NIGHT CARNIVAL DE LUXE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18219, 1 November 1924, Page 11

NIGHT CARNIVAL DE LUXE.

GAY ENTERTAINMENT AT SHOWGROUNDS. A b;g Sight Carnival I>e Luxe is to be ' kid at the Show Grounds on the evem g «T Thursday, November 13th, in connexion wiih the Canterbury Agricultural and - ; • lani Association's Show. This >cai s « n toimnent will be a mammoth affair an Taristy of entertainment will easl 5 ec j ~ , fittt .held last November. Many interesting ittat are to be put on by the Boy cou , V including rallies, hakas tent '^^-at«ba» display, bndge-buiHmg, maeteijt • HSU display, ambulance "There Mid life-saving and physical drill. *Sil be a number ol interesting 3 Ysso«ents by the Canterbury A. \ «ition, for which post °" tn^ B G £)ennis- : Mmd by the Secretary, Mr G. G. -Lieiuu ■' r Mu These .include: Handicap pony J'" »St ponies 14 hands and undci to be.ridden J- Sfc ooys or girls under sixteen y ■ gj&: go-as-you-please pony for pomes fofkSds id und;r, to be ridden byjwys St ijif girls, thirteen years of victoria. Lwi&al chairs, Gretna Green Victor a |As&#as race, bending race, and cc " %rill be brilliantly lighted, and Band will be in attendance.

GRAND THEATRE.

"FOG BOUND" AITD "THE EXILES." Dorothy Dalton's latest picture, "Fog Bound," ■which heads the new programme at the Grand Theatre to-day, is in every respect a capital one. The scenes of the story are laid in Florida. The heroine is the daughter of a revenue officer who is slain in circumstances which point to the guilt of the girl's sweetheart. To avenge her father's death, was to shatter the happiness she had straggled so long and bravely for, but after many thrilling incidents, her lover's innocence is established, the fog clears, and the blazing sun lights the path to a new happiness. David Powell gives an artisjc portrayal opposite Miss Dalton. The supporting company includes Martha- Mansiield. Maurice C'ostello, Jack Richardson, Ella Miller, Willard Cooley, William David, and Warren Cook.

"The Exiles,'' John Gilbert's interpretation of Richard Harding Davis' notable story, will form the second attraction on the programme. Holcombe, enacted by John Gilbert is a young man who has known no youth. From the cradle onward his training for the Bar was continuous. His majority attained, be stepped into liis father's shoes, a lawgiving automaton, having no conoeption of the passions that had shaken the wretches who appealed to him in court for mercy. Ordered by his doctor to Tangier. Africa, Holcombe apathetically goes. He meets many rogues who cling to Tangiei as a refuge from the world whose conventions tliey havo broken. Ho meets men whose residence in Tangier was occasioned by his own verdict. He meets a woman whom he had condemned before a- court in New York, she saves his life, and he discovers love, an entirely new emotion in his life. Stirring adventures perforate this starring revelation of a man's and a woman's soul. The Grand Orchestra, tinder Miss A. Shearsby, will play .a high-class musical programme.

STRAND THEATRE.

"DAXGEE AHEAD" AND "McGUIRE OF THE MOUNTED."

At the Strand Theatre to-day, the programme 'will bo headed by "Danger Ahead, ' a "Universal attraction starring tho new and talented actress Mary Philbin. This is a lively melodrama cleverly handled by players and directors aa to hold interest from beginning to end. At a house for paying guests, comes a weathy member of society with his boii, the latter responding to the unaffected charm of the little drudge employed in the kitchen. Comes to the same house a scheming mother and her marriageable daughter. It is their plan to capture the young man. Meanwhile a touch ot pathos is beginning to be felt because of the heroine's dis; lusionment over the. turn of event?, the ensnaring of her ideal by the mercenary visitor., There is some humour in the ecene which shows the flirtatious mother endeavouring to capture the father, her tactics being those of the silly schoolgirl. Theie are several welldeveloped thrills, and the melodramatic situations are excellently staged. James Morrison and George Bunny are included in the cast.

"\Vm. Desmond as "McGuire of the Mounted" is trailing a. gang of opium smugglers. He susßects#lSig Bill Lusk, gambling house proprietor. .Lusk to tie his hands, dopes McGuiie and marries him oil to Katie, a dance-hall girl and former wife of Big Bill. McGuivc is lie*rt-broken as he is in love with Juneau, a little Fr?nch-Canadian girl, but lie decides to play square with Katie. This attitude on his part complicates the situation as Katie proceeds to fall madly in love with Bob. Lusk shoots AlcGuire's superior when the two quarrel over a- womn. Suspicion points to Bob, but just when things seem blackest for him, the despised dance-hall girl proves her inherent worth by exposing the plot, even though it meant her life. "The Ghon City" (chapter 6), "High Kickers" (comedy), and International Xewa, complete the bill.