AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 48, 26 February 1929, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

HIPPODROME THEATRE.

'"Beyond lie Sierras," with T:m coy in the leading role, will be the main attraction at the Hippodrome Theatre this evening. This is a colourful romance of Old California in the feverish day« when men sought gold and met adventure by the way. Castanets and guitars filled the nights with love as travellers passed through the peaceful settled country on their way to the fields. Then there •sras the terror spread by la-vie* ban*. Thieves and cutthroat# abounded, and sheriffs were kept busy with their po§e». All these 'incidents are recalled :u '"Beyond the Sierras. ' which is a thrilling picture holding the interest throuzhontMarie Provost and Harrison Ford will provide the comedy side o: the programme in "The Girl 'in the Pullman." a film tint is said to produce a laugh a minute. There are all sorts of weird, romantic and comic mix-ups. and a good deal o: action taxes place in a Pullman car. For a programme, the one announced wou.d b# hard to beat, and the Hippodrome should please its numerous patrons with the bill of fare provided. NATIONAL THEATRE. "The Lu.:k of the Navy" which is shoeing at the National Theatre, must appeal to all who l"ive the Empire, and take an interest in the explo.ts o: the Navy. Iff* is said to be Princess Marys favour..* melodrama. A most extraordina - ' co.ncidence occurred durin-z the production of the picture. and mer sweethearts were dancing in a docsi.de dance hall. when, in the midst o-: ta« festivities, a petty officer of the na'iu entered trie ha., an-n. stoop.n? *ae band, ordered a', tne men to return " their ships for the immediate mo3ii*at.pa of the Fleet. During trie taking o. - scene it was suddenly reco.lectel date was August 4. and that the a-...0n being played ir. the studio was an exa.« replica of what occurred tnirteen previously --mi that never day. A big attraction is announce! 4 nest Friday n.ght. "The Patr.o. ® be screened. CRYSTAL PALACE At the Lrystal Pahce Theatre this erening. there will be the last screernn. "Forgotten Faces." To-morrow and Th■■■-* day nights "The Gii i in the Pu'lman be shown. This is a film reputed to cr?a--a laugh a minute. Most of the action ta»e* place in a Pullman car. and the tun is :*f and furious. A staa» feature will be tra; Howlev and his famous "Internationa--. The popular svncopators will be a, 561 , 1 .; bv "Folole" in her own nnsna._ dance. Mr. and Mrs How ley wi.i an exhibition of •he "Bla<koottom. , Friday and Saturday th-r 3 wiil_be rp attractions. Th n first is '.~Tj K ', nr «, Legion." and th*~ "Bo end Sierras." "The Fc-»irr. Lesion i« a co!f»ur ful picture of Northern Afrits. Morocco as th» "I" operari«n«._ . other attta.tion ha= Tim M ; C- :* saddle, and de.il« with t'ie c.d l_a.i.?rc.« gold davs.