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AMUSEMENTS.

PICTURE HOUSES.

LIBERTY THEATRE,

THREE BIG- ATTRACTIOX3

The items presetted this week at 'le Ltbertv Theatre include, the Metro Special, The Eternal Stru-gle," The M 8 Feature ■■Lifi«. LMter," vocal it™* by tfle Dan ; s ,; SLrgsr, e.gnor IVclxini Hansen, and -fecial music i-y ins orchestra.

One o: the most grippir,, ftori „ of sr.rw lands of the Canadian North-West t-;!: bo seen when "The Eternal Stru—'e"' :? *creercd. Kane Williams, Renee AdTr-o Pat O'Mailcy _ar„{ Barbara La. 3J an . „4 the featured payers. Laid in fhnada K i.-i the romance of a Canadian Xor'b WW' MounWi Trooper and a French-Canadian jrirl. !!io latter resents the overture of another man, s-nd presurr.ubh- kit's hi m '«;.-. flees. The. trooper, sent by his juwriJ wro loves the gir., ;s cautioned to'briiv' iter oack safe. In (ho Arctic circle ho finds bi= pnsonc-r ard sUr.'s on his lon- journey '*« 10 civilisation. On l!ic way J, e ] earU s that the girl loves him and he partly n>turns it. .But duty demands that he brin" the. girl to justice. His superior, worrvin" cier the tiros f hey ivave been absent, meets them. Tie sees the love between the two. Then begins a struggle between tha two r.ic.x. Both loving the girl, the one niacins dutv first and the other thinhin-/ (o bring happines3 to the other two, planning their ps/.apc. The IhriVn of .the snowlands, the narrow canyons and '.oaring,: swirling rapids and the e.nrpriso of tho climax will hold '.veryoiio in suspense.

The second feature, "Li.-tcn, Lester," is cufl of the funniest pictures ever eeen in Ct i-istchurch. The audience, is worked tip with humorous incidents and positions until it becomes ready to burst, out. laughing at urn-thing iwi<»ua-l, no matter how trivial it would otherwise sjeem. Th? story is woven around the rapid exchange of a number of invc-le'Jcrs written by ». gay old colonel. When he and his daughter ore. about to drpart on a trip to Florida the lady to whom the letters have hern written appears on tho scene. Th 3 colonel tries to shake her off, but is unsuccessful. When she threatens legal proceedings, he employs p. detective to recover the letters. The decctive is Lttstsr, tind ho livens tiling tin a bit in hia attempts to steal tho -ctters. Eva Xovbk, Harrv Myers. T/Cuisc Fazsnda, Alec Francis and George O'Hara filled the principal parts. Tho vocal part of tho programme will be supplied bv Signor Prcbnni Hansen who has sung in all the Metropolitan centres of the Commonwealth, «r. well ns many countneo i.i Europe. Ho possesses a, rich tenor voicepnd opTialiscs in excerpts from Grand Opera. Tho programmo of music arrange'! by Mr Howard Moody, is of tho best, and a.' glanco at cur advertising columns will 'show the truth of this. Beside, tho regular plan at Tho Bristol, .an attendant is always waiting at tho theatro ('phono 2366) to reserve- seats. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. TWO "BIG", PICTURES. "OXE TEAR TO LIVE" AND "IX THE PALACE OF THE'KIXG." . What would you do. if you had'but one year to live? The question, is asked you ia tho new Fir3t National picture, "One Year to Live," which come 3 to Everybody's Theatre next -week, commencing at the matinee, on Monday. And tho movie obligingly answers, indirectly, by vividly depicting- the plight of a beautiful' girl whoso physician, tells her sho has but cue year to live. It is a. sensational theme, and is reported by pre-view critics to have been well carried out by an elaborate cast, which includes Aileen Pricgle, Antonio Moreno, Dorothy Mackall and other favourites. Tho scenes are laid in Pari3, and'havo been given the glitter and glamour popularly associated with gay night lifo of the French capital. There are eomc fascinating glimpses behind tho scenes of a famous Parisiart theatre, and the panic which ensues when a beautiful, but temperamental, star refuses to "go on" for tno paradoxical reason that the audience is clamouring for her. "If they want mc, they enn wait," she reneons. And. thero are some sequences of a bewildering carnival,, which climaxes the theatrical season in Paris. Hundreds of beautiful girls, in glorious • costumes, take part amidst showers of confetti and a. bedlam, of music and hilarity. But beneath the tinsel .of: tho butterfly life, ebbs tho vital theme: One year to live. Miss Pringle has tho role of the girl, 'and "her problem is dual. While facing death herself, she must also provide for the comfort and safety of nu invalided little sister after she is gone. ilt is in search of a dual solution that she plunges into the night life of the capital. And°it ■ i 3 there the picture, reaches a dramatic climax when she meets the man she really loves. _ . .. A spectacular and interesting film is .troldwyn's production of M. Marion Crawford s novel, "In the Palace of the King.' It will bo seen as tho second picture feature on the nrogramme. It has one of the most notable "casts of the season. Blanche Sweet and Edmund Lowe play tho two lovers, bam do Grasee, Hobart Boeworth, Aileen Pringle, Pauline Starke, Ena- Gregory, William ,\. Mong, ■ Lucien. Litfclefield, Charles Clary and manv others have important roles. The story of Crawford's novel is well known; it has been read by hundreds of • thousands and seen in ulay form by countless others. This compelling love story has been told with -vigour, dramatic fire, colourful sets and costumes, and with fine feeling for human drama amid picturesque and spectacular surroundings. Tho photography is a thing of beauty; the nroduction on a. big scale, direction and acting all that could be de81A 'splendid musical programme' will be «iven by Everybody's Select Orchestra, under tho conductorahip of Mr W. J. BelF.S.M. Chief among the numbers aro° the following:—Overture, "Bigoletto' Higgles" (Black); Suites •"Javanese buite (Hoist), "Traumerei" (Schumann); l™!i et > "Le Roi I'Amuse (Delibes); Opera, Le iioi D'ys" (Lalo); Symphony, (a) "Adagio, (b), "Olcgro Vivace" (Schubert); entr'acte, ' The One I Love" (ftham Jones); Light; Selection, "Primrose" (Gershwin); Songs, "AH Alcno" (Berlin), "April Blossoms" (Youmans). Reserved seatsi may as usual, bo booked either at The Bristol or by telephoning '4923.

