AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19865, 13 June 1927, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE Described as a programme equal to any two feature programme shown hero the management of His Majesty’s Theatre present very strong entertainment in ‘Steel of the Royal Mounted,” “The Ice Flood” and another number in the “Music Master” series. “Stcelo of the Royal Mounted,” the Vitngraph picture is from the popular series of stories dealing with that character written by James Oliver CurwGod. As a writer of the great outdoors Mr Curwootd! stands alone, and especially is his place secure with his stories of the romantic Northwest Mounted? Police. Director David Smith has created a fast moving tale of the north and its policing problems. Action is the keynote. Suspense is adroitly handled and thrills pop out from the most unexpected places. The outdoor photography has not been equalled;. The shots of the canoes ridiing the rapids are, without doubt, the best of that nature ever taken. There is thrill every minute. The cast includes Bert Lytell, Stuart Holmes and Charlotte Morriam. The stillness and calm of the groat forest, the beauty of the indoor in the dead of winter, the sharp odor of the pines, in short, the whole atmosphere of the out-of-doors, has been brought. “The Ice Flood;.• the Uni versa!-Jewell production which is the second picture, in a swiftmoving, intense and gripping photoplay. Packed with action, surprises, thrills and the clash of element complex, it is tense, suspenseful and always entertaining. Director George B. Seitz, has succeeded in saturating the picture with the real atmosphere of the north. With its locale in the lumber camps of the northwest, he has managed to transfer the air of that interesting locality to celluloid so perfectly that the illusion becomes almost actual reality. The plot is a wellknit, swiftly moving drama, with climax building upon climax until the crisis comes in a tremendous clash of nature and man —the efforts of the man to rescue the girl from a huge ice-jam “Listz is the subject of this week’s “Music Master” scries.

THE GRAND THEATRE Showing to-day and to-night for a season of three days the management offer patrons of this popular theatre another first-class bill of fare. Leon Errol and Dorothy Mackail will provide fun a plenty in “The Lunatic at Large” an adaptation of F. Storer (Houston’s famous lunatic books. The plot shows Leon Errol as a tramp who finds himself tricked into a private sanatorium for the wealthy feeble-minded. From the moment he starts for the asylum to the end of the picture there is a riot of fun and a dozen hearty laughs a minute with thrills and romance that will satisfy most people for life. This picture will be supported by a thrilling mystery drama entitled “White Thunder” in which a masked rider appears right through the story and his identity is not disclosed till the very end. A tip-top comedy and gazette will complete a first-clasu entertainment. The Grand Augmented Orchestra under the direction of Mrs A. Scott will play a programme of latest musical selections. Seats for to-night should le secured early.