AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19983, 28 October 1927, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

MUNICIPAL THEATRE No man should assume, a woman loves him until he has definitely asked about her regard. Neither should ho take it for granted that she does not care —without giving the lady a chance to express the state of her heart. Clive Brook, who was very much smitten with Florence Vidor, said nothing about his affections, thinking she had been won by Lowell Sherman. And he, would have lost her had it not been for a certain bit of magic that always seems to set things right for lovers. In “You Never Know Women,” finally showing this evening at tho Opera House, the audience will find tho danger of “speechless love,’’ —a lesson in frankness, that shows how a miracle of the heart worked out at a moment when two lives might have been blasted. In this feature Miss Vidor gives a consistent display of vivacious acting, and her talent is capably supported hy a strong cast including Clive Brook, Lowell Sherman, El Brendel, Irma Kornelia, Roy Stewart, Marcus Eadie, and Sydney Bracey. William Wellman directed, and the story is by Ernest Vajria ,the noted Hungarian writer. The theme tells of the love of two members of a vaudeville troupe. Tho woman in this instanced is awakened to the call of love only when the man pretends to have committed suicide to clear the way fur her with another. Fine Programmes To-dyiy's special matinee at the Opera House will be a fascinating outdoor picture, “Tho Birth of a Flower,” screened by Mr Clarke Irvine, who gives an amusing and interesting talk with the film which starts at 2.45 p.m. The Wanganui Education Board Has endorsed it, and has advised headmasters that the students may bo taken to sec this educational film during school hours, as it teaches many natural subjects in a graphic manner. The production is replete with many wonders of nature, including gorgeous flowers blooming in slow motion with microscipoc pollen grains germinating, exciting travel, beautiful scenery, wild animals and strange birds, outdoor sports, snow battles and a lot of good clean comedy, which pleases old and young. This is the only chance local people will have to sec this marvellous photoplay. “The Birth of a Flower” will appear with Raymond Griffith farce comedy, “Wedding Bills.” Ann Sheridan and Louis Stern are included in the cast supporting Griffith in this film, which was directed hy Earle Kenton. Reserves arc at H. I. Jones and Son ’s. Michael Strogoff” One of the marked features of 'Michael Strogoff,” the Universal-Film de France production filmed from Jules Verne’s melodrama of the same name, and which comes to the Opera House on Monday night, is the care with which minor parts arc cast. True the Czar of all Russia at the period of the story was no “minor character,” but in the play, after giving motivation to the plot by sending “Michael Strogoff, Courier of the Czar,” on his perilous mission across some 5,000 miles of Siberian wastes, he is a mighty, but unseen factor in the picture. In seQking an actor to play the role of the Czar, Director Tourjansky was fortunate in securing E. Gaidaroff, a Russian artist whoso resemblance to the famous Alexander 11, is so striking that an old Russian moujik coming upon him one day when made up for his part, fell to his knees and kissed his hand, addressing him as “Little Father,” the old-time affectionate designation of the Russian peasantry for their Czar. “Michael Strogoff” has been enthusiastically received elsewhere, and a successful local season is expected. Reserves arc at 11. 1. Jones and Son’s. “THE BIRTH OF A FLOWER” From indications last night drawn from the Wanganui schools and the advance bookings for to-day’s special matinee of “The Birth of a Flower,” at the Opera House, a record audience will see this truly marvellous outdoor picture which will be explained by Clarke Irvine, who takes his audience with him half way around the world and then reveals to them the beauties of nature in the slow and amazing blossoming of wild flowers. “Every man, woman and child in the Dominion should see this beautiful picture,” said members of the New Zealand Horticultural Society, attending in a body in Auckland where the film ran for several weeks. The picture will be screeend at 2.45. It is a scientific revelation, set in a gorgeous outdoor atmosphere and has lots of comedy and amusing scenes with wild animals.