AMUSEMENTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11504, 28 September 1915, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

I j QUEEN'S THEATRE, j Ah entertaining sot of pictures was | screened at tlie Queen's Theatre yes- ! terday afternoon, when the change of programme was made. _ The principal film, "Tho Frame Up,"' was a sensational drama of life in the "underworld of a big American city. The picture showed in graphic detail the methods of three "crooks," two c>f whom were in lore with the same woman. The film was capably acted and well produced, although it was not of <an elevating nature. It showed how one "crook" was able to drag his rival into trouble by means of a "frame up." "He Wouldn r t Stay Down " was a Keystone comedy with Ford Stirling in the leading role. "Pure Gold" was a pathetic drama., showing how a good woman tried to help an isolated miner. The miner misunderstood her at first, but the story had a. happy conclusion. A comedy, "The Wily Widow," and an (excellent edition of tho "Topical i Budget " completed the programme, i which will be repeated to-day. I G RAND THEATRE. | " Our Boys," a comedy written by H. j J. Byron forty yean; awas the star film at tho Grand Theatre yesterday. j Though the play was necessarily at a ; discount in a film, all the dialogue hav- ; ing iie-;:e«snrilv to bo foregone, tho film i had much merit: as a. photo-play. __ ! he, ' series of " liif .Haver Ivey was perhaps the most thrilling picture shown. Too look up 'he story from the abduction <;f the heroine and In r nnm-isoi'impnt in an opium d.m. Her linn coo, the yo-.iuc engineer, couirivod to get a taxieaH driver to take him :o the d'en. and h- and a deserve wandered through a labyrinth ot itassaces and moving coraparlmcsts ' n l L„rh <S girl.' Tho (!«■ j eudeavoiin'd »o remove her. hut by a ! s "r r oke of fortune, the rescuers managed i t» net on the trail, and after a seusa- ! tioiial pur'ir.t in a motor-boat the sirl r.-stored to her Inends. The '• V.'arwick Chronicle" contained a , r , rn ,W of items dealing frith the prev-,. rr :sic and a fine drama entitled •The Greatest Surprise of My Life" completed the programme.. The same films will be shown to-dny.