ARREST OF AN ACTOR.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17692, 19 February 1923, Page 13

ARREST OF AN ACTOR.

♦ I LONDON - , February 7. Arrested in his dressing-room at Druiy Lane Theatre, where he was playing in the Decameron Nights," a well-known actor, Hugh Buckler, was charged at Bow street with obtaining £6 by means of a worthless cheque. He was remanded on bail for a week, the prosecuting attorney stating that there were other complaints against him. Buckler, through his solicitor, said he ha a a complete defence to the ohuges. Hugh Buckler was well known in Australia and New Zealand. He came here in 1910, and three years later became head, of "■ syndicate which opened the Little Theatre in Sydney. During 1914 he toured Australia and New Zealand with his wife. Ho joined the Australian Imperial Force in Brisbane. After his discharge from tha army ha went back to the InnfVwi «taa»

GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. j HUMAN HEARTS" AND "CAMKROM OF J ME ROYAL MOUNTED." j For length and quality the programme of j motion pictures and orchestral musio at j Greate* Crystal Palace for this week, com- | mencing to-day, has neve: been- surpassed. ! There are two huge super-features on ttie programme, one Oi winch, "liuman j is eight thousand ioov in length, and tho j other, ' Cameron or the Royal Mounted," ! measures more than six thou sard iaet in iength. Psychologists are popping up ail over the worm wuu iong worucu documents uimoa to prove that the - avtuage person is a complicate lurangemcut oi sub-conscious aesires, and. whatnots. "Human Hearts," the huge eight-reel Universal- | Jewel photoplay, wnich iieads tho new bill at irr&ater Ciysta. Palace, is a welcome answer to ali mis ic&tiied babble, ii , pictures tne human oraiu of mo average j person as ossentiai.y simple; free, in tno 1 main, from compiexe*, except for the superstructure of worldly sham Ltat some acquire. As one of the New York reviewers wrote ! alter seeing the premiere: "'Human Hearts j is essentially a story ot the average family j &s iour.d throughout the iength and breadth 1 o: the country. It is a recital of tho trieia and tribulations that might come to any ! iiy, even yours und mine, and that is why i it is a groat druma. It is human and real ! to the Final lest detail." The stellar ro!c ' of .T°m Log-an the fttc-en version of jßeid's great stage success, is played by j House Peters, cue of the finest emotion;;: actors in picture? to-day. He brings io the part a keen and sympathetic understanding that enables him to give a characterisation that is a masterpiece. Kdith Halior is the leading woman. She lias an extremely ditn-p-:t, that ol a selfish und bitter worldly wise woman, and the excellence of her perto..rDUiice proves her one of the finest actresses on the screen. The action of the piece is Laid in the Ozark Mountains, and all the beauty of that picturesque section is reproduced on the screen. Throughout {he photography iy of the highest class. King Baggott, director, gathered a notable cast for 'he production, including several players who are stairs in their own right. Included in the notable cast are such players aa Russell Simpson, Mary Pliilbin, Gertrude Claire, fcJuitz Edwards, George W. West, 3. Karr. Lucretia Harris, George Hackathorne, ana Ramsey Wallace. A auperb picturisation of Ralph Connor's fine story, "Cameron of tho Royal Mounted,' is tho second huge attraction on the new bill, and it is claimed to be the most magnificent tale of adventure «*ver pictured in the land of perpetual snow. The story of "Cameron of the Royal Mounted" concerns the adventures of a young man who is forced to loave college in Scotland and go to Canada, owing to the fact that he is accused of forging a cheque. In Canada he meets and falls in love with tho daughter of a farmer by whom he is employed. Fearing to tell her about the incident of tho cheque, leaves a note for the girl and goes to another town, where he joins the Royal North-West Mounted Police. A situation develops, however, which brings about his dismissal from the mounted force, and til's rest of the story concerns his Btnwjele to explain tho past and regain tho coveted uniform. In the end die is successful, , even, to the extent of winning* the love of the girl. Tho supporting 1 films are the eleventh exciting chapter of "The Adventures ot Robinson Crusoe," a very laughable Century comedy, and the latest International News film. Incidental to and in conjunction with t-He screening* of the pictures, the big Symphony Orchestra, under the distinguished ootkluctorsbip of Mr Alfred J. Biinz, will present a magnificent musical programme of classical and popular* numbers. Some of the orchestral numbers are:—Overture, "Jolly Robbers" (Suppe); 'Adagio from 4tTi Symphony" (Beethoven); "Man.red" (Schumann); "Quo Yadis?" (Jean Nouguea); "Siegfried Song of the Forge" (Wagner); "Nocturne F Minor (Chopin); "Cradle Son?" (Gottschalk); "Mello Cello" (Moret-Lange); "Absent Fricmls" (Warwick Moore); "Sablons Ie Champagne" (Durant): "The _ Blacksmith(Morrcssy); "I'm Fed TJp" (Yvain). Tie box plan is at Thf> Bristol, or seats may be reserved "by telephoning Greater Crystal Palace, number 3758.