The Arbitration Court has issued. its award in tho Wellington Front f. House Emplovees in Theatres, Picture Shows, etc., dispute. The hours of work in continuous picture shows are not to or.ceed 3-2 -per week for ticket-sellers, and 36 lor other, workers. The wages shall not be less than the following:—Adult ma.e workers, £: Jus per week, 4s per performance; females and. vcuths, £1 12a 6d per week, 4s per performance. For-night ehows, the minimum rate, of for ticket sellers, ushers, etc., shall ■b» 43°pcr performance. Provision is mado with respect to hours, overtime, matinees, etc. Provision as to duties and pay oi caretakers is also made.

[ GRAND THEATRE. LA VENTURA. THE 'VENUS OF FLOWERS.'' A WONDERFUL- NOVELTY ACT. One of the most unusual vaudeville acts ever presented on the stage comes to ihe Grand Theatre to-day, when La Ventura, the Venus or Flowers, will present her wonderful novelty act. La Ventura's brilliant series of tableaux are presented under the mo.-t wonderful lighting effects, and the graceful dances of Ventura are outstanding l-'crformances. Or.o of the most gorgeous scenes is "Venus Atnongit the Flowers, ' in. which the most dolirrhuul colours 3re blended in pleasing ha'rmcnv. Ventura s representation of a sea nymph, in the depths of the ocean form a medium for scenes ot evor-chanjinc: beauty and bewitching colour scheme?. Iter r!a«»iral ballet and dances are also distinguished with novel effects. _ The picture part of the programme _is headed by a Paramount production, featuring Agnes Ay res in an entertaining picture nf the Srsi, year of newly-married life —"Tomorrow's Love.'' When it was decided to make this picture devoted to "the perfect husband," Parantount's bachelor director, l'anl Bern, was selected to direct. Sern, who made "Worldly Goods," in which Miss Ay res appeared but a short time ago, specialises in domestic dramas, and his latest embodies _ a humorous scqv.ence of events in the life of a young couple, portrayed by Miss Ayres ord Pat O'Malley, leading man. In "To-morrow's liove" there is perhaps the most realistic and dramatic story °f modern married life that the Screen has Presented. While being true to life, amazingly so, in fact, there i-i not one dull moment in it. The action is swift and tenye, there arc thrills for those who want, them, humour all (he ivav through, and a plot pvrrptii.nally well handled and worked out with a cast of players who live the parts more than merely play them. Agnes Aires is ideally cast as the young wife" who loves her husband, but cannot bring herself to overlook (bo scominsly compromising position in which she finds him. Tat O'Malley, as the braggart husband, plays one of his nest parts, while prominent' iii the cast are Raymond [lattoii and Raby La Fayette. Excellent support ins: "subjects" will be shown, including another of tho .popular Christie comedies, "Grandpa's Girl." Mr Harold. Tteck's string quartet v.iil provide, a delightful musical programme. The items include: String quartets. Slow Movement and Minnetto (from 14lh Quartet 1 (Mozart); entr'acte, "Mellow IToon" (Ball): miscellaneous, Ucrainisn Suite (KuhinstcinMorena), Rondo Alia Zingarese (Brahms), Mazurka (Dvorak): fox-trots, "Listen to Jle" (Sanders). "T Want You" (O'Hagan and Swift), "ff I Don't Get Some Money" (Rule and Castling), "I'l See You in Sfv Dreams" (Jones). Seats may be reserved nt The Bristol or by ringing tho Grand Theatre, telephone 203-1. GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. VIRGINIA VALLI AND XORMAX KERRY IX "THE PRICE OF PLEASURE." "DOLLAR DEVILS" WITH ALL-STAR CAST. "Xame tho Alan," "Tho Sign of the Cactus," and current line programmo of motion pictures'will be shown at Greater Crystal Palnco for tho last times this afternoon arijj to-nighi, and tho world-famous Symphony Orchestra,. under the distinguished conductoMhip of Mr Alfred J.