AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16378, 28 June 1927, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

KVEItY BODY S Tho rust ot “i he Man Without a .(’onscienee,” the attraction at Everybody's to-night, boasts t lie services 01 two-tilths ot the entire Warner tiros, contracted players. They are Irene. i; u .ji. Willard Lotus, who lias the title ■mle. June .Marlowe, “the girl with the son 11 n I eyes. ’ and John I'a t nek. It is the lirst" tune that so many' contract ptavers on W arner tiros, lot have been assembled in ilie same pictuie. the .story is of a man ruthlessly determined to win success and wealth, and prepared to throw over Ins fiancee, ruin his friends and commit himself to a career of unscrupulousness to aetneve liis end. This picture cannot tie shown for more than one night, as John Barrymore, in the special production, “The Sea Beast," commences to-morrow at the matinee. I lie suppoits are a good lot and include “The Lost Whirl,” two-reel comedy; "Marathon Dancers,” Aesop (•aide; and Bathe Gazette. “I UK SKA BEAST" “The Sea Beast,’’ Die Warner picture first, marks John Barrymore’s return to tlm screen, opening at the matinee at Everybody s to-morrow, is described as "an epic ot the golden age of American sen-faring adventure. tt deals with tlm 1840 whalers. Barrymore appears as Aliab t’eeley, the New England sailor who fails in'We with a missionary's daughter whom he meets on a voyage to Java. His brother, Derek, burns with hate at the success of Aliab as a lover, and when the brothers are off on a hunt for an enormous white whale, known as .Moby Dick, his chance tor vengeance comes. Out m a little boat, A hid.) is the first to plunge the harpoon into the whale. Ho is glowing with the pride ot victory w hen Derek, pushes him overboard into /lie churning waters. Allah's leg is amputated as a result ol the sea beast’s bile. Crippled and apparently deserted by the girl he loves) Aliab scours the seas, a prey to the tormenting demons of revenge and despair. Caring nothing for life, he lives amid sudden death and ever-present danger. But. m the end, Ahnb’s story is the story of an unconquerable soul. Barrymore, who toyed so beautifully through the pretty romancings of "Beau Brurnmol" and with such blood-curdling power through the horrors of “Dr. jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” is said in “The Bea Beast” to have at last found a picture that gives full scope to the multitudinous powers that have given him his position as the foremost American actor of screen or stage. The picture was adapted to the screen by Bess Meredvth from Herman Melville’s novel •TMobv Dick.'' Owing to the length of ‘The Sea Beast” only a Gazette will be shown in addition. THE PALACE What would you do if you were a beautiful girl of and didn’t have a “steady'’ fellow or even a “once-in-a-while?” This is the situation which confronts Louise Heller, portrayed by Virginia Valli, in the William Fox production. “The Family Upstairs.” screening to-night at the Palace Theatre. .Miss Valli gives one of file finest performances of her career. The film is an adaptation of the famous New Cork stage success of the same name. Miss Valli plays the part of a cashier m a wholesale vegetable market. The girl’s mother bewails the fact that her daughter is without a sweetheart. Louise is an exceedingly shy person. Her younger sister declares that Louise need not bother dolling up because she would likely run from a man if one spoke to tier. Louise meets a young bank teller, Charles Grant, played by Allan Bimpson. Voting Grant endeavors to muster up enough courage to ask Louise to have, lunch with him, but his shyness and her lack of encouragement cause him to be speechless at the crucial moment. But one day they take a stroll, become friendly, and finally fall in love. Later Grant proposes and Louise accepts him- He tells her that Ins salary is small but that he hopes for success through hard work and study. Love is nil that matters, she assures him. “Ala” Heller, the mother of the girl, nearly ruins the romance when she informs the lowly-paid clerk Hint her daughter has been reared in luxury. Grant, in despair, decides that the girl is beyond his reach. The story unfolds in dramatic fashion.

The scenery for the “Sleeping Reality,” to he presented at the Opera House this week, will bp the best yet " shown here in juvenile operetta. The operettas presented by the pupils of Misses Millar and Gallaehan have always been marked by the delightful scenery. The moon scene and the palace scene in the “Sleeping Beauty” are especially beautiful and are claimed to surpass any previous attempt. The preparation of the scenes has been in the hands of Mr. T. G. Johns, and they are a credit to him. Great pains have been taken to make “Sleeping Beauty” an unqualified success, and the public, and more particularly the children, should be enchanted by the-production.