QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1924, Page 3

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

The Merry Go Round," which is now showing at the Queen's Theatre, is without doubt one of the most arresting pictures ever screened here. It is a glittering spectacle of life in Vienna, possessing a gripping story of the revel"es a^, .luxury of an emperor's court. Mary Philbin, a new screen beauty, and Norman. Kerry, aided by a specially selected cast, act with realism amid settings of magnificence. The music rendered by the Queen's Symphony Orchestra, has been specially arranged for the Merry Go Bound," and it is a distinct adjunct to a thorough understanding of the story. There fs an excellent lupporting programme. 'TO THE LAST MAN/1 The genuine backwoodsman is apparently replacing the scenic, carpenter in the construction of motion picture sets for work on location. Improved lighting and photography, and the fact that most audiences are acquainted with all """towns, have made it necessary, state the doctors, to build the real things in-' "To rf fr a'S! ¥?"• .In the film »g °* .To .The Last Man," a Zane Grey production coming to the Queen's Theatre, commencing Friday next, an exact repioduction of a pioneer settlement in the rugged mountains of Arizona, was made m the Tonto Basin. On this trip into the wilds, the carpenters were left wh ' a ,jd,a grou P °* axemen enlisted who could hew real logs rather than juggle papier mache. A reproduction of a settlement consisting of twelve dwell-' Ult S 6 f Wer Stories of which w«e built of stone, was made. Loes and rough-hewn boards and shingles were useel to complete the buildings. The ?nn yerß-ff \r EIC uha£ d Dix and Lo^ WUand Nn° ah Beei?' Eobert Edeson, and Frank Campeau in support. The H'Hta will inclucfe the latest Gazettes Paramount £omedy, d Burton Holmes Travelogue. The dodular Queen's Grand Orchestra, whosePcomplement has just been increased, and which is under the direction of Mr A' ■ i J,? rom6 > .will render a specially fine selection of incidental music The boxplan opens at The Bristol to-morrow.