"SCARAMOUCHES."

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18604, 1 February 1926, Page 7

"SCARAMOUCHES."

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GKKATEK CRYSTAL PALACE. The initial presentation in Clirisicli'Jrcix oj thf> pre.it Sabatini drama, will take place at tho Greater Crystal Palace Theatre to-day. The public cl "-his have waited and patiently for this masterpiece, and they ure not going to be disappointed. 4 'Scaramouchc" is the story* of its kind that has ever conic to the screen, and it is one of the greatest ictur sl ever made. Ilafael Sabatini has proyea popular in both bc>nk and picture form* ou , there iy not the slightest doubt that beara moucho" is the most brilliant adaptation o ; sili his works to the screen. The caat oi the picture has been chosen greatest of care. Kamon Xcvarro plays tiie title role, and if the whole of filmland n& boon scaiclied, no hotter type could been found to plav the role cf the daring yonn~ .aristocrat wLo championed the cause of a 'down-trodden people. Lewis bon plays the Marquis, that inscrutable character which Sabatini has so vividlv aia\. . Alice Terry plays Aline do Kirckadou, ana she has never hern seen to cetter 'i ta?o. "Scaramouche" is a story ot French Revolution, und all those characters of that black period m tho J torv of France have been vividly © Louis XVI.. Xapoleon. Danton, Kooespierrc thev are all here. It will be /ememoerea that Ecs Ingram, tho man / vh ° "Scaramouche," made "The Pour Ho • of the Apocalypse." No mors need be fcaia, therefore, as to the actual merits film from a production standpoint, " » with a 'master hand Hint tiie producer has shown the terrors of tho great rei o scenes in tho. National Assembly, anc * is with no loss appeal that ho .ha:' ir.to these events a most fragrant loie> . of "the day* of true chivalry. tion with "Scaramouehc" there will■ , sented for the first time :n the great screen novelty, bte-reoscop ckfl. This invention, known as the sion of the screen novelty, actually K ths characters depth. In f a °t. y f t jj 6 right off the screen over the heads of t h audience. It is necessary to ywi v the pictures with a pair of specially -co.ourc° glasses, which will be given. oiit free " each at the door In connexion with "Scaramouche," there will be a specia cal programme under the Mr Alfred Bunz. Bristol The box plan is now open at The« or ring the theatre, telephone 3ioH. STRAND THEATRE. "THE TEASER" AND "SOUL FIRE." In "The Teaser," which heads gramme at tho Strand Plante takes the part of Ann Bartci , neglected daughter of a wealthy J[> takes a position as cigar-counter girl in hotel in her home town. There she meets James Mac Donald, a flashy, r y -ly 1 ? salesman —and they fall in ove When she leaves the counter to return to the homo of an aristocratic aunt di that her new lover is very unwakome, and he realises, after her aunt had trirl's to .an affair where of the girl s set were guests, how coarse he must appea to them. A friend of his an exiled noWe man turned tailor, volunteers to educate him into -being a gentleman, anwh* £ couxbo m etiquette is being painiuiy tho girl, angry at her aunt s interference with her love affair, proceeds tc flirt wit all the married men in heir set, to get even. Then a divorce, a the girl's name as a and th_ return of the "New 1 cated lover, and complications p:lie' U P , and furiously. The solution of the tan * of love and laughter comes m a hilarious denouement. Richard Barthelmess> has the leading role in "Soul Fire,'T 5 o£ -Tiie turo en the programme. Episode 15 of Fighting Ranger" will be shown.