PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 1

PICTURE THEATRES

i OGTAGGM | ‘ The Crowded Hour ’ oprtis to-night ]at the Octagon Theatre The leading ' player, Be be Daniels, has the role of i Peggy Laurence, a. telephone girl, who I dicams of one dav becoming an actress, i This ambition is shared by Matt. Wilde, I a genial young man with a gilt for I tomfoolery', played by T. Hoy Barnes. ! The two put on an impromptu skit durj ing an ‘‘ amateur night’’ at a dingy I vaudeville theatre, but their slum audi- | once fails to appreciate them. One man in the audience, however, recognises a spark of something original in their act. He is Billy Laidlaw (Kenneth Harlan), who came to the theatre ■ in search of a little fun. Peg’s periormi anco and her dynamic personality so ; impress him that he tolls her that the ; act would be a hit on Broadway, ami ; offers his aid in securing an engagei ment. Her meeting with Billy gives i Pcggv the urge toward success, which i she achieves rapidly. Peggy and Laidlaw fall in love, though Billy is already ; married —a loveless ailair, and his who j refuses to divorce him. The World War I separates Billy and Peggy in their j mutual love affair. Laidlaw odists in j the engineers, and Peggy, .lust to he ] near him, goes across as a. “ \ " eiilor- ! iainor. His behind the lines in Prance 1 that the girl realises how selfish she i has been, and the .suffering and self--1 sacrifice she sees on every hand bring i about her regeneration, j The Octagon Concert Arches ~ra w;h I play a. new selection of items. 'Hie : overture will bo ‘ .Merry Wives ol j Windsor ’ (Nicolai). j EMPifIE A story based on the actual experii onccs of the New Nork police in tracing j girls who mysteriously disappear opened i to-day at the Kinpire Theatre. Its title jis ‘into the Net.’ Edna Murphy ami i Jack Mulhall arc the featured player-.. ! Mulhall lias an active role win rein lie 1 first tries to find his sister. who lias 1 mysteriously disappeared, then tries to ; prevent the abduct ion of Ins sweetheart, | and finally assists in the rescue of both, i Olliers prominently east are Constance Bennett. I’rank Liiclueen, Bradley Barker, Francis Landau, and Tom Hood- ! win. T!ie story was written by Richard |K. Enright, Commissioner oi the New | York .Police. j Another at I raci ive musical _ pm I gramme will he provided by the Empire .Orchestra, .\s_an overture ’he orchestra will play a selection from Balled ‘ The .Bohemian Girl.’ PLAZA AND GRAND The new headliner at the (fraud and j Plaza Theatres is ‘three the Enchant resa.’ Circe, tlm ericlnmtross of an- ( eient times, lurne-d' men into swine by | magic. The modern Circe, Ceeile Brun- | uer, accomplishes similar results by I liipior. Ceeile, dinihisioned at cighj teen, after she had lelt a convent school i in New Orleans, swears that all men j will pay lor v. hat she lias Inst. Inj touched heiscil by the de-are she i arouses, she torments her victims and j levies tribute. Bui only one man. Hr ‘Van Martyu, ml its! amis tier charms. I She retires to the New Orleans e<mvent. She is run over while .saving Inc life of it eliihi, and it is learned I.mil slio will never walk again, Alien the test comes Hr Van Manyu walks into the room, and she liruls Ilia I she can stumble into Ids arms. An additional feature is .lack iioxie s ‘ Don Daredevil ’ This is an excellent j Western drama, i 1 | QUEER'S i One of the most unusual love stories i ever told on the screen is unioided in I ‘ His Supreme Moment.’ which is show- ; ing at the i)ucen’s Theatre. Blanche i Sweet and Ronald. Column portray the I leading roles. j As a supporting picture ‘Every ! ’'dan's 'Wile' is shown. This picture | tells the story of a wile who is led in believe that her husband i.s unfaithful |to her. She immediately counters by | welcoming the adorn ions of another linn;, ]t is not. until a friend familiar t with the ways of men brings the Mute ■ to her senses that the tangle it straight- ‘ cited out. | £yt:rjypgsjv , .tj | alary Bickford's latest film, ‘ Little Annie Rooney,’ is now at Everybody s Theatre. In the story little Annie Rooney is the, twelve-year-old daughter of a popular New York bluecoat, leader of a hand of lough-and-iuniblo, alleyfighting youngsters of “ The Block, ’ and is”secretly and wildly infatuated with a hulking truck driver, Joe Kelly, who is the pal of her big brother, Tim Rooney, Comedies and gazettes are also shown.