ARTCRAFT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1925, Page 10

ARTCRAFT THEATRE.

;The great, special, attraction, "South_'cin Love/ now . screening at the Ai-t-' JcrafCTheatre,.,is u'niquaiu many ways". 1 Produced in England, featuring an allstar cast headed by Betty Blythe, it received its premier presentation . at the Itoyal Albert Hall to au audience, of 10,000 'people. ■ ■ Special' music ■ was' -ren- :. dared by the London Symphony Orchestra, it being the first time in history that this famous : band has accompanied the screening of a picture. The screen ■upon which "Southern Love" was projected was the largest in the world, being t>o feet by 40 feet. Betty Blythe plays the part of Dolores, the dancer, and she out-tshebas Sheba. Herbert Langley, of "Chu Chin Chow" fame, plays til© part of Pedro, the gipsy, and is said to reach the heights of greatness, his performance being, full of power: :and: passion, liiane ,Haid, the most beautiful, woman ■on the Continent of Europe, ah'd'\Randle •-.iAyrton,- both.have leading parts.. The ..e.toj'X; full. of. .sensational possibilities, ;has been- exploited fully, amid settings of unusual charm. The screening time at the Artcraft each evening is 8.5, when Mr. Charles Melvin, late of _ the Royal Opera Co., will render theT.-jvaltz song, "Southern Love," srjecijtlly;;,written for this production. 'vi]?. ■"'.."■'. .to':"; 2.