PICTURE THEATRES

Evening Star, Issue 20972, 10 December 1931, Page 9

PICTURE THEATRES

REGENT ‘The Devil to Pay,’ starring Ronald Column, will complete its week’s run at the Regent Theatre to-night. ■ The story is of just the type to appeal to the average audience, and the players have been skilfully chosen to make the utmost of the possibilities in the various parts. “ Heavy ” fathers, rebellious daughters, carefree sons, and the setting of the Derby and other features' of ’English life make ‘The Devil to Pay’ p'an entertainment of unusually high ■value. EMPIRE Warner Oland as Charlie Chan, the famous Oriental detective, has to solve a particularly baffling mystery in ‘ The . Black Camel,’ screening at the Empire Theatre this week. On the solution of a mystery murder in the South Seas depends the solution of the mystery, of another murder which happened in the Los Angeles film colony three years before. Sally Eilers, Bela LugOsi, and Dorothy Revier support Warner Oland. OCTAGON ‘ Hell Harbour,’ the salty tale of the piratical Caribbean in which are featured Lupe Velez and Jean Hersholt, has been a popular attraction at the Octagon Theatre. It is the first all-talk-ing picture to he made entirely outside a studio. The greater part of the picture was filmed at Rocky Point, a promontory that juts its jagged face into the warm waters of Tampa Bay. Frankly an adventure story that smacks of Kidd, Drake, and Silver, ‘ Hell Harbour ’ is a picture that could not be limited by studio walls. ST. JAMES Completing a successful season of three weeks’ duration, ‘ Trader Horn ’ will be finally presented at the St. James Theatre to-night. This last opportunity to see a most impressive and educational film of African wilds should not be allowed to go unheeded by any person fond of animal pictures or jungle scenes. ‘ Trader Horn ’ is a picture the type of which has so far been seen but once, and which may not be seen again. STRAND Two very entertaining pictures compose the programme at the Strand Theatre. ‘ Night Birds,’ in which Jack Raine is the principal player, is a mystery story full of exciting incidents; and the second film is ‘ Kiss Ale, Sergeant,’ a lively comedy in which Leslie Fuller is the featured player. KING EDWARD Quite an entertaining comedy is .* Don’t Bet on Women,’ now showing at the King Edward Theatre. Edmund Lowe and Jeanette MacDonald are starred in this saucy, laughable film, packed with sparkling dialogue and clever situations.