a more appealing role Ulan that of Sailv Tolllver. wile of a man xvlm works m the signal lower or a railroad that runs through a lonely rorest. This is the pari, she plays in "The Signal Tower." ulinii is the feature nun on tin- nexv programme 10 be shown at the Tlvoli Theatre ibis : evening. It is a gripping story that gets tin- audience and never lets go till Hie, I end. There are txvo sensational train wrecks, but these arc only incidental to an absorbing story centring round txvo men and a woman living at a lonely division point on a mountainous railroad. A second lug plrtur i the bill nl' rare is ••The Uninvited Guest." in which the central llgures are .lean Tolley, William Bailey and Loins Wolllelm. It is a dramatic love story which begins in Nexv Yurie, and xvith thrilling rescues, and realistic undersea scenes or natural colour pilot,i- ---! graphy. proceeds llliougii San l'T'aiuT.-''o, the Smith Sea Islands, and winds up in toe - Westchester estate or a millionaire. The • coloured photography In itself provides _ | tract. STRAXD THEATRE. S-o .successful have the "screen siar" tests been at the Strand Theatre, or possibly It would be more correct lo saY sn popular have lliev proved from tlio box-ulllce, point, that il has been ,1.-,-i.i. I to carry on for another week. Each day fresh candidates, with hopes of inn: flay In ing a Mary Pickforil or Valentino, st,-|i in Iron! of the camera on the Man:,- at Hie Strand, and under the direction id Mi. Beaumont Smith, make love or rumiii t suicide—only in the play. of course 1..;• ! a week the atmosphere uf llie strand bin been wholly love and tragedy, but nub.it.- ---; really takes it seriously, not even Hi. ■"screen stars.'' and rather the tests | vide delightful roiivdv. i;c-ui,-, the ic-m , « line pictorial lan- is provided, lie- 1.-.i 1 picture being "How To Educate a Wil ' based on llie book by Elinor iilm. Dai mgly clone, but pri-senied as onli 'Hat xvell-knoxvn writer can i+e-eiu -udi |-:--. • lens, the st.ny of flirting \x:i — ,: ; jealous husbands I- one full . I ~.'•;•'. presenting as it 'locs main a. .' -:: , ■ Eons. The cast iticimi, - mi- -.- ■■ ... ... Mnute Blue, Claude 'lilLiigxi.il, : .:id i ii Lewis. FAREWELL C'n.Vi i-" r Til" , ~„,-.; | c,:,,| ■ I :■■ i u:i i':.'l xva- parked n- i ■■ d ■ ■-. - c ~.- • t ••. .< i I IP,pert g. -.ii.iii,-- I. '■'•• X... k. i : l op-rath- .-n O'l' - "' -■'' ~!' '" '" ;! ' : I :,-ii„ tuber.-.! ' .- :,.- in.- |-:i' no in •' ■'•- li-'nie In- ' iie.'-ieai - '"in -■ X l-.i.-.c----piofranini-. >■■ n.'nl, ::- I:, by Xuckbuid i I. nil!,- umatcili - «i- gi-.-.nli- appri ' - ut.-.1, xf. ,-:iiiii,. :.- 1). .;.- pai-tn-iiliiilx v. :i