AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18217, 30 October 1924, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES.

LIBERTY THEATRE. Pictures E3ld ir.usi.' tire o: the o*st at the Liber"" Theatre. David Belasco's b;e success, "Tlv. Gold DiggeM," is the main attraction. The firs: moving pictures oi the Ail Black 9 in Eng'and are also screened. 'The Gold Diegors" dors not s'gnify much to New Zcaianders, where-3 it i; an Americanism, and an expressive iac, for that claas oi women who aim to get as much money, jewels, and other valuables out of t» man they can on the security cf their powers o: faßcir.at : on. Ethe! M. Del"s story, "Ths Eleventh Hour," is an aii-Knjl.sh production, featuring an all-British ca - :t. GRAND THEATRE. A sniendid bill is headed by ''Dorothy Vernou of Haddon Hall," featuring Mary Pickford. The star is supported by one of the strongest casts seen for s:-mc time. Allan Forest plays the lover, Sir ' John Manners, and Marc McDermott the villainous cousin, Malcolm Vernon. "As a Man 1.ive.5," the second attraction, is a. novel melodrama, abounding in action and suspense and thrills. The Grand Orchestra under Miss Agne 3 Shearshy, plays a. delightful programme of music. GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. Fine pictures and excellent music are provided at Greater Crystal Palace. "Fashion Row," a gorgeous Tiffany production, featuring Mae Murray, heads a fine bill. Tho costuming and setting of this picture in both the American and Russian scenes are a big feature, and the -whole production is clcverlv worked out. "Riders Up, a Universal "production, adapted from a magazine atory by Gerald Beaumont, is the eeeond attraction. There is a fine variety of supporting pictures, including the aevent 1 episode of the aerial, "The Fast Express a Century comedy, and an Internation-1 News. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Richard Barthelmess and May McAvoy, two famous stars, appear in "The Enchanted Cottage" at Everybody's Th-atre. Both handsome artists, their make-up as the afflicted couple is a piece of work, which is accentuated bv the contrast -they offer when they are seen as they appear in each other's eves when love comes to th.au. "Mv Ladv's Latchkey," starring Maidonald, is the second big picture Under Mr W J. Belhngham, the Select Ur chestra plays an appropriate programme- oi music QUEEN'S THEATRE. '•The Dawn of » To-morrow," a remarkable Paramount production, is the mam attraction at tho Queen's Theatre. It is full of gripping scenes, and big momenta. Frances Hodgson Burnett's P°P«l" *°™ •"sue* several yearo was presented as a sue c3l stage llay, has been transferred *r. iha screen bv George Melford lor ±-ara ™t ••Desire;" a stirring drama that has already made a'name for itself is the secThe supports TiiT 11- ii+mnp-er a comedy, the latesteSe, anfrßuxton-Hoimes Travelogue. STRAND THEATRE. "Blinky," an excellent comedy-drama, with Hoot Gibson as the star, heads the bill at the Strand Theatre. Blinky was detailed to the fighting cavalry down on the Mexican border. He had. never ridden a horee and never had a gun m his hands. HerN*t Rawlinson in "Railroaded" is shown also 'The Ghost City" (episode B "The Corn-Fed Sleuth" (Centnry comedy, featuring Jack Earle), and an International News.