AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19929, 16 May 1930, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

The cheery face and bewitching personality of Colleen Moore, who appears in her first talkie, "Smiling Irish Eyes," at the Majestic Theatre this week, have won her many admirers in the past in the silent drama, and her popularity will be equally well maintained as a talkie star. In this wonderful drama of Irish life no pains have been spared to get the typical Irish atmosphere, there being an entire absence of the usual American features. The reproduction of Irish life and the Irish voice are perfect, and worthy of the highest praise. Colleen is the centre of the whole drama, her wonderful personality and self-confidence carrying all before them.

Kathleen O'Connor »Colleen Moore) and Rory O'Moore (James Hall) are two Tillage sweethearts living in the heart of the Killnrney conntry, with its wonderful scenery. .Julianne. Johnson as Rory's mother Is a strong and homely character, while Robert O'Connor and Tim O'Brien between them are responsible for a good deal of humour. James Hall as Rory O'Moore sets a high standard of acting, being secon'd only to Colleen.

* FROZEN JUSTICE."

THE STORY 01* AN ALASKAN CARMEN. Lenore TTlric's first all-talking picture, "Frozen Justice," will be at the Majestic Theatre next. week. It has been adapted for tho talking screen from a well-known novel, and it must be said that the directors hare produced a tremendously intriguing film. It is largely '• sex drama, with the stage set in the North, where gold and pcwer are ' generally the ruling passions. But where Lenore Ulrlch is, gold and power are only minor; assets. She has the role of Talu, a half-ciste Eskimo woman, for whom the trading men from the world in the south hold enormous attractions. Like her sister, Carmen, she defies the iron-bound conventions of her primitive world, and throws in her unfortunate lot with them, and departs for the Yukon, there to be another "Lady known as Talu," an ornament of the dancing saloons of those parts. The remarkable thing about "Frozen Justice" is that it remains throughout a page torn from life-like chronicles. - These things happen, sometimes, as in the case of "Carmen," with a very real attendance of romance and tho finer things. Thanks to the- personality and acting of Lenore Olric, this picture may take its place in this category, and will be remembered by theatregoers as an unusual and powerful drama. With Miss Ulric in the cast are Robert Fraier, Ullrio Haupt, and Louis Wolhehn. The box plans are now open at The Bristol Piano Company, where seats may be reserved. •