AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20268, 29 November 1927, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPIRE THEATRE. Senorita Francesca, a pretty little Span uh maid, of South America, with tin blood of the old grandees coursing madlj in her veins, and seeking expression ir deeds of derring-do, is to be seen in th« role of a diminutive but spirited male, al the Empire Theatre this week. Bcb( Daniels, who for comedy drama work is incomparable, plays the title role in this picture, “ Senorita,” and she enacts hei part to perfection. Francesca is a gir who is reared in New York, and when her aged grandfather, whose ranch in South America is being depleted by the in. cessant raids of his feudal enemies, the Oliveros, thinking she is a boy, sends fox her, she answers his summons in the spirii it is meant, and there appears on the scene the swashbuckling caballero, Senox Francesco, whose skill with the sword amazes friend an discomfits foe._ Hovs Francesca defeats the Oliveros, wins back her cattle, and makes her enemies the laughing stock of the country, is showr in a sequence of delightfully humorous events told in the best film style. Francesca is small, but she can do a lot c damage who;; she sets her mind to it Further, she has the agility of a monkey, and by means of her ability to shin up a post, swing from a curtain into an unsuspecting gi'oup of men, and to dodge knives and fists, she captures a whole room full of evil robbers. Rut, as luck would have it, she falls in love with the leader or the Oliveros, Roger, who, ignorant of his cousin’s iniquities, believes Francesca’s grandfather to be nothing but an old bandit. But things are happily adjusted in the end. Roger and Francesca are united and the arch culprit is made to look very foolish. There is also a fine supporting programme, including the first of a series of complete pictures called “ The Collegians.’’ OCTAGON THEATRE. None of Syd. Chaylin's many successful pictures has surpassed 11 Oh I What h Nurse,’’ which is the attraction at the Octagon Theatre this week. Indeed, it is one of the funniest pictures seen in Dun. edin for many a day. In this picture Chaplin has been caught in one of his merriest mopds, and the result is that it is uproariously funny from start to finish June Harrison, the story runs, in a state of perplexity, writes to Dolly Whimple, editor of the advice-to-the-lovelorn column of the Press Gazette, asking whether a girl should marry a man she does not love in order to please her guardian. Dolly answers that she should never marry for anything but love, and, thus encouraged, June breaks off her engagement to Clive Hurst. Her uncle, who has arranged the match, is infuriated. Dolly, it happens, is really a “ cub ” reporter named Jerry Clark, and the uncle, Tim Harrison, is a powerful politician, who demands that the newspaper proprietor should dismiss Dolly forthwith. Jerry is summoned from home to try to straighten things out. June happens to he on a ferry boat at the same time as Jerry, who rescues her from a watery grave, hut he is picked up by a speed' boat, and finds himself amongst a hand of bootleggers. He is forced into a widow’s disguise, and goes to June s home to make explanations to her uncle. Jnne tells him that the man she really loves is the man who rescued her, but the disguise is revealed, and Jerry takes refuge in flight. Finally he has to don a nurse’s garments, and after some strange experiences everything is straightened out. QUEEN’S THEATER " The Sea Tiger,” showing at the Queen’s Theatre, is a powerful sea story in which Milton Sills has the leading role. It is the atoiy of a Spanish fisherman who is torn between love for his weak brother and his adoration of a fisherman’s daughter' in the same village. The brothers quarrel, but the Sea Tiger, as the fisherman is called, makes a great sacrifice by steering the middle course. Mary As tor has a prominent role in this picture, which combines all the qualities which make for success in a film. A good supporting programme is provided. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. An attractive double feature programme is offered at Everybody’s Theatre this week. The first is an absorbing drama, not without humour and romance, entitled “The Monkey Talks.” Olive Borden and Jacques Denser play the leading roles. The second feature is “ Heaven on Earth,” with Renee Adoree and Conrad Nagel enacting the principal characters. It is a thoroughly entertaining programme. PLAZA AND GRAND THEATRES. Pete Morrison, a Western player whose popularity is rapidly growing, has the principal, role in “ Bucking the Truth,” the chief attraction at the Plaza and Grand Theatres. It is an exciting story and makes firet-class entertainment. A second picture, “ The Little Irish Girl,” featuring Dolores Costello, is shown.