TO-NIGHT’S ATTRACTIONS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 210, 19 August 1927, Page 9

TO-NIGHT’S ATTRACTIONS.

COSY DE LUXE. There was so much of real life and real love i a the screen romance of John Gilbert as “Jim” and Renee Adoree as “Melisnnde” in “The Big Parade.” that one likes to think ol the malways together. Once again they are sweethearts -this time in “The Show.” which will be screened for the last time, at the Cosv this evening. “The Show” is a vivid and engrossing romance of the underworld of Budapest, in Hungary. Directed bv ’loci Browning, who is remembered for the thrilling drama “The Unholy Three,” it is consistently entertaining from end to end. The tangled love story of Cock Robin, a merry vagabond in a thirdrate side-show, and Salome, the dancer finally is unravelled to the accompaniment of eerie situations and climaxes calculated to give every audience honest enjoyment The supports inci -de a New Zealand scenic and one of “The World We Live In” series, dealing with the Cliff Dwellers of Arizona. Matinee Programme. Regardless of whether or no one is a believer in spiritism, the storv. the superb presentation and the sincere carrying out of the various roles bv the cast all go to make “The Return of Peter Grimm” a film nulsing with life, said the critics. Here is a picture that shows the possibilities of the silent drama. In “The Return of Peter Grimm” the sunerb characterisation of Alec Francis .n the name part—with its whimsical humour—is a thing to be remembered. In a stellar role Janet Gavnor. a very young girl, -iyes a portrayal which lifts her to the heights. MUNICIPAL Funny Old Bill! “The tr-tro-trouble with Bill js,” sputtered small Alf from the watery and perilous dentils of a shell-hole, “the tr-trouble with Bill is ’e don’t ’ave ’is mind on this ’ere war!” Big Bert the son of an Earl, though not looking the part at the moment, grunted assent. If Old Bill heard, he made no comment. Standing '>l:st-deep in mud and muck, short pipe puffing geniallv under the shaggy thatch of his-wal-. rus moustache. Bill was musing on the long-expected and but newlvarrived letter from his wife back in Blighty. “Poor old Maggie.’ l.e muttered, “she seems to be ’avin’ it dreadful wet. back ’ome!” “Wet!” snorted Alf “We don’t ’ave it anv too bloomin’ dry ’ere!” Old Bill fixed him with a beetlip - and beadv eye “Bli-mel” be chuckled, “if you know of a better ’ole. go to it!” Syd Chaplin and Jack Ackroyd as these two famous characters —or caricatures—have been delighting big houses at the Municipal this change. The last opportunity of seeing them is to-night. ■ Saturday Matinee. The title of the Municipal’s picture. “Perch of the Devil.” is taken from the name of a mine presumably located in Butte. Montana, and is somewhat symbolic, in that the fortune reaped from the mine affects the lives of the characters in the story, not altogether for the best result of those involved. King Baggot chose the storv because he declares. it appealed to him as one of the most realistic and human situations he has vere read. The same situation, he believes, can be found daily in almost every circle, and lor this reason he regards “Perch of the Devil” as one of America’s best tales. The serial, chapter 3. will also be screened and several supports.