AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16874, 11 February 1929, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

OPERA HOCSI

"The Trail of '98," a Meti'o-Ookhvyu .Mayer mot ion picture, commences an extended season at the Opera House tonight. .What lli-.» "Covered Wagon" was to the West. "The Birth of a Nation,'' to the south, and "Way Down Kast" was to New Fuglaucl is just what •'The Trail of '9B" is to the far ninth. Ii is only once in a great, while that film producers succeed in finning out a real epic Metro■■< loldwyu-MaVer certainly hit on a story of epic lulality in "Tiie Trail of '9B,"*which was directed l.iv Clarence Brown, the writer of one review had expected to witness a great spectacle when he went to see the picture. What he did see was a love, story set in a spectacular frame. Clarence Brown has succeeded in doing something which is seldon done. He lias filmed: nnghiy spectacular scenes, but he shows them 'only to let you realise the effect they hive on the individuals in the picture. You see thousands of people in a scene, but that scene is not crowded. It lias square miles of backgroundbackground that, fakes away the spectacular and gives balance. The picture has real grandeur and magnificence, but it also has heart interest. Every member of tin- east deserves credit for what In; or (die. did, There is Dolores Del t!io. Ralph Forbes Karl Dane, and George Cooper. The. theme song "My Honeymoon Waltz" will be sung in an introductory prologue by Miss McCarthy.

THE PALACE' « As usual, many were again unable to gain admission at Jhc Palace oil Saturday night to see the fine doublefeature ' programme—Richard Dix in "Movan of the Marines," and "The Patsy." Ruth Elder has a groat motion picture future is the opinion of those who have watched her* and worked with her during her first experience as a screen player. _ With no previous experience, the girl who was the first of her sex to conquer the Atlantic by air,; performs like a seasoned trouper, according to frank St raver, director; and Richard Dix, star*of Paramount's "Moran of the Marines." the picture in which she makes 'her film debut. Imagine Marion Dav Les wearing her sister's "loft-off clothes," doing nearly all the housework —and mimicking .Lillian Gish, Mae Murray and Pola Negri, just, to show she is not downhearted'! Yet this is what she does in her latest Motro-Goldwyn-Mayw comedy, '' The Patsy." As*Patricia Harrington, the "uninteresting" member of an average family, Marion Dories goes through all the indignities of the Cinderella, sister. "The Patsy" is a rollicking comedy of domestic life, of human interest, laughs, and a human love story. Those who have visualised .Tack Holt in Western type pictures have a treat and surprise in store for them in Master Pictures' release, "The Tigress," which opens* at tomorrow's matinee. In this screen .story Holt forsakes his Western garb, and portrays a British nobleman, residing in the'mountains of Spain. As the Earl of Eddington, Holt has ample opportunity to get into red-blooded action, and proves that he is not limited to type productions. Opposite Holt is Dorothv Revier in a difficult and picturesque role, that of a gypsy, who, because of her nature, has been termed '' The Tigress.'' Interpreting tribal dances, and in feats of horsemanship shewins added laurels. , The atmosphere of gvpsy life is brought to the screen vividly, naturally, and free from all civilised restraint. It shows au intimate knowledge of the customs ami habits of the nomads. , v

MAJESTIC THEATRE

"The Last. Frontier," whicn proved such a success at the Majestic on Saturday, will be presented, again tonight, A buffalo hunt, in which 3000 animals from the Government game preserves, and J. 500 Indians take part, is a, feature of "The Last Frontier." ft is a western Metropolitan picture. William Bovd aud Marguerite De La Matte play'the leading roles. J. Farrell Macd'onald and .lack Hoxie appear in featured roles. Others in the cast are Mitchell Lewis, Frank Lackteen and Gkidvs Brockwell. The wnrl ride, of "Wild Bill" seeking nut lor ihe wounded and his interruption of the celebration; the death of Beta's father aend mother—the renunciation of Tom Kirby by Beth—Lige Morns the suspect; the dangerous trip to make peace with the Indians where Tom and Bill faced treachery and death, making the rounds of the tribes; the pact between Pawnee Killer and Lige,; and the discovery of the horse's'shod hoof are some of .the (thrills- included in this production. The supports'include. "Tho Reporter," Lupino Lane comedy, "Under Colorado Skies," travel scenic, and Fox .News Gazette.

Cosmopolitan Havana, with its wealth of Spanish charm, forms a colorful background for an important sequence in "The News Parade,'' the Fox feature comedy opening at the Majestic to-morrow night. The Cuban "capital and its nearby .tobacco plantations were made an integral part of the story. Nick Stuart plays the part of a newsreel cameraman who is pursuing Brandon Hurst, a camera-shy millionaire. Despite his inany mishaps and adventures, Nick finds .time to fall in love with the millionaire's beautiful daughter, Sally Phipps. Earl.e Poxe and Cyril King are the villains of the piece. After "Newsreel Nick" has pursued his quarry from New York to Lake Placid, then to Palm Beach, he has to take ship for Havana, where Hurst' is putting over a bigtobacco merger, . Authentic backgrounds were secured for till th'ese sequences. The director ami his company travelled from snow-grit Lake Placid to sunny Havana, with stops between to get "shots" of New York skyscrapers "and dashes through the traffic. The picture is packed with adventure, thrills, and romance. : The supports include "Should All Men Mnrrv,"' Fox comedy and. Fox News.