ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1707, 23 December 1919, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. " jS ••'JUST FOR TO-NIGHT."- | In "Jußt for To-night" Tom Moore i makes tho most of his opportunities in a |j roinantio drama with plenty of. comedy fl touches besprinkled throughout. The Btory ffl was written specially for the star by Chas. | Logue, and contains a lot of smart novel ■ incidents, and is considerably ibriehtened 5 by the smart, pithy sub-titles used. As may be expected, it is exactly suitable to the debonair manner of the good natured Irishman, and not a little of its attractiveness is due to tho charm of the leadnfg lady, Lucy Fox. No, one seeing the pici ture will blame, the 'hero..for "falling in lovo with her ad first sight. EVERYBODY'S. "INTOLERANCE." i By arrangement with J. C. Williamson, Ltd., the International Attractions . are presenting David W. Griffith's masterpiece, "Intolerance," at -Everybody's. _ ' Intolerance " has four separate 'stories cunning through it, each with a separate caste of characters, and deals with four different periods of historv, each faithfully repro-. ducod. Of tho individual themes represented that of the Babylonian period is the most .spectacular and thrilling, that of the •biith of Christianity the most impressive, that of the massacre of tho Huguenots the most tragio, while that of the present time •is most humanly interesting. Every human emotion is appealed to in "Intolerance. C The splendour of the various csones is un- I 'believable; tho settings arc so richly con- | ' ociVed as to beggar description. If no 1 j other motion picture spectacle had ever been | 'made "Intolerance" would still stand as a g j monument of achievement to the greatest I producer the world has known. On account j of the length of the film, session com- .1 nonces each evening at 7.30 o'clock. PALACE. NAZIMOVA In"a~STORY OF THE SEA I "Out of the Fog," the latest screen drama in which the great Nazimova is seen, is the special attraction at the Palao; ' Theatre, and isi a powerful and intense story of ,the sell. 'I his play, which wa; adapted for the' screen from the stag*; drama by 11. Au.stin Adams, "'Ccptior Shoals," which prea'ted such a furore during its long New York run, brought to J Nazimova much of the fame which she ha attuned as an actress of supreme i motion;'l j character. The'story has, all tho moods am! ■ changes of the vast sea _ about which it centres—storms and passions of humai tragedy, dull and cloudy days when the heavy fog of despair rolls in to hide the I horizon, but whicli later is dispelled by the blazing sunshine of romance and love which give a happy ending to the gripping drama "THE PRIVATE SECRETARY." There are some comedies which will never grow old; they come up smiling with the same freshness as when originally produced. Such a comedy is "The Privato Secretary," by Charles Hawtrey, which is to bo produced by the Charley's Aunt Comedy Company at the Opera House on Friday and Saturday next. Tho Charley's Aunt Company needs no introduction to tho playgoers of Palmcrston North; the excellence of tho comedies set a standard rareiy attained, and the work of Mr Norman Aitken as "Charley's Aunt" and "Rev. Robert Spalding" will ibe readily remembered. It is no cxag--1 geratioh to say that seldom has a comedian played in Palmcrston -North that can compare with Mr Aitken, particularly in such a part as "The Private Secretary. The unfortunate happenings of tho unsophisticated curate, who had nothing to • eat but a "bath bun," but who was mistaken " for. a desperate burglar, will undoubtedly provcV an ideal entertainment for holiday makers'on Friday and Saturday next. Mr Aitken has secured a. first-class company, every part being, it is said, most capably-filled. The box plan is now open at Oates', and intending patrons are advised to book early.