EVERYBODY’S THEATRE.
j TWO “GREAT" ATTRACTION'S 1 1 ' SINNERS IN HEAVEN,” j STARRING BEBE DANIELS AND RICHARD I>E. ■■ MUVOI.OUS SAL " | STARRING MAE BUSCH AND i i EUGENE O’BRI i EN. - ! An unforgettable story, plus flawless * I acting and admirable direction, com- | bine to make '* dinners in Heaven i j one ot the high-lights among ih© seaj son s current films. r l his Paramount . ! pictur© av ill make its debut at livery- - j body's Theatre next .Monday, at lire • j matinee. and will be continued ■: i throughout the week. The sfcor\. an ! j adaptation by James Creelmau Jf l he : | prize-winning novel ol the same .name by Olive Arden, deals with Baibara i StockJey (played by Bebe Daniels) and j Alan Croft (portrayed by Richard Dix). i These two. one a straight-laced ’ittle j ‘Knglish girl, the other a darn devil i British aviator, are the sole sun Ivors of an ill-fated hydroplane expedition. Ca st away on a desert island, they not t
only have iu light for iile n.ainst Nature and native savages, hub u_; inst their own conflicting c mot ions It is a strange, tense, dramatic struggle that takes place there in that uopical island, a million miles fronj civilisation, the heart-stirriug conflict between love and convention Love wins, and the resulting complications provide some startling surprises. ScCui’cally and photographically the picture is “ a thing of beauty.” A thrilling story of a fnoneei mining town of the West.-in which a girl and a small boy help a man lind himself, is the basis of J. K. McDonald’s latest First National photoplay, •• .Frivolous Sal,” which is the supporting feature on. the programme. The cast includes Eugene O’Brien, Mae Busch, Ben Alexander. Mildred Harris, Mitchell Lewis and Torn Santschi. “Frivolous Sal” lias a scenic background the like of which has rarely been the screen in a dramatic production. Rainier National Bark, in North-Western Washington, and the great mini.g region of Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene were chosen as locations. Except for ;« few excursions of scenic photographers, no mot ion picture can.-era has ever- before recorded the majestic beauty of Mount Rainier. Some of the story's most important action akes place in a huge cavern bliat a stream of melting ice has carved out under the famou- Nisqually Glacier, near the bop of Mount Rainier. \mid these marvels of Nature the censely dramatic love story of • Frivolous .Sal.” beautiful girl of the pioneer .lvining .'-anips, and her sweetheart. a stranded actor, has been filmed. There is thrilling action from the start, with a climax in vhtch two moil battle For the love of a girl while suspended from a wire tramway over a deadly gorge. A magnificent .nufeical programme will be given by Everybody’s *•* Select” Orchestra, under the conduetorsliip of Air W. J. Bellingham. V S.M. Chief among the items are the following:- ; Overture, “The Gladiator ” (Sousa):
suite. '• Woodland Sketches ” (MacDo well) ; rhapsody. ‘‘Hungarian (No. 1) ’’ (Liszt) : opera. * ranntiaoser (Wagner): entr'acte. •‘Rumaace" (Gershwin); songs, “Chanson fndoue” (Rimsky-Jvorsakov). “ A Lover n Damascus r ’ (Wcodtord-Finden) : I'ox trots, “ Monavanna” (Fisher) “ Rock-a-bye Baby Days ” (Silver). Reserved seats, as usual. msv be booked either at The Bristol, or by telephoning 4920.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17527, 2 May 1925, Page 6
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