AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 11 May 1925, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

♦‘MANHATTAN” AT THU GRAND. New York’s underworld, is the home of all classes of men. Somo have been in the underworld all their lives, and their grandfathers beforo them. Their claim to fame in the slum kingdom is the reputation of their ancestors as bullies, and fighters, and their own skill or brute strength with their fists; Then there are others, social outcasts, sons of prominent men who have run amok in tho great city. A little of this “crooked” life was unfolded at the Grand Theatre on Saturday evening, when “Manhattan” was screened; The story is by no means sordid. It concerns a rich young man’s search for romanco and adventure. Ho finds both in “Hell’s .Kitchen,” tho most notorious place in Manhattan. Tney are all there; .the big burly brute, terror of tho neighbourhood, and the innocent girl who has forced upon her the brute’s attentions. It is a good exciting story from beginning to end, and the fights, for there are. plenty of them, are most willing. Richard Rix, as the wealthy young man and the hero of Hell’s Kitchen, acquits himself admirably, Jacqueline Logan makes a verv charming slum lily. The supports includo an interesting scenic, “Life on an Australian Cattle Station,” a Gazette, and a hilarious Christie comedy.

‘‘BROADWAY AFTER DARK.’* SPECIAL PRODUCTION.

Few pictures offer the attraction of tho \Varner Bros.’ production, "JirottU.way Alter Dark.” it. is an intensely real depiction of New Fork’s Broadway, with its wonderful atmosphere oi gaiety-—a gaiety that is yet interspersed witn ducidcnts of the seamy side or life. Tlio house at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening was enthusiastic m its appraisal of the film. The story is exceptionally well written, the settings excellently chosen, and the acting of a standard deserving of the highest approbation. With such a cast as Norma Shearer, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Burns, Anna (j. Nilsson, Carmel Myers, and Vera Lewis, it is littlo wonder that tho picture lias earned such a reputation. The charm of tho story is in its simplicity. It is woven round Ralph Norton (Adolpho Menjou), a wealthy young man, who has been brought up in one of New York’s wealthiest- homes. Norton imagines he is in love with a chorus girl, and when .she hands him tho “frozen mitt,” lie disappears from club life and resides at a third rate boarding house, where lie meets and falls in love with the “right girl,” in the person of Rose Dnlane. The supporting programme is an unusually fine one, and includes ono of the latest “Pathe Gazettes.” and “Robbing tho Rube” is a mirth-raising comedy, which is a laugh from beginning to end.