AMUSEMENTS.
PICTURE HOUSES. LIBERTY theatre. k , ' MARY PiCKKORD AGAIN. ANNIE u may seem strange that Mary .V® t T B hwa y over her admirers should •' j-minisbed with the years. Those d 0 BOt knou ' ,y-? ry j Since "Little Annie Hooncy has IMP*'' da t tho Liberty Theatre, the ' I*® .Hinir to gain admission have been *»» wer and longer. And this, dotoct (hat tho management are prot*o matinees dail:. jaeg-agf firs sa.'Ste m- .ifdesigned dramatically and humourII il ■*?" and the interest is finely the opening battle royall bennnojiD" gangs of the New Vork to tho incident that practically K.rfnrr, when Annie gives some of her tlsse* he .® ,° aid in tho recovery of the ono Vrtt wanna marry when I grow up." £ very fact a battle royal that wages Jt .j, in very £ klds __ ono ] e d by tho ofhe/ by Mickey . Kelly 4*®*® % atones, and a great variety of Brisk' ,f nT jhing, in fact, that is handy—the air, and in most cases turtle obiective" of tho throwers. ia the immensely funny Wild with Annie as the sheriff, goaded £.«ine on » real horst—tho Italian jtJMPP"'! Garibaldi —and the that occurs when the horse 'St and bolts with the "sherift." Ascuo comes Mickey's big brother, leading to tho intensification of .! interest in that young gentleman, if®''i'ibe means of support appear to of tickets for a dance, the pro*'j J which are to bo devoted to bail the-occasion arises. Then there M ff «cene in SulUvan's Hall, where Vtvf dance i in full swing and Joe » 4 ? r ?,w n into a quarrel with the jealous fivToiiy; shooting takes place, and Joonty, Annie's father, is shot dead. 0?"!, intensely interesting when jlm plot M Tjm| teijevjng that Joe had W,. father, shoots Joe; to save him, ?ff/,rs to ■ transfuse some of her blood. *"? the merest outline can be at- ? st A a story full of incident. There ,esp !ti!M and they predominate: there is 'f.Sifrfy and pathos—but not too much. ' comedies are also screened, and Jwi off an excellent programme. Liberty Orchestra, under the diMr Howard Moody, provide a ]?. nroeramme of incidental music in their t«?n«fr finished manner. The entr'acte is fox-trot, "What Do You Do c'JK H«yl" (Jones)— a delightful num- ? received a well-deserved encore. Injic for the big feature has been v with'great discrimination. The wellI old song, "Little Annie Eooney," is K, the theme throughout. "The Sham- , selection of Irish airs which inS -St, Patrick's Day, "Rory O'More," j "Tha Wearing of the Green." Perhaps Ju finest work played this week is "PiJLm." a symphonic poem by that brilv.«t Frrach writer. Saint Saens. It received -Mullens interpretation. Other numbers Fox-trots, "Sweetheart of Mine" '' Taint Nuthin' Else" (Davis); inuT "Three Dale Dances" (Wood), "At Si Play" (Bowen); "ballet, "La Source" numa): morceau, "Adagio" (Beethoven), s"KoVNidrei" (Bruch) * m.. (a ms programme will bo given up to iti including Thursday evening.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18604, 1 February 1926, Page 7
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