AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18237, 22 November 1924, Page 15

AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES. liberty theatre. '"BEAU BRUMMEL"' AND "THE CBADLE BUSTER." •Tohn Barrymore wi:i bo seen at the Liberty -theatre to-day in ths rule of "Beau rumrncl, ' the screen adaptation of .tho | fatuous play. As the dandy par-excellence, John Barrymore carries off the honours. Ho is splendid when he ingratiate; himself iDto tllo- good graces of the Prince Regent, admiraoie wnen no ?aves the ieput.auon 'o! a wo impetuous young iadr, enviable when be collects around hia a!l the cream of English to listen to his rpigrani3 and examine his cut of clothes, aj:d pitiful when, on-ard the close, he becomes an outcast, and a. parody ot Bi3 past splendour. In addition to John Barrymorej t.he cast, includes Mary Astor as La-Jy ivlargery AivmIsy, the 011© r.al lov§ of the Beau's life -iv'V aia Louis pii...s oeo.gc, .funce of Wales, the fop who absolutely dominates tho social life of hi-, day. ills affections, his coarse glances, his comic manuensttis are m great and gracious lady, who sits in »u*.: 01 his fiui-rouiwiuffs. neiie f-ortinys I'redorica Cha t loue, Duciiess of ■ \'orx, a great -(and gracious lady, who sita in suite - and knits! She 13 a Ji-.use-.viie doomed to play the part of 2. paucess. AJec. B Francis 13 Mortimer, v:uct to Brummel, tbo abysmal tnob, with -t very human quality of devotion, which manifests itseii in" xirumlnei's adver-itv. Carrnel Myers is Lad> Hester Stanhope, the type ot woman - who lives for love. She loves intensely, but her love 'aims to vencm-ius hate when re pulsed, as Brummel learns. The second attraction is "The. Cradle Buster," a creation of Frank Tuttle, for years a- writer and director ot human comedies, and wa-j produced by him in association with Fred. Waller, jun. . Benjamin Franklin Heed, played by Glenn Jiuntcr, has always been a "Mamma's boy." He ia mor~ of a oaby Uian n man. xiie pn-iuro opeaa on the day he becomes of age. . tiis. mother is giving him a birthday partv. Tho town buuits, who have always iudUda ."mamma's" lx>y, decide to play a .jolt on hrvi. They frame . with the , dancer.. whoso picture "Swcftio"" has - admired--in tho ' newspaper. She is a "Jazz baby," dancing at. ."Little Paris," the Cabaret at the local amusement, park. Tho bullies get the girl's p.omiee that will "make up" to "Sweetie' when ho visits tho Cabaret. At tho Cabaret the girl, goes to "Sweetie's"'tabie, sings.- tho song "Sweetie" to him; ho chases her to the stage, and kisses her before tho cntira a.umence. . content,, ho loilows hor to tiie dressing-room. By his straight loiward ■ and sinoero manner ho makes an impression, : and starts a love affair that- has more mishaps than ono cjn imagine. ."Tho Cradlo Buster" ha,3 all the-tbruis oi a meiodrama, a}l the p.athoß of a human interest 3torv, and more comedy than is found in a dozen so-called comedy features. It is.onact-ed by a caefc which incluaw Marguerite Courtot, William H. Hooker, Mary 1' oy, Lois Blaine, Osgood Perkins, Townsend Martiu, and.. Beatrice Morgan. . An "Our Gang" comedy, entitled "L'odgo Night," will complete a. v-ery hno pxogrammu.. The Liberty tjuality Orchestra; under the direction'of Mr HoWnrd Moody, will 'pl-ay appropriato incidental' muaic.

GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE

"THE.SIG-NAL TOWER" 1 AND ",' r i'OUR l-'RIEND AND MINE.' ' "Big Timber," "Tho Sleep -Walker," and current fino programmo,. of motion pictures, will' ba shown; a t Greater/Crystal, Palaco for the lost times this - afternoon and to-night, and the world-famous' Symphony : Orchestra, under tho distinguished conductoiship of f Mr Alfred J. Bunz, will play at both sessions. "Tho Signal Tower," .UnivoraaJ-Supor-Jewel,production, heads.the new programme at Greater Crystal, Palace for nest week, commencing Mondoj'. It -is a great photoplay that'sends the 'spectators, homeward wondering just how many families ■ there is in this land", whose story' might have furnished; the material for'this thrilling drama. ''True to Nature" when applied to this drama, may bo a.,"nature", that .most- porsons have no rca.l knowledgo about. It ia true not all of us are • railroad employees - destined to carry- on their duties in ~a' lonely .stretch,of forcst/but all known quit© ire 11 what the joys t and tragedies aro that. enter ' the - homes of the average in this'oountry. "The' Signal Tower" was - directed by Clarence L. Brown, and he has achieved; success in two ways: one in the convincing ability cf. his : characterisakious and the other in the reality of the externals. The'-vital dramatic, interval cf the story .is set in the" swirling environment of. a, storm at .'night.' within "a mighty forest. A train wreck' Comes to odd; its chaos, to tho tormented mind' of 3, man who believes that by devotion to his task—that of taving the lives of those who ride by rail—ho wpuld week forever tlio happiness of his home life. Virginia. Valli; star of this appealing story, has - never been seen in a better role than that', of Sally Tollivor, wife of a, man works in'-the signal towex of a railroad that runs, through ,a, lonely. forest. But thorp is rio .'loneliness in the home life of this family of three—father,' mother, and child. Neither is there tragedy until tho coming of a. third man* also a signal tower man, who, against the desires- of -the wife, -is taken into the family. Tho story that develops from then on 'is' just' as true aa is the story of tho happy days that came beforo. Throughout the picture is full of human touches that appeal. The cast includes Eockliffe l ellowos, Wallace Beety, Fvankio Darro. a child actor who goes , through his part a3 though were r.o "part, but just doing things ; James 0. Barrows, Dob Farley, and J. barroll Mao Donald. "Tho Signal: Tower' is said-to be ono of the finest photoplays that hsi ever been screened,- and-one which-should not, be missed by, lovers of good entertain--111 Enid. Bennett enacts the : loading feminine rolo in tho Metro production of lour Friend and Mine,!' the photoplay version of Willard Mack's great stage play dlroc «"* bv Clarence -Badger, and which is the. second big picture on the new programme. Miss Bennett's role -in this picture, that .of a neglected wife of a money-mad business man, U the beat of Hor career. Dunng vears she has -Iwen .m pictures, has established herself as one of the most beautiful and most talented oi 6creen actresses, and SjlC.baa"- been featured) in several ail-sUr productions. The cast assembled feu "Your Friend and Mine" « an escceditasly fine one, and beside® Miss Bennett, Willard Mack,- Huntley Gordon, and Rosefeature picture <m-the new bill is entitled "TIIO Shooting Star,' or foiath c tho famous bteppers seres, n was written by Gerald Bo—t one clevereit, sport writers tho short Mwry world has ever known, and has popular - Billy -Sullivan in- the- leadins 1010 as the - loveabß«2S°^ea 1 Picture., there, are a fine variety of which includo the 11th chapter of The Fast Exa very funny Century Comedy and the latest, International News film, l'ollowin- the established custom, . particulars of week's magnificent musical Programme will be announced in Mondays »swspapers. The box plan is at Tho Bristol, or seats may bo reserved by telephoning Greater Crystal Palace, number S7SS.

STRAND THEATRE. Baby Peg.??, in tho Grand Universal Jewelpicture "The Law Forbids," heads the pro„,mmo to he shown at tho Strand Theatre to-day. Kemeon, a playwright, and h-s V'iio Rhodn. become estranged and seek „"j:. nr . n The judse denies a. divorce and decrees tbev ehall separate for a year, and ■if Vl. n trial'sepwatiou is a success, tho case 'tobo reopened. The little daughter V> ee .rv is "to remain -eis months with each mmifc-tho mother first. Khoda departs o, her parents' . home Peggy makes L:' la w jth chickens and farm pets, and t h' day in play. Paul in the city, becoming discouraged, Keeks the company of a prominent lor whom he is writa play. At her suggestion he twists play so that tho "other woman in a story much' like his own proves the real tioSan to bring the hero • happiness. Little Peggv, longing for her father sets out with her pet rooster for the city. Rhoaa, Kindiwr of this, follows, arriving in time t S the - judge, who her to the Z~*r,ino- -ncrformance of her liusbaads plav. cS of this, little Peggy phW feekind the scenes, walks oil to the stag# with her pet. rooster. The actress. playing ,u 0 "other woman" seeks to retrieve tha •situation by eharplv ordering the child off Pezev answers back, and the actress leaves the eta-sa in a huff P*«l, playing the hero because of the leading maa havmg become indisposed, stands dumbfounded. .Then the actress playing the wife enters and maies un 60me liiee. A reconciliation is enacted on the spur of the moment—and saves th« show. How Peggy in a remarkable climax rom-pletcu the. story off rtage, conoludes. a series of gripping dramatic scenes. Tho eupports are! Hoot Gibson in "Hook and Ladder." "The Ghost City" (episode 9), ' Quit Kidding (Buddy Meamger comedo), «qd.' tha International ,2Jewa. ...