ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1014, 6 November 1917, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ROSY. | “THE DIVORCE GAME.” An insight into the way some American, girls have to live who marry foreign aristocrats is given in “The Divorce Game.” “1 kiss the little brown mole near your elbow.” Those startling words appear in the letter which Paul, the husband, writes in onbr r<> feign infidelity and secure the. iiec-essary divorce. The letter win-, a great: ( joke to (he young- bride, .until site, found out. 1 that Fi-Fi, the actress, did have xi little j brown mole. Then much trouble he.giba.! Alice Brady has .never been seen to better | advantage than in thi.-i World Film p rod tie-■ tion. “The Iron flaw 1 is sensational this, week. PALACE. “NANCY'S BIRTHRIGHT.” The story of this play is similar to several other screen plays, and deals with the. daughter of a wealthy manufacturer who married one of her father’s employees. Rio marriage was not a, success, and the father disowned his daughter. How the old man becomes lonely and is reconciled to Nancy, his grand-daughter, makes the subject. matter of "Nancy’s birthright.” HALL CAINE’S “MANXMAN.” ft: is doubtful if there is a library in tin 1 English-speaking world that, hits not at; ieg.st, one copy of “The Manxman,” which is recognised as Hall Caine’s masterpiece in literary art. That, this book would be 'dramatised has been forseen for some time, but it fell to the. lot of The London Film Company to make arrangements for its showing as a photo play. The popular English .Screen artist. Henry Aiidey, wins specially chosen for the title role, and Elizabeth Risdcn for the leading lady. Both of these have a world-wide reputation, and with such a fine* subject to work, on, the picture ha.-: turned out the most. ,-motional ever photographed. Tall: about weeps — East. Lynne was never in It with “The Manxman.” The pathc-s in this really won vlerlul play has stirred tin- audiences everywhere it has been shown. The story turns upon the long and bitter misery of remorse which, follows the unhallowed union of two, lovers. A baby is born to them, but. fate intervening, has given the woman a husband who trusts and adores her —thinking tin' child is his. Henry Ainley’s acting is a revelation. As the picture is in nine parts, and will take nearly two and a-half hours to showy there will only be one screening each evening, commencing at, 7.30. The box plan will open on Wednesday morning, at the Palace and Kcsy offices. “TURN TO THE RIGHT.” GREAT COMEDY SUCCESS. J. and X, Tag's New Comedy Company will appear here for one night, only on Friday evening next. This organisation Inis been gaining triumph- all along the* line - n. - it.- first appearance in Melbourne some hit!.- time ago. “Turn to the Right." will be Pie production, and will be presented at tin- Op.-i-.-t House. “Turn to the Right” lias been a very decided success wherever it lias been played, ami reports speak of it as being the most, delightful comedy produced for - ime lime, its first, performance in Now V >rk, where it is still running, created a ion. ‘‘lf von had been present at the Gaiety Theatre last night, when “Turn to tie- Right,'’ was presented Tor the first lime, \ on would haw : e.-u a blare audience swept ■ oinpk-iely off its feel,” says a Xe.w York riri . “Not in the memory of the. oldest Ik st nighier has an audience shown more, sn.mi.iiieoiia and delightful approval.” Its stave-.-, was equally us g't-at in Melbourne, Sydney, and other cities in .which it. has appeared. The .Sydney Sunday Times says: “Of all lie- plays that. have, been produced in Sydney during the last lew years, none has achieved such an immediate success as was the case with ‘Turn to the Bight’ at the Palace Theatre lust night,” The story of the play is mainly concerned with the reformation of two crooks, Muggs and Giliy, wlio are responsible for most of the comedy of the piny. -Joe Bascorn has been in.Sing Sing prison for twelve months, wrongly accused of theft, and whilst, serving hi;, time ear. for mutes Muggs and Giliy. When Joe is p-Eased, Mugg., and Giliy meet him and try to persuade him to go into a dishonest venture with them, bur Joe “turns to the right” and h-aves them, ami goes, to his mother’s home, his mother being ignorant, that he has been in prison for twelve months, lie finds that Deacon' Tillinger is trying, by trickery, to buy his mother’s .peach orchard. Meanwhile Muggs and Giliy accidentally follow Joe to Mother Bascorn’s: home, and they, who are not really bad at heart, immediately come under the good influence of Mother Bavnm. Joe, will) the aid of the two crooks, frustrates the deacon’s plans, and with (lie help of Sammy l Mart, tii" village fat l>ny, .starts a big peach jam manufacturing syndicate, and every-, body rises to all'liieuce. The various sit.ua- | lions that arise during the working- out of the story afford great opportunities for the 1 comedy work of Muggs and Giliy who, ; whenever they occupy (lie stage, have the. audience in fits of uncontrollable laughter. I The, box plan opens at Andrew Millar's to- j morrow morning.