THE THEATRES

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19201, 15 October 1930, Page 4

THE THEATRES

TALKING PICTURES. Regent—"So This Is London.” Majestic—" Born Reckless. Crystal Palace—" The Return of Dr

Fu Manchu.” Everybody’s—" Loose Ankles.” St James’—"Under a Texas Moon.’* Civic—“ Sleeping Partners.” Liberty—“ Syncopation.” Liberty—“ Caught in the Fog.” Theatre Royal—" The Divorcee.” Theatre Royal—" The Unholy Three” (commencing Friday). SILENT PICTURES. Grand—" The First Kiss.” Grand—" The Hour of Fear.” Grand—“ The Diamond Master.” (Serial.) Strand—“ Speedway.” Strand —"China Bound.”

ALL-COLOUR PICTURE SHOWING AT ST JAMES'. There is a brilliant technicolour talkie at St James’ Theatre this week, “Under a Texas Moon.’’ There are excellent supporting; “ shorts,” including a conjuring; turn, a clever harpist and a fine selection by an American hotel o r che s tra. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE SCREENS GOOD COMEDY. “Loose Ankles” heads the programme at Everybody's. There is an interesting list of supports. EDMUND LOWE APPEARS AT MAJESTIC THEATRE. “ Born Reckless ” is the featured play at the Majestic Theatre, and there is an excellent programme of supports. LIBERTY THEATRE HAS DOUBLE FEATURE BILL. There is a wealth of fun provided by the new programme at the Liberty Theatre. The principal pictures are ” Syncopation ” and “ Caught in the Fog.”

SPARKLING COMEDY IS FEATURED BY REGENT. “ So This Is London ” is the main feature at the Regent Theatre. It is accompanied by a fine supporting programme. «■ MAMBA," FIRST ALL-COLOUR DRAMA. Cinema Art Films’ remarkable alltalking. all technicolour drama, “ Mamba,” will be presented at the Regent commencing on Monday next. This being the first drama to be filmed both in dialogue and colour, it comes to the Regent as an ottering entirely new to the picture-going public. “Mamba” has been widely heralded as ail outstanding production—outstanding in its dramatic tensity, thrilling action, and its spectacular beauty. Jean Hersholt, Ralph Forbes, Claude Fleming and Eleanor Boardman head a cast of exceptional ability. Startling in its power, realism and magnificence, “ Mamba,” is described as a drama of a man who thought honour and respect could be bought and love could be commanded. The box plans will open tomorrow at Tho Bristol Plane Company.

THRILLS AND MYSTERY PROVIDED BY CRYSTAL. “ The Return of I>r F*u Manchu ” is the attraction at Crystal Palace. There Is a good supporting: programme. “SOVO O’ MY SBABT.” JOHN M’COItMACK’S TRIUMPH. “ Truly, a. rare and unforgettable entertainment/* is the Fox Movietone lyric masterpiece, ” Song o’ My Heart/* -which will be presented at the Crystal Palace commencing on Monday next. John M’Cormack, one of the world's most famous tenors, plays an important part in the story. This matchless singer’s voice, clear as a bell, is heard in many of his favourite songs. “ Song o’ My Heart ” tells an appealing story of youthful love, of sincere emotion, of honest sentiment. It reflects the human and the universal—not the hectic and the jazz-mad. It has enduring beauty—something to enrich the life of everyone that sees and hears it. The youthful love story is described as a sheer delight, the comedy the wittiest one over has laughed at. Maureen O’Sullivan and John Garrick appear in scenes of unforgettable beauty. “ Song o’ My Heart ” is a screen romance of young love and gay comedy mingled with the poetry of song; a picture that will bo cherished for its bubbling humour and tender sentiment, its freshness of theme and richness of melody. The box plans will open at The Bristol Piano Company to-morrow morning. LON CHANEY TO SPEAK IN “THE UNHOLY THREE.” .To-day and to-morrow will witness tne last performance of Norma Shearer In “The Divorcee”, one of the most entertaining films shown for a long time. . Commencing on Friday, Don Chaney will appear in his first and only talking ‘‘The Unholy Three”. This was the last film this famous artist made before ms demise, and, strange as it may seem. I ‘i l ?.« part * cular film was really the cause or hia death. Imitating so many different voices and the parrots so affected his health that he never recovered. The *« s^ one . a circus side-show ventriloquist, giant and midget joined in a strange crime plot. Chaney, as the ventriloquist, hides from the authorities in the disguise of an old woman, operating a pet shop, and sells worthless parrots that he makes “talk” through his own trickery. WORLD-FAMED ARTIST WILL COME TO THEATRE *£y be llk. violinist, must rank as or i he world’s greatest living violinfor * after hearing him play, f., at ®Pf r 8 must agree that his matured pxaying stamps him as a virtuoso. Kubelik opened his New Zealand tour at the Wellington Town Hull, when . i a hu^e audience spell-bound wun his peerless display of talent. His technique must be at once the despair and envy of all students of the violin; it is so easy and effortless, and it brings hidden beauties forth from the works of the old masters. When the “greatest living violinist since Paganini” visits Christchurch on November 1, 4 and 6, it will be in continuance of a Dominion tour, sponsored by Messrs J. and .N. Tait. The preliminary box plan arrangements are announced. ENGLISH COMEDY RIOT STARS SEYMOUR HICKS. Daughter reigns supreme at the Civic Theatre this week, where Seymour Hicks appears in “Sleeping Partners”, ft British talkie. It is a film that rivals "Rookery Nook” in its we«lt.h of humour. There is an excellent supporting programme.

GRAND THEATRE SHOWS VERY FINE PROGRAMME. The programme a.t the Grand Theatre this week consists of ** The First Kiss " and “The Hour of Fear/' with the ninth chapter of “ The Diamond Master."