AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18682, 4 May 1926, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS.

CRYSTAL PALACE. ZANE GREY SPECIAL. A S OPEBUTIVE_PROGRAMME. , ,„„ audience at Crystal Palace >*" 'IL evening was treated to a pro- * ,W IV superlative merit-its only fault it overran the usual length o( V«L» was rightly Marred as the *»'.,: «f the programme, it had a J*l Ifcutearned? supporting it, "The L' Willi Wives"—-a comedy which *' e .ill have taken pride of place in 1 S££tom«t. of a similar nature. Mu-characters carry the «eliou tut »o many are the 'mix-up* W£h they unconsciously involve .them- %!. hat the audience is kept in a simmer I*** M.V from the opening scene to tne tiJJ, atrnightening out of what frequently •fi£tt be% hopeless tangle. Few betrlLpAln have been written for tne r? .nd few have' been better produced feented Florence Vidor, K.stJ.er R.I----•"So Moore, and Ford Sterling is me quartet which provides the morpi<7„ "'The Trouble With Wives," and in parts they do some extremely •Pi. .Vtlne Young couples, old or unmarried—should not fail to see 5f tiry clever exposition of some of the I Stabilities, or improbabilities, of marrieu IP ta certain circumstances, "11.. flrev needs no introduction to the J£. reaXr. His "Wild Horse Mesa" of his best stories (the-author himi/wBWdeM H his best work), and in T,<., It for the screen. Paramount has •KrSoMn'g from its thrilling interest. X, uenie settings are magnificent, the IwrnphJ in keeping, and the acting of t n&«!«-Jaek Holt, Noah Berry, ana '«' whole-hearted commenEi He picture gives a realistic idea 3 ik« wril« attendant on the coralling of 1 kordM «f wild horses which roam over fe«»MC-l the W West; but apart from ft Ware"? K haa »n absorbing and thrilling Kd«( It» Mtlon, "Wild Horse , £." it different from the average Wild jft atony saA d 1*"" e . ntiro,y fr ° m . ?' me JlVo'"w work?. It is a great picture, Sirill undoubtedly meet with instant sue- *£, IkweTer H >« eereened. Hi nsnel, the Symphony Orchestra projf' „, excellent musical programme to su.t Tfi..i.« The overture this week is the ImShr "Maritana" (Wallace,: Si beffi', ''flnlandla" really calls for a bigger •Ztdlra than » picture theatre can muster, &Mr Bans successfully obtains all its SiJrous tonal' effects from his spiendidlySlatg players. Rimsky-Korsakov's "Chan- , 2 hdoue" is one of the gems of tins Kk'i programme, being most artistically Z«d Strauss's "All Souls' Pay" makes. 9W pleasing cornet solo, and potter's ,%rtlna Bass -Player" affords the double*'i«i alayer'an excellent opportunity of showrS?if, technical skill in the handling of this | uullr neglected instrument. Other num. ' km Include the ballet music from Borojfri "Prince Igor," and the latest popular %&>• Simuel's "Poppy," and Kahn's -m» aa«M programme will be presented jLfij throßfEout tye week.