AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19164, 22 November 1927, Page 15

AMUSEMENTS.

„fliS PRIMROSE PATH." h THRILLING DRAMA. . .„ Path" must lake rank with ' ,rit? 'Z Pictu" the Picture theatre W privileged to see. And this is I**".. !■« reasons, chief among which are *EK«< dramatic interest of the nory, excellence of the cast to whose ~d, ,*. acting of that drama is entrusted. i, the acting Q Armstrongi who S*SlK»e oflove and laughter too *»'°? tiini and has taken the primrose »H .'iff oath' that leads on the downward **~ th At home his mother, with her enpp ed «* i.ins placing implicit trust in her ** ,fB mi Bruce. There is another, l»* B 'i? P Unit's him, and who does all that <* i.° in woman's luring power to drag •J«rt ','k from his downward journey. MenH» "'"ill is a dancing girl at the night ""kb™" Armstrong frequents. She has •fiSm to know the manager better than &i»Mt her best to prevent him from *S* with this man. He does so, ho*l"° 7m the day of reckoning comes, when ""U dishonoured cheques waved in his *-**sa the demand that he shall save him**i .Mine- in a diamond smuggling enterMil *Vi,l the He securM the diil - from "Dude" Talbot, a crook, who ■"".Ut deceive by a well-simulated rep- *■ . rt»n of a gentleman of leisure. The "^Sftfl »» satellite, Knead, the dia""SPmw in their possession, quarrel over ■'?iiJ?.ion of spoils, and the manager is •"j Snead flies; Talbot follows, first tfW'. ]y -lacing the diamonds in his pocket, himself, Snead endeavours to ** . the whereabouts of the treasure. ""ffllirfThe is told that Bruce has them. " Hil to Bruce's home, intent on securing ?Cl or committing murder. A fight en*T« which Bruce, to save his life, shoots ""S The struggle has been witnessed W*.. cr ipplcd brother, Jimmy. Bruce »W.| for his life. Jimmy is placed '••"rSteels-box, and compelled to give cviBat Bruce, knowing.that his brotheT *«•*„ t„ e truth, and that the truth will "iHi him determined that Jimmy shall life with the realisation that sent his brother to his death, •»*K murder. Just how the story is U> its final conclusion, and how we Irt. "Dade," knave though he is, turnr-„ trnmps, is » clover piece of work. SAn" Mcrilyn R "\\ n - scor , C8 v an C T Kncws by the excellence of her act"Lxirtitt this is an excellent picture, i Wl s.i ,f in which tho comic element IJ. The scene is laid first in the ffik fields of Flanders, where a soldier *£Kbling in • t™ch when his com- *?« over the top. Ho follows, and ?*.&** of those queer tricks of Fate, finds Q . Htle "ate? a hero, credited with rttare single-handed of more than e, rftte enemy, and decorated for the £? He returns to a proud home-town, •ft. v. ia feted and honoured as the war s jfwWl, ill the time his trembling heart •«L» tin nature of this cowardly imposture . K'Vto tsnnts and mocks him before the all lore., ho has not the courage to ;;.. 5.K. The day comes, tho day on which S ••««* a" lhls P rctenco - conquers his t 'St heart, and goes to meet his enemy. Ib'-MnMi t" at he. deserved fell to hu £ K1 low and happiness came once more 8 5.11 i life, to the tune of "Laugh, and the !2u Kenneth Harlan, who portrays in con- ! MM iwte" that change in character and SpwWeb makes a hero out of » coward. ' iSfftioconductorship of Mr Albert BidPfte Select Orchestra plays the followmnberi :-Overture, "Euryanthe ,■«,), "Military Symphony" (Haydn), !KS »d Talmaar" (Campbell). "Conte I'lml" (Wldor), selections from Verdi, sad Lsngey, and as entr acte Collette" (Aak>.