LIBERTY THEATRE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 20 October 1924, Page 13

LIBERTY THEATRE.

: MARY riCEFORD'S LATEST HOLE. "DOBOTHY VERXOX OF HADDOX HALL." | A story of Oicl Kng'.and. witS all it 3 feuds | and intrigues among't high families, is j "Dorotitv Vernon of Haddon Hall,' which [ made its initial Chris'-church appesranc; a: ■ the Liberty Theatte on Saturday. 11",e pci tui*c is taicn from Charles Major's m it ; famous nrccl ar.d Mary has t<i • icading role The ?1 -r is sur ported bv yne 1 <■! the strongs'. casts .seen icr some time, i Allan Forest plays the .over, Sir John Manners, and Mate McDermott the villainous i cou-iin, M-i.'c-olni Vernon. Anders L'ando'.p'i makes an idcsl father for Dorothy Vernon, ' and as the rZsrl of Rutland Wilfred Lui'as | has a most suitali'e part. Th" cLaracter:'- ! sr.tioa of QttCfn Elizabeth by Clare Eamcs . is a revelation of histrionic art, and her : ni:, io-nr> is true to tri>o. Xo orpenso h s ' 'jen spared in 'n production cf the picture ■ which is lavish .U even' detail. Fir.e nul ; English countv fcnic, uieo'.aeval custh-s. i mansions, and scenes or revelry and : p%gea.ntrv ars presented in picturesque munificence' Marshal »i).m, t.iie director. !i is 1 given to picture .'overs a gem in this feature, a romantic ccsl-uino dr.iua. Charles ■ Rosher, the well-known camera-man, hi'.s ! (1 jne some b?a«tifnl pho ographic work, arid f ,r this revison ,:I >r.e the picture is appealing. ! Tlie itoiv of nil) of thr Uing action and t.n«* interest is sustained from tlie first part to the las:. Tiir* picture takes ens hack to ih> days when knighthood was in flower, the indomitable a. }:t>;ts lis'cLMl their l.vci for the honour and glory of their ladies. It, portrays the masculine Queen Elizabeth at her Court, and the beuutiiul, but unliappv Mary Queen of Scots, at 1.-och Levcn, and her escape into England. Ono sees the winding lino of couriers and soldiers travelling down with th? (Jneen from London to Derbyshire, where the Karl of Kutland holds eway, and shews a traitor's attomp' on the. life of oils <?ueen as a means of putting another on the throno of England. Mistress Dorothy and her lover save their Sovereign and are pardoned for their misdeeds, and left to find happiness together after a romance that has been tinged with opposition, enmitv, danger, and 6tirring adventure. Supporting the bi-r feature is "Bc'io o> Alaska," starring Jane Novak. Incliid-.'fl among many arenes in thh picture is a Yukon steamer crashing into an iceberg off the raeific_Coast. The passenger.?, half asleep, are shown dashing Vp the flooded 3tairs in a mad rush for liberty, and hundreds of d~~t>t!TV.c pas&eng-rs are seen struggling in the wafer, hoping for a seat in the lifeboats. Th* star makes a sensational leap from the d«ck of the. steamer in tie course of the action and adds a- further thrill to a tailing picture. Then ihe fight, in the danr.ißK saloctn of a gold-mininT town, between the hero and llie villain, is another piece o! starting realUv. Jn.ne Novak is supported by 3uch qualified ucton as Noah Ifeery, J. Fnnk Glendon, Florence Carnenler, and Leslie Bates. Tiie Liberty Q'.talitv Orchestra, under the oonductorslup of Mr Howard Moody, naturally assisted in enhancing the presentation of Ihe picture programme, and provided ail excellent bill of inciden!-il music. The entr'acte chosen for this we.?k was i.ho charming gavotte from "Mignon" (Ambrose ThoTias). It was daintily flayed and macle a bright openiag prior to" the screenine of the bitr picture. "Dorothy Vernon of Huddon Hall" was accompanied by a special- musical score, compiled by Irvin Talbot. The oomp s r ltas I>een moot painstaking, and every scene is appropriately accom an ed. Other numbers included "Norwegian Datices" (Grieg), "None but the Weary Heai-t" (Tchaikowsky), "Symphony in D" (Haydn), and piano solo "Island Spell" (John Ireland) by Mr Howard Moody.