STRAND THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12211, 8 August 1925, Page 2

STRAND THEATRE

A SPLENDID PROGRAMME, programme %hich commenced at the Strand Theatre ld«t evening ia one ot the finest presented at that popular picture house for some time. The mam feature is “Head Winds/' and the supporting programme consists of the third episode of “In the Days of Darner Boone/' a lightnidg comedy. Horrible Hollywood/' and the latest Topical Budget. House Peters, in the role of a wealthy yachtsman, taking advantage _of the man-made law that all is fair in love and war,” dared convention in the wooing of his shrew kidnapping her and taming her on the briny sea in his latest.starring ve-' hide, ‘Head Winds,’.’ a Universal fearafu , east ' includes Patsv Ruth Miller, who plays opposite House Peters. A particularly interesting fact is that the entire United States Pacific *°{ , b part in this picture,. and •all the ships that are visiting Wellington were included. The third episode of “In the Days Eoone’’ is, if anything, more thrilling than the first two episodes. This one tells Of the handing of the Declaration of Independence by George Washington to Jack, Gordon, who was told to take it to Thomas Jefferson. Vyashington’s enemies heard of tho mission, and set out to capture the Declaration, and the many trials of Gordon before he succeeded in his task make for thrill npon thrill. The comedy ig said to be a. regular laughter special, and the Topical Budget contains most interesting pictorial news from home, there is a splendid and varied musical programme. .A film of exceptional interest is the one which shows the entire American Fldet which, is coming to New Zealand. The spectacle is without a doubt a magnificent One and should be witnessed by many, both before and after the arrival of the fleet at Wellington.