LIBERTY THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19198, 3 January 1928, Page 2

LIBERTY THEATRE.

GOOD HOLIDAY PROGRAMME,

Good holiday faro is provided at the Liberty Theatre this week in "For the Love of Mike" and "Just Another Blonde." -, "For the Love of Mike" is a story flf an orphan boy who is adopted by three bachelors and sent to Yale College. Here, unfortunately, he gets led astray by a gang of gamblers, to whom ho givos an 1.0.TJ. for a considerable sum of money. His troubles are added to when at a. dinner that is given in his honour by his "fathers" he appears in a drunken condition, insults the assembled guests, and is repudiated by his people and sweetheart. He is given one chance to rehabilitate himself. This is to stroke the Yale crew to victory in the annual contest with Harvard, but he is warned just before the race that unless he loses it his 1.0.TJ. will be sent to the college principals, which will mean his expulsion. Although sorely tempted, he refuses to "sell" his crew, and to the great chagrin of tho man who has put the proposition to him and to the delight of his friends he wins amidst a scene of enthusiasm. A reconciliation follows, his "parents" even going to the extent of paying his gambling debts. The race scene is a genuine one, and th 6 struggle of the respective crews as first one and then the Other gets in front is graphically depicted. Ben Lyon is cast as Mike and is quite at home in the part. George Sidney plays a humorous role with his usual skill, and Ford Sterling is quite as well cast, while the leading lady, Claudette Colbert, a newcomer to the movies, shows promise of developing into one of tho screen's celebrities. "Just Another Blonde" is a comedy film of moro than usual merit, which is full of humour, excellently presented by a cast which includes Dorothy Mackaill, Louise Brooks. Jack Mulhall, and William Collier, jun. The big feature of the film is an aeroplane smash, in which two of the leading characters are injured and taken to hospital. The box plans are at The Bristol, but to-day the booking will be made at the Liberty Theatre. As usual the musical portion of the pro? gramme was of a high standard, and the Liberty Concert Orchestra and its conductor, Mr Ernest Jamieson, deserve special praise for their artistic rendering of "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (Nugent). This number was orchestrated by the conductor in three distinct styles, and, played as the entr'acte, earned a vociferous encore.