ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3105, 24 December 1921, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PALACE. " ISOBEL." James Oliver ( tirwood has no serious ival in writing stirring stories of Canada's jreat north-west, and in "Isobel," or "The ■Vails End." he has given his best. This liciur.e will be shown for the last time fought at Ihe palace, with a good two-reel omedy, "Holy Smoke,'' which introduces iome quite new comedy stunts. A good Uazelle and I'ictograph are also showing, KOSY. "Felix O'Dny" (11. B k Warner) and 'Patricia Brent. Spinster" (British), with chapter 15 of "The Diamond Queen" and a Charlie Chaplin comedy, "The Female Impersonator," arc accountable for good touses this week-end at the Kosy. EVERYBODY'S. "Heart of lie- Hills," Marring Mary Pick ford, is the st..r attraction al Everybody's 10-itight. 9 Gazette, a cartoon and outing are also showing. INDEPENDENT PICTURES. ALICE LAKE IN METRO SPECIAL. Unique in appeal and power is Iho beautiful Metro special, "Unchartered Seas." with Alice Lake in Ihe stellar role, which will be, presented to-night at tin' Opera House for Ihe last lime. Seldom a picture comes (his way with such wonder fill settings as there are in "Unchartered Seas." The story lakes one from sunny Ca'ifornia to Ihe stark, forbidding ice packs of the Behring Strait. A woman al tempts to regenerate her husband in a dangerous quest far up the Behring Strait. Here, amid the silent threat Of Ihe ice packs, he shows her thai his heart is rotten to the core and she leaves him,, to finish the tptesl with a real man. The boat is swept out of its course and till one winter the man and the woman are held prisoners in the ice. Alter many awful experiences, and rI the point of death through starvation. they are rescued by a patrol boat. The scenes of the great light of the Aurora, and the ice in the latter part of the picture are supet b. William Farmim lakes up the running on Tuesday in "His Ureaiesl Sacrifice," a U illiain Fox feature with a powerful story of a man's solf-cll'aceuteul in order that his u ife may have her great career.

DAME CLARA BUTT. The announcement made by Messrs J. and X. Tail lo the efl'eel thai Dame I 'lara Bull and Mr K'ennerley Rumford will pay us a return visit on Monday, January 2nd, will no doubl cause a stir in music d circles and will be welcomed by all concur! lovers. for stars may come ami go but the eminent contralto still holds pride of place in the affection of concert lovers throughout the Empire, for there is certainly no more popular artist in ihe concert I .day than Dame Clara Bull. Right through the war period the fa us contralto was tireless in her energies to assist in funds for the numerous needful organisations, and in recognition of her position in the musical world and her patriotic efforts •vas decorated Dame of the Order of ihe British Empire. In the early years of the war Mr Rumford was on the Western front and was later transferred lo the Intelligence Department a! the War Office. Accompanying the two great singers on this tour are Daniel Melsu, a young Polish violinist, and Miss (Jrace Torrens, piauisle and composer, who was responsible for much of Ihe music in ihe Oscar Asche productions "Westward Ho" and "Chit {'lnn ( how." One concert will be given in Palmcrston North at the Opera House, and the box pilau will be opened tit 'tales on Eriday next. Patrons will nolo thai the maximum number ol seals whicii can be booked by any one person is twelve. The J. O. Williamson Co., Ltd., presented the comic opera, "Firefly," lo an appreciative audience in the Opera House last evening. The principals acquitlod themselves well, Miss Bene Maxwell giving a splendid interpretation of the part oi "Nina,'' the singing Italian girl,