AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20202, 13 September 1927, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPIRE THEATRE. Many Dunedin theatre-goers remember with delight the entertaining musical comedy—" Kid Boots'’—which toured New Zealand a few years ago and created unusual interest. Now that the film version of this delightful farce has made its appearance, the unique title has been revived in the memory of everyone, and the opportunities of seeing the " Kid Boots ol screenland are being ta-keu eagerly. This special production is being shown at the Empire Theatre this week. Paramount have crammed a great deal of humour into the story, and with a variety of settings made possible by the motion picture camera, plus a cast that is admittedly ot the all-star variety, have produced a picture that will live us one of the best and most entertaining comedies screened this year. Clara Bow is a women’s swimming instructor, and she falls in love with Eddie Cantor, an abused caddie revelling in the name of “ Kid Boots.” Billie Dove is the daughter of the hotel proprietor. Kid Boots visits the Belmore Gahle Hotel with Tom Sterling, who is anxious to spend the few days before his divorce away from the schemes of his late wife, as a golf instructor. From then on the situation develops on most amusing linos, and the golf course provides the background of a number of hilarious incidents. A special attraction on the programme offered by the Empire is the dancing of pupils from the Otago School of Dancing, who will appear each evening. OCTAGON THEATRE. A picture with a really unsual human appeal is “The Fourth Commandment.” at. present being screened before big audiences at the Octagon Theatre. The great success of this picture may rightly be attributed to the fact that it has an everyday theme treated in an artistic and most unusual way. It is real and true to life, striking a chord that cannot fail to find uu echo wherever an audience gathers. It tells of ! prosperous family which is reduced practically to destitution following a disastrous fire. In order to secure a living, and with the object of providing funds for the proper education of her son, the mother opens a boarding house and makes enough money to send the boy to college. The son falls in love with the daughter of a wealty architect, but her parents do not approve of the match, and, in the end, he marries a stenographer. She tires of the modest life he is able to offer her, and seeks a position with a wealthy man, who tries to win her from her husband. In the meantime, she ana her husband live with the mother. She disagrees with the mother and runs away with her tempter, leaving mother and son to nurse their grief. In the end they find happiness, when the first girl of the son’s choice returns to him, and the circumstances allow them to marry and bo happy. Associated in the picture are such players as Brady Cline, Catherine Wallace, and Leigh Willard, whoso work is quite above the ordinary. QUEEN’S THEATRE. Ginette is a waitress in a French cafe, and so attractive is she that all the male, patrons desire to kiss her. Eventually one of them does, and then the fun starts. “A Kiss in a Taxi,” which is tho principal attraction at the Queen’s Theatre this week, is full of diverting comedy. It is a Paramount picture with Bobo Daniels, whoso comedy work is so well known, and Chester Conklin, of Mack Scnnctt fume, in the loading roles. There are excellent supporting films. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. Conrad Nagel and Beene Adoreo arc the featured players in "The Exquisite Sinner,” which is proving such an attraction at Everybody’s Theatre. Briefly, the story is of a young artist, who, tired of the life of money-grabbing which his family habitually pursues, feigns madness, and goes off to wander happily through the country with a gypsy girl. After thrilling adventures when tno young man’s friends try to capture him, the pair are married, and a satisfactory climax is reached. Tho other picture is “ Throe Hours,” with Corinne Griffith and John Bowers. PLAZA AND GRAND THEATRES. “ Hands Across tho Border,” which :s now being screened at the Plaza and Grand Theatres, is a story of the Mexican border and the stirring times which are tho rule there. Fred Thompson and Silver King have tho load, and Bess Flowers is the girl. “ The Great K. and A. Train Bobbery ” is the other feature. In this, Tom Mix, as a detective, runs a gang of train robbers down, and wins tho daughter of the president of tho railway company. Ho is ably assisted by his popular friend and co-actor, Tony.