EMBASSY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 15

EMBASSY

THE OPENING NIGHT The Embassy Theatre, which has been used recently by the Competitions Society, and before that presented vaudeville programmes, will be opened on Monday evening as a picture Theatre again. A new company has been formed to take over the lease and the theatre will in future be conducted under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., with Mr. Phil Murdock as manager. By a strange coincidence the film which has been chosen for the first showing is itself entitled “The Opening Kight.” The stiir in this picture is the beautiful actress, Claire Windsor, and the plot centres round her lost husband. She married her husband because she was lonely and he was kind and gentle. Although she admired and respected him, and was the mother of his child, she never experienced that deeper emotion of love. As the plot is unravalled she finds true love and marries the man of her choice, a role assumed by John Bowers in capable manner. There are touching moments in which a lump comes into the throat and tears well into the eyes. These are contrasted with lighter instants when subtle humour dries the eyes and dimples the cheeks. The glamour of the .footlights, the picturesque quaintness of a Newfoundland fiishing village, the tense, exciting moments aboard a sinking liner and the quiet bliss of home life furnish atmospheric backgrounds for this fascinating story. An added attraction on the programme on Monday will be the appearance of a concert party composed of winners from the recent competitions. The Embassy Theatre was recently altered at a cost of several thousands of pounds, and is now one of the most up-to-date and comfortable theatres in the city. An additional picture will be shown, a story of the lives of vaudeville actors, entitled “Good Time Charley.” Warner Oland plays the role of a happy-go-lucky actor who sings his way through life, with his good luck fading as the success of his dauighter increases.