ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17863, 3 June 1926, Page 7

ATTRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE “ RAINBOW RILEY ” EVERYBODY'S THEATRE “ HELEN’S BABIES ’» LIBERTY THEATRE “ LITTLE OLD NEW YORK ” LIBERTY THEATRE « THE CONFESSIONS OF A QUEEN ” GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE “ THE PONY EXPRESS ” QUEEN'S THEATRE “ THE DARK ANGEL ” QUEEN'S THEATRE “ NORTH OP NEVADA ” GRAND THEATRE “ THOSE WHO JUDGE ” GRAND THEATRE “ THE REMITTANCE WOMAN ” THEATRE ROYAL . “ GIVE AND TAKE ” (Prom Juno 2) FULLER'S OPERA HOUSE VAUDEVILLE

The cast of “Under Western Skies,” an Edward Sedgwick-Universal-Jewel production to be screened at the Grand Theatre next week, contains the names of many men and women who are the favourites of movie fans. Norman Kerry is to be seen in the leading male role with Anne Cornwall playing opposite him. Ward Crane is the “heavy,” while Eddie Gribbon and Harry Todd, contribute the comedy. Kathleen Key has been cast in a prominent role. Among other well known players are George Fawcett, Charles K. French. William Steele, Frank Lanning and John Peters. Edward Sedgwick directed the picture and also wrote the story, the action of which takes place in eastern Oregon and New York City. Many stories and pictures have dealt with the adventures of the stalwart men who Crossed the Western plains and mountains in 1849 to seek gold in the Sacramento valley of California. But “The Splendid Road,” a First National release which comes to the Grand Theatre next week, is the first film to have for its central character a lone woman pioneer. The story concerns the romance of a woman who came to the gold country by water from. Boston; who, after adopting three motherless children, proceeds to -<face the rigours of a rough mining life with a determined smile. Miss Nilsson does heroic work as the lovable woman pioneer. Co-featured with her are Robert Frazer and Lionel Barrymore. Included in the supporting cast are Edwin Earle, Edwards Davis, Pauline Caron, Gladys Brockwell, Marceline Day, George Bancroft and Snitz Edwards. Johnny Fox. the tobacco chewing boy of “The Covered Wagon,” plaj-s the part of young Billy Cody, 14 years old, in Tsmcs Craze’s Paramount Western picture, “The Pony Express,” which will come to the Greater Crystal Palace next week. Johnny is a boy scout and from the life and adventures of the famous Bill Cody the youth of the last two generations have drawn a wealth of breathless adventure. oung Cody got his first job as a pony express rider as is seen in the picture. “The Pony Express” features Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence and Wallace Beery. Henry James Forman, who wrote the story in collaboration with Walter Woods, procured from the Congressional Library in Washington a photograph of a government map made in 1860. This was reproduced on a large scale at the Paramount Studio and used in the picture.

Would you marry a girl behind a screen, a girl unknown, a girl you ve never seen? Would you rescue a girl, endanger your life and find that same girl to be your wife? Would you give up your title, give up your name to prove in the end that Love is the Game? That is exactly what George Walsh does in his latest picture, “The Count of Luxembourg,” which will be seen at the Liberty Theatre next week. The Count of Luxembourg, known to the Latin quarter of Paris as Renee Duval, the impoverished artist, shares the humble home of Anatole Brissard, a struggling young artist friend. The two are reduced to the last loaf, cat the final bit of crust and then adjourn to Yvonne’s studio across the hall where a party is in progress. Later Renee has a caller at his studio and is recalled. Duval’s guest is none other than the secretary of Duke Rutzinoff, who has come with an offer from his employer. The requel makes an cn grossing talc “Tracked in the Snow Country." which comes to Everybody’s next week, is one of those surefire melodramas of the Far North in which the amusement-seeking public have been showing keen interest for many years. There’s the old miser with the beautiful daughter and his faithful dog living near a fabulously rich gold mine he has discovered. There is the handsome young forest ranger who is in love with

the daughter. And there is the villainous half-breed who is plotting to steal the mine for himself—and has unholy designs upon the daughter. Rin-Tin-Tin, the celebrated "Wonder Dog.” whom Warner Brothers have already presented in a number of exciting photoplays, is starred in this one. It is largely through the efforts of the dog that the villain is foiled and the ultimate happiness of the young lovers is made possible. June Marlowe, David Butler, and Mitchell Lewis—all of them well known to motion picture devotees —are the principal “humans” in the cast. A wife’s extravagance and what came of it forms the theme of the MetroGoldwyn picture “So this is Marriage” to l>e shown at Everybody’s next week. After a brief engagement, Peter Marsh marries Beth Merry, a girl of extravagant tastes. Peter asks her to economise, but within a few months her extravagance is the subject of much gossip. Oil one occasion Peter takes her to a restaurant and hears a conversation which belittles her. 11 is anger is aroused and when they return home a quarrel takes place. This is soon forgotten in the advent of an addition to the familj’. During the years that follow Beth remains a spender, running her husband into all kinds of debt, until eventually things reach a climax. In the meantime Beth has made the acquaintance of a bachelor who encourages her friendship, telling her that he is always at her command. Following the final quarrel, Beth goes to him for sympathy. He sees by her actions that she is still in love with her husband, and subsequently tells her the story of David and Beth-Sheba. Beth is thus brought to the realisation of her foolishness and returns to her home, where she makes a radical change in her mode of living.