ENTEETAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18763, 17 July 1924, Page 12

ENTEETAINMENTS.

I'IVOLI THEATRE. " The Famous Mr 3. Fair," which will be one of the two featured attractions.at the Tivoli Theatre to-morrow, is described as another milestone in the career cf Fred-Isibio, one of the most promising newoolners to the ranks screee s great directors. It is said to he an Bsresting contrast to his colourful ' Blood and Sand." This photo-play, based upon James Forbes' popular play, is an absorbing study of a certain phase of American life—and what happens when one of the vital cogs of the domestic machine fails to function. The famous Mrs. "Fair has fained her glory on the battlefields of "ranee. When tho war ends, she somehow cannot return. to her home. Lecture tours, relief drives and all the glamour of a public life lure her awav. Then the family begins to disintegrate. Mrs. Fair realises her duty hardly in the nick of time, just as her son marries a telephone operator, her daughter has developed into a salamandering jazz baby, and her husband is dallying with a dashing blonde widow. The. featured/players are Myrtlfc Stedman, Marguerite de la Motte. Huntley Gordon, and Cullen Landis, The second attraction on the programme will be a Realarfc picture, " Through a Glass Window," with May McAvoy in the leading role. This picture deals with life in a tenement district. Through cloudbursts of trouble, a poor family, of which May McAvoy is the ray of sunbeam, eventually reaches the rainbow. The mother, who ia stricken with blindness, finds the promise that she will see again; the sonwho stole to save his sister's reputation, is pardoned and released from prison; and the girl herself, who has been unjustly dismissed from her employment, sets up a. successful doughnut establishment for herself and wins for a husband a romantic vegetable peddler..

GRAND THEATRE. Large houses are anticipated at the Grand Theatre to-morrow when the exciting fight picture. Jack Dempsey v. Tommy Gibbons, will be screened for the first time in Auckland. ' The management- promise patrons the biggest picture record of boxing ever screened, supplied with thrills and action from round one right through to the end of round fifteen. New Zealanders have never before had the opportunity of' seeing Tom Gibbons in action, so tho chance of witnessing a contest between the two champions will be welcomed by the sporting public. Every happening in this big battle for boxing supremacy is clearly depicted and it is stated that never before have two heavy-weights fought such a fierce and furious battle, the speed .and cleverness being equal to that of the best lightweights combined with enormous strength and punching power. The photography is said to be exceptionally clear. Tommy I Gibbons had been hit hard below the belt

in one of the clinches, and still he stayed right through the entire fight. In the fifteenth round Dempsey rushed from his corner in a wild fury and tried to put Gibbons away. He swung with every blow known to fistic science. He roughed and mauled as he. never had done before. He tried again and again to get in one solid shot, but Gibbons, although tiring badly, still had enough speed left to parry the Dempiiey onslaught, and go to the end —on his l'eet and fighting. A second attraction will be "Stolen Secrets," a Universal production, featuring Herbert Rawlinson. Rawlinson's role in the film probably offers him the widest scope of dramatic portrayal Binjco the filming of; "Come Through," a crook play produced by Universal several years ago m which Rawlinson scored his first great screen success.

, EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The new programme at Everybody's Theatre to-morrow will be headed by the' Metro picture, " Where the Pavement Ends." There is a rare charm about this film, according to a reviewer, and something alluringly sad about the story when it is all told. Rex Ingram, the director, must have been given a• free hand to spend as much money as he wanted to get the effect desired by him in the film, which has its setting in the South Sea Isliands. Coral strands and palm groves, hula hula; girls and dusky natives have been seen a hundred times befogs on celluloid, but never with quite tl.ie same success as on, this ocasion. The big scene in the production is when the white girl and her coloured lover risk their lives in the descent of a great waterfall. They are' seen slowly making their wa,y to the bottom by jumping from stone to stone, by swimming in less dangerous places, and by clinging to the creepers which grow about the falls. One instinctively draws a deep breath when the couple step into aafety. Another "realistic piece of work is when a tropical storm is seen at its height, with trees cradling in j all directions, and the girl attempting to reach shelter. The photography is. excellent, and is worthy of the Metro Corporation. The part of Mildred Spencer, daughter of the missionary, is said to be a triumph for Alice Terry,• and the work of Ramon Novarro is also on a high plane.

