AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17940, 7 December 1923, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES, j GRAND THEATRE. Music out of ths air a,nd two excellent pictures are provided by tho management o: the Grand Theatre this week. The radio is becoming- a most popular hobby, and tho introduction of music by radio into a cinema theatre is be. interesting" innovation. 'Thorns and Orangn .Slcwsoms," the principal picture, is a good drama with excellent scene 3of sunny fepam, and equally ?unnv Louisiana. Tnc big supporting picture 13 "Two Weeks," featuring- Constanca Taimadgo, who as tho chorus girl who haa amusing adventures vrith threo crusty old bachelors, does some oi her be3t work. A short comedy and a travelogue complete a fine programme.

LIBERTY THEATRE. Ii v:as a, happy inspiration to seize upon the Sargasso Sea as the venue of an esciting and realistic picture otory, and in the "Isle or Lost Ships," showing at tho Liberty Theatro this week, tho management has a sure winner. Befcvfeen tho Atlantic Equatorial current and tho Gulf Stream, we are told, there is a tract of ocean, which is not uftscted by ocean currents, and. the eurfaca of wiiich is coveredi with denso masses of eeawed. That weird, stagnant place in called the -Sargasso Sea, ftnd strange tales aro told by mariners of the derelect ships which drift up there and form ihe "Isle of Lost Ships." It i 3 not difficult to imagine that with skl'ful direction a really fascinating romance could be built round that amazing set of circumstances. Tho supporting programme is an entertainment in itaelf, s-nd is composed of a good drama, a diverting 1 Max Sennett comedy, and two fine gazettes. High-grade music supplied by the Liberty Quality Orchestra mftkes the last component part of an enjoyable evening.

GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. "Merry-go-Round," although an 'uncommon title, 'is a. particularly apt one for the big picture this week at the Crystal Palce. Tli« central interest of the plot revolves around a. little Vienr.es© waif—a girl "who ekes out an existence by playing an organ for "the plen3ure-seekers of the Prater—the Conoj Island of Vienna as she wa-s before tho war—■ the playground of the real cosmopolitan—which is with wonderful accuracy. Life for her ia not l>y any means a bed ol roses, end the hard blows -which fate deals her. and of life aa it is lived, not. as the usual story writer and picture direotor wuld make it. When Agnes finds the "Prince Charming" -who has come into her lifa is not a Salesman, hut a true "prince of tha blood,' 1 her hopes of earthly happiness are shattered. The conclusion of the picture quite engaged the sympathy of tho audience. The fifth chapter of "The Eagle's Talons' 1 (aerial), a bright Cebtury comedy, and ths latest International New# film complete a progTaJMmo I which does credit to Greater Crystal Palace, j Tho music is as usual a feature of the show.

QUEEN'S THEATRE. Automobile racing abounds in thrills,-and as that sport plays a prominent part in "Skid-proof," movie patrons at tho Queen's Theatre this week have a really diverting' picture. Tho a con en are laid in New Yotrk, that fascinating city of Northern America. "Tha Lore Brand," the supporting picture, ia a Sensational ranch story with a finis setting. The minor pioturea and the music complete a first-lass entertainment.

STRAND THEATRE. . "Under Two Flags,'' with Priadilla Dean as an admirable Cigarette, continues to delight visitors to tho Strand Theatre. Ouida's novel is one of the moat fascinating of hooks, and the picture version reproduces tha story most faithfully. The exiled Englishman ia moat capably portrayed and his vicissitudes as a fank«t in the French African foroes havo a very "human Appeal. A good comedy, an instalment of the Serial, "Oregon Trail," and a fine gazette, complete the bill.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Jack Holt is a universal favourite, and in "The "Tiger's Claw," showing this week at Everybody's, he is seen quite at his best. "The Tigar's Clew" as u, picture has a gripping interest which holds throughout, but even beyond that it lays claim—and justly so—to an originality which ie all ita own. Tha story ia unique so far a« the theme of screen productions goss. It tells of an American engineer who ia superintending the building of a huge irrigation data' in tha hills country of India. While there he falls a victim to the romance of the country, and there .is strong love interest right through the ' stary. The second picture, "Enter Madame," is abrilliantctomedy, brimful of piquant situations, The music this week is of the usual high standard one has come to expect as a right at Everybody's.