THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16320, 2 January 1924, Page 5

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

PALACE THEATRE. | Thomas Meighan, one of the screen's M biggest favorites, was presented in "The M Ne'er Do Well," at Die Palace Theatre I bills afternoon, and Alice Brady, another Sj popuiar star, was seen at her best in an fascinating dramatic play, "The Lc°- R pardess." Tho supporting programme isjgl an excellent one, the comedy andjm Gazettes and scenic subjects being par-IB tieularly bright and entertaining. "Thejffi Ne-er Do Well" is probably thei most'! popular of Rex Beach's novels, and was i one of the best selling novels for years, ffi and it makes a most captivating picture. || Thomas Meighan, as Kirk Anthony, is | iht? wayward son of a railway magnate. || Wlnle carousing with several of his as-;! sociates he meets a crook who pretends jR to be a detective. The fellow suggests jl to Kirk's companions that it would be ; || a groat joke to"ship Anthony to Panama ip without a cent in bis pockets. ■^* o ji sooner said than done. So it is that I Anthony finds himself far from homejE and with no means of communication. 11 Thou the! thrilling moments and the | •mirth provoking episodes begin. He gels || himself into great trouble with the J E authorities, and falls desperately in love | with a beautiful Spanish girl. How hcjß

becomes a real man and wins a charming woman for his wife makes an appealing romance, "The Leopardess," with A\ihp Brady in the name part, is the romance of a South Sea. dancer and an American millionaire who tried to tame her. The story is one of many thrills, and gives Alius Brady her most alluring role. Another matinee will be held to-morrow. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

"Mighty Lak' a Rose," the First National special feature., with Dorothy MacKnil as the star, Harold Lloyd in the super comedy, "His Royal Slyness," and Lloyd Hamilton in the Mermaid comedies', will be the principal attractions to-night at Everybody's. One may have noticed how he will find himself humming, over and over again, the fragment of a song that has lingeredin his memory. It has left an impression that brings happiness as one unconsciously repeats it fo himself. And this is exactly what will happen when you see "Mighty Lak' a Rose," the new Eld-win-Carewe First National production. The theme and the scenes of the play drift back across one's mind like the echo of an unforgettable song. The story tells of Rose Duncan, a young and' beautiful violiniste. who finds herself in the hands of a band of thieves, and through her gentle nature and music, leads them to brighter paths', and one of them to a great sacrifice for her. James Rennie. Dorothy MacKnil, Anders Randolf, Sam Hardy, Harry Short, Hellene Montrose, and the beautiful Scotch collie, "Jean Bronte" have the leading parts in this play, called a Symphony of Life in the High .and Low Places. Besides Harold Lloyd in/ "His RoV'ai Slyness" and Lloyd Hamilton in "The Educator," a brace of outstanding comedies, "In the WakeJ of Captain Cook," travelogue and the English Gazette, will be the supports.