- Bunz, will play at both sessions. Virginia Valli and Xorman Kerry find themselves happily associated and happily cast in "The Price of Pleasuro," rfniveiaalJowcl, which heads tho new programme at Greater Crystal Palace for next week, commencing Monday, and in which they aro costarred. : Tho picture is one of tho most I entertaining eecn in a. long time, for _it tells a perfectly natural story, replete with human interest. There is for most persons something: fascinating in the lovo romanco of those from divergent walks of life, or at least when it is a lovo romanco Between one of great fortuno and social prestige and one from-a more humble position. ' This ia the situation in "The Price of Pleasure," for Miss Valli has ihe part of a shop girl and Kerry that of tho son of a rich, socially established woman. The picture opens wUh a most natural scene in tho basement of a department stove, Miss Valli and a fellow clerk resting a moment between, the rushes of a bargain day tornado," Kerry, in the guiso of a mechanic, enters tho place to make a purchase, and overhears Miss .Valli'a plaint that never has she had a real •good time:" Immediately interested and impressedvby. her beauty a.rtd evident fine 'character, he invites her out. She consents, and then .is shown a. scene to mako one's heart warm, .for the girls who live in the tenement boarding-house Tob their meagre wardrobe. bo that their friend can mako a presentable appearance. The young man in the case drives tip in a big limousine, much to the surprise of tho girls, and- finally drives away with the acarcerbelieving young woman. -Prom then on her experience ia like that of the.'princess of a, fairy tale, for the young, man takes her to his' magnificent home, has a maid take her to his sister's room, and bedeck her in his sister's gowns. For a week the girl leads this dual life, and then the man's mother and sister return from abroad. After that comes stalkieg tragedy. into the lives of these two young folk, and -very human indeed is the manner in which the story is deftly developed by Director Edward Sloman. There is a decided comedy element, cared for in competent manner by Louise Fazenda; a/nd T. Boy Barnes. Others in tho supporting cast aro Kate . Leslie, George Fawcett, James O. Barrows, and Marie Astaire, all splondid-players of the screen. "Dollar Devils," a .mighty Victor Schertzinger special, is the second big picture on tho new programme. It is a picture that will send any audience away well satisfied with-their, evening's entertainment, as it has the starling qualities- that mark the Work of a master production. The very Ttames of tho cast are significant of the greatest .elements 'that go to make up a superb feature attraction of this kind. Joseph Dowling, of '•Miracle-Man" fame, plays tho humorously, unique role of old Zannon Carthy. Cullen l*ndis, Eva Kovak, Lydia Knott, Miles McCarthy, Ney Farrell, and Hallam Cooky offer other important characterisations. With names of this calibre the public enn rest assured of a capable hMstrionic rendition of the various parts. Besides'tho two main pictures there is a vcrv funny Centurv comedy and tho latest International -News " film. Following tho »-.sta.blished cu-3lom of the big theatre, particulars of.next week's magnificent musical programme -Trill bo announced in Monday's ne-wspupjrs. .:• Tho box plan is at The Britol, or ssats may be reserved by telephoning Greater Crystal Palace, number 3758.

