ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4931, 26 July 1918, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. “The Elaines of Chance/' which has delighted many patrons at Everybody’s, will be finally shown at that popular theatre tills afternoon and evening. Miss Margery Wilson, the dainty heroine, according to French custom, adopts three godsons whom she writes .and sends parcels, the trio being prisoners of the Suns. One of the men accidentally discovers that the letters have been used by a spy to transmit invaluable naval news to the Germans, and having got liis '■release lie puts the secret service on the track, with startling results. The comedy of the piece largely consists of the pretty heroine’s efforts to appear as a rheumaticky old woman, as her godsons believed her to be. Her character is a most appealing one all through, and there was great regret when she was arrested as the spy. But all turns out well. The supporting pictures include a fine Gaumont Graphic, the laughable comedy, “An Innocent Villain,” and a clever cartoon filnp “On Trial.” The third episode of the Metro serial, “Tile Great Secret,” will also bo shown, it having ,beeu unfortunately delayed in the Arahura’s mail. In this episode j Francis Bushman is shown in the power of the Secret Seven, while Beverly Bayne’s experiences arc also ! of a most exciting description.

: " TIIS MAdHSTi 'S I’iCi'UliES. j . Another large audience at His Maj jesty’s last night was delighted with | the splendid film, “The Darling of ; Paris,” which is at the head of the j current programme. This powerful i photoplay is based on Victor Hugo’s , immortal story, “The .Hunchback of . -Notre Dame,” which lends itself par- ! cieularly to dramatisation,the scenes J being so vividly presented in the j hook that their transference to the j film is a matter of ease, especially ; when the scenes were photographed iou the actual spots so vividly des- ■ cribed in the romance. The famous | cathedral of Notro Dame, the grim j streets ol old Paris, the horrible cells ! of the Bastille, arc all to be seen as ;in the days with which tho story | deals, and there is also afforded a j unique view of the gruesome tumbril jin which so many offenders and ;o • many of the flower of the old French j aristocracy took them last ride to the ( place of execution. The haunts of I the Apaches, the shuddery drinking j shops of the Parisian slums, the i half-dark alleys and by-ways of the j lower quarters of the city, all are • made to serve their turn at the bej host of the film-makers, and the it- j | suit is a film full of ’ calism, prvifiit--1 ing a living, breathing picture of the ! Paris of old. Miss Theda Bara, as Esmeralda, has one of the most interesting characters she has ever j been called upon to interpret, ft is |an unusual one. dominating the ; story from beginning to end. Her | charming personality is so forceful j that it ensures success for any story iin which she appears, so that with | this fine romance she is enabled to j achieve the most striking triumph j !of her career. In support of his fine j | film is another of the popular Fox j j comedies, “His Love Fight,” featur- j ! ing Rank Mann in a most laughable ! ■ farce. A last opportunity- to see this J ; attractive programme will be afford- j jed this evening. To-morrow night’s j j change of programme -nbraces an- ; : other of the popular Douglas Fair- ■ j banks’ features, under the title of I ! “Wild and Woolly.”

PALACE PICTURES. j As the mails from the Arahura j could not be landed yesterday, ; which meant that Madge Evans in j “Gates of Gladness” and “The Ne- ; glected Wife” could not be screened. ; the management put Saturday’s pro ■ j gramme on for their patrons’ benefit. | The star picture, “The Silence Sellj ers,” was a splendid Metro featuie, i with MaAiVne Olga in the I lead. “'The Sileuce Sellers” ■ is ' an expose of the methods of certain j so-called society journals. It revels jin dramatic incidents, and provides i a powerful vehicle for the superb | talents of Mine. Petrova. The edij tor oD-WlPrv“--~J ; irttle Tale” goes to j great- lengths to secure damaging Jevidence against persons of wealth ■ and position. Laure 'When loves j Donald Loring, who. ‘ r •- ring uu- ; trustworthy, dctermi/'Ppe, make a | man of himself. Guest rUL. /’Lr house | party are the rich Mrs. Schuyler and the fortune-hunter, Von Kolnitz, I who places Mrs Schuyler in a comj promising position, and Donald Lor- | ing sells the news of the escapade to | “The Tattle Tale.” But hid-'reasons for doing so—that is the big surprise j | in “The. Silence Sellers,’’ and proves | that he is a man to be trusted, after ! all. A rollicking comedy is also in- | ; eluded in this programme, the title 1 !of which is “The Prairie Chicken.” For sheer mirth this offering is hard to beat, and the uproar in the theatre during the screening was something to he remembered. The programme concluded with a clever cartoon. Should tbe mail arrive to-day the “Gates of Gladness” and “The Neglected Wife’’ will be. screened, both to-day and to-morrow, and “The Silence Sellers” in the early part of next week. Should the mail not arrive “The Silence Sellers” will he screened to-day and to-night.

THE HUSKY DANDIES. If you want to boost anything, i boost it to the sky. ’Tis there that I all the glories of the firmament are set, the sun, moon and stars. We have the same combination here on earth in the shape of the “Dusky Dandies.” Not so “hot’-’ as the sun, I nor quite as dreamy as thc moon, neither aro the stars quite so bril-j liant as tJiose in Heaven, but be- l lieve me, the “Dusky Dandies” can make more noise—musical noise—than the sun over tried to do. and as for singing .love songs the man in the moon isn’t in it. The girls are just as beautiful and just as shapely as any Venus that ever lived in Groaeian mythology. Now, as “the proof of the pudding is in the eating” we advise all who may, to enter the garden of •inspection and partake of the fruit and become wise like j Adam and Eve.