AMUSEMENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18624, 4 August 1922, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

The new programme to be introduced at the Octagon Theatre to-day includes as its leading features “Man to Man” and “The Idle Rich.” “Broken Blossoms,” an adaptation from the “Limehouse Nights,” is the central attraction of' the current scries of pictures at Everybody’s Theatre. A well-varied programme is at present being shown at the Queen’s Theatre with “Hail the,Woman” as the principal attrao(ion. Katherine MacDonald isi at present appearing at the King Edward 'Theatre in Robert Chambers’s story, •‘The Turning Point.” Diversity is a strong feature of the present programme at the Empire Theatre. The incidental music also enhances the pleasure of patrons. There will be a complete change of programme at the Grand Theatre to-day, when Johnnie Walker and Edna Murphy will bo featured in a Fox five-act comedy drama, “Extra! Extra!” and Elaino Harainorstem in a six-act Solznick drama, “Why Announce Your Marriage?” The supports will include Topical Gazettes, comedy, and a serial. “Extra! Extra!" featuring Johnnie Walker and Edna Murphy, and “Why Announce Your Marriago?”_ a Selznick drama, with Elaine Hammcrstein in the loading ,rolo, are the two main attractions at the Plaza Theatre to-day. Thete is also a good list of supports, including Topical Gazettes, a comedy, and an episode of the current serial.

A double-feature series is at present attracting largo attendances to the Grand Theatre. A Western drama and a society story are the leading features. Two interesting dramas—one dealing with life in the Far West and the other with society life—are nt present being shown at (he Plazn Theatre.