THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

PALACK

The big success of the laughing programme now showing at the Palace Theatre was continued this afternoon at.

the matinee, and the performance will be repeated to-night and to-morrow night, at • 7.30. “Fatty” Arbuckle, in the six-reel comedy drama causes the heartiest laughter from the beginning, keeps the fun going with the aid of a splendid cast, and finishes the play with a. burst of hilarity. The story tells ol

Ihe plight of a commercial traveller,who through a practical joke is put off on a little junction station. Then comes a whirl of intrigue and love-making and jealousy and lots of other incidents that make.the spectators laugh and keep them, at it. “Scratch My Back” is another delightful entertainment on the bill. It is a society comedy drama from

the popular novel by Rupert Hughes; At the opera one night an impulsive young man secs a pretty young. lady twitch her shoulders as if in distress.

The young man, seeing the cause, leaned over, and with his finger deftly scratched th e back of the lady. A harmless im-

pulsive thing enough, but unconventional, tiie result is one of the happiest, and most, entertaining stories of its kind yet printed. Helene Chadwick and a splendid cast act so that there is not a dull moment in the six delightful acts. The supporting programme is a splendid one, amongst the more successful items being “Home Brew,” a brilliant and funny Broadway comedy, a New Zealand* scenic travelogue, the English Topical Budget, the Gaumont Gazette, and round two of “The Leather Pushers” will be presented, also Wallace Reid, in the big sensation, “Across the Continent.” .

EVERYBODY’S. The. comedy-drama, “The Turn of a Card,7. screening at Eeverybody’a Theatre, is an , unusually successful mixture of thrills and fun, with a strong human interest. A young man who has struck a rich pocket in oil jplays a game with q square but reckless professional gambler, and pursues his luck to a victorious finish by skinning “Ace High” of his cash and finally of a Long Island estate. The hero takes oyer his estate on Long Island, and, with his oil income, proceeds to live life to its fullest extent. Thither comes “Ace High’s” daughter, fresh from her school in Europe, unknowing of the course of events. The story takes a. most humorous turn. The scenes include the opening of a “gusher,” fighting in plenty, and a deliciously humorous love story. The ever-welcome Fox star, Shirley Mason, in “The Ragged Heiress,” a picture dealing with Ylie trials and misfortunes of a young girl who has been reared inpoverty, ignorant of’ the fact that she is the* rightful possessor of a fortune. The story abounds in pathos, sprinkled with delicate humor. In ad'dition

“Springtime,” .the Mermaid- comedy-, caused endless enjoyment,' and the Pathe Review was thoroughly enjoyed.