GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
The popularity of the "Three Live Ghosts," now in Its third week at the Grand Opera House, Is rather waxing than waning. The working out of the Plot was followed with great keenness trom start to finish, and hearty laughter greeted the many humorous passages of this notable rarce-comedy. As the supporting picture there film -ThfT 6- this, we? k Lon Chaney's latest nim, Thunder." As "Grumpy," the fireathearted old engine-driver, Lon Chancy is seen m a new role, and his deft characterisation makes It a veritable tour de force. There Is romance, speed, and realism in "Thunder," and as tne heroine the dainty and charming Phylnnnn rtCr k'° be Seen ln what sne nas announced as her farewell to the screen. Grumpy s thundering locomotive is portrayed ploughng its way through a howling blizzard, scatn'or ug nd? eP saol Mttk •• " rushes along making up time so that the veteran engineer's proud -,1a ? . of "'ways on time" shall not be brokenand In the last scene of all It races to the ™ floods* andd^ r°SS he!!, ef tra." C through the sw?rw ncross^ bridges undermined by the ™q i^i wa. ters ' br'nsing food, healing, and consolation to the tens of thousands of flooded?noM ref, Uf eea ln the M'^isslppl valley. The incidental music Is of the best, and the ac-
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 152, 24 December 1929, Page 5
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