A DEVASTATING FIRE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18016, 7 March 1924, Page 11

A DEVASTATING FIRE.

IN "THE THIRD ALARM." LIBERTY THEATRE TO-MORROW. 'Fbw pictures have typified so vividly or with more exactitude the dangerous calling of the fireman, or have paid him a tribute bo glorious as the Master Pictu.TJ prcdacticn, "The Third Alarm," which will he shown at the Liberty Theatre to-mo:row. It ;3 the presentation of a virile story that grips from bet/inning to end, bo intensely thrilling are the incidents depicted, bo p:rfect the setting, and so Itatura the acting. By means o: a de'ightful ron.ance, skilfully woven int:> the warp and woof of the sic ry, the thrillinr incidents are hfld together to form one consecutive whole. In no other picture has the reciprocating love o: the horsj for its master been so sympathetically displayed as in the efior sot the magnificent team drawing - tb.3 engine i:i the dash to th? fire to give of their best, Pathos is introduced in the discharge of the fireman who, broken-hearted at the loss of his horses, and unable to reconcile himself to a motor-driven engine, is discharged. But humour there ie in abundanc? in the doings of chi'dren, a parrot, a cat and evt-n ii'.'< horses. The fi:e scene is a

•rreat and thrilling climax—an epic chapter iti a fireman's life ciowcbd with da"gers at

every moment. Ralph Lewis is splendid in the chief role, while in suppo't are K!!a Ha!!, Johnnie Walker, R chard Morris, Virginia True Bearduian, Frankie Lee, Jo ephme Adair, and others.

The feature is "The 3dan With Two JMoihcrs." a Goldwyn production featuring C-allen Landis, M.ary A den and Sylvia Breamer. The setting, whether it b> iii Ireland, where the story first starts, or in New York, where it ends iri a ch.irm'ng romance, adds consid rably to the general interest. Dennis Bryan of Billyeol'e, takes his mother to >"cw Tork where he is to take control of his late uncles estate and be as a son to his auntie. Tint- it is he secures two mothers. The adopted mother objects to the real molher, but a > iec> ab.y seconds the determined Irishman. Happines.l for all is secured when an aspirant ft r the niece's hand is shown m ms true colours. The acting is unusually good, and the story is worked out to its satisfactory conclusion with naturalness. The excellent supporting programme includes the latest g;'Z"ttes and a Mermaid comedy, ''Running "Wild." The "box plans arc now open at the Bristol Piano Company.