AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18422, 1 July 1925, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

—• —' PICTUKE HOUSES. GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. The tiro big pictures at Greater Crystal Palace this week, one of them a screen i version of "The Master of Man," Sir Hall Caine's masterpiece, and the other "The ' Sign of the Cactus," a whirlwind romance ' of the West, featuring Jack Hoxte, have out- ■ standing merit. Sir Hall Caine's "Master of '< Man" has been brought to the screen under ' the title of "Name the Man," by the most ' distinguished of European directors, Victor I Sea6trom. The story is essentially a drama j and Seastrom has kept the spirit of the original story, and added to it that touch of , artistry for which hi 3 Swedish pictures are nct?d. Human and refreshing is "The Sign i of the Cactus," the litest Western '"thriller " featuring Jack Koxic. The story is that of the fight on the part of ranchers to obtain water controlled by a big irrigation company, which. i 3 demanding ruinous rates and Hoxie is the self-constituted but law.! Ices agent by which the ranchers finally win. Helen Holmes, of serial lame, is the dare-devil heroine. The supports are excellent. QUEEN'S THEATRE. Adapted from the well-known bock of the same title by the popular author, Jcsenh Vance, "The Brass Bowl," now showing at the Queen's Theatre, has lo3t nothing in its adaptation to the screen, and ths development cf the plot is well preserved. The story tells of a handsome bachelor, who is in appearance very much like a notorious crco'.<. The police involve him in a notorious theft case. The interest aroused in the audience" is intense and there are many fights afid daring escapes with the real thief, who eventually receives his deserts. The tangled affairs of the bachelor are straightened out to his advantage, and the element of romance enters the story. The atar has brilliant supporting artists, including Claire Adams. J. Farrel! Mac Donald, Leo White, Fred Butler and Jack Duffy. The second attraction, "The Son cf a Wolf," is of a different character.. The theme is different, the plot different, and, in fact, the whole play is an opposite,' in presentation, to its predecessor, as it deals with the rigours of the far north. Written by the famous shortstoryist. Jack London, the tale has been transferred to the screen with great fidelity. The two important rcles are taken by Edith Roberts and Wheeler Oakman, and these two stars give fine interpretations of their respective parts. STRAND THEATRE. "Oh Doctor," starring Reginald Denny, is the leading feature this week «t the Strand Theatre. It tells of a "hot-house" young man, reared in most delicate circumstances, who in the end turns out a. regular daredevil. Frank Mayo in "The Plunderer," "Wolves of the North" (Ep. 10), a comedy, and a ,Xews also figure on the programme. LIBERTY THEATRE. Pola Negri, the actress who not so longago took the -world by storm,-is starred in the Paramount masterpiece,- "Forbidden Paradise," now showing at the Liberty Theatre. Rod la Rocque, Adolphe Meiijou, and Pauline Starke play oppesite Pola Negri. "Forbidden Paradise" is based npon incidents in the life of Catherine the Great of Russia, and it has been . adapted to the screen from the well-known stage play entitled "The Czarina." "Be.tween Friends" (Vitaaraph) is the second attraction. .It is an adaptation of the novel by Robert Chambers. • Besides the two big pictures'there is' a Mack Sennett comedy, "The Lion and. the' Souse," and a, topical budget. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. -Strcngti;"daring, terror; romance; adventure, and marvellous beauty go hand ■in hand to make "Name the Man," the First National drama from .Sir Hall Caine's dorful book, "The Master of Man," which is the' principal picture at Everybody's Theatre this week. Chief among the galaxy of "stars" assembled for the production are Conrad Nsgel, Patsy Ruth Miller (who ro3e. to fame in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"), Mae Buech,. Hobart Bosworth, Creighton Hale, Evelyn Selbie, a.nd De Witt Jennings. Briefly, the story tails, how the first act of a handsome young judge, or Deemster, was to pass sentence on a beautiful girl he himself had wronged. Besides the orincipal attraction on the programme, there" i» -a fins supporting bill, including an interesting news film, a scenic, and a comedy. GRAND THEATRE. Released by Paramount, the James Cruze feature, "Merton of the Movies," now showing at the Grand Theatre, features the beautiful Viola Dana, and Glenn Hunter as tho stars, and other players include among their 'numbers Do Witt Jennings, Elliot Roth, Luke Co3grove, Gale Henry, Charles Sellon, Charles Ogle, Ethel Wale*, Frank Jonasson. and Eleanor Lawson. , The second, attraction-, another excellent comedy, is 'Squibs Honeymoon," dealing with an accidental separation of a young couple on-their honey-, moon trin. Betty Balfour is the star. Supporting filmß are also excellent.