AMUSEMENTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16545, 27 September 1924, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S

A very attractive double feature' programme will be submitted at Evcrvbody's t o-jiiolit—the big features being "Watch Your Step.” with Cullen Landis and 1 Patsy Ruth filler as the stars, and “Thu Love Brand,” starring Roy Stewart. Two of the most youthful leading players on the screen, Patsy Ruth Miller and Cullen Landis, share honors in the. new Ooldwyn picture. “Watch. Your Step.” The picture portrays the foibles of youth, the daring of a young man and an even younger lady. The picture is a rural comedy with enough thrills to satisfy a. lover of wild western comedies. Bert Woodruff, as an old country storekeeper, gives a delightful performance., and William Orlamond, who has appeared in several Ooldwyn productions, has another humorous role in “Watch Your Step.” Roy Stewart’s latest starring vehicle “The Love Brand” has its settings in a country of far horizons. Much of the play was filmed on the sunlit mesas and wind-swept plains of Southwestrirn California. It is essentially a play of exterior scenes and the vast acreage of the famous Santa Marguerita rancho, one of the Inst remaining rancher; of the old Spanish land grants in California, was utilised in the making of the production. Thodsands of cattle and horses graze on the open plains, which offer virtually all the freedom of the unfenced range of earlier* days. In addition, the Century comedy, “Round Figures,” International News, and Australia’s Lakes of Killarney (scenic) will be screened. PALACE THEATRE. Znnc Grey’s magnificent and thrilling romance “of the great out-doors and ol f the narrow halls of jazz, “The Call of the Canyon,” was ono of the big attractions shown at the Palace Theatre this afternoon, to a large and enthusiastic audience. The second big picture was “Your Friend and Mine,” a powerful story of love and luxury, riches and roguery. The supporting pictures include one of the funniest farces of the year, “One Dark Night,” starring Joe Rock, who has the assistance of a largo number of clever comedians. Gazettes, and a Burton Holmes Travelogue round off the bill. “The Call of the Canyon” vividly depicts the inspiring contrast between crowded streets in New York and the open spaces of Arizona. Mr. Grey supervised the making of the picture, and has accomplished one of his greatest achievements. The east is a powerful one, headed by Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, and Majoric Daw. The plot concerns the experiences of Glen Kilbournc, played by Richard Dix, and Carley Burch, played by Lois Wilson, who is living the flapper life of merriment and • jazz, when her sweetheart returns from the war. She refuses to givq up city luxuries to go West. In Arizona he in van while meets Flo Huttcr _ (Marjorie Daw). Ho is about to marry her, when Calley Burch arrives from New York. What follows makes one of the strongest dramatic rQmances ever written and screened by Zane Grey. “Your Friend and Mine” is an entirely different kind of picture, but equally full of dramatic situations, and it contains a splendid love theme. Enid Bonnet, Iluntly Gordon, Willard Mack, and other stars make the play one to be remembered. “IF WINTER COMES.”

No picture of recent years has created such an impression as the William Fox presentation of A. S. At. Hutchinson’s much-discussed romance, “If Winter Comes.” The novel created a sensation ii,i every part of the English-speaking world. Some readers proclaimed it to be the greatest and most heart-burning story ever written. Others, not catching the spirit of the story at the first glance, missed the greatness of the novel, and put it aside, only to pick it up later to find out the secret, of its wonderful success. For more than a year the book was widely discussed. To'May the interest has waned, but- the memory of the story will live. The picture is greater than, the book, for it visualises Air. Hutchinson \s powerful characters vividly, and wins the sy rmpathy of every person' who sees it. There are .more tears and move laughter in the picture than the average person would believe could be put into such a poignant romance. : The picture follows the book faithfully; and it. does more, it drives home the tragedy of the lives of the leading characters, and it grips the heart with no uncertain grasp from the opening scene. “If Winter Comes”, is heralded by critics to be the greatest picture made in the past BENEFIT ENTERTAINMENT. A programme of outstanding merit has been prepared for the benefit entertainment which is being tendered to Mr, and Airs. May in the Opera House on Thursday evening next. It has been left that Mr. andi Airs. Ala,y are deserving of some recognition for the manner in which they have assisted various local causes, and every endeavor is being mad© to ensure that the function achieves the success which it undoubtedly deserves. t The whole-hearted co-operation of Gisborne’s leading talent lias been secured, and the entertainment should ho one of the most attractive presented in Gisborne for a long time. The box plan is at Millars corner.