ENTERTAINMENTS

Southland Times, Issue 18968, 15 June 1923, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

CIVIC PICTURES. BEBE DANIELS, CONRAD NAGEL HERBERT RAWLINSON. “Singed Wings” the new Paramount picture featuring Bebc Daniels and Conrad Nagel has been having a great run up north. The gorgeous frocking is one aspect of this production that has made it one of extraordinary attraction for the ladies, but the story holds a fascination that outweighs all other considerations, even the beautiful and artistic details with which the famous artist-director, Penshyn Stanlaws, has invested the whole eight reels. The story is unusual—most unusual—and is told in most unusual fashion. Beautiful Bebe Daniels is seen as a Spanish cabaret dancer, who is afraid of love. She has plenty of admirers, among them a half-witted clown, a married man of doubtful reputation, and Bliss Gordon a man about town. The artists, protraying these roles, Ernest Torrance and Adolph Menjou, give wonderful characterisations, and with the stars help to place the production on a plane by itself. A young man who gets arrested thirty times in thirty days for speeding, a dishonest mayoralty candidate, and a girl who believes too much of what she hears, are the principal characters in a speedy story “The Scarlet Car” featuring Herbert Rawlinson and Richard Harding Davis, the famous author, wrote the story, which is a guarantee of action and plenty of it. Herbert Rawlinson, dashing and popular young cinema star, and hero of a score of outstanding screen successes, plays the stellar role in this intriguing drama of political trickery and love. He is supported by an-', excellent cast including Claire Adams. Edward Cecil, Norris Johnson, Tom McGuire, Marc Robbins and Tom O’Brien. Reginald Denny and Hayden Stevenson his genial manager have another strenuous time in

“Round” 10 of “The New Leather Pushers.” By his work in “The Kentucky Derby” Denny has become more popular than ever, and each succeeding round of the “Pushers” is being eagerly looked forward to. Plans are open at the Bristol or seats my be I reserved on ringing No. 380. Usual prices prevail.

ALBION THEATRE.

CHARLES JONES, MAHLON HAMILTON AND LOUISE GLAUM TO-NIGHT. Another wonderful coterie of artists and subjects has been secured for presentation at this comfortable theatre to-night, headed by stars with reputations second to none. Teeming with action and suspense, “I Am Guilty,” screened at 8.45 pan., J. Parker Read’s latest picture through the Associated Producers, and starring Louise Glaum and Mahlon Hamilton, presents an original theme in an interesting and unusual manner. The story has to do with one Connie Mac Nair, a neglected wife, who is implicated in a murder mystery from which she has great difficulty in extricating herself. Left alone by a thoughtless husband, Mrs Mac Nair accepts the insistent invitation of a friend of her chorus days to attend a frolic given by a notorious pleasure-seeker. Following the party the host meets death in a mysterious manner, and as a result Connie Mac Nair is drawn in the web which is built around the tragic death of Garrick. A burn on the shoulder, caused by a struggle with Garrick, when he attempts to assault the unsuspecting Connie, caused the guilt to be placed on the shoulders of the neglected wife. This situation proves to be one of the strongest scenes ever visualised for the screen, and the denouncement of the heroine is followed by an unbroken chain of action. It is not until the last rt/el that the mystery is solved, and the mystery thus maintained makes “I Am Guilty” one of the really big pictures of the year. Sand—just sand—and plenty of nerve—mixed with high explosives—that describes Charles Jones in “Boss of Camp Four,” the Fox production which screens at 7.30 p.m. There is also a girl and a wonderful story of love. Romance, thrills and adventure, the sort that make you wish the picture lasted longer; they are all in this screen creation, presented in such a manner that you w’ill enjoy every second of the offering. The startling, whirlwind finish will make you gasp at its daring and sheer strength. The fun of the night is in the capable hands of the Sunshine Comedy Company, and in “Roaring Lions and Wedding Bells” patrons can be assured of at least twenty minutes’ hearty fun. The Fox News of the world completes a programme calculated to please every taste. Seats may be reserved by telephoning the Albion 738.