ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 343, 10 March 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

INI) LI END ENT PICTURES.

JUG METRO PRODUCTION

“The Man Who,” the Metro production now appearing at the Independent Pictures, stars fieri Lyllel as Reddy Mills, the New York bank clerk who tried to become the man who broke the boot trust. Reddy s ambition was t.o become a “Man Who is inspired by it is desire to win the favour of Helen Jessup, the daughter of an old New York family, who bad no use for men who were just “nice and ordinary.” So Reody decided lo go about faultlessly dressed, ex cepi that his feel were always bare, as a protest against the high prices ol shoes,. Going binelooi into exclusive social circles produced amusing com pi leal ions and m spired a national barefoot campaign. Hie support tt include a comedy, serial and budget. , KOFV. HOOD COMEDY AND EXCELLENT HISTORICAL DRAMA. The biggest (omedy feature that lias ever been screened is heading the programme at the Rosy 'llieaue ibis weekend. It is r, M.ick Seinictl llve-reeler with that king of fun, Ren 'I nrpin. in the leading role. Never before has the man witb the extraordinary optics so excelled bim-elf in coined.. The picture is one big laugh from beginning to end. one ol the Inmnest sights ever seen being a lareteal football tna.Kll in which Hon performs some tricks that would e.nee all the present existing Rijgny rules to be. to say the leas! of il. revised, 'links feature is one that provides good ; lean enlcrtainmenl that will be appreciated by young and old alike. “'lbe Heart of Maryland" was otic ol the greatest plays ever presented upon the stage, and lias been a favourite stock production l°r several rears. Mom of the stars and ftopular players on the stage have appeared in this >onb stirring play. 'lhe production has been made upon an elaborate scale filmed in the locale ot the story, using many historic site- and eosumics worn in the period between 1860-1865. ikne pieces ol hmniure china and silverware were also hot rowed in [live the production a touch () i die “atmosphere" that moved the hearts ol men in the stirring da vs in the early six lies. Every “llorl lias been exerted to make the production a classic. PALACE." 1 Wit RLE SKILL ATTRACTION. The prog: amine al the I’alan- ini indued 1 n distinct and welcome change from wen known artists and expensive stage settings, when dm double Stoll bill was shown las. night. A Gazelle, a comedy and a zoological picture preceded a line Sherlock Holmes” short story, "'lhe Resident pmumi" Lille Norwood, in the role ol ,sberlock Holmes, dees not merely play the part; he makes the famous, detective (t -fiction really live. All 'be characters mad.- famous by Conan Doyle were chosen ivliii the greatest care and each slory of the adventures of Holmes on the x«it tons cases which he investigated shows the .work of a master criminologist, im imagined by llu- author. Dll enquiry we find that these feature.-, are not in serial form and will be Hiown as separate atiraciions at re. n| ilar . intervals. “A One, aim, of Trust ' was the main feature of an attractive programme. : j.ihcl M. Deli’s widely-read book ot the same ii.oim ba< been made into a splclidiil | -icturc by Stoll'-, of Nearly all i |.. urn;.' taken at Nice and dm a tel background- are magnificent. \.,iia all the sniiers' are natives ot

i|„. So?;':i <,f France. or else >/“* director ; Ki> <■«,M>tn'il Loudon completely io gel >n(!■ i, iiiut!t*v jiksotlincut for ins birr mob scenes. The n-vohnionai t pictures are very wd, done ;i ml Iho .id ini; of 111.- pniidiiulsuperb, Tiic. story is mosi hist mating am. iu,iliin>; of interest is lost in adapting 1 u 10 pictures. ’illf ViR-111 SfOlK'S, where iln“,)im*sl ion 'if I nisi" is rno.-i at issue, mud (in. cp-'otiilors in.!il the linal ami san.Mae torv (loiH'in-meni. This pro!.'nun me will he shown to-night ami to-morrow and should prove a Li'.; a I fraction. CiIIKAT FIGHT I’II,TURK. DKMI’SKV v. CARPIiNTII'.II, The record-breaking Him of the histone fight for ilm championship of tin world between Jack Dempsey and Georges _ Garpentior will In- shown at Iv't-rybody s on .Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next I week. '('he picture lias l\een extraordinarily successful wherever shown. In Auckland a ran tor three weeks, heing viewed h\ audiences totalling more than 25,000 people, and iii \Vc-11ii 1I; l<>ii iitiraeied u-cord audiences for twelve nights in ihe Grand Op"’a House, In view of bookings ahead the Palmerston North season, win lie limiico to three nights. The pictures of Ihe great light present complete survey of all the events leading up to Ihe actual contest. Tin camera-man has recorded every incident of note in connection with the sharply-cunira.-.ied training methods oi the contestants, Ihe building of the huge stadium, and the wonderlnlly ellieient arrangements (or handlhig the enormous crowds. Kvery Mow exchanged in the light is seen in the clearest detail, with the "close ups'’ ot the important moments, particularly in the amazing second round, when Carpeiilier dealt Dempsey the formidable blow on the jaw which brought him within an ace ol winning the high-sounding title of champion ol the world. 'I he box plans open at the Kosv office to-morrow.

.\iAIM I’. 'I P.MPKST KXCKI.S. ‘•mi; pim i'assks by." .Mis- Miiiio lempesi, in assoeiation uiih Mr Gnham Browne. nuclei' the (iircclion ul ,). I\\ 1 1 !i,1111><111. I.ld , and ihe manage men! cl Mr Wilfred Colton, will commence ;i farewell season here to morrow 111rrh! with the new and delightful play, “Mr Pim Passes By,” of which a prominent Sidney critic writes: —“!( was good to he .••Me in welcome once nine ilia I consummate artist and comedienne. Miss Marie 'lempest, in a piece which proves again in marked manner what *a very versatile actress she is. In ‘Mr Pirn Passes By holh Miss Tempest and her talented leading man, Mr Graham Browne, have a comedy cl miinnei's which shows (hem as artists who do not cling to any one pariieulai line, and wiki can be relied on a performance far removed from the stereotype. In this latest comedy, now and again dangerously near to tragedy, we lind Miss Tempest as a woman who. believing her husband to be dead, lias married again. Then conns the terrible moment when Mrs .Married, as she now is, discovers that she is a higamisi, and that her Hist husband. Mr Telworthy, is alive. Bin Mr Pirn once more passes by, and drops in t<» tell bis friends that the man he met on hoard was not Telworthy. hut a iellow called PM witt.le. Mr Graham Browne, as the regular conservative type of Kngbsliman. wit it a profound respect for the proprieties, makes wonderful use of the opportunities a Horded by the role of Mr Mardeii. Miss Marie I'enipesl. ol course, as Mrs Marden, invests the part with a wealth of detail and ■ • sublet.y of characterisation that has made her world (anion-.” As a curtain-raiser a ■•lover huh' one act play. “The Dumb and -he Blind,' will lie given. Mr Graham Browne as Joe, the bargee, gbes a tine sindy of a typical Hast Knd of l.ondon “'IT. A FOi: TIIPKK." l in Mondav will be played “lea tor Three," ilso for the first lime here.