THE PICTURE HOUSES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 161, 27 June 1930, Page 9

THE PICTURE HOUSES

COSY DE LUXE. The double-feature programme at the Cosy de Luxe, “Side Street” and “Jazz Age,” will be shown for the last time to-night. “Side Street,” the theme of a great brother love, features the three Moore—Tom, Owen and Matt. This is the first time in nearly a quarter-century of screen work that the three brothers, each of whom has achieved success as an individual, arc brought together in one picture. Though author George O’Hara refused to admit it he wrote a talking picture that seemed made to order for the Moore family. Other members of the strong cast include Kathryn Perry, Emma Dunn. Frank Sheridan, Walter McNamara, Dan Wolheim and Hoipie Conklin. Some scenes reveal scores of persons, in which are many of tho best-known character players of the film world. “Jazz Age,” featuring Marceline Day and Doug. Fairbanks juur., is an entertaining talkie of a group of thrill-seeking youngsters who have nothing to do but bo thrilled. Saturday’s Matinee. “Excellent entertainment” is the phrase which best classifies the latest Fox production, “Nix on Dames,” movietone comedy which opens at the Cosy de Luxe matinee to-morrow. It is a tuneful, sparkling story of two men and two woineuhaters, filmed against the colourful background of an actors’ boardinghouse. Mae Clarke, Robert Ames and William Harrigan have the principal roles. MUNICIPAL. Hoot Gibson adheres to his policy of “chance of pace” in “The Mounted Stranger,” stirring Universal all-talking action picture showing to-night for the- last time at the Municipal Theatre. Gibson is carrying out a consistent policy of variety in making the thrilling pictures that have placed him on the pinnacle of western stardom. In his various tic yvest in both its old and new phases. Tn “The Mounted Stranger” Gibson returns to tho old west of horses and gun play. The scenes of the action are laid in the great south-west, down near the border. Louise Lorraine plays opposite Gibson in the picture. Matinee Programme.

Marion Davies’ unique ability to put a tear in every lough and a laugh in every tear has never been so effectively portrayed as _in “Marianne,” her new all-talking-singing starring vehicle which commences to-morrow nt the Municipal Theatre. Incidentally, it is Marion Davies’ first all-talking picture. Marianne, courageous French peasant girl, cares for a brood of war orphans and looks after a company of Allied soldiers quartered in her barnyard. After tho Armistice is declared she meets Stagg, a hungry private who cats her pet pig and them tries to make Jove to her. There will bo tho usual supports.