AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17392, 1 March 1922, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES. GKEATEB CRYSTAL PALACE. Th« great Goldwyn picture, "Dangerous Daya," ha* be«n chosen to head the current programme. e.t the Greater Cryatal Taluce, and as a display of high-class ptctt.'Ziap'ny it i 3 briliian*. Seldom have the eo,';sis •:•! euch scenes and costumes been ivpicttirea before, and aeldom has a novo] ■n-orked up to euch advantage to ael:?ht •'movie-" patrons. "Dangerous Days'' is a. picture, production of Roberts K;nehart's famous book, in nhich .tho part of -Audrey Valentino is playe.t wi'h an <s*7 mastery by Barbara Caetleton. A feature of the great ball scene in the play is the pppearance of reprosontatirea of 'very one of tho Allied N'atiocs, Franca being represented by a yonnjr woman in the garb of Joan of Aie. "The Hillionaire." the second big fcatur© ob th« programme, is n L'niyersal masterpiece, of an absorbing chnracter. The programme of music played by the f-'Tnphory Orchestra under Mr Alfred liur.r., \- of a, diversified character. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. An exceptionally good Souhlo feature programme is being presented this tree;: by the jnanagement of KTorybody's Theatre. »ity Compeon ia tho etar in "At tho End of *h<* j "World," a Paramount production. Ihe itory • opens in a, Chinese gambling den in irhar.?hai, and througiout the piece there is a, rich Oriental atmosphere, eacept -nhen the fiction is shifted to a lonely iEland hgirthonse, nono of th« 3etails of which is omitted. The »«cond Paramount picture. "Dangerous Lies." -was produced in F.r.?land, and etars D*Ti«J Pow«I!. It is based on Mr Oppenheim'a -xell-kncwn Elory, and is remarkable for its faithful representation cf English life, manners, and custom?. The eupporting films are of excellent quality. Under Mr W. J. Bellingham tha "Select" Orchestra plays • programme of music vrhich for excellence compares favourably iv-th any they hsTe ret given. Last eight, in honour of the wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles, Mendelssohn's '"Wedding March" was played. >■ LIBERTY THEATER. The popular Florence Ec-cd, in "Th«B!ack Panther's Cub," drew a crowded house at the Liberty Theatre last night. The famous star is Been in four different roles- in this oig drama, vrhich ib based on Charles Swin- ' burne's immortal poem, "'Faustine." ''The Black Panther's Cub" id a story of unusual proportions, with a, wealth of dramatic action, ecores of colourful and varied scenes, a fast moving plot, and a thread of romance that terminates on one of the strongest emotional scenes over shown on tho ecreen. Miss I?«ed is oecn first as "Faustine," the keeper of a notorious gambling house in Paris, second ao. "Faustina's" daughter, who has been rear, cd in tha refinement of a quiet English country estate; third as the paoudo "Faustine," tirho letums to Paris in the role her mother formerly held, and last as the bedraggled old. hag, tho original "Fauetine," who has sunk to the depths of the Parisian underworld mire. The Hapworth production, "Join Twrrait Find* Himself," is another splendid picture.. • ' ■■""""'■: _ GRAND THEATRE. Comma G-rifiVJt is to t&e stellar role at the Grand Ti«atr» this weak, in the picture entitled "Moral Fibre." The picture i" different from toftiTerare run of photoplays. It u, f, atory of jjontraets. -In tho aarly part th« star appaars as » fifteen-yowola girlj and in this Mis» G»ffith dees excep-. 1 j tionaDy fine worK . When thj great sorroir i cornea into her life she plane revenge. She " v I actually liv*e h«* patt, »#d freoi that pcint ; on Mj&s Griffith's tr<»k Tise» fo *•'▼ Iwigljts. 1 afforded' ajnpl* opportunity to wear .many ' epleadfi Igewna, fbr ■tttbieh sh<( Has won wido V» wrptttetion. Tha * young girl i/ ( set out in lif*'tb avenge herself for an. Xi; *ctr committed, against her brother, but finds. i'y' that vengeanc* another's t<j.take. The second feature | vmix ■■. i»" .v"Eon't Bv«r Mrnjry." Tha atipjprttnlc films *ro, of >an > *inl«restiß» in^%'l.^.-K:'d'-'.■'■-:. •■."•' ""• Beaumont's Smith's lateat Auatralian productToa, "Tha Gentleman Bushranger," iteicb frill ha screened at tho Grand Theatre on " 'Satnjd,»y, i» eaid t'6 be fax and away the beet Australian film yet produced". Novelty " Is btiaf asked for on the serpen to-day, and , ervjenr who seas this ehould agree that, Tsorelty fa simply crowded into it. So much ' ao, ihat Uis claimed there is enough of ft '- in tb* fix raels to make halr.s-dosen ordin- , »ry plotnrce. It is a picture that makes an S- ««nor4ioary appeal to Xew Zealand audi- > eaeM, sefo shogrri by tha enormous crowds „ wjifek Jfocietf to aa« It in Wellington and , r ./ '. L BTBAND TEE.ITEB. V l. The qu»Uiy ef the eatertaiament provided '& by tb* ttSßSgemrot of the Strand Theatre «wrun» togs »ttand»ncea throughout the 'ff, tbe present pxogrwnme. Tne .-trjjlcb tt has' gaintd fer Wild U wsiatataed by the gSBSSff.* lf/# plcttrro wWeb tells of u» mittmim «! «me oanra««ons r»nch«s WSo teWWtltV «f ruffiaas into FJ^W^ , V»*V W»P«ty is. the «ite ot\ S?S t %*»f. 'TJieanppojrtifle JJma ai» of a m»h pftWwj/,: , ' - ,