AMUSEMENTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17038, 11 May 1923, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

GRAND THEATRE. MARY PIGKFOR D. CHARLIE CHA PL J N AND FA TRB A NT\ S TO-MORROW. : The present programme, headed by “The Christian.” screening at the ; Grand will l>e shown for the Inst time j to-night. The other feature, “ Dinty,” • produced by Marshal! Neilan, has also j been very popular and despite the ex- | ‘.optionally rough weather good attend--1 ances have been the rule. I Tt the management of the Grand, in ; selecting the new programme which ! commences to-morrow, bad in mind the idea of presenting something to help patrons to chase away the depression of mind caused by the continuous rain and floods of the last week, they certainly seem to have been very successful. To secure three of the film’s greatest- stars, and each a famed mirth producer at that, is surely an achievement out of the ordinary. The three whose names are household words wherever films are screened —Mary Pick ford, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks appeal- as the principals in three fine pictures. Mary Pickford in The Hoodlum ” is a muddy heroine with i lofty purpose, and this adaptation of a famous story, Burkse’s Amy,” makes this production from her own studio a sensational achievement. The little star has. in her career, played many parts but never, it is said, has she so eclipsed herself a* in “ The Hoodlum." veritably a picture of contin sis. She shows that she possesses the rare gift of versatility m a degree that is, to say the least, astounding. If it were possible to add to the num- , her of her millions of admirers, “The He odium ” will achieve that end. Ip “Reggie Mixes In " Douglas Fairbanks shows the Fairbanks screen patrons used j to know and who, by just such work as | is shown here, achieved fame and aucI cess. The fun and action are fast and j furious all the way and for some 5000 feet, of picture Fairbanks keeps his audience both thrilled and amused. Charlie Chaplin comes in familiar guise as a tramp in “ The Idle but much less familiar is his get-up as a well-groomed, rich though absentminded husband. Charlie on the golf course has had many imitators but never an equal. Intending patrons arc advised to book early.