PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 19409, 18 November 1926, Page 3

PICTURE THEATRES

OCTAGON For the last time to-night ‘ Bright Lights ’ will be screened at the Octagon Theatre. The story deals with an artless fanner and a disillusioned chorus girl from a New_ York night club. The farmer’s simplicity attracts the girl, though he believes he needs the polish of the townsmen to interest her. How he learns through bitter experience that he was mistaken is told m a series of highly-entertaining episodes. Charles Ray and Pauline Starke have the leading roles. ‘ OLD LOVES AND NEW.’ E. M. Hull’s novel, ‘The Desert Healer,’ has been brought to the screen under the name of ‘ Old Loves and New.’ Octagon Theatre patrons will have the opportunity of seeing this ah- | sorbing story of desert love _ when the picture is given initial screening at this theatre to-morrow. A carefully chosen east portrays the various roles. The story takes the spectator from the drawing rooms 'of high society to the solitude of the vast desert, where some highly dramatic and intensely emotional scenes are unwound. In the loading rales Lewis Stone and Barbara Bedford portray their respective parts to perfection, and the author herself has personally expressed her delight at the finished product when revealed to her. ‘ Old Loves and New ’ • tells of an unfaithful wife, whoso duplicity wrecked a home and drove a doting husband to desert wastes, where lie sought sanctuary from his troubled mind. Out there among the Arabs he encounters Marny, a beautiful 'girl, and rescues her frojn bandits. Later ho finds that she is the wife of the man who had caused the break six years earlier. It is then that the real thrills begin, and tbo tense moments continue right up' to the surprising and smashing climax. In addition to Lewis Stone and Barbara Bedford, the cast includes Walter Pidgeon and Katherine M'Donald, who play the parts of the unfaithful “ friend ” and wife. Tully Marshall, Arthur Rankin, and Ann Rork are also prominent in the picture. There will be a special selection of musical numbers played by the Octagon Orchestra, under the direction of Mr L. D. Austin. Tbo circle plans are now f open at Begg’s, and seats for tho stalls may be reserved at the theatre. QUEEN’S AMD KING EDWARD ‘ Old Clothes ’ will bo screened finally at the King Edward Theatre to-night, and ‘The Arizona Sweepstakes ’_ will conclude at the Queen’s with to-night’s showing. To-morrow, at both theatres, Janies Oliver Curwood’s great story of the great open spaces, ‘ Baree, Son of Kazan,’ will be screened.' This is a thrilling story of tho great white north. Anita Stewart, Donald Keith, Joe, Hickson, and Jack Curtis take the leading roles. The story tells how Nepeese (Anita Stewart) is surprised in her father’s cabin by M'Taggart (Jack Curtis), the unscrupulous factor, and ho is in the act of embracing the girl when her father, Pierrot (Joseph Rickson) appears in the doorway, and a fight ensues. Pierrot is killed, and the girl throws herself into the river rather than face M'Taggart. Sho is rescued by an old Indian, and later discovered by M‘Taggart, but owing to the intervention of_ her faithful wolf hound, Bare©, he is killed, and Nepeese finds happiness with the man sho loves. EVERYBODY’S ‘ The Song and Dance Man ’ will conclude its local ‘run at Everybody’s Theatre to-night. * Tom Moore and Bessie Love are the featured players, and the story tells of how a "war-worn stage artist has, to fight for his lost reputation. ‘ Rouged Lips,’ featuring Viola Dana, will also bo screened finally. To-morrow’s attraction will he ‘Miss' Brewster’s Millions,’ with Bebe Daniels in the title role. The story tells of Polly Brewster, who inherits a million dollars, and, provided that she invests this money, will receive the balance, amounting to several millions. Her uncle offers her his entire fortune, a larger one than the first, should sho spend the latter within three months. How she loses both is one long laughproducing story. The supports are headed by Jack Dempsey in ‘Manhattan Madness,’ a story in which a j Westerner complains in a letter that New York is slow, and offers no excitement. When he arrives there, however, he’ finds that there are thrills and excitement in plenty. PLAZA AND GRAND , The hig programme at the Plaza and Grand Theatres will ho concluded to- ■ night. The headliner is entitled ‘ The ! F.°r Cry,’ and deals with an American ; girl wlio lives in Paris, and gradually falls away from the conventional moral

code of her country. The other pictures are ‘ Another Scandal,’ a modern | drama and ‘ Motor Trouble,’ an hilan- ■ ous comedy. To-morrow Art Acord will be the attraction in ‘ Sky High Coral, a Western picture of cyclonic action. In addition will be Nonna Shearer and Lew Cody in ‘The Fashion Show, which shows how Katheriim Emerson is given a romantic opportunity to live lavishly in New York for six months. The rich batclielor in whose flat she is living is unaware of the deception practised upon him, and he is astonished to receive a cable in Paris suggesting that lie come home and see .what his wife is up to. He returns, whereupon events move fast.

, EMPIRE ‘ Old Clothes,’ a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, brings back to the screen the famous partners of ‘ The Rag Sian.’ Those who saw Kelly and Ginsberg in the latter film will be sure to enjoy their adventures in ‘ Old Clothes,’ which is at the Empire Theatre. As before, Jackie Coogan is Tim Kelly, and Max Davidson plays Ginsberg. * Old Clothes ’ shows the pair back on the East Side once more, as the result of their Vista stock being worthless. Their business operations are sadly interrupted by Cupid, and the rarest entertainment results. Further roles are taken by Joan Crawford, Alan Forrest, and James Mason.