GRAND THEATRE.

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

GRAND THEATRE.

"ONE-EXCITING NIGHT," AND "CAUGHT IN A CABAEET." ' Something new has come with D. W. GrifBth'e picture, "One Eicitin? Night," which will be shown et the Grand, Theatre For sheer de'.ight of entertainment 0n.9 pauses to recall when there. has been its equal on the screen, -The Etory«concerns a young girl, played by Miss- Carol Dempster. She is the most recent of the Griffith stars, and r>erhar-3 the love.iccf. Certain!" she-has a beauty that is wondrous ou the screen, and therv 13 a.n c.oquent deftness to her actinj. Also, the rtcry concerns a., halfmillion dollars that "bc-otleggers' have left in the' house of a young man without his knowledge. Whenever the' action beO*mes' so intense that the audience is ready to tcream; along come dasher of comedy ithat -ore eo restful and de'.icious that the cure is almost better fhan the cause. This picture introduces Porter Strong in the role of Romeo Washington, a negro such as the screen has not known in th& past. The hero is Henry Hull, a. stage star. Ho .is dark and active, and handsome, with an easy care-ires manner that is pleasant. Others in the cast are C." H. Crocker-King.- Margan Wallace, Margaret Dale, Frank Sheridan, Frank Wunder.ee, and Irma Harrison. The secrev of the story is held until the last i'ew minutes of the play, and until this stage there is a scries cf incidents which have all the excitement of the best ghost story. The romance in the ptorv is c'.evcrly interwoven with the other features, pnd concerns a particularly pretty, gir! who becomes engaged, to •a rogue to save rthe v.-ciwn she has alwaya oor.sidered to be her mother. "Cniijht in 0 Cabaret," a Keystone Cmedy featuring Charles Chaplin and. Mabel Nor-m-'-nd. wi 1 be another attraction. As tisua?, Charlie ficds a fair lady in distress and caKanth* attempts''to "resc-.ie h c r. In gretitu.de, the fascinating social butterfly asks for his name and invites him to her father's bcu?e. Chaplin telis her. that-be is Ambarrndor for Greece, and of course she is verv de'iclred end impressed. The -titles are full of exro!!ent mir.s, and Maucl Normand is j i"t her o'.d ir-esistible se'f. a« the society butterfly. An attractive musical programme will he played by the Grand Orchestra, under Miss A. Shearsby, A.T.C.L., L.A.B.

EYERYBGDY'S THEATRE. THOMAS H. INPFN' "THOSE. WHO . DANCE." Sorno remarkable, ' types of -tho underworld have been filmed by Thomas H. Ince in iiis stirring drama, "These Who Dance," a First National release, which commences a week's. showing at Everybody's Theatre, at the mat-i-uee - on--Monday rest. luce is known to t-lie "fanti" as; a master of fast-action stories, but: the. entirely noveltype, original.. thette. and tense drainatic situation? 1 which he has; brought into play in-his -latest-'production mark'him also _:as a master showman, who never-fails'."to.giv® the audiences novel entertainment combined with real .story value's apd. stirring . drama. With Blanche Sweet, recently -applauded, throughout the nation for. her. fine wor-k in his "Anna, -Christie," playing a. leading role, Inoe has told the story, of liquor and all tho dramatic developments whic-h it has brought into everyday American life since the passage of' the* Volstoad law.' When a» girT from a. small town goes to .New York in .search cl a brother and 'drop3 .into the life of the underworld to . eavo tho boy from the gangsters -with whom -hei -has -fallen in, dramatic interest evolves. An unusual lovo story- is -woven in deftly to' Supply heart",intenest,- while 'innumerable fast-action sequences keep excitement ■at fever pitch.' '' ' ' Bc-sio Lovo, playing tho role'of; a clover young underworld queen, AV'arner , Baxter as a young lawyer who is led into a, fight to' tho death, agaiinst a gang of bootleggers after tho tragic . death of his little afster; 'Mathew Belz, Kobert Agnew, Lucille Ricksen. and Lydi'a KnotJ;_''head" 'tho ;.bril-. liant all-star. cast., . ' ".- A brilliant musical programmo has, been, arranged, for Select' Orchestra by.'.,ilr W. J.- Bellingham, ■ F.S.M. • .Chief among the items, are' the following:—Overture, "Snirit-.. of -- America" - (Zamechik): opera, "Carmen" (Bizet);- symphony. C. Minor'' (Beethoven);.-' suites, '-"Lea Erinnyes" (Massenet.); . "Serenade" (Widorj'; Eonafci, ."Andante"'.' (Grieg); entr'acte, •"What'll -I Do:?". (Berlin) ;,>• for-.-trot,, vHomo.eick" (Berlin); selection, "Sally". (Kern). Reserved seats v may .bo booked as usual at' Tho Bristol, or by telephoning 4923. •

QUEEN'S THEATRE. "THE MORAL SINNER," AND "A 'HALF- - DOLLAR BILL." To-day will be the final opportunity 'of witnessing itho splendid programmo showing at tho Queen's Theatre. "The Bodroom Window" .is tho outstanding feature, which is a Paramount production with: May McAvoy in tho leading part. The second attraction is- "The Lovo Bandit,' ■ starring Viola Dana. A complote. ehango of programme will he presented on Monday, which should ■ meet with the approval of all. Two. at taction® will be scrocned, as well as a, well-variod supporting - programme. Well-selected incidental music- has been selected by Mr H. Ellwood, conductor of tho Queen's' Orchestra. The chief attraction will be "The Moral Sinner," *a -Paramount- induction ; . with Dorothy Dalton in the leading part. In this picture Miss Dalton'is seen in a new .'role, that of a-girl who tries to be ■ a professional thief and finds that' she cannot do -what ehe is being made to do. It is a, picture - that, is filled with dramatic adventure, thrills, and swift action. Many . thrilling scenes .- aro seen of tho Parisian underworld, and Miss Dalton is most beautiful as the ' Queen, of tho Apaches. Tho eccond' attraction is- "A ■ Half-Dollar Bill," : with Anna Q. Nilsson in 'tho 'leading part. The Etory tells of tho ending of an abandoned -baby by a sea cap,tain, and' his cook. Tho' mother hopes at a, future data to claim tho child by presenting the other, half of tho dollar note, and -by. strange ..circumstances the mother is hired !o3 housekeeper. Hor husband, who has deserted her, finds out whero tho boy is, and attempts to steal him. In.the struggle on board the ship the father .is killed and ' tho way opened) for tho union of tho captain and the girl. Tho supports'include a bright comedy, the latest Gazetto, and a Burton Holmes' Trave.. ogue.'