THE THEATRES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17995, 4 November 1926, Page 7

THE THEATRES.

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“The Iron Horse.” the great William Fox special, which will be shown at the Liberty. Theatre next week, is an outstanding production in more ways than one, as it tells the romantic story of the first attempt made to link the Atlantic and Pacific by rail. Stupendous as the subject is, it has been handled with consummate skill, and the many difficulties which face the bold band of pioneers who undertook the work are faithfully portrayed. Battles with fierce bands of Indians were an • everyday occurrence, and in the picture they have been recorded in the most realistic fashion. In the telling of the story, the love element has not been forgotten, and the romance of Miriam Marsh and Dave Brandon lends greatly to the attractiveness of the production. The cast interpretng the various roles is a strong one. the chief being George O’Brien, .Madge Bellamy and Farrell MacDonald. :: Several thousand Indians, a halfdozen troops of cavalry, frontier men and women of the period of 1876, and numerous plainsmen and pioneers form part of the cast of the big spectacular production entitled “The Flaming Frontier,” a Universal production. The story is laid during the last big effort made by the united red men of the West to stem the westward march of the white rage. It has for its thrilling climax General Custer’s last stand, and it shows in full detail the massacre of f'uster and his men of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry on the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. The cast that is to be seen in this thrilling frontier picture contains the names of men and women who have made themselves famous on screen and stage. Among them are Hoot Gibson, Anne Cornwall, Dustin Farnum, Ward Crane, Kathleen Key, Eddie Gribbon, Harry Todd, Harold Goodwin, George Fawcett, Charles K. French. Noble Johnson, Walter Rodgers, Ed. Wilson, William Steels and Joe Bonomo. D. W. Griffith's first production for Paramount, “That Royle Girl,” is said to show the famous master producer at his best. The picture, which will commence at Crystal Palace next week, tells the story of a girl reared upder the most unfavourable circumstances in the underworld. Frail and delicate, but forced to look after herself from an early age, she grows up a strange mixture of wistfulness and hovdenish tombovishness. Finally she becomes attached to an extremely “jazzy set,” and after a time is involved in a murder mystery. There follow numerous exciting incidents, not the least thrilling of which are due to a great cyclone which wrecks the building where the girl is imprisoned. The cast includes Carol Dempster, W. C. Fields, James Kirkwood and Harrison Ford. “College Days.” said to be Harold Lloyd's greatest comedy, will be screened in Christchurch at an early date. It is a picture of American college life with laughs and thrills and humour that is all wholesome and refreshing. There is.just sufficient pathos in it to make the comedy ring true. Harold Lloyd's portrayal of Harold Lamb, the sentimental freshman at college, is remarkable. Tricks and jokes of all kinds are played upon Lamb when he first goes to college, and he is led to believe that his popularity is assured. Finally, after many troubles, he becomes the college hero and wins the girl he loves.

A moving story of life in Vienna before, during and after the war, is told in “The Greater Glory,” a First National picture which will be shown at Everybody’s Theatre next week. The greed of w’ar profiteers figures prominently in the earlier part of the story, and striking and effective contrasts are made between the luxury and extravagance of the newly rich, and the hunger and suffering of the poor, many of whom held positions of wealth and. influence before the war. The story tells of a girl tyho is engaged to marry a voung aristocrat, but is disgraced and scorned by all her relatives and friends. Later her lot is cast among a number of profiteers, while her former friends are poverty-stricken as a result of the decline in the value of Austrian paper monev. Finally, as a result of her kindness to her relatves in their hour of need, a reconciliation is effected and a happy ending results. Anna Q. Nilsson and Conway Tearle head an exceptionally strong cast.