PRINCESS THEATRE. Booth .Tarkington's celebrated novel, "Gentle Julia," has been produced on the screen by William Fox, and will be seen at the Princess Theatre to-morrow. Like "Seventeen" and the "Pernod" series, it contains delightfully humorous studies of the younger generation. The heroine is a captivating young woman in her early twenties, whose train of admirers grows longer with each . new . acquaintance simply because she does not have the heart to turn any of them away. This condition of affairs induces a youthful niece and nephew* to interest themselves in her adventures of the heart, with unhappy results to the parties most concerned. The ease and skill with which Tarkington handles his subject will be grasped quickly bv everyone familiar with the reputation of' this . talented novelist and playwright. He has never written anything more subtly truthful or more entertaining. The title role is acted by pretty and accomplished Bessie Love, one of the best known actresses on the screen. Another attraction on the programme will be "The Spanish Dancer, Vols. Negri's latest vehicle for Paramount. This production is a gorgeous romance of the days of Old Spain in the reign of King Henry IV. It has been classed among the most brilliant productions of the year, and Miss Negri; has one of those i roles assigned her in which her magnetic, personality is set to its best advantage. Besides Miss Negri, those who take part include Antonio Moreno, .who is featured, supported by Wallace Beery, kathlyn Williams, Gareth Hughes and_Adolphe Menion. A Sunshine comedy. The bathhouse Tangle," will also be shown. '

LYRIC THEATRE. " Pied Piper Malone." a Booth Tarkington story, heralded as one of the season's most brilliant attractions, will be shown at the Lyric Theatre to-morrow. To those who remember Tom Meighan s work in " The Miracle Man, ' Ricks" and " The Bachelor Daddy, this offering -will come as a most welcome attraction. The story deals with the fortunes of a young man'who becomes an outcast in his town through reports being circulated that he was unfaithful and cowardly when his ship was wrecked in a storm; Lois IWilson plays tho role of the girl who sticks to him though he suffered ostracism. | Tommy Meighan has always been a favjpurite of young children, and this fine; quality is admirably brought out in jlhis picture. Booth Tarkington evinced a' keen interest in the filming of his story, written especially for Mr. Meighan. He was on the " sets ' during the filming of the greater part of •this story. Although several of Mr. 'Tarkington's jjovels have been put into picture form s this is the first he has written originally for the ji screen, and the first one he has actually had a- working j>art in. ■ , 1 . QUEEN'S THEATRE.. The new doable programme to be presented at the Queen's Theatre to-morrow will include a dramatic story of the underworld.. "The Exquisite Thief/' featuring Prisciila Dean, and a comedy-drama, "Schooldays," with Wesley Barry in the leading role. The week s comedy will be a Buster Keaton vehicle, "The. High Sign." ,

STRAND THEA'O&E. / After a ■week morrow an entirely ; n w hich be offered, tlie chiijf .attraictio wai b, th. «-»»:«%,<,' a & duction is described as a; wJtJ) by faith Green, it has pmi to tho screen in all the vmd and realistic style of the original story.f The stcryts laid i« North Limits, Canada, a i g lumber tract which lS ][ tß . r^ 6d c t y o lair men from Glengarry; ior, ; the Si Uair Lumber Co. There is ■ and feud between the ,GjleagaJ*y aag . and the shanty-men n-oi the An, ? r JP? Lumber Co., who are l?d,|by l. p A oW fo®j Frenchman, Louis L ' > ° 0 , 5 /" the r j ver finally culminates in a Wrarelv which for action and thrills hasr * been equalled. In addition so ™°, tensely exciting scenes theie is • a deep love interest throughout which 3B E P plied by tho compf,cations & nd d-W ! ICS s^etheart, Kate Murray."' The photography^anisettines are said to ho of' a high-orde , and tfie cast has been selected with great care. It is made up of snch Warner P. Richmond, An der | and Marian Swayne. S 5 and Mr. Arthur Ripley, will sing at the evening sessions. " • MUNICIPAL ORGAN RECITAL. A programme of organ, violin and plana music has been arranged .for the recital in the Town Hall, 6n Saturday evening. The city organist;' Mr. Maughan Barnct,,, will have the assistance ot Mus Baker, violinist, and Mr; J. Simpson, vocalist, .

BOHEMIAN ORCHESTRA. The Bohemian Orchestra's second concert of the season will be held in the Town Hall this evening. A most attractive programme has been provided, -and the concert promises to be one ol the finest vet given by the orchestra. Mr. Colin Muston will'be conductor and Miss Edith Whitelaw will he loader.

RAINBOW REVELLERS. The well-known troupe of amateur entertainers. the Rainbow Revellers, will again make their appearance in Auckland in the Town Kail Concert Chamber j next Wednesday. If the llifch standard of their previous performances are maintained in the new programme the entertainment should 1 be an excellent ; on *- •The proceeds of the entertainment 'will be devoted to the Sistor Hannah Building Fund. The box plans for the four nights' season are now open at Lewis .'R. Eady and Son, Limited; Queen Street.