QUEEN'S THEATRE. | "THE ROUGHXECK," FEATURING . i . GEORGE O'BEIEX. •' "What is'claimed to be one. of the-.most thrilling and most ecteriaining stories of the year will be screened at the Queen's Theatre next week, beginning Monday. This is the super-special adapted from "The Roughneck," by Robert W. .Service, author of -The Spell of the Yukon," and combines all the elements that go to make an ultra- ' modern picture. It is a story of San Francisco and tho South Seas, lovo and adventure, moving with"' the swift rhythm of musical cadence, lavishly produced and ! plaved bv an excellent cast. Weorge O Brien, the" featured player, has never been seen to better adventage, ■• and has added manj leaves to hi* wreath of laurels. ) iJiilie Dove, in tho leading feminine ro.e, is a radiantly beautiful artist, and is credited, with an admirable characterisation. _ '•Tho Roughneck" in the story ct a man who had been abandoned in intancy tnrougn tho machinations of an evil- admirer ot nts mother, and who in his early manhood oecanio a fugitive from justice as a resL.il of a prize tight, in which ho participated w riglft a wrong, and not only defeated ilia opponent, but, according to tho police, killed him with a blow. Upon the advice of Jus life-long protector, a rian Francisco doc*, clerk, tho voung man becaroo ft stowaway in an outgoing, ship, and. thus, a iter many thrilling adventures, landed at Tahiti, where ho became'a principal in one of the most remarkable love affairs ever filmed. _i»«o is action from the word go, and despite » s length of eight reels, there is not * slow 1 moment in it. It would be impossible to enumerate all of the thrills, but among ( them are a collision of a boat * n °- a | steamer in a fog, a eailor falling from f» . high mast into the eea, 3n unusually fine ring , fight, tho hero's jump into a shark-infested sea and fescue by a native girl a^ er ,?, s j" cellont underwater scenes, showing the Killing of the shark, the leap of the native_girfrom a cliff, and finally the terrific ng&» with the villain to savo his sweetheart and avenge his mother. ! Supporting ' this splendid picture is a strong collection of shorter subjects. There will be a clever comedy, an educational, Gazette, and a Pathe Review, Specially arranged incidental music will bo rendered bv the Queen's orchestra under tho direction of ilr H. Ellwood,

STRAND THEATRE. '•UEADI.V WKST" AND ■■S.lDiy PRETTY." At tbo Strand Theatre today, ne«" bill to be presented tu patrons "«•::! be headed by '-Headin' "West." in vhieh Hoot Gibson will be seen in some daring feats of horsemanship. Wro. Desmond, in "Kidiu Pretty." a Vniversal film, will be the principal support. Sky Parker, a cowboy on ar, Arizona ranch. rjcehe* word that his uncle has died in Pan Francisco aid left r.im a fortune. A bunch of cowboys to the station v.ith him and the five to arrne fir;* he takes to San Francisco, -where ne finds that to inherit the property he raust live for a year in the mansion left i.t_ b.;s uncle as part of tho estate. The co"-r>oys have si hectif time, amonist their adventures being a ride thronch tho city on horses borrowed from a brewery. Traffic is heiu up and til" bovs nrr arrested for horse thievinj. SVv's cousin enlists i beautiful •voune woman "to aid in preventing Sky jninins: his inheritance, but (-he falls m love wi"li the cowbov and refuses to £0 on with the" plot. He asks her to marry hir.i. but she run* away and he catches the triiin after !» wild ride in a motor-car and takes her ha'-k to confront hie false cousin, who is thrown out of the house. A comedy, a news and the fist chanter of a new serial. "The Middle Eider," also appear on the programme.

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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18425, 4 July 1925, Page 15

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AMUSEMENTS. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18425, 4 July 1925, Page 15

AMUSEMENTS. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18425, 4 July 1925, Page 15

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