AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 December 1925, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

BARBARA LA MARR AND CONWAY | TEA RLE IN “THE HEART OF I A SIREN." | Two famous screen stars will be seen cnce more at Fullers this evening. Miss La Marr, as a .siren of the gayest of the gay spots of Europe—the Riviera —has a role even better than that in which she played with Tearlc in “The White Moth.” Famous for her lavish costumes, she wears 'all array of the new Paris styles—iiegligos, day frocks and a .splendour of evening gowns—which would captivate the fancy of any woman. Tearie’s role as a poor but aristocratic English diplomat, also is admirably suited to him. 'Hie.' plot i finds the pair stopping at. the same j sumptuous hotel in the Riviera. The J siren’s entry is a signal for all the i men in view at once to desert their ladies fair and stare with dazed admiration upon the. gorgeous creature as she ; passes—that is, all but one. The ! diplomat, with his mother and his j fiancee, lgnors her, and, womanlike, she j resolves to crush Ms heart, as she lias j the hearts of scores of others. The climax comes when, having won his ! love, she finds .her love gone out to i him in return, while between the two rise the insurmountable barrier of his ' aristocratic family. There are many highly dramatici. scenes in, which Miss La Marr and Tearlo- perhaps present the best acting of their screen careers. On the same programme is another of the clever juvenile comedies, “About Face.” a. most interesting subject. “Valley of 1000 Smokes.” and the “Gaumont Graphic.”- Scats may be i reserved through 'phone 570. | “THE RIGHTING SMILE”—AT THE GRAND. That “youth will be served’’ i.s demonstrated all through the thrilling picture “The Righting Smile.” which opens to-night at the Grand Theatre. Bud Brant, played by Bill Cody, is sent for by Ms old father to help him with his ranch, and arrives just at a. crucial moment, to find changes in Ms birthplace, notably on the neighbouring ranch, where Craddock and his wife, with 'his stop-daughter. Rose Ernyne, are now living. Because they do not . take his arrival in a good spirit. Bud j immediately senses that something is wrong. Tie arrives at his lalhet s ranch to find there a cowboy. vhose life lie has mice saved. 1 his man is ' in league with the rustlers, but when lie finds his saviour is the son of the man whom he . has been robbing, he. tells Craddock.Tie,.is. “going /straight." hut Craddock, feeling ho knows too muon about their business, kills Mm, lmt I,el ore he dhR he Shows' IBM how to heal the cattle, cache in the MIR. ■ 't all the action that lollfiws. Bud finds to his surprises that -he is being helped at everv point.'by Rose Eraync. and together they go through.,many, trying experiences before they finally win. bach , all Ids father has lost. ■J he .spmt nith | which Bill Cody- as the'prodigal Bud. .mes through his part m thou uiid i- -. Tin-. is expressed by his smilm ninth : ‘uMovs presold, whether fighting. nr elaviuo’. Included m the brilliant east. I •m'iearmg in support, ol Bill 1 odg. is , „Vn,i Arthur, as Hose !• rayne. Arthur has charm.and poise, in at ddmn I, being a splendid actress. t m MBrinlev. Georg.' Mngnll and Bdie i\ ’« ...... ~llr| i M thrir various liomu'il aic limit. ni cm »- *<l).. + ;,,, ‘supports include the latest. lat N -ani' u i i cartoon, a Rn'PPV eoinedv entitle 1 "f-Adj S R k «'T ‘ |. t , |. ( ,. ( , n -c(l usual. PiuuK'-