ENTERTAINMENTS.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 618, 22 March 1921, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

STRAND THEATRE. TO-NIGHT (TUESDAY). The management of the Strand have now secured the right to screen tbs world-famous Metro films in this .district and commence this evening- with the screening of the great drama, “The Secret Woman,” featuring Maud Yates and Nicholas Hates, a story of reckless adventure and helpless love. Also, the final episode of the “Lightning Raider,” in which Wu Fang atones. THURSDAY, MARCH 24. “HIS BRIDAL NIGHT.” “ His Bridal Night ” is one of the liveliest pictures seen for some time. It radiates humour and spice, and Alice Brady sparkles as the girl who runs off with her twin sister'c husband to cure that sister of her flirting habits. Edward Earle tops the supporting cast. Never has Alice Brady done such clever, appealing and splendid work as in her latest select picture, “ His Bridal Night,” which comes to the Strand Theatre this week. The picture is a sure knockout: it will sweep the audience oat of their seats. In the .dual role, characterising the twins, Vi and Tiny Playfair, Miss Brady. exceiient. One minute the demure, quiet, dignified Tiny, whose one bacl habit is to suck her thumb—the next minute the dashing, gay, flirtatious Vi. whose daring knows no bounds, not even to prevent her from eloping Avith another man on her bridal night—Miss Brady goes from one role to another with ease and finesse.

FRIDAY, MARCH 25. . “WITHIN THE CUP. Thisbe Lorraine, clinging tenaciously to the purer ideals of her youth, made her living by . writing about the Bohemian life around her, until she met Ernest Faber, of Germanic royal blood. She loved him, but because of the difference in their difference in life could only become him morganic life. She was happy until she overheard him deceiving another little fool and then realised that she sacrificed her pure ideals in vain. Several years later New' York’s Greenwich village claimed Thisbe as the most popular novelist and playwright of the day. Le 'Saint Hammond, artist, was experiencing much difficulty in finding a suitable model for his “Pysche,” the soul of love He meets Thisbe at a gorgeous ball masque, dressed in the costume of his ideal model, and at first sight Hammond realises she was his “ Psyche.” He interests her and later, at a garden fete, Thisbe, who is now very much in love with him, seeks an introduction. Attracted by her beauty, Hammond asks her to become his model. SATURDAY. “SUNDOWN SLIM.” “ Have you any other line of business outside of drinkin’?” asks the cowboy of Sundown Slim, the Kobo “ Yes, sier; I’m a good cook and a dog-gone poet.” And wir.ii these qualifications Harry Carey “gets by ’ nicely in his latest photo-drama “Sundown Slim,” directed by Val. Paul. EASTER MONDAY. “THE TOWER OF JEWELS.” An old screen favourite makes his re-appearance ■in Vitagraph’s “ The Tower of Jewels.” This is Maurice Costello, who has been absent from the screen for some years. Corinne Griffith is the beautiful star of the production, and is entitled to ail the credit that can be given her for the great work she does as the girl who has become entangled with a gang of criminals. A famous collar of .diamonds is the crux of the story, known as “ The Tower of Jewels, and most of the tense action is in connection with the attempts to steal it on the part of a daring mastercriminal, the girl being a member of the gang and known as “The Princess.” There is an absorbing human side to the story which should give universal satisfaction. As entertainment “The Tower of Jewels” ranks very high. Note.—Special musical programme.