AMUSEMENTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17057, 11 June 1926, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

THE PALACE. A crowded house witnessed the. screening of "The Dixie Handicap" at the Palace last night. li is a " thrilbr " of the racecourse, where hearts and reputations are at stake. " The Dixie Handicap " w ill he finally i-creenvd to night. An excellent east of serein favorite-;, including Claire Windsor. Lloyd Hughes, and: Frank .Keen, are seen. li, tells the. story of an impoverished judge. arLstoer.it of the eld school, who, to save bis beloved daugliJ ter from a mercenary marriage, sells his horse Dixie that lie loved better than his life. Dixie wins one of the most exciting hors.o races ever .seen on the Rims, and saves the situaticn. "The: Dixie Handicap " easily leads the field of racing pictures. Not in a generation has there been a photoplay of Ihe turf that carried 1 with it such a hue tinman characterisation. ? sell amusing in cide.nl and such a cumulative dramatic punch. Commencing at the matincss to-mor-row, the premiere comedienne of the screen, Bene Daniels, supported by Harrison Foul, will bo seen in her funniest oicture to date. " Lovers in Quarantine.'' It was adapted for the screen from the successful stage play, "Quarantine." Accidents will batmen in the best regulated households, bat. when the firs! happens to be an elopement with the wrong ■ ill. and the second leaves (hem stranded in quarantine for a doctor's silly mistake, and then.—- Yon will wan! to see the complications of ihis picture. It is the h'.Nt 'Daniels comedy you have seen yet, and Belie has made some really funny ones. I-: vi :v.\ bodvs. In "A Man of Iron" Ihe Universal Jewel production, screening' at Everybody's for the last timo to-night, Lionel Barrymoie has one of ihe' finest vehicles of his distinguished career. In the role of I'hilip Durban, the Ironmaster, he creates a role that for strength and clear-cut characterisation stands out piormuenth\among the finest of all screen interpretations. The story deals with (lie domestic struggle of Philip Durban. whose wife shuns him from the day of Iter marriage because of her infatuation for it foreign nobleman. .Mildred Harris, who has been starred in many productions, is lovely as cell as convincing in the roll of Martha. Durban, who plays her part with splendid, restraint. As usual at this iheatre the supporting pi, tares are of the best, among them being a Wanda Wiley comedy "A Winning Way." the International News, and a Charles Puffy comedy entitled ['Nicely Kewarded." "The Scarlet West.'! First National's offering for Saturday, is a gripping chronicle of those stirring days when the west was the home of adventure. Buffalo Bill, Ccnerai Custer, the pony express. the prairie schooner, and the gold stampedes are all woven into the tale, 'the white sister. Once again there was a good attendance at the Opera House last night to witness the screening of the excellent Metro-Ootdwyn picture, '-The White Sister.'" Lillian Cash has seldom if ever been seen to better advantage titan as Ihe lovable Italian girl, who, through the supposed death of her lover, decides io take the vows of a. White Sister. The portrayal of the ceremony •» vyhieji she takes her final vows was :, masterly piece of acting. The prologue, which was,given by Miss Rita Sexton nut! a number "' local artists, added greatly to the effectiveness of the picture and produced the atmosphere so essential to its Biieecssi'yl presentation. From start to finish die picture is admirably presented and artistically filmed, and the reason for its wonderful success is readily apparent once it hits beeii seen.

''The -filial screening will take place this evening, The plans are at Tattersnll and Bayly's,