AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17748, 27 April 1923, Page 14

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES.

QUEEN'S THEATRE. Two feature dramas, "The Fighting Streak,'' and. "Tile Great- flight, are offered in this week's submission at the Queen's Theatre. In the former, Tom Mix, the hero of many a breathless drama, is starred, and the five reels oi the production fairly bristle with new stunts—the hair-raising actions which only such an actor as Alix could hope to attempt. William Russell ia starred in "The Great Night,'' and picture-loverß are siuiiciently alive to his wonderful historic ability, which needs no other emulation than his large and enthusiastic public. .MONDAY'S ATTRACTIONS. "Silver Wings," which is to be screened at the Queen's Theatre, commencing n. Xt -Monday, i; the latest Fox super-featu.e starring Alary Carr. It will be remembe ed it was this actress_ who made such, a success of "Over the Hill." In "Si.ver Wings" she is again the iittle mother and give; a portrayal of the character, Mrs that cannot fail to impress- all. This picture h-9 b:en hsiied as a wonderful crcalion wherever shown, and record attendances ar» anticipated in this city. Mary earr's role is that of a mother and a. devoted w.fe who assumes, upon the death of her husband, the care of a profitable -business that he had built as well as the carp of two hoys and a daughter. One son is a qu:et unassuming chap, and the other a lazy lad who permits himself to become the victim of social parasites and bogU3 p:omote.fi. The daughter marries for love much against the wishes of her proud brother. The youn*j son who has toiled diligently in his fathor a factory is forced to run away because of his brother's crime which has been fastened upon him. The mother watches her two children depart and Ihen discovers that this promising son on- whom, she has showered so much devotion, is himself accused of forgery. He, too. b'lt his waywardness forces hii mother into vuptrv. After the m-ther has drunken deep the dregs of poverty the familv is brought together by curious twists of fate, and once haop : ness' enters into the partals of their lives.

GRANT* THEATRE. A better selection of picture* .than those offering this week at the Grand Theatre it would be ;nr7o££i'blo to find. They include amongst others "Tho Miracle Man" and Winston Churchill's "The Inside of the Cup." "The Miracle Man" made f« the. actors who appeared therein, names which are in the lorefiont of the screen world to-day, and almost the same can be said for "The Inside of tho Cup," whioh. in the picture version, losefl none of its author's satire in showing up" the hypocrisy cf th® wealthy pillars or a fashionable church, who use charity only as a \ eil to crown their sin and selfishness. There aro good supports. aTRAND THEATRE. "The Greater Claim" occupies pride of plaoe in the present bill showing at the Strand Theatre. The Btory is one of in tense interest, none of the effect- of which •ins been lost in its adaptation to the screen. It depicts human nature to a nicety, and shows how the love of a child can point out to the hardened man of the world tho error of his wr.ya, and majte amends for his previous mistakes. Besides "The Greater Claim" an excellent supporting programme is also screened. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. As s medium of excellent amusement, the present programme at Everybody's Theatre is unrivalled. The leading picture is "Pink Gods," a film version of Cynthia Stockley'B great novel, and tale of the Kimberley diamond fields, where a young wife brings trouble upon both herself and her loved ones, through her weakness for diamonds. The favourite actress, Mary Miles Minter, is the atar in the second feature, entitled Winning Way." The story is an amusing one of a lady newspaper writer, who has been assigned the task of interviewing a novelist, whose works she has previously adversely criticised. A good supporting programme includes the best of music by Everybody's Select Orchestra. LIBERTY THEATRE.

"The East is East and the West is 'West, and never tie twain shall meet/' is true as far as Mr Rudyttrd Kipling was concerned when he wrote it, but it cannot be said to apply in the case of Miss Constance Ta.l- - s latest picture, "East is West," which 19 screening for the last time to-night' at the Liberty Theatre. _ "White Shoulders," a First National attraction, is shown in sunno-t us well as a. number of other splendid "pictures. GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. "The Flirt," which hands this week's excelLent bill at tlie Crystal Pa.ace Theatre, is the picturisation ol one of B.ioth Tit r king ton's most popular novpls, and is a production in which both the producer and. the author -have "held the minor up to Nature" with astonishing fidelity. ''The Herds o.{ Vengeance,'' the Se'znick picture version of the novel "The Sowing of Aldersot; Crep," which is included in file supporting programme, is an intensely dramatic production noteworthy for its admirable c:is , and its fine presentation of life in those parts of America where the Kmily feud flourishes. An excellent musical programme is submitted in conjunction with the pictures by ♦lie Crystal Palace Symphony Orchestra under the conductorship of Mr A. J. Bunz.