ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17833, 29 April 1926, Page 7

ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.

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The premiere of “ The Black Pirate ” at the Selwvn Theatre, Xew York City, was a real gala affair (says a Xew York paper!. The opening of a Fairbanks picture is always a genuine event in Manhattan, without the film colony as well as within, and this was no exception. The sidewalk was packed by a dense mass of anxious fans awaiting a glimpse of their favourites. Those within, the theatre refused to be seated and crowded the foyer and aisles. That the picture registered a smashing hit was obvious. The colour obtained in the picture came in for particular praise from all sides, it being generally agreed that here, for perhaps the first time, was colour that carried its message of prismatic charm minus the eyestrain or distraction of brilliant hues. A film critic in the “ New York Telegraph '* says: “Ordinarily mystery plays do not get over well on the screen. But at ‘ The Capitol ’ this week ‘ The Monster ’ causes one's flesh to creep pleasurable oreserving its air of mvstery without befuddling the spectator. The producer has discarded much of the pseudo-scientific fol-de-rol and centred on playing up and down the beholder's column. The audience yesterday squirmed with delight, alternately giggling and yelping with fear. The story is like * The Cabinet of X)r Caligari,’ with comedy thrown in. This was obviously supplied by the mischievous Celtic humour of Willard Mack. You go through underground passages, sweep through dark chutes and duck various internal contrivances in harrowing situations.” X S 6 X Fifty huge vases, each capable of holding three hundred gallons, were manufactured in the Paramount studio recently for use in a motion picture. Made in the plaster shop of the studio, the containers are said to be the largest of their kind in the United States, and were for use in “The Lady of the Harem.” "Her Second Chance,” a First National production, is taken from a story by Mrs Wilson Woodrow. It is a society dratra with a racing atmosphere, in whim a sixteen-year-old girl is sen tenesd to a reform school by a young Jucfce. Years later, the girl becomes a ;Ociety favourite, who once more figires unexpectedly in the career of th: Judge who sentenced her. The spry is strong in dramatic situations a-d interesting character portrayals. Mimbered in the cast are Anna Q. lilsson. Iluntly Gordon and Charles 1 urray.

ing it. offers entertainment possibilities in “ Exchange Wives,” a forthcoming film. Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Y\ illiam Ilaines and Rene Adoree are the leading players in this film version of Cosmo Hamilton's amusing drama Matt. Moore is at his best in a part that demands much blushing, stammering and the inevitable unnecessary spectacles, and as Baxter in “How Baxter Butted In" he provines excellent comedy. He is the shyest clerk in a bustling advertising department of a newspaper office, but falls more deeply in l'ove than anyone with Beulah Dyer (Dorothy Devore), the pretty typist. Ills great aim is to be a hero, and this is the theme of his day dreams. By working sixteen hours out of the twenty-four to support his widowed sister-in-law and her children, he displays heroic qualities in an unspectacular way. but when he rescues two children from a burning, building he shows his real mettle. After a search for the story material that extended over a period of several months. Douglas M'Lean selected “ Seven Keys to Baldpate ” as his first starring comedy for Paramount. The story is one that is known to everyone and needs no retelling, r'or the past decade “ Seven Kevs to Baldpate has been a stage favourite of audiences the world over, and has. in addition to its Xew York triumph, a record of performances by stock com panics in every city in the United States, aside' from being presented bv road companies in every town large enough to support a theatre. In bringing the Cohan story to the screen M'Lean has stuck to the original faithfully, only adding to it what additional material screen comedy technique demanded. Edith Roberts, leading woman, heads the cast plaving in support of the star.

Two good fist fights and a gun battle enliven the unreeling of “ Two Fisted Jones.” the Universal attraction with Jack Hoxie in the stellar role. ith a whirlwind of action promised this picture is declared to be the best Hoxie has ever appeared in. With Kathryn M’Guire opposite him Hoxie is supported by the work of Frank Rice, William Welsh, Harry Todd, and William Steele.

There are loves between men and •women; there is love between a mother and her daughter: there is the love of the mother for her son; but some way when father has a deep sensitive •love for “ his boy ” a different element has come into life. It is a love one cannot know* very well because men hide this feeling. They become shv, And because of this shyness it is apt to put a barrier between them and the ones they love the most. “ New Brooms,’ ” my new picture.” says William de Millc. "is a story of such a love of that of a father for his boy T was very interested in making this into a motion picture. Tt has the element which Barrie calls " That damned charm.*” Bessie Love, Xeii Hamilton, and Phyllis Haver are the featured players in the picture. ‘ Xew Brooms is a Paramount release. The story* of a husband with voting ideas, who thought that he couM bend , the wedding ring a bit, without break- j