AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19718, 8 December 1926, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

THE GRAND THEATRE A WONDERFUL FOX PRODUCTION The supremacy of the motion-picture is its power to reproduce vividly that which cannot be adequately presented on the stage or described on a printed ' page. Its function to do this is supremely demonstrated in the Fox ! Filins Production, “The Johnstown: Flood” which screens finally to-day j and to-night at the Grand Theatre, j This production, it can be said [ conservatively, is without exception : the greatest achievement in melo- i dramatic entertainment that has i ever been accomplished for j the screen. It is a masterpiece of ; thrills, authenticated by tho work of ( research experts who helped recon-i struct the exact events that startled ; the whole civilised world when on May i 31, 1889, a dam near Johnstown, Pa., , burst and whirled its devastating waters through, the Conemaugh Valley, causing ' a loss of thousands of lives. The sweep- I ing away of entire buildings, tho i struggles for self-preservation, the i ignition of huge piles of debris into a i blaze that reached heavenward, all of i this —and much more—is depicted in a never-to-be-forgotten picture record. The end of the story finds the flood subsided. O’Day has successfully re- j scued his bride and both are back home | once more aiding in the rehabilitation 1 of the stricken district. They build ‘ their bungalow home high in tho hills : and at last find happiness. Not only j will the realism of production please J the most fastidious picture-goer but ' the cast assembled in “The Johnstown , Flood” will be bound to attract him. : Here is a thriller with one of the | greatest line-ups of players ever gathered together. Heading it is George ; O’Brien, who won his spurs as a star in , “The Iron Horse,” and has consistent- ; ly built up new popularity since the re- j lease of that production. Several > thousand extra players were employed i in tho climax scenes All last night i agreed that Director Irving Cummings i has made an outstanding picture. It is thrilling, convincing and entertaining. Y.M.C.A GARDEN PARTY Considerable interest is being shown in the garden party to he held in Mrs Quigley’s grounds, 129 Harrison | Avenue on Saturday next. The stalls ; will be loaded with good things and , the sideshows will be very amusing, j The children’s fancy dress competition I will prove a big draw, as will th« playing of the Queen Alexandra Band. The funds will go towards the Y.M.C.A. ! camp, and the jamboree at Hawera.