AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 84, 10 April 1929, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

NATIONAL THEATRE. "The Desert Bride*' and "The Wolf Hunters" are the two current attraction* at the National Theatre. Betty Compson and Allan Forrest head the cast of "The Desert Bride," si story of Arabia, where the natives, discontented with the rule of the French, plan to seize the city. Captain Doauveauz, of the Intelligence Department, however, confiscate* their munitions, and as long as he holds them the city is safe. There is a charming love story woven into the intriguing sequence of events. At one stage of the story, the two young lovers are both prisoners of the Arabs, and the events which lead to their release and happiness are cleverly woven together in a gripping tale. "The Wolf Hunters" is from a story by the late James Oliver Curwood and centres round the famous Royal North-west Mounted Police, and their motto, M Get Your Man." Mildred Harris 'and David Terrence are the principals in a well-selected cast. An interesting news reel and an Aesop Fable cartoon complete the picture programme, throughout which Mr. Bartlett's Orchestra renders enjoyable music. HIPPODROME AND CRYSTAL PALACE. Moviegoers have an unusual treat in store for them at the Hippodrome and Crystal Palace Theatres to-night, when Tim M«Coy will appear an 'his * latest Me tro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle '"The Bushranger," a vivid romance of Australia's early days. This is the first all-Australian motion picture pitoduced abroad and its fidelity to local history is guaranteed by the fact that Reg. L. ("Snowy") Baker and James J. Warwick headed a select party of Australians who acted as technical assistants to the director. The story opens in England, but Van Dieinan's Land rapidly becomes the locale, followed by Ballarat and the adjacent country in the sequence where McCoy, having escaped from the convict settlement, becomes a notorious buahranger to find breath-catching thrills, high adventure, romance and love in the Australian bush. Marion Douglas, formerly Ena Gregory, of Manly, N.S.W., plays the principal feminine role opposite McCoy, Dale Austen, "Miss New Zealand, 1927," has the other feminine role; both girls interpret their parte with the utmost ■skill. Frank Baker, brother of the famous Australian sportsman, Reg. L. ("Snowy") Baker, also appears in the cast, with Russell Simpson and other screen favourites. A splendid budget of well ! varied supports is also presented at each theatre.