ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4876, 23 May 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PALACE PICTURES

The new programme at the Palace screened for the first time last night, attracted an enormous audience. A splendidly told World's film story “The Adventures of Carol” headed the bill. Madge Evans, probably the youngest of all screen stars, play the lead, and to say that she presents a wonderful performance is only the truth. The story or her adventures were followed with intense interest by patrons last might, and thesympathies of one and all went out to the child, who toid her father that she would keep his secret, and did so. The fourth episode of “The Neglected Wife,” aroused a great amount of interest, this chapter showing how the unfortunate wife is brought to the full realisation of her husband’s wrong-doings, and, in >a very stirring scene, she k; seen following up a wrong clue, 'wnereby sbe is captured by a gang of jewel smugglers, from whose clutches she escapes in a particularly thrilling manner. This programme is completed with a grand Topical film, illustrative of the excellent work now being done by munitioners. EVERYBODY’S. An excellent bill-of-fare was provided last night at Everybody’s and attracted a large attendance. “BairnMther’s Cartoons,” the fourth series of these delectable items “Fragments from France,” a smart and clever Vitagraph comedy, entitled “Masks and Mishaps,’’ and the up-to-date Gaumont Graphic wore the supports to the featured Vitagraph production, “The ’Secret Husband, or “Many Jane’s Pa.” 1 lie leading characters of the latter were in the hands of Mildred Manning and Marc McDermott, the latter excelling himself in a wonderful characterisation of the whimsical wandering Hiram Perkins. McDermott has a role that absolutely suits him. . The staging, photography and dressing throughout are particularly fine. The attraction for Saturday next will be the evergreen favourite Charlie Chaplin in his latest Mutual-Chaplm comedy, “The Cure,” of which particulars w ill bo announced later.