GRAND THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18479, 5 September 1925, Page 15

GRAND THEATRE.

CO.XTINTOUS FROM !\OON\ "FORTY WINKS" A N't) "DESERT OUTLAW." Another new Paramount, festoro will head programme at tho Grand Theatre to-day. This picture is a fast and furious comedy. Savoured with an clemaat of romanco and mystery. The story is one o: Chumley, ft tiQed Englishman, who is so f:mny that nobody takes liiai eerisiisly. However, through A scries of adventures as dangerous as they are laughable, he succeeds in solving a mystery, winning- a, soci.ty beauty, and savin? her brother from disgrace. All of this is ciauned to be portrayed in a manner that niiikc3 "Forty Winks'' splendid cntcrtaiamcnt. Tho spectator wii. a tig laugh out of the 6cenes whejo the borae that Chumley is riding sits down on the edge of a fountain, and sends his rider eliding into tho v.otor. Thi» spectator will laugh still harder at Churnley's antics with a clever little dog in the production, which is forever revealing his hid ng-place to his pursuer*. And tho laugh will bo heartiest of all at the final scenes which find Chumley and Eleanor. "fl&fe" on a navy target iar out in the oce;in, being fired upon by the guns of a fleet at target practice. Viola Bana, Theodore Roberts, and Raymond Griffith are featured in tho cast of the production, which includes, among other big names, Cyril Chadwick, Anna May Wong, and William Boyd. Tho supporting feature iB tfio Fox special, "Tho Desert Outlaw,™ starring Buck Jonoa, who sets up a new high record for daring horsemanship. "Hnr.dcuffed horsemanship" is the sensational trick-riding novelty which Buck Jonp-s flashes beforo the astounded eye. It i« the greatest aiding of Buck's long hard-riding career. And thero is still a greater thrill in store when .Buck, still handcuffed, rides the brake-beam of a railroad ear, and at the risk of his life inpofliouslv trees himself from the handcuffs. The act.on plot of desert love and outlawry, written by Charles Kenvon, was directed by Edmund Mortimer. Evelyn Brent is Jones's httlo leading lady, and the distinguished cast inchid"s Do Witt Jennings. William Haynes, Claude Fayton, William Gould, and Bob Klein.

In further support will bo a Fox comedy, "Blows and Dynamite." The new Grand Orchestra, und«r the direction of Mr i Arthur Gordou, will offer its patrons this week an almost exclusively popu_t.r programme. The atmosphere cf the big picture is finely maintained by tha inclusion of a number of the lafot jazz erased fr-m America, among which "The Flapper Wife," "Oh Boys" and ''Canned Jszi" may be tho m-at popular.

GREATER CRYSTAL PALACE. "ALIMONY," "WITH ALL-STAR OAST. "THE ROARING ADVENTURE." "I'll Show You the Town," "Eidin' West," and current fino programmo of motion pictures ivill bo presented at Greater Palace for the last time this afternoon and tonight, and the Symphony Orchostra, under the distinguished conductorship of Mr Alfred J. Dual, •will play at both sessions. "Alimony," which heads the now programme at Greater Crystal I'alace for next week, commencing Monday, is a gripping domestic drama by A. T. Locko which depends on the complexities of character of the wife for its plot for tho most part. Grace Darmond clothes this difficult role. This tall, willowy blonde, whose personal magnetism has brought her to the very fore of America's screen actresses, is tho heroine of a long line of picture successes, the latest being "I>aytime Wives," which, like "Alimony," is an i'.8.0. production. Her sense of balance, her beauty, grace, and style, all lend themselves splendidly to her interpretation of the magnificent wife in "Alimony." Her handsome though erring husband is played by Warner Baxter, who, in "Alimony," plays his third part under his longterm contract with tho Film Booking Offices. Baxter's strong, mobile face, graceful build, and power of silent expressidn, have made him a popular figure in moving pictures. Gloria Dubois, the other woman in the case, is played by Ruby Miller, famouß in Europe as a leading Shakespearean actress with Sir Herbert Boerbohm Tree. Miss Miller, a red-haired, blue-eyed English beauty, though the star of many British films, makes her American screen debut in "Alimony." Clyde Fillmore plays Granville the husband's scheming employer. Those -who saw "The Devil's Pass Key," directed by von Stroheim, are familiar with his masterful interpretation of a polished malefactor, a part similar to that which ho takes in "Alimony." Coburn, Granville's olerk, whose foolish wife has fallen in love with her husband's unscrupulous employer, Is enacted by William A. Carroll, a skilful character actor who has a difficult rolo to play, changing from a comedy vein during tho early part of "Alimony," to a heavy dramatic tragedy role towards .the end of the play. Jackie Saunders, Alton Brown, and Hershall Mayall complete the excellent cast of this latest F. 8.0. offering. Jack Hoxie, notod star of Western drama pictures, had a strango experience in * 'The Roaring Adventure!" which is the second big feature on the new programme, for not once in the picture does he wear the customarv habiliments of tho cowboy. Hoxie 6 part ia that of a college man vacationing on his father's ranch, and as such ho wears the conventional riding clothes of the man who puts his mouat through his paces on a park i bridle path. The story has to do with the I exposure of s band of cattle rustlers. Mary ! McAllister, Kaiin Pais, Francis J. Gordon Kawsil. i.'rail, and little Star--1 garet SmHU are in tliie fupportmg cast which was dirccisd oy Clifford Smith. Besides the in'o msm pictures there is a very funny comedy and the latest International ne-yu film. Following the established custom, pariiculars of next week s magnificent musical programme will bo announced in Monday's nowspapcTS. Tho box plan is at The Bristol, or scats may bo reserved by - telephoning Greater Crystal Palace, number 3758.

—r~ STRAND THEATRE. "FIFTH AVENUE MODELS." "THE lUDDLE RIDER." The new bill commencing at the Strand Theatre to-day includes a picture with a wonderful uta¥ cast. It is ''Fifth Avenue Models," the featured players being Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Josef Swickard. Rosemurj Theby, Ruth iloran. The Jtory is of Iso.il Ludaci, beauti.ful daughter of a talented but unsuccessful artist, who ia the bieadwinner. She works as a fitter in the shop of a faahionable modiste. One day sho is forced to act n-3 a mannequin ajid gains the attention of Francis Doran, 1111 na-t deaJer. As the resuit of a ■ remark made by ono of the mannequins, ylpoel at)Uck3 the girl, W<l sifter winning the fight, and an apology, flhe is discharged. Before she reaches home, a man fr-m the modiste'e tells her father she will ba aiTeated unless ehe pays £l6O for » 'j'eee ruined in the fight. To .save his daughter, he goes with some crook**'to identify a painting they want to steal. He is arrested. From then on lsoel is placed in many suspic.ou3 situations as secretary fc-r Doran, who knows nothing of her father. Boran lcrves her and stands firmly by in tho hour of her greatest sorrow. Her father is released and the. levers made happy. The Supports include- "The Fast Steppers" J6lh race), "The Miracle"; <omcdy, "Getting ■Trimmed"; "The Riddle Rider" (cp. 10), and an International News.