PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 18785, 8 November 1924, Page 5

PICTURE THEATRES

EMPIRE. A complete change of programme was presented at the Empire Theatre last ■veiling, with ‘ Tho Goltifiah ’ as the hea-d----’ille picture. ‘The Goldfish’ was adapted hy C. Gardner Sullivan from Gladys rirgev’s stage play, in which Marjorie Ramheriu was featured. Jack Mulhnll is Constance Talmadge’s leading man. Others having prominent roles in the production are Jean Hersholt, Zaeu Pitts, Edward Connelly, William Conklin, Nellie lily linker, and Leo White. Constance airs .her views on matrimony in the comedy, which Jerome Storm recently directed for Producer Joseph M. Sehe.nck. In the picture Miss Talmadge is married four times, is divorced twice, is a widow once, and refuses only two of six pro posals. Rather a hectic marital career! A topical film to which much interest is at I ached is that showing the All Blacks in action against lh« Devon team in Eiiglaud. During the interval last evening Mr Maurice ‘ Vancam, who is walking round the world to win a £7,0C0 wager with the ‘ Vancouver World’ newspaper, related some of his varied adventures in different countries. Ho will complete hie tour after walking 1,400 more miles. The Empire Orchestra, under the capable direction of Mr C. Parnell, furnishes in capital style an interesting programme. OCTAGON. Paramount submits some of the best films, and the latest importation is ‘The Dawn of To-morrow,’ screened at _the Octagon for the first time last evening. The principal roles arc enacted by Jacqueline Logan, David Torrence, and Raymond Griffith, and tho tab revolves around a London waif. The Dandy, wanted by the police, is the waif’s sweetheart. lie endeavors to visit the girl (Glad), but the astute officials nearly catch him. The Dandy, however, had had similar experiences, so ho was not debarred from fulfilling his wish. Tho incident is hut one in ;i picture abounding in life and romance. The full list of supports includes comedies and gazette*. QUEEN’S. A gay and gladsome story of the daughters of the bright lights of Broadway is tho Warner Brothers’ classic of the screen, ‘ The Gold Diggers.’ This picture, at the ira’i“oorte one behind the scenes of chorus girls' lives. ‘Belle of Alaska’ in a heart- I ntoreM drama of the roaring Yukon. Jane Novak and Noah Beery hambe the chief parts in this drama of action. EVERYBODY’S. Anna Townsend, the sweet old lady win, ,1-riped so much in the success of ‘ Grandma’s Boy,’ makes her appearance again with Harold Lloyd in his seven-reel Paths comedy, ‘ Safety Last,’ at Everybody’s Theatre. Among others are Mickey Daniels, the freckled kid of the “ Gur Gang ” comedies ; Noah Young, the bard person in ‘A -Sailor Made Man’; e-ftcutt. It. Clark, and Bill Strothers fknown as the ‘‘human fly”). ‘ Counterfeit Love,’ a racing melodrama, and All Blacks’ pictures lire also being shown. PLAZA AND GRAND. Buck Jones joins the romantic spirit of the West with the colorful atmosphere of the circus tent in ‘ Tho Circus Cowboy,’ a feature at the Grand and Plaza picturehouses. Bareback riding, acrobatics, aerial, and clown work will be seen; also the .customary animals. In ‘Daring Chances’ Jack Hoxie is starred. The Universal picture is replete with big scenes, real fights, and daring tfecuM.