AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17812, 11 July 1923, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES. GRAND THEATRE. Another first-class programme is being • screened at the Grand Theatre this week. I Every now and again the Paramount firui ! produces a film which delights peop.e all ever the world. Such a film is the tig Royalty masterpiece, "The Sea \\ olf, the material for which is provided by Jack London ft story of the same name. It is about the most enjuyuble adaptation of a yopuuir wo:k that has been screened here for some time. All the essential points of London's adventurous talo have been devc.oped. The atmosphere and the spirit of the story have been caught amazingly well. The sett ngs i ave well up to the Paramount star.daid. The sailing cf a schooner and life aboard the snick and 3pan craft will be of much interest to the average laud lubber. Supporting ' The Sea "Wolf" is a story of mystery and romance, "The "Wonder Man, starring Georges Carpentier, that clever boxor and the idol of France. Georges is provided with a story in which he is able to demonstrate hia pugilistic capabilities. In addition to being ail excellent film entertainment, "The Wonder Man" should make a certain appeal .to boxing fans, as big fights are very much in the air at the present time. LIBERTY THEATRE. "The Hottentot,'* which heads this week's bill at the Liberty Theatre, is an excellent comedy with thrills and excitement thrown, in. The story features Madge Bellamy and Douglas Maclean, who are supported by a host of other scVeen luminaries. The theme is uncommon and calls for more than the usual amount of work from the cast. It deals with a young man whose hobbies do not include anything in the nature of horses or their accessories. fact, he ia possessed of a particular dread of the faithful equine in any shape or form. Even *he mild cab horse is to him an object containing fateful possibilities. A series of circumstances place him in a situation where ho finds horses to the right of him, horses behind him and in front of him—and he dete-sts horses. But there its also a girl there, and his affection for the lady overcomes his natural antipathy to the horse. The supporting attractions include a stirring tale of the seas, "Yellow [Men and Gold," & fine comedy, and gazettes. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Bright and humorous is the current programme at Everybody's Theatre, where one can always expect to be entertained for several hours. One of the most laughable situations in "Nobody's Money," a Paramount picture starring Jack Holt, is that of the Btolen necklace. This necklace passes from hand to hand at a dizzying rate of speed, everybody trying to get rid of it by passing' it on to his neighbour. liolt, in the role of a wealthy young man who tries burg.ary for adventure and pastime, chooses for has pal a real yegg, Eddie, for- whom everything) of value has a lure. There are many unusual features about it, and much that appeals. Jack Holt is the star, and he has a part which suits. John is the manly tpe of horo, British to the backbone. The leading lady is Wanda Hawley. These two tue supported By an excellent cast, headed by Julia Faye and Charles Clary. Tlhe tempestuous. Viola Dana appears in the chief supporting film, "June Madness, a swift-mov-ing etory of ti self-willed scion of society. Th« leading man is Bryant Washburn, and. there is an excellent supporting cast. The "Select" Orchestra, under Mr W. J. Bellingh.im's conductorship, supplies a programme of highclass and popular music, whioh includes Zamineek's "Southern Patron," »nd "The Sneai." STRAND THEATRE. Pals made under adverse conditions will be the truest of friends all through their lives. "Three Live G hosts," which is being screened at the Strand Theatre this week, i 3 full of awkward situations and amusing! scenes. Anna Q. Nilsson takes the part of Ivis Ayers, a patriotio worker during the war and the financoe of her guardian, but is woooed by an American polo player, byl name Billy, who is in England when war breaks out. The story tells of three pals who are taken prisoner during the war, and after being in a prison camp for a year, escape. The three pals, Billy, Spoofy, and Jimmy bang together, and Spoofy in his ab-sent-mindedness gets the others into some rare fixes. Billy, who is accused of murdering Miss Ayers's maid befone the war, geta into trouble again with her guardian and shoota him, but not fatally.' A fine comedydrama "A Kiss In Time," with Wanda Hawley, and a Mock Sennet comedy, are among the supports. GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. Three big feature productions f are on this week'B bill at Greater Crystal Palace. "One Empty Shell" is a throbbing drama of circus life, and has some fine dramatio and emotional moments. Then there is Round IX of "The Leather Pushers," the sporting serial which in its own particular line has never been equalled. "The Gentleman from America" is presented as farce purely and simply, and it serves the purpose of its creation admirably; that is to make people laugh. It tells of the adventures of a couple of "doughboys" on furlough who, instead of going to Paris arrive in an obscure principality, where they become pseudo bandits for the purpose of saving a modern Carmen from a- scheming over-lord. Edward (Hoot) Gibson has never been seen to hotter advantage than in this picture. The supporting items on the pictorial programme are a Century comedy, a further chapter of the serial "The Perils of the Yukon," and a news film. The musical programme is also very good. QUEEN'S THEATRE. Remarkable costuming, excellent acting, amazing settings; an. enthralling story—they are the features of that greatly-herald-ed film, "To Have and to Hold." The pic-ture-goers of Christchurch have been flocking to see "To Have and to Hold" for oveß a week, and they are still crowding to see it. The film is being shown at the Queen's Theatre this week, and full houses should be the "order of the day." "To Have and to Hold" is all that advance notices have stated, it to be. It is indeed a film ot great charm, "To Have and to Hold" deals with the religious life of the period. It is a. living page as torn from the world's great history book. "To HaVo and to Hold" is an epio of those gallant men and women who sailed away from England in the mere oockle shell of a craft the Mayflower. Other attractions are "Truxton King," an adaptation of George Barr McCutcheOn'a novel, a comedy, and a gazette.