AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19993, 9 November 1927, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. One of the fastest and most hilarious comedy-dramas of the season is ‘‘Slide, Kelly, Slide,” now showing at His Majesty’s Theatre, and featuring William Haines, that likable actor, with little Sally O’Neil and Harry Carey. It’s a ripping good story of the baseball diamond with enough pathos, romance and exciting adventure to please the most critical. Haines portrays a breezy young American who makes good in a short time and then allows his success to go to his head. At the critical moment he redeems himself most brilliantly. Beauty and charm and an intriguing roiuantic flavour are the rare attributes of “The Beautiful Rebel,’’ Marion Davies’ new starring picture, which is showing in support of “Slide Kelly, Slide.’’ It is a picturesque screen-play of colourful adventure and romance. In it is depicted the altogether delightful love affair of a dashing rebel soldier and a capricious, utterly desirable maid. THE DUCHESS THEAi’BE (Aramoho) “A Hero of the Big Snows,” the new Rin-Tin-Tin picture screening at The Duchess Theatre to-day and finally to-night includes Alice Calhoun, Don Alvarado, Leo Wills and Mary Jane Milliken in the cast. The story by Ewart Adamson, has the Canadian woods as its locale, and deals with a young wastrel, Ed Nolan, who saves Rin-Tin-Tin from the brutality of a trapper. Rinty strikes up a friendship with a dog belonging to Mary Mallory, a pretty and plucky Canadian girl, and Ed finds the girl a good influence on his unhappy existence. When Mary’s baby sister falls ill and she starts out in a severe snowstorm for the doctor, Rinty aids her, and, in a thrilling fight with a wolf pack, brings the girl safely to her destination. Rinty has been suspected of injuring the child, but in reality had rescued her from the attack of a wolf. His loyalty and bravery vindicates him of the suspicion, he saves the child, and brings together the two young lovers after a series of thrilling incidents and encounters with a starving pack of wolves. This is said to be the most exciting as well as most beautiful of Rin-Tin-Tin’s pictures, and those who saw him in “Below the Line,” “The Clash of the Wolves,” and “The Night Cry,” his recent Master Picture, will realise that he has a high standard of entertainment to surpass. An excellent supporting programme will be screened. A big matinee will be held this afternoon. MUNICIPAL THEATRE.

In addition to engaging featured players of the first rank to portray the principal roles in his series of Junior Jewel productions, “The Collegians,” Carl Laemmle, junr., the author, has spared nothing in the way of expense in the making of this brilliant set of comedy-dramas of student life. In the series, which commence on Tuesday at the Opera House, some of the scenes in and around the campus would do credit to a major production. The entire personnel engaged in making “The Collegians,” from the director down to the extras in the east, has been seelected from the best available talent. High salaried “gag men,” title writers who are proven masters of the craft, and many others who contribute materially to the success of a picture, although their names do not appear on the screen, were chosen with the greatest care and with secondary regard for expense. Hollywood, noted for beauty, was fine combed for types to play minor roles and atmosphere in the brilliant series of laughable, breezy films. So exceptional is the group of extras engaged for “The Collegians” that many of them are looked upon as future star stuff. On Saturday “Rubber Heels” and “Glenister of the Mounteds’» are the features. HUBERT CARTER’S RECITAL. Again there is great interest in the concert in the Opera House next Wednesday, November 16, when Hubert /Carter, the famous tenor, makes his final appearance in Wanganui this year. Mr Carter is presenting a programme designed to satisfy everybody and there are many popular items as well as some which will be heard for the first time. The balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” will be sung by Mrs Olive Tarrant and Mr Carter, while in the Miserere scene from “Il Trovatore” Mr Carter will be assisted by Miss Edna Greenwood and other leading artists. Miss Dorothy Hughes Johnson will play the violin obligatos in a group of songs that Mr Carter is singing and the remaining items aro all popular and full of interest. Mr Leon Wilkie is the accompanist. It is advisable to secure seats at the Bristol Piano Co., where the box plan opens next Saturday.