PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 19619, 27 July 1927, Page 2

PICTURE THEATRES

OCTAGON In ‘The Black Pirate,’ which is’being screened at the Octagon Theatre, there is no lack of beautiful and thrilling spectacles. The picture is entirely in natural colors, and the scenes showing the moon rippling over the water, the pirates thronging the decks, clambering up into the rigging, or burying their treasure in the golden sands of the tropical island are among the most beautiful ever screened As ior bravery and thrills, the very thought of a, man contending single-handed against ‘2OO cutthroats suggests them. Billie Dove is the heroine, and is the only woman in the picture except Tempo Bigot t, who plays a minor role. Miss Dove seems well worth battling for in a spectacular adventure. Numbers ot bloodthirsty pirates appear during the action, and the leaders are supported by such actors as Donald Crisp, Sam Do Grasse, Anders Bandolf. Charles Stevens, E. J. Hateliffo. Charles Belcher, Hoy Coulson, and John Wallace. , EMPIRE The pictures of the lighting that arc included iu ‘ Mademoiselle from Arnienticres,’ which is being screened at the Empiro Theatre, lend a vivid suggestion ol atmosphere to the film. Opening in London, the scene .soon changes to the western front, where the hero, John, is m love with a. pretty French girl, who is in the service of the Allied Intelligence Department, mid finds that her neighbor, Drams, is an enemy spy. Join i docs not know ot '.he girl's role, and believes her to bo false when he secs her visiting Branz alone in Ids hoosc i John’s company is urdeicd to advance, and he will not, seo the girl heloro he goes. Lliable to rest till she inis explained the reason of tier conduct, Mademoiselle finds her way to tlm lines. Zero hour lias passed, and John’s section lias advanced far beyond the first lines, • and he is later taken prisoner, and Brauz is praised lor his good work. The girl is then brought in, and is about’to be shot as a spy when a shell wrecks the dug-out. When the smoke clears away the pair tind themselves alone with tlie dead body of Bran/. A party ol noilias rescues und the picture is" brought to a successful conclusion. To-morrow afternoon and evening a farewell will be given_ to the dominion finalists in the Miss New Zen bund lfi‘27 screen star contest on the eve of their departure for the north. PLAZA AHD GRAND The ‘ Seven Sinners,’ one of the attractions at the Plaza and Grand Theatres, is a comedy ot thrills and mysteries, but mostly ot laughs. Marie Provost, one of the must charming comediennes ol the .screen, heads the east as Molly Brian, the keen-witted, light-lingered, light-hearted little salehreaker, and she has associated with tier Glivc Brook, the handsome English star, as a modern and merry Jimmy Valentine; John Patrick, as imw sort of Rallies; llcinie Conklin, whom wo regard'as one of the funniest of all comedians, as a thug who scorns finesse; and Claude Gillnigwater and Mathildo Brundage. ‘ The Terror,’ with Art Accord and Velma, Connor in the leading roles, is also .showing. THE CANYON OF LIGHT.

Hard riding and swill actum mark Torn .Mix’s latest, ‘The Canyon ol Light,’ which opens at the I’laza and Grand Theatres on Friday. For breathtaking suspense, nerve-tingling excitement, and hair-riiisiing escapes it. is doubtful if ever. Tom inis surpassed ivhat he dues in this gripping drama, of the frontier. .Not only arc there some real shock-producers in rite mountainous country, where many ot the sequences arc taken, but battle scenes In France, where Tom plays the part of a despatch rider, are also lull ol action and .suspense. Dorothy Divan plays the rule of the sweet heroine with Tom, while William Walling, Italph Sipporly, Carl Miller, Camellia Gcraghty, and Harry Norton arc seen in rules of importance.

EVERYBODY’S AriD KING EDWARD 'llie building aiul wrecking oi a lingo dam in the Andos, sensational rides ever ;Jic south American plains in pursuit of the bandit, Mauos Gurus, played by Roy iJ’Arcy, arc some ot tlie thrills •.o be .Mien in ‘The Temptress,’ the atIrin.tion at Everybody's and King Edw aid Theatres. Tile story was adapted Innu the original by Vicente [fiasco Ibaiiot;. It was given a lavish presentation, with gorgeous ralo .scenes, colormi South American revels, and oilier spectacular details. Adolphe Menjou and Greta Nisicn aro the stars in ; Blonde or Rrunctle,’ the supporting picture. One of Thomas Burke's must charming stories of London’s Lmichousc comes to the screen at Everybody's Theatre on Friday, with Colleen Moore in the stellar role. Jt is ' Twinkletoos,' produced fur Fir A. National by John M'Connack and cliiectod by Charles Bralnn In the supporting cast are Kenneth Harlan, who plays opposite Mias .Moore in the character of a champion pugilist; Gladys lirockwcll, in one of the most interesting eharaclerisalious nt her career, Manic" Gland, as a Lunchonso theatre manager; 'lolly .Marshall, as the father of a. heroine; Jut:i 11110 Johnston, as a dancer; John Rhilip Kolb, as a giant ol the Lnnchunso gang; and Lucian .Littlefield, as a (plaint and lovable drunkard. Dorothy Gish, star of raramonnt's ‘ London',’ which will be the supporting pu;l nre, is soon as the Limehonse wai) who ijccomes a Mayfair belle.

QUEEN'S i'aisy Rnih Miller plays the leading feminine role in support of Richard Bartlielniess in ‘The White Black Sheep,’ tlie attraction at the Queen s Theatre. This is Miss Miller's first appearance opposite Dick, mid she has a role of extraordinary appeal as Zolic, the Greek dancing girl, who rescues Dick from a mob in an Arabian onto and becomes bis sweetheart as ho convalesces on the desert. This Theatre will feature a Iliu-Tin-Thi picture when ‘A Hero of (ho Big Snows,’ an Ewart Adamson story, ’produced by Warner Bros., opens on Friday. Alice Calhoun, making her initial appearance with the dog star, is the heroine, and Don Alvarado plays opposite her in tiie role of a disheartened wastrel. Loo Willis appears as a. villainous trapper, and Mary Jane Mil’nken as the baby sister. In addition to these human actors the east includes Nanette, the mate ol lliu-Tin-Tin, and an expertly-trained dog team. The locale of the stray is in the Canadian wilds, ami these dogs are thoroughly at home among the, snows and hardships of the country. The big thrill is a fight with a wolf pack BOSLYH The wonderful naval epic entitled * 1 will bo screened ot the Roslvn Theatre to-night. Tins picture shows in startling faithfulness how Admiral Keves, with a motley collection of sea craft under his command, left Dover on the night, of St. George’s Day and made an extraordinarily daring attack on the strongly-fortified base at Zcobntggo. How the attack was mode by storming t]je mole which protects the entrance to the Zoebrugge Canal, and how finally under cover ,of this attack the real objective was achieved—-the blocking of the ciutal by sinking three old warships at its en-iram-o. thus ending its usefulness to the enemy as a base from which to plan submarine- attacks on Britain's commerce. Tlie supports will lie headed nv Tom Mix and his horse Tony in ‘No Man’s Gold,’ a thrilling Western story.