AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18676, 27 April 1926, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. PIRATES AND THEIR JOKES. A ROLIiICKING NAUTICAL FARCE. Spanish pirates, rolling mains, the black flag fluttering on a white-nailed lugger, and a quarrelsome, bloodthirsty crew of seawolves! Some idea of the doings of the ignoble treasure-seekers of yoro is revealed in the laughing sensation of the season, entitled ''Clothes Make the Pirate," a First National picture, which heads this week's new programme at Everybody's Theatre, where it was screened to a largo audience for the first time last night. Right from the beginning it is an uproarious comedy. Like a bolt from the blue the terror, Captain Tidd, swooped down upon his unsus> pectins foes, leaving wreckage and ruin in his wake. His ship rose out from the sea like a huge black pillar, raised by giant hands, and his deadly guns boomed like thunder, while the captain laughed and plundered. The year is 1771. The place is Pudding Lane, Boston. In "Ye Shop of Tremble-at Evil Tidd," Tidd sits sewing the pants of the baker. It is a humble occupation, this of Tidd's, but under his ivorywhite dome there is a thought of the life on the Spanish Main, for Tremble-at-Evil Tidd longed for the life of a rover, but his wife, Betsy Jane, was his stumbling block. However, Tidd had made for himself the clothes of a pirate chief, and these one night ho donned, he then being in a very ecstatic state, due, no doubt, to the strength of tho ale at "Ye Roebuck Inn." Now, the villagers, awakened at night by strange noises, chased poor Tidd to sea, believing him to be a pirate. And tliHt was the beginning of the career of the terrible Captain Tidd (whose idol was the immortal Captain Kidd), lor when lie was borne out to sea he was mistaken for tho infamous buccaneer, Captain Dixy Bull, and won much fame. Tho tale of tho exploits of Tidd and his grotesque sailorn is like the story of "The Pirates of Penzance," and those who plundered in the old settlements t>f tho West Indian Islands. For they sailed the high seas about the green islands of the tropical oceans, and they looted and sank merchantmen and sent their hapless crews to death by way of tho plank, a slash of tho cutlass, or :i broadside volley. As the hilarious Captain Tidd. scourge of the seas, Leon Errol, of Zeigfiold Pollies fame, endears himself to all. Spontaneous and original, his comedy is superb at all times, and his manner delightful. Tho pretty wife of Pirato Tidd, who stayed at home while her husband pranced on an oaken deck, was portrayed by Dorothy Gish, star of many well-remem-bered films, and she -wins new fame and laurels. The fine drama, "The Tenth Woman," is the second attraction on the programme. Startling and as unusual as its title, this picture wrapped tho audience in suspense from the commencement. Charming ranch scenery, besides scenes in high society life, are witnessed. The featured, players are Beverly Bayne and June Marlowe. Under Mr W. J. Bellingham, F.S.M., the theatre's orchestra provided a fine musical programme. "Romance" was the'entr'acte, which was well received and encored. For "Clothes Make the Pirate" the following wete played:—"The Pirates of Penzance" (Sullivan) and "11.M.5. Pinafore" (also by Sullivan), a selection from the comic opera i "Merry England,!' and "Princess of Kensington" (German), "Dance of the Cnmorrists" (Wolf-Ferrari), and dances from the opera "Prince Ignor" (Borodino). The first half of the programme included "Primrose" (Gershwin), "Masked Ball" (Verdi).