SUCCESSFUL OPENING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 638, 15 April 1929, Page 13

SUCCESSFUL OPENING

MOULIN ROUGE, REMUERA ! The new policy of dancing after the picture programme was successfully f I inaugurated a.t the Moulin Kouge r I Theatre (late Tudor Cinema), Remuera, jon Saturday, evening. Under the j direction of Mr. L. U. Speedy, the theatre has been altered, multi-coloured lighting effects installed, and the j ground floor relaid for dancing. On Saturday evening pictures were shown until 10 p.m., when the floor was rapidly cleared, and dancing on- - joyed until midnight to the music by a jazz orchestra on the stage. This policy will he followed on every Wednesday and Saturday evening. On Tuesday evenings dancing only will be held. ROYAL SHOWS “HANGMAN’S HOUSE” ' So popular a book as Dorm Byrne's ; "Hangman’s House" was bound to be adapted for the screen, and lovers of the novel will be grateful to the movie people for keeping intact the main features of the talc. j Filmed for the most part in Ireland ; itself, -Hangman’s House," the picture ! now at the Royal Theatre. Kingsland. captures much of the glamour, the ! pathos and the gaiety of Irish life, be*|sides tolling a thrilling' tale. Particu- | larly dramatic are the scenes showing | • i the great steeplechase and the burn- r j ing of Hangman’s House, in which j ! John Darcy, the villain of the piece, j ! meets a fitting end. The acting in the Hint is splendid, j I particularly that of Victor McLaglen ’ fas Citizen Hogan. June Collyer makes , )a. bewitching Irish colleen, and Larry ! 1 Kent, as Dermott. is excellent. "Moran of the Marines" is the second j ' feature. This is an amusing story of (the trials of a raw recruit, starring [Richard Dix, 1