ENTERTAINMENTS

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4592, 18 May 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

LONDON AND M.M.M. AT LYCEUM. Of “Living London,” to be screened finally this evening at the Lyceum, tho Dominion’s critic said: “Many Now Zealanders know and love London, and those who do not, long to sec the “Big Smoke” about which they have heard and read such wondrous tales since leaving their cradles. In tho splendid picture which was presented last night, mighty throbbing London, with its grandeur and gaiety, its palaces and poverty, its historic buildings, its fashions and furbelows, its crowded highways and its exquisite beauty spots, was brought before the eyes of tho audience with a vividness to make the heart of a Britisher glow within him.” The film is in five parts. The photoplay support is a thoroughly charming comedy drama, starring tho delectable little star, Mary Miles Mintor, in “Wives and Other Wives.” The plot concerns the efforts of a wife to make her husband jealous. This, of course, is the cause of many complications. Tho mix-up caused "by tho miscarriage of the heroine’s plan in a country house to which all the offending parties have been invited and placed in adjoining rooms, is very laughable. To-morrow: “Hidden Dangers” (part 10), and Lionel Barrymore in “The Great Adventure.” Another great photoplay next Monday: “Men—Women—Marriage.”

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES,

- “Big Game” gets its final showing at the Oddfellows’ Hall to-night. In this well-dressed and stirring story, a super-Metro, May Allison is seen at her best as a winsome heroine, whether in tho salons of high society ou as the outdoor girl. There is a good plot, and some thrills to this big photoplay. “Tell Us, Ouija,” is a merry comedy, the Budget is interesting, and “South Sea Magic” is an unusual travelogue. The management has secured an outstanding new Paramount for tho week-end. “The Great Impersonation,” from tlio notable novel by Philip Oppenheim, in which an English lord’s place during the war period is taken by a German spy. It is a groat and thrilling tale of international intrigue.

ALSACE AND PAPAKURA TONIGHT.

The Alsace Company, headed by the Rev l’apakura and Mde. To Au, makes its first appearance in the Drill Hall to-night, and it comes with a fine reputation, confirmed by the critics of Wellington and elsewhere. The programme is varied and enjoyable. Continued and spontaneous applause are always indicative of the pleasure with which each item was received at each concert. Again and again the artists are brought back to the footlight, and with great good nature satisfied the insistent demands of the audience. As encore numbers several of the old favourite songs are given by the Rev Papakura and Madame .To Au, their magnificent voices attaching to an added pleasuro to the well-remembered tunes. The elocutionary items of Miss Priscilla Greene (who is also a dainty singer of songs), and Mr William Bailey, are all exceptionally well given, and create roars of laughter. Both established themselves as warm favourites _ with their audiences, whilst Mr Louis Alsace, who will be well remembered because of previous visits to Fcilding, with violin and the alsacephone, still holds his audience spellbound whenever ho appears. The concerted numbers by the company are the gents, filled with enjoyment, the whole being supplemented and increased by the playing of Miss Marie Ooleni, who acts as accompaniste, and also provides the overtures. The box plans for each ovening arc at Barrett’s. 9-REEL FEATURE PLAY. The Lyceum announce for Monday and Tuesday next the biggest feature in every way that has over been produced for the screen. “Man—Woman Marriage.” Dorothy Phillips and James Kirkwood are in the star roles, it traces woman’s influence on the destiny of the world from the time of the cave man right down to the present.. It describes the tile inevitable misunderstandings that occur when wealth, the desire for ppwer, and the love of the world begins to play their part in marriage.