ENTERTAINMENTS

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1909, 21 May 1928, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

KANGAROO ANI) PICTURES AT LYCEUM A most unusual feature at the Lyceum to-night will be the presence on the stage of Jerry, the fighting kangaroo, which is to meet all comers, including a number of Redding boxers. Jerry’s trainer, Mr Jack Clark, an. ex-pugilist himself, -?xpl;uns that- in compliance- with the rules of the S.P.C.A. Jerry’s human opponent must not treat him too roughly,-but, that,’ on the other hand Jerry was allowed to -break as many rules of the ring, as lie chose to do. And the kangaroo certainly -did. In fact, Jerry combined boxing, wrestling. pi jit.su, and the French method of defence, iiij which the i*net may be used. There will also lie a- programme of pictures, headed by “Mockery,” a story based on the days of the Bed Terror in Russia. A peasant role is portrayed by Lon Chaney with striking realism and many vicissitudes overtake him when he aids a, young Countess,.' wjiom he learns to love. Ricardo- Cortez has ilie- role of Dimitri, a young ..White Russian officer, yvhile Barbara Bedford nppear s as the beautiful young Countess for whose love both the peasant and the officer light a strange and grim battle.

“GALLANT FOOT/’ AT TTVOLT “The Gallant Fool,” with Billy Sullivan and Hazel Deane in the lead, is a, picture of royal intrigue arid patrician romance. In the kingdom. of Valdonia affairs of state had reached a crisis. The Princess Iris, scarcely more than a child, was helpless in the hands of the old greybeards of the Court, with enemies plotting her min and the downfall of the kingdom. The announcement came to the princess as with shock that a royal marriage of convenience had to be arranged for her with Crown Prince Boris. In return. Boris would shoulder the ■ enormous debt that. Valdonia owed to a millionaire. What really happened is quite stirring. “The* Radio Detective” serial will be screened on 'Wednesday in conjunction with “Nowhere to no. with the usual matinee.