ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 3 August 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE: A PAGEANT OF GLORIOUS ADVENTURE

“Tide of Empire,” Peter B. Kyne’s mighty romance of the 1849 California gold rush, which will be screened at the Regent Theatre' to-night, is more than a mere film play. It is a spectacular pageant of a glorious page in history; it is a romance, delicate and haunting, set against the surge and thunder of glorious adventure. Its background is as huge arid powerful as the giant Sierras in which it is laid. This new Yletro-Goldwyn-Ylayer production is a gorgeous triumph for the studio that produced it; for Allan Dwan, who directed it; the author who conceived it, and for Renee Adoree, George Duryea and the rest of the splendid cast that transferred it to the screen. It has the huge scope of the epic—it tells of the Spanish dons, relics of an old civilisation, swept from their tranquil grandeur by the 'gqld-seeking hordes that ushered in a modern civilisation. It also tells the dramatic story of human struggle in the pioneer fastnesses. A glorious love story runs, like a silver thread, through the structure. Oh the same bill A 1 Wilson, the screen’s most noted stunt and trick aviator, appears in*-his great thriller “Sky High Saunders,” an absolutely different picture from anything yet seen on tne screen. Two aviators in a death grapple on the edge of a wing three thousand feet above the earth; Uncle Sam’s big bombing planes in thrilling attack on smugglers’ mountain fortress; brother against brother in air duel; a 'girl abducted by a super-modern outlaw in a fast aeroplane; a leap from a galloping horse to the swaying rope ladder of a speeding plane! Just a few of the thrills in this Rim. The box plan is at the Regent Confectionery.

MAJESTIC: THREE BIG AT* ' / \ TRACTIONS

The main feature on the treble programme at the Majestic this week-end is “The First Kiss,” which stars Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, and Lane Chandler. It is a story’ of family pride and snobbery which is eventually broken through the hard striving of a lowly oyster fisherman. An appealing romance runs through the theme entwined with many adventures and mystery. Ken Maynard, the popular Western player, stars in the second feature, “Code of Scarlet,” which depicts the life of the Canadian North-West Mounted Police, and the thrilling deeds in th e cause of justice. Another of the Music Master series showing scenes in the “Life of Richard Wagner,” completes a fine treble bill. A full double pi’ogramme will be presented at the .Majestic on Monday afternoon for the special holiday matinee. The attractions are. “Tho News Parade,” starring Sally Kiipps and Nick Stuart, also Jim Morrison in “Pride of the Force.” These pictures will also he screened on Monday and Tuesday nights. Plans are now open.

EMPIRE: BIG DOUBLE PROGRAMME

As crammed with exciting drama as a flight “Across the Atlantic” is the Warner Master Picture in which Monte uiue is starring to-night at the Empire Theatre. Monte appears in “Across the Atlantic” as the younger son of a rich manufacturer who runs off to war and loses his memory when his fighting ’plane is shot down. His identity is restored in an exciting episode across tlie ocean to France in a stolen ’plane. The story is by John Ransome and was adapted by Harvey Gates. It was written, expressly with the view of satisfying th e present consuming interest in flying. ' Besides timeliness'it has also action, strong’ drama and an effective love story. Howard Bretherton’s directing is superb. Monte Blue lias the type of role in which h e has won his greatest success. He is ably supported by Edna Murphy, Robert Ober, and Burr Mclntosh. “Kosher Kitty Kelly”' starring Viola Dana Is tilid supporting attraction. Plans are at the Majestic Confectionery.