ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10107, 15 October 1917, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. "THE FALSE KIIIENL).’*In the role of Ramsdell. a rising young lawyer. Robert Warwick Inis a part that, tits him like a glove, and "'I he. False, Friend’’ is a strong and attractive drama, for that alone, among many reasons. Cad _K • 11 ,• is, *he heroine, and in the strongly emotional scenes with which the play al;. 1 1 rid j. she raises to great heights of tragic delineation. The story is a. splendid one. it. : , central incident being 11 u‘_ betrayal of :l man by his best Irieiul, who is in love vv 1 1 1 1 the heroine. By a skilful piece of villainy, lie manages to pursitade the girl and hei father that hi-. Iriend i- a. tlope-liend. and from that one act of sconndrelism, a whole series, of black troubles assail the hero. Ihe i-venes are set in the society circles of New York, and interiors are triuniplis of lavish jo-uiugs, Tim last scene i s (he most dramatic.'’ending in the totally unexpected and jouldeii shooting of the villainous Clinton. “Tim h(,u (law" introduces a. new character in the Till episode, who is alnio-t as mysterious as the Laughing Mask. 'I Ins chapter is very good, in fact, the whole pi,.-gramme i ; -pb-lidid. PALACE. “THE BUTTERFLY GIRL." “Tile Billievily girl." starring Margarita Fischer, is one of the most interesting production-. of the year, l-.vriy scene is laid ~, .mewbere in the grounds of _ the great panama Exposition of Ran Diego, an expo ition that more than rivalled that, held at ban i-’raiK-iseo. Scenes in and around the various -ide-shows are so cleverly nit-er-v. ivi n with the main story that the spectator will feel that he is actually one of the many thousands ,vvho visited the 1 * remarkable exhibition. Margarita Fischer is seen in Ine odd rot- of a girl of the -ideshows, and she outers' into tin* carnival spirit of the great. ,une. cmeiit park, \side from tin- glamour end glitter of tne anitM'inent booths, scenes t,t dramatic force anil real thrill mark tin) reproduction. An act of daring on top ql the massive imitation Hawaiian volcano is a striking art that will long be remembered. .\li-s Fischer appears its a lagged little in-fill is w !n> is >et adrift on the amusement streets of the grout fair. Here she vv ins the b-vrl i ! uli Die comes in contact with, from jI. • “‘sdlybcioei-U’ and side-show freaks, to the j 11 * re;( <>f tie- promenadei's, and a stir)im r (Umax i, reached when Mis, Hseher v.nh itchy .Mam- m her arms eliinhx to the summit of the volcano, which is a replica of the w .irld famous Kilcana. and jumps in.