ENTERTAINMENTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 9836, 2 April 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

His MAJESTY’S THEATRE. I mmmmmmm TO-MORROW—“THE ,STORM” AND “A VIRGIN PARADISE.” Writers, philosophers and know-it-alls Have from rime immemorial declared tliat the giri oi unspoiled innocence, the girl without experience m meeting men, is the lirst to fall belore the wiles of a polished artist in love-making. The woman of the world is protected by her knowledge, they have contended. But there is another kind of innocent girl, who isn’t so susceptible in spite of her ignorance. This is the belief of ILaugdon McCormick, the man who wrote the stage success, ‘‘The Storm,”, and Reginald Barker, the famous producer, who diricted the picturisation. She is the girl of the woods. Living in daily close communion with Nature, inspired by the clean atmosphere of the primitive world and knowing no men but the straight, honest woods men and trappers, she somehow gains a protecting instinct against the “man from outside.” When he comes, instead of succumbing to his polished mastery as the girl of the farms or the small towns would do, she instinctively rejects him, though pleased with his attentions. “The Storm,” a Universal-Jewel special starring Souse Peters, and with Virginia Valli, Matt Moore, Josef Swickard and others in support, comes to His Majesty’s Theatre to-morrow night and Wednesday. The second big feature on this programme will be “A Virgin Paradise,” the sensational and spectacular William Fox special which made a tremendous impression while running on Broadway, New York. The story, dealing with life in a South Sea island jungle and with civilised hypocrisy, was written by Hiram Percy Maxim, the famous inventor, especially to provide material for a William Fox super-special. The scenes include the destruction of a tropic island by a volcanic eruption, with.the death of the entire population except two persons, and the burning of a palatial country place on Long Island, New York. The survivors on the island are the infant daughter of a missionary, Gratia Latham and her native nurse. The nurse dies while Gratia is still a child, and she lives on with only lions, apes and other wild animals as her companions. Pearl White takes the part of the heroine in this great production. Next Thursday and Friday the Hilo Hawaiian Trio- of instrumentalists and dancers, fresh from the Fuller circuit, will make their appearance.