TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18681, 3 May 1926, Page 5

TRAGEDY AND COMEDY.

TO-DAY'S NEW PROGRAMME. grand .theatre. TH« Grand TWtrs prwents ft propr&mme of interesting pictures this week, "Wreckage" heading the list. This picture is adapted from the 'well-known- noval, "Salvage," and interpreting the characters are May Allison, Rosemary Theby, and Stuart Ames. It is a. particularly powerful story, having as its central theme the influence of destiny on the lines of some people, the fight to regain a lost footing, and the cynicism with which the fates frustrate such puny efforts. Its • absorbing interest cannot fail to create much enthusiasm, its charming love story, which in its struggle towards attains almost the epio pinnacle, helps to make of this picture a. feature of exceptional'entertainment. The acting of May Allison is as restrained and polished ail when she. fust appeared, tempered with a maturity .which is well in tone with th<. character eia portrays. Tha large supporting cast ' has been chosen with . n view to the requirements, and the result is that ail the artists give .impressive performances. An eminently laughable comedy, "The Narrow Street/' is also included, in which the ■ inimitable Matt Moore and the piquant Dorothy Dovore provide fun of a mysterious nature. A dyed-in-the-wool bachelor, with a horror of girls cannot be expected to review with • complacency the suddent advent into hie household of an unknown damsel, and his distress must naturally increase upon the lady's, insistence to remain. With his usual blandness, Matt Moore play« a thoroughly amusing part, in which Miss Devore affords him capable'' support. The Grand Quality Orchestra will play special orchestral music. The box plana are at The Brietol Piano Co, where seats may be reserved.