AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17429, 13 April 1922, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

PIOTUJRE -HOUSES. If* ' GRAND THEATRE. i'V ' £;; No cne.who can get to the Grand Theatre yUiia week ehould, miss seeing the D. °(V. f (jriiStu mtcteipieoe, "Way Down East," |'*lich haa created a- furore in every part of Pta* universe in which it ha* been shown. scenery depicted is- wonderful, the groat * ico some being one of the most thrilling ' ever cwght by the camera. The piece calls for capable Acting, nnd the artists in the production hftv<i ail given of their best. The star ill Kite Lillian Gish. A programme of specially .watteu musio played by an oroheitr* conducted by Miss Nellie Black, (m----h»n*«. tiw'produciion. Us'' i !■■ . -» m . f ,'Breri the moet blasewould be pleased *sfc Uie programme that- is being presented Wk week at the Liberty Theatre. At the *Jw of the bill is the world famous actress Wtti Kimball Young in "Charge It," a pinpS^*l' gdDd ilm * Assisting- her are euch !in,7 aitists as Herbert Rawlinson, Betty ie, v Nigel ftarne,. and Edward Si. Kim''3«n Turpin plays the leading part in M»k Sennett comody, "Home -Talent," fenat iriiniHablo comedian, Larry Semen, as 3»«M ol laughter in "The Stage I. The Sherlock Holmes drama, "Toe g Cetectivj," is also on the "bill. A al programme of mueic ig played by the "Vr Grand Orchestra'. | STRAND THEATRE. ijlttderckp," whioh heads the current lb the Strand Theatre, is essentially a aelo and us ercch iB euro to bo enBBtioally greuted wherever screened. ihan bees nc doubt of its enthusiastic tlon in Christchurch, audiences having - difficulty In restraining their desire to S*. ~' J Rnd cheev at the reault of the thrilliag tace and of the manner in which the £wro risks hia life in a swirling torrent. A I tWxxSy, a Mult ind Jeff film, a World's ««*s, and an Australian Gazette complete the bill. ', EVERYBODY'S THEATRE, *W pictures hate reached such a, hiijh Haadacd of cxcelleaco- as "Experience," the '■P«Mttotmt masterpiece which filled Everytnwye Theatre ugmn last night with ;m I T** r *J* tiva audience. Allegorical in charaic- £ i~i '«perien<«" is a film with a lessen InL • c aome i 01 't it does «o in such a |9«BHng jnanniir that one does- not notice |*«M *. Finn hold it is taking, so tactfully is Jo* Pr_«*nted. Many of the scenes depicting Hm*) 11 .* i 01 circle* ot a big city are KWWeiful repr< son tat ions, and one. oan only Ifijß* l7 *' « th« ijuthiy that must be involved \su, _s*- w *?? P'oduction so gorgeous. As a WirLrP 1 ! cw ihf » H » ro H I<loyd comely jf"-"* w a top notcher, and the other 'iR-o 0 , a, J >ririn lJ ">*' bUI are also satisfactoiy. Orchestra, under Mr W. J. BslSfI*-*, 1 *-*, 38. playing ut the top of its form, igkwe P">ce'i presented show that they 'i 7* l«tn selected with rare- discriminatiefc. ;.>.'/ THEATKE. .' . | "N «e« the final soreeningß of , l'°Blawnieß la wnie now showing at the *hiS* Tl,eat, »- "Ibe Fourteenth Lovei." UiTrfSL** VioU Dana - Jt is a charra-'-"JUri liK'v ™ of amusing situations \ d,w * ,lt * r **»* Viola Dan* has to 'Soowfcet?* 6 Ilhat sullß her adiniraWy. Tt" i 1 '**na fflr%P' Dollars," is * story of > fin *sjsv ll> Sngene O'Brien in the leading L I ** l **' 2l * protsnmtt» is higlily

GEEATEE CRYSTAL PALACE. The quality of the entertainment provided at the Greater Crystal Palace last night was acclaimed by the large, audience that saw and heard it. Tinder tie baton of Mr Alfred Bttnz, th« Symphony Orchestra, ployed a splendid selection of musical numbers, ranging from operatio to ja:<iz music, and commencing with the overture "Morning, Noon, and Night" . (£f»ppe). Equally good was. the pictorial side of the programme, which was headed by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Loves of Letty " the name of the playwright being- in ilselr sufficient to guarantee success. The oast- is headed by the favourite actress, Pauline Frederick, and she ia supported 'by an ' all-star cast. The Universal picture, "Cheated Hearts," ft veritable deiJight to those who like to travel to remote parts of the world per medium ol the film; in addition it unfolds an absorbing Btory.