QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18635, 9 March 1926, Page 13

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

WESTERN THRILLS. It is always good to go to the. cinema to tee photoplays of the West, with cowboys and cattle-mstlorß, dare-devil Horsemanship, and other deeds of the. great'outdoors.,But when it is a dare-devil horsewoman, a girl of the ranges, that is the principal character of the story, then the interest is increased a hundredfold. At the Queen's Theatre this week, Sedgwick, consumm&to actress, splendid riiii; and a girl with a charm all her own, stars in a tale of the West, "The Outlaw's Daughter." The picture is one of the celebrated Blue Streak Western series, and is ono of the finest cow-country dramas at en in Chriatchurch for many a day. Josio Sedgwick proves herself to b* one of the roost accomplished horsewomen yet seen on the screen, and she ,i 6 also far from tardy when it comes to drawing a gun on any villain who may be lurking round. "Tuo Outlaw's Daughter" in the lino of thrillers, is .one of the best, replete with the. most hazardous exploits, with moments of breathless drama, and has that mixture, of comedy and suspense that cannot eafely bo omitted from any Blue Streak Western. The second feature on the programme is aI screen adaptation of William J. Lock&'s famous novel, "The Mountebank," come, to tlio screen as' "The Sido Shows of Life." In all the range of man's occupations there is none, perhaps, quite SO pitiful as that,.of a clown ; He must laugh though his heart be breaking; he must joke that the world be amused. Ho is nobody, just a clown. But he i 3 also a man with a man's capabilities, a, man's emotions, a man's ambitions, and when • the clown turns a national hero in time of his country's danger, one may be sure of something superlatively original and arresting. "The Side Shows of Life" is ono of Paramount's most human productions; it has Anna Q. Nilssbn and Ernest Torrance in the leading roles, and these two play upon the emotions of their audience as only finished artists can. Also sho.vmg is the sixth episode of Universal'* big serial, "Samson of the Circus." Queen's OrchestrA, under Mr S. Ellwood, plays a special orchestral programme of mußic.