AMUSEMENTS.
fcTURE HOUSES. SpTERYBODY'S THEATRE. K BI'BEXS IK "KINK f'LOTIIKS." P"TBV ANYTHING ONCE." If don't <"» ro ' * intend to have the things tile Boris money can buy"—so spake K Jtnbrns. playing as the beautiful ujj of » middle aged merchant lord, in t^Cl®* h( " B -'* :l *' rst 1 ' 0 " 1 ' 1 production to tho bill at Everybody's Theatre this Hrtried 11"" experiment, and had all that JS/L'b money could buy. When she had I* craved for the very things that his §L wealth could not buy. These she Jtjn He porMin of the Karl's assistant, TLm a faithful servant bill, distrusted Uglier and disliked hjs intentions tola -tho beautiful young typiste. It was l.gf the servant ontplnying (he fuastcr instance. oils theme, "Fine Clothes" is very jflri! and modern. The picture, brings Sly too vividly the influence of drct.s |Mcrn loriety life. EPprodoction demands that (hero should Ejui liv)i,h scenes, and patrons are not gjotjled. Alnia Kubens is gowned most Ejllily, and there are some lavish drap"jfofeover. the inimitable Miss Uubens her part perfectly. She is a creature M. moods and turns from one to the jrwtth tho utmost versatility. Now she. L bmlnes'-l'kc typiste, then the modern pathfr»t for a little excitement not unM ffjth a few thrills- Again, she is the ZL tender, sympathetic, and instinc--4 inking the good in prejerence to the f UStril Stone, who plays opposite her. iparl which Miits him eminently, and Skis tho most of it. Raymond Griffiths S)gjj * notable part well. This theme 'li§B porlrayd in motion pictures he jjow, but here it is given added zest Iwt innovations introduced and the novel tof execution. thing is worth trying once," is a ffl<|fjfrn majim, but the average per I net realise what the execution of fttfreai entails until he gazes on "Anyfjjnee," which is the supporting picture Ite 'theatre this week; The endless Qfjinii confusion which ensue from tryESythlDE once is suflicienl warning to Hneker to leave well alone. The charjjlire of the burlesque typp, and the sL ibovnds in astounding episodes. |. MifrtiH. filadys Walton, and Harold mforW the "big three" in this picture. tmwy'f- "S'lerl." Orchestra, under the pf ||r W. .1. Bellingham, K.S.M., renm v«ry sympathetic, programme of injbjfvnjaiie xrlth ft .iiKlicious blending of ralMld popular numbe-s. 'l'he ontr'acle, KTITe the AVay to Go Home," was a IpnpDJtr number last evening, and was B&S/nii. The overture was von Hlou's Ejji JJirch." Chief among several other Mere: Opera seleitions, (Saint-Saens), "Kigolettn" KB! suites, "Three Songs" (Rrahrns), BtttV (Brahms). Two popular foxR#tre' "Hullo, Tue.ky" (Meyer) and ihftm Shines Brighter" (Kern). B'qubbn»s theatre. pBELAST MAN ON KATtTH." rattJINU YALM IN "SIEGE." HWUeen's Theatre was well tilled last Hshen a remarl.ab'y programme »«encd. Tho principal picture is "The Wh*' on Karth," a comedy filled with Hp<td BiluatioiiK, slurring Karle i'o\, a ElrVctor who has become deservedly Kthtte of the picture is lfliiO or thereBpilul it strange disease, "muM-ulitix." a hermit, whil'i Uic civilised ■rcjtthabited by millions of beautiful BffiSf last he Js discovered and handed R£Om women, and then the thrilling surprises lone.man, KBhj& by -jvonien, each vying with the BtoitU attention. The comedy all HKnii picture is witty and wholesome, HMMtntsaro not without excitement. Blyliiftrrc that everyone will enjoy. HKHpitd attraction, "Siege," stars VirHffijl'.an'd Euffeno O'Brien. Miss Vullt by her splendid work IliJKtnVLadder," recently screened in iMpJ This production is a UniversalHMtlpiation of a novel by Samuel HopBmEni It is the story of an unhappy HSraMiVhich thero is no tragedy more SHratSTho Rutland family is under {nflßMrnß dominance of tbe head of Kennion Rutland brings SSwfWily a wife he has married against fflff¥t wishes, the dominating head of BHiw attempts to re-make her into tho Hleil'monld of the family. Tho finale. Pprbingly interesting, jftidcd in- tho supports are a comedy, a Ife,,ami an educational-film. The Queen's Wru plays the incidental music in its Huilt>ht-d style. Blibbbty theatre. HUBS not an inch of "Abraham LinHHgWhich anyone can take excoption, pity that more pictures of its HHjjot screened. Naturally, it has u HHwßcancc to the Americans, dealing HKh >vith tho life of America's —ttttaman, orator, wit, and national BKSBritlsh people have a deep interest HHwi Lincoln, too, by reason of tho sßKmkti was descendod in the sixth HK-from Samuel Lincoln, who cmiLW»)n Norwich, Kngland, to MassaLHBi In modern history than the rise |p| slep by step, from his humble WKmmi a child in the forests in Indiana Hjplte House. The second film, "OalWgjmh," is a picture as full of action BJ&tje would indiealc, and stars Fred HfeMd bia wonder horso bjlvcr King. BftGRAND THEATRE. ■jttftold Kosh," Chaplin's big comedy. in Alaska. Of Chaplin's pe.rB|s the lonely prospectqr, afterwards Hmpalid' Anally' a multimillionaire, it HEBble to sav too much. The gift he ■Hutnr people "f »» a ? rß ,ltu S h h,s ■ht bettcf exemplified than iu "The ■»«,'' >nd .it in this artistry of his ■JMffiSnnaible for attracting to a theatre HgPha «f his is screened so many of LHJmji of friends. ■jW»nd attrnetion if a I'uramount picgjffly' Woman," slarrlng'Alkc Terry.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18571, 22 December 1925, Page 17
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