KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1922, Page 3

KING'S THEATRE.

i "Peacock Alley," now showing at the King's Theatre, deals with the difficulties and temptations of ' night life m the larger cities As Cleo, cafe darreer, Mac Murray draws a fine picture of a vivacious, sparkling, and impetuous little French woman, admired by all and' yet yearning for the man whom destiny holds in promise for her., He turns up in the person of a young American, but she 18 rejected by the indignant people of hi^ home town, and trials and troubles MOW, <t)Ut all ends happily The supporting pro gramme includes a Chester scenic study, a comedy containing some original features, and a Gaumont Graphic depict ing important everyday events at Home Special music « provided by the' King's Grand Orchestra "PEARLS AND SAVAGES" Black men and white, .^pearlers, can mbals, Ravages, mysterious jungles, gobhn dens of the wild men, strange birds, savage head-hunters, coral islands, and a stupendous wealth of tropical scenery, form the mam part of Captain Frank Hurley's "Pearls and Savages, which will be screened for the first time in New Zealand at the King's Theatre on 'Friday' Captain Pearson, who will personally relate his adventures in the Torres Straits Islands and Papua, was second in command with Captain Frank Hurley, well known as i an intrepid explorer, and is famous as the producer of the Mawson Antarctic Expedition films, and, perhaps the most popular of all, Shackleton's expedition to the Polar regions- During the* twelve' months he spent with "Pearls and Savages*' in Papua, he used six miles of film, a mile and a half of which is to be screened at the King's He also took 200b negatives, and also secured phonograph records of Papuan music The plan for the season is at The. 'Bristol v '