CRYSTAL PALACE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 8 February 1927, Page 13

CRYSTAL PALACE.

AN AMERICAN EPIC. PROSPECTIVE FILM STARS. Although Marion Davits hm, in her time, ployed many parts, she is best remembered in those period pictures that to lavishly have displayed her charm and ability ns » r° : t»n'* actress. The theme of "The Be.r.:tif::i Kobe!" recalls to the mind of the Britishw tbat '■•■<■<'• very creditable time ir. Kuglaud -• story v.hen the colony of America t.r-'. n '- e .. ! . r ' arms against the oppression of t-i.-or;e HI. of Kngland. That celebrated i:;--ider.i which tlrst started the militarist:.- niovcimtr. eliminating in the downfall of Iceland's sovereignty in America, and euphemistically referred to as the "Boston tea-party. is introduced into "The Beautiful Rebel." Harrison Ford plays opposite Marion l'av.-■-. Many exciting incidents in the War '■: Independence are screened, and lii" join; >t.ir. in tin:: as the daughter of a wealthy !:■ •>;t!i^-. t:' v, ' N a pleasinß personation. The st'.ry i< not well constructed, but this is lorii.ilen «< the srene chanites from one waizniilcent set to another. "Love's Whirlpool." featuring .'aiiu-s Kirkwood and his wife. otherv.i--e I;ii"-.mi h< Liln Lee. is the second picture. M.-li..lr.iniati.-in Its plot, "Love's Whirlpool ' n.-\ could not be iliMinsstd bv that .-.oiuev.-liiit belittling term "meloilrama.' There lire ef oitinir Incidents, but nl«<i a rational sequence, in this tale of mvMery and intriKiie. A crook's affection for his younger brother lends him into a devaslatini: scheme to wVecb tho life of an elderlv hanker. Aided by his faithful wife, he lays ii euiinins snare. but when vengeaiire is in their hands they c-omo to a full realisation of the infamy of thi« evil-doiinc, nnd the picture ends in a satisfactorily sentimental manner. Apart from the excellent programme, the Crystal Palace boasts quite another, and perh»E!! superior, attraction. Those seven girls who have been chosen as the Canterbtirians most eligible to star nt Hollywood, made their bow last night. The cirln nre all typical New Zcalanders, but there in a diversity in their particular ntylc of beauty—and all could truthfully be said to possess "both charm and personality. This week one of the girls will bo selected to take her place as Canterbury's contestant in an Australian and Now Zealand contest conducted bv First National Pictures.

Tho programme of music contributed by Mr Alfred J. Bunz and his orchestra cannot bo ignored by patrons of the Crystal Palace. Kven in tenso passages of the pictures screened, the orchestra's part in the tout ensemble is an important and conspicuouslv successful one.