AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 14 May 1925, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

"THE TORN ADO.’ * AT FULLERS 1 TO-NIGHT,

The feature on the new programme to be screened at the Theatre Royal 1S sensational melodrama uie tornado, a picturisation of Lincoln J. Carter s great emotional story, fhe success which attended its produc--1011 on the stage lias been more than equalled in its screen version, which is crammed with thrills never before attempted in motion pictures. House eters is tbo star, and the supporting company includes Ruth Clifford as loading woman Richard Tucker, Snitz Edwaids and Ivate Price. King BagfZl ,' J ‘ r t cted) a V d most the scenes uere taken on location in the heavily timbered region of Idaho. The stupendous flood and tornado scenes are reihtv ar T, ' U y awe ; ULS Piring in their in umU i IC . s, 'PP ort, "g films include y (obtesting instalment of j! ~o Y ,n lvel' fa *>*"*£ and a mirthful tHo-ieeJer styled "That Aggravation , Appropriate musical numbers »nrW + i glVe , n b l ihe K °y al Orchestra under the direction of Airs Agnes &“ho„ S e “?0 m * y ‘ h ™<*

' “CAMEO KIRBY AT THE GRAND.

John Gilbert, than whom no finer 'latest Fnv'n 10 , SfJl ; eei b )>as a role in his lo * Production, “Cameo Kirby,” which will make a strong appeal to dashm C " S T I AS t? Sq ," al ' e e ,imb,el r I of the dashing Jack Hamlin typo, plying liis K° n .^ he Mississippi river sfeamboats in the golden age of river traffic horn Cairo to j\ew Orleans. “Cameo 2 ' S ° n °i tho , mosfc romantic liguies m modern drama. Written Tart-fn /’ as u age pla y> b y Booth laikington and Harry Leon Wilson, it was produced with great success with Dustin Farnum m the title role. Nat Goodwin also played the role. For ipany seasons “Cameo Kirby” was one t . tbo best money-making road shows ii ‘xi an< i ln its screen form has ail the elements that made for its on the speaking stage. It tviil be seen at the Grand Theatre this evening. All the romance and glamor of the picturesque old South, form the background of an absorbing drama in which a straight shooting gambler exposes a gambling “shark,” kills him in a duel, and restores to ,an old Southern family the plantation, which the crooked gambler has “won” in a poker game. “Cameo Kirby” is a role which affords Gilbert the best opportunity he has had since “Monte Cristo”— a swashbuckling, cynical soldier-of-fortune type in which lie has no peer. A cast of more than ordinary excellence will be seen in support. Gertrude Olmsted plays the feminine lead ; Alan Hale is the heavy. Eric Mavne, Bichard Tucker, Jack McDonald, jean Arthur, Eugenic Ford, William E. Lawrence, Phillips Smalley, complete the cast. The supporting programme contains a two-reel Sunshine comedy “Spring Fever,” and a lengthy “Fox News.” Scats may be reserved as usual. ’Phone 486.