PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 18926, 28 April 1925, Page 6

PICTURE THEATRES

OCTAGON. Regular picturegoers should not miss the Octagon Theatre while the Paramount picture \Empty Hands ’ is being shown, it is a romance of two people who are lost in an inaccessible valley. They are washed down the rapids, but cannot find a way out, and, moreover, all the necessities of civilisation that they have are their empty hands. In this thrilling picture is shown how they live and how they manage to get out. The supports arc good, and the Octagon Orchestra provides many pleasing selections. EVERYBODY’S. ' Love and Glory ’ is current at Everybody’s Theatre. It is a dramatic play founded on the novel by Perloy Poore ohoeiiun, and tells the story of a brother and sister and the sister’s lover, separated during the wars of 1870, and finally reunited in the present time, after half a century of wandering. Charles Do Roche, Tvladge Bellamy, and Wallace MacDonald, the central figures in the drama, appear first as young folk, and then by clever make-up, portray the roles of persons of seventy years and more. Another picture is ‘ Salvage,’ with Pauline Frederick and Milton Sills in the leading roles. A special attraction on Friday will lie the Metro picture ‘ Peg o’ My Heart.' Laurette Taylor, the original “ Peg,” is in the title role. QUEEN’S. Heading the programme at the Queen’s Theatre is ‘ Where Are My Parents 'i ’ — a Master picture. This is the tale of two parents who were devoted to a life of pleasure, and left their little boy to a nurse, and his own devices. It has a serious, human side, as well as a comedy one, and, played by Miss Margaret Bannerman (of ‘ Decameron Nights ’ fame) and clever little Peter Dear, it provides capital entertainment. The supporting picture, ‘ The Love Trap,’ teds of the mystery surrounding the death of a young clubman in a lonely road house, the suspicion attaching to the heroine, the unique method by which the truth is finally arrived at; the bits of comedy interspersed ana withal the staccato action and continual suspense, make this a most compelling drama. EMPIRE AND KING EDWARD. ‘ Bom Rich ’ is the title of the picture at the Empire and King Edward Theatres. The story tells how Jimmy and Cadyeane Fairfax nave reached the first anniversary of their wedding day, and are still as much in love with each other as ever. Although it is but the first anniversary, the fact that the bonds of love should hold as fast as ever is, to their set, almost unbelievable. However, on the very day of the celebrations Cliadyeane becomes ill, and goes away to Europe. Francos Melrose, a fascinating butteriiy girl, has been waiting for this chance to bestow her affections upon Jimmy, and when Chadyeane returns from her trip overseas evidence points to the fact that there are serious feelings between the two. Her method of retaliation is to let Jack Le Moyne, a former suitor, pay attentions to her. The remainder of the picture tells how n’usband and wife are finally brought together again. Although it means life in a lowly cottage it also means infinitely greater happiness, Tlie Empire Orchestra plays many enjoyable items. PLAZA AND GRAND, * Against All Odds ’ and ‘ Wonders of the fcjea ’ are the two pictures at the Plaza and Grand Theatres. The latter is a gathering of marvellously beautiful undersea scenes, with highly dramatic episodes, such as a battle with a deadty moruy and a vicious barracuda, and the capture of a shark on a hook before the eyes of the camera. Romantic sunken ships are the scenes of undersea exploration, and a delightful story of an oceanographer, a stowaway boy, an artist, and a beautiful girl binds it together into an unusual novelty. There are other items in support.