SHORTT'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1923, Page 5

SHORTT'S THEATRE.

"The Shock," the leading attraction for the programme now screening at Shortt's Theatre, will be shown finally to-day. The whole plot leaches a climax,, the. end of which it 13 impossible to foretell, but which becomes clear while the hero and heroine are in the throes of the, disastrous San Francisco earthquake. The second feature is "Partners of the Sunset." ,' A TRAVEL PICTURE.

A remarkable picture will occupy the leading place on the programme at Shortt's Theatre to-morrow. Under the title of "Around the World in 80 Minutes," the audience is taken on a tour •round the world, including visits to many interesting, places. The film was produced in New Zealand, and* includes .scenes in Wellington as well as in the "principal capitals of the new and the old worlds. Pictures of the Panama and Suez canals give a delightful idea of these arteries of commerce, while the skyscrapers of New York are compared with the business centres of England. Scenes in Paris are included, supplemented by views of battlefields made famous by the World War. Doullens, where the New Zealand army headquarters was situated, :is also shown. Included are scenes in German cities and of the Rock of Gibraltar. During the journey many notable men are seen, including Sir Thomas Mackenzie and Charles Chaplin. ' Starting at Wellington, the picture ends at AuckJand, after having visited most of th« Australian States on the voyage home {supporting this great picture; which is the finest scemc-industrial film ever shown in New Zealand, the programme includes a Clyde Cook comedy Ltitled High and Dry," one of the funniest of pictures. A Topical Gazette includes interesting world happenings, and the music has the charm of representing many countries,, making it suitable to the picture screened ■