AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19665, 8 July 1929, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

FILM OF EARTHQUAKE AREA. ALSO " SHOW LIFE » AND ** BED WINE." CRYSTAL PA-LACE, TO-PAY. One of the party of men who w?re the first from the outside world to penetrate the devastated fastnesses of the Murchison, Marnia, and Matakitaki regions was a cinema photographer from the Government Publicity Office. The filtu that he took will be 6<rreened at Crystal Palace Theatre this wee'-£, and is a very complete and interesting picture of the havoc worked by the earthquakes. Pictures oi the Murchison and Nelson districts, as tlie party slowly travelled across Epaces that were once fields and roadt, pictures of the towns themselves, show, as no other report could, the damage wrought by the visitation. The two feature length pictures are "Show Life" and "Red Wine," the latter being recommended t-o adult audiences. Anna Hay Wong is the star of "Show Life," a tragic romance based on the A eternal triangle. Anna May Wong, an accomplished actress of the modern school, with all the passive grace of the Oriental, has the role of a Chinese waif w-ho is befriended by a broken-down actor. The two form a sor: of troupe, and befriend each other. With the advent of prosperity, there enters into the story the other woman, who has scorned the man in his obscurity. "Show Life" is a dr2ma of a very considerable worth, and it splendidly acted. "Red Wine" is modern American comedy, based on the thems of the young husband who heeds the sound of siren music one night, and of a wife who becams tired "of Bitting by the family hearth alone, and who exercised her womanly wiles and wits. Conrad NageL June Collyer, and Sharon - Lynn have the leads. Mr Alfred Buns h3s arranged a special musical score for the Symphony Orchestra. Box plans are at The Bristol Pia.no Company, where seats may be reserved.