PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 19722, 24 November 1927, Page 4

PICTURE THEATRES

OCTAGON AND EMPIRE The final screening of the comedy drama of the war, entitled ‘ What Price Glory? ’ will be given at the Octagon and Empire Theatres to-night. Though the story deals with tho war, that subject is never too pronounced, ami just sufficient is shown for the unfolding of the story, which deals with the adventures of two members of tho United States Murines. At the start both are sergeants and excellent soldiers. On the outbreak of war, however, one, Flagg, is promoted to captaincy, while the other, Quirt, remains a sergeant. In Franco they are both rivals for tho hand of Clmrmaine, a pretty peasant girl, and this fact is the central theme of the whole picture. Tine role of the virile Captain Flagg is played with marked success by Victor M'Laglan, while the, role of the suave Sergeant Quirt is filled by Edmund Lowe. Dolores Del Rio makes an admirable Charnminc, while a strong cast supports the principals. EVERYBODY’S AND KING EDWARD The two highly entertaining pictures at tho above theatres will be finally screened to-night. ‘Afraid to Love ’ is a riotous comedy concerning a beautiful girl who made herself dowdy and married a man to save him from a scheming adventuress. Florence Vidor heads a big cast of popular players, including Jocelyn Leo. ‘ California,’ the second ■ feature, is a film romance of early pioneering days in California, from the story by tho famous Peter B. Kync, with dashing Tim M‘Coy as the dare-devil hero. Renee Adoroe and Conrad Nagel, two of the most popular players on the screen, make their first joint appearance in ‘ Heaven on Earth,’ which corned to Everybody’s Theatre tomorrow. It is a story of Franco before and during the World War, and is said to contain some spectacular war scenes., ‘The Monkey Talks,’ Fox Films screen version of the sensational stage play which took London, Paris, and Now York by storpi, will also be screened. QUEEN’S With a -story telling how a London society beauty voluntarily exiles herself in a drab South African army station, and of love and jealousy and war, 1 Tho Claw,’ the major attraction at tho Queen’s Theatre, will be finally shown this evening. Norman Kerry, Claire 'Windsor, and Arthur Edmund Carcw are the featured players. In ‘ The Sea Tiger,’ commencing tomorrow, Milton Sills appears in the role of a fisherman—a lowly occupation, perhaps, but one demanding a maximum of courage to fight the stormy seas off tho Canary Islands, where the scene of tho story is laid. He does a tremendous piece of acting, and his work throughout is characterised by its vividness. Mary Astor is his leading lady. PLAZA AND GRAND ‘The Notorious Lady,’ the principal feature on the bill at- the Plaza and Grand Theatres, lias Lewis Stone, Barbara Bedford, and Ami Rork in the loading roles. ‘ Hound of the Deep,’ tho second feature, is an interesting romance set among 'be pearlers of Torres Strait. ’ The whole film was written and directed bv the celebrated Frank Hurley. The" lift]) episode of ‘The Riddle Rider’ will also bo shown for the last time. ROSLYN ‘Devil’s Island,’ to bo shown at Hie Roslyn Theatre to-night, is the first motion picture ever made with tho French penal settlement at Devil’s Island for its background. Pauline Frederick, one of the greatest emotional actresses the screen has ever known, is in the leading role. Others in the cast aro George Lewis, a popular juvenile, who portrays the role of Miss Frederick’s son—a boy who, born a prisoner, rises to untold heights through Jus untold genius. Opposite him is Marion Nixon, while Richard Tucker has a splendid role as the convict husband of the star. John Miljan and William Dunn have important parts, and Leo White supplies much of the comedy.