AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19032, 9 June 1924, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

THE GRAND. TWO BIG FEATURES. Horseback riding on a wholesale scale furnishes one of the big punches to “The Red Warning,” Jack Hoxie’s latest Universal Western thriller, which opens at to-day’s matinee at the Grand Theatre. This picture is probably the best ‘ ‘straight” Western that Hoxie has ever done and although there is no outstanding dramatic acting in the picture there are several dramatic situations of worth. It may well be classed as a different type of Western. Supporting this picture will be “Broadway Broke,” a very fine Selznick attraction, featuring Percy Marmont, the star of “If Winter Comes,” who is supported by Gladys Leslie and Mary Carr. A two-reel Century comedy and latest International News complete first-class entertainment. MUNICIPAL PICTURES The Opera House was crowded at the matinee and evening sessions on Saturday for the initial screening of “Woman Proof.” It is a coincidence that this picture should have the same author and director as the two previous pictures in which Thomas Meighan appeared. These ”<ie “Back Home and Broke” and “Our Leading Citizen.” The comedy is* excellent, and when Tommy, which is the name he has in the picture, by the way, does see a girl he would like to marry, she will not have him. How he finally does get married in the time that is proscribed in the will of his father makes a wholesome comedy. Box plan at Messrs H. I. Jones and Son’s.

Owing to the Opera House being engaged to-night, and to-morrow and Wednesday evenings, this picture will not be screened until Thursday evening.