AMUSEMENTS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 December 1919, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

, i OPEBA HOUSE. ; Pollard’s b^g-vattraction, this evening in the Opera Hori'se will be Alice Joyce in ~ the 4A 7 rtagraph‘ star* picture “Uterchez LaiFemmb” (Find, 1b j Woman),* Alic®’ jdypo,’ ‘the ‘ beautiful and taleiited. Yitagraph star, in . - ’ the has a vehicle which gives her full in, one of the ; inost convincing and appealing roles she has had- idflie,story-is taken from material supplied :by -that master of fihoft stories, 0. Henry, in “Gherchez La Femme,”*nhd;hasVttie charm, the . atmosphere • and .the skilful characterisation, found' in .all ' his. work. The play is a charming romance of old New Orleans, and Alice Joyce v looks unusually lovely in - the old , settings of the picturesque gardens, ! streets, cafes and houses of the southern city., ’ The role of Madeline & Renard, a French prima' donna whose relations .with'a pious , old gentleman - are misinterpreted by her lover, gives Alice Joyce .the distinction of portraying one of 0, Henry’s most lovable creations. How the web of suspicion and scandal: is woven round her, till , she at length .is forced to abandon her cherished, ambition, is powerfully and with great fidelity told in the play. Ample support is lent by Walter McGrail and Henry Houry, the latter being a returned hero from France, invalided on account of wounds. At the -Opera House on Xmas night Pprllardsi.picture and musical attractions will be the GoldWyn’s big feature "Our Little Wife,” starling Madge Kennedy ; also special engagement of ’ New Zealand’s leading ; -.tenor, Mr. Hj&rbeft Wopd and special orchestral musji.pi by , orches,tra under of Mr. F. Resteaux. ’ ' ;

XMAS PICTURE PANTOMIME. At the Matinee on , Wednesday (Xmas Eve) and again on Xmas Eve at 8 p.m. Pollard's will screen for the - enjoyment -of fche ‘ children tihe . picturisation of the well-known Pantomime of the Fairyland story “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Children out- ■ . 'side the larger centres of New Zeaf ' land have .very little opportunity of /‘witnessing (a complete Pantoiriime and therefiore parents should' give the children the opportunity of witnessing the present 10 thousand feet story of- one of the best of Fairy- •/ land stories, /Jack and the Beanstalk.” Pollard s ,usual matinee prices will be/ charged and the usual picC ture prices at night. '/ ;

TOWN HAIL. Tp-night (Tuesday), and . to-morrow gfternoop’s matinee. ,an<| also to-mor-row '>ight ' (Christmas Eve) a grands double attraction will be screened! The first -star is “Private .. Peat” featuring' Private Harold Peat in a pidturisation, of. 'his 'own book. Private ; Peat—the- funniest little chap vou ever saw, appeal ..personally in ‘ this film productipfi'l'Pf .his own career. ' Private Peat spends ;two years in Hell —dut there oh the ‘ terrible battleground of Europe, Suffering, jng and smiling— uphbld the flag , he loved—and so that freedom might ' continue to reign in the world. Private ; peat sfiows you the HelJ he fought in— and how h© fought, and his smile !is always there^—the un:conci(uerablo spirit of the Briton, The other star is! “Epr Ireland’s Sake,” a big dramatic sensation on the burning topic of Home Rule for Ireland, which has been the cause of consterr nation -Ip the minds of English-speak-ing statesmen for . years. The entire production was produced in Goimty Kerry, and the beautiful lakes of Killamey district, the Gap bf Dunloe, the Black Mnckross Abbey, Sweet Ihuisfalien and the lakes are shown among the many beauty spots famed in song and story. On Christmas night, Cecil B. de Mille produces another, screen wonder in Oont Change' Your Husband which will be the splendid attraction on Christmas ■ night. Do you want to know. what glorious, swift eddying spectacle the ; modern motion picture can be? itien see the, marvellous story of up-to-date middle class life, .“Don’t Change Your ’ ■ Husband.” It will appeal in the most powerful ■ fashion to * all women -ucn. f, pr poor, married or single—as it shows m# how some of the rocks and shoals of married life may with a little for-

bearanbe be avoided. Theory in these matterk is all very , well, but what to do to escape marital shipwreck is hard to discover. However, the picture tells you. But it is not a play with a nasty preaching air, or a sniffle. It is an 'engrossing drama of beautiful, magnificently gowned women and men who are mostly fairly decent fellows. The picture creates a rage in New’ York. In Los Angeles it!, was the only photo-drama that the biggest theatre there has ever screened for more than a week; It packed the house for a fortnight. The supports include “The Villhge Chesnut” a fired Mack iSennefft Peerless Gift Fans will be given to each lady attending. Photos Xmas night. MINERS’ HA.LL, RIJNA.NGA. To-night in the Miners’ Hall Runanga, Pollard’s will, screen the big Goldwyn feature “Our Little Wife” starring the dainty Madge Kennedy in the leading role, and “Haunts of Evil” the 11th episode cf “Tho House of Hate”. Madge Kennedy ranks as one of the foremost comediennes in America ipid in “Our Little , Wife” this clever artist is seen, at her hest. The play itself is the story of the adventures of a young wife, rich in amusing situations, full of thrills and laughter. 1