... frock and a flopping hat with daisies on it There was not in either film any player of whom I had ever heard, and I left the theatre after two-and-a-half of the dullest hours I have ever spent in a cinema or anywhere else. What I want to know now is this ...

... which the performance at the Piccadilly Theatre made no at tempt to tackle. That problem, put simply, is this Will the talkies increase or decrease the spectator's illusion that he is looking at life The theatre has imposed upon us, and we have agreed ...

... without music wou remotely tolerable. No film that I have ever seen has, by itself and u occupied more than a quarter of my theatre-going m in the absence of music am I to divert the rema quarters Drink I am not in the habit of going in a state of intoxication ...

... in the presence of half the great surgeons of the country. His father watches the operation from a remote corner of the theatre, whereby we gather that Kit has more nerve than the present lady golf-champion who, if I mistake not, invited her father to ...

... stole thence The life o' the building. Macbeth What is't you say The life Lennox Mean you his majesty Macduff Approach this theatre, and de stroy your sight With the new Gorgon. In duller words, my first thought of the new talkies, as exemplified by Mr. ...

... son No. The film does not yet know it all. The music, too, was not nearly up to the admirable standard in vogue at this theatre. J. A. A strong committee headed by the 1 r Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham is busy with arrangements for the Three ...

... entire world the New Empire has no door to fling. Lack of taste could go no further. The old theatre seemed to say, It's your pre sence we want 1 The new theatre merely demands your shekels. In side, I repeat, all except the per formance is well and that ...

... more annoy ing than to read an exciting account of a new film and then spend the next half- hour look ing to see at what theatre it is being shown, only to discover that it is not being shown at all and that the critic was merely enthusing over an exhibition ...

... frankly admit that last week I got muddled in the matter of my cinema-theatre. This did not altogether surprise me, as I have never been able to remember at what legitimate theatre any particular play may be being performed. There are people who, when ...

... The Betrayal, which commenced a days' run at the Theatre yesterday, reveals motion-picture art at a high point of excellence. Yet again The Betrayal, the new film which opened a days' run at the Theatre yesterday is a true example of how far screen-art ...

... arrived the orchestra was in full blast at Rachmaninoff's infamous Prelude, and there was proof that the management of this theatre are becoming more infected than ever with the hydraulic bug, or whatever virus it is which compels to weight-lifting. Previous ...

... the Max Linder for one franc fifty is more interesting than any of the programmes which are thrust into one's hands at the theatres and cinemas of this country. Perdus au Pole turned out' to be extremely interesting. But then I have always been passionately ...