ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 400, 18 May 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. . ''TUREE SEVENS.'-'-TP-NIGIIT. Antonio Moreno, in tho'role of a daring and dashing hero of a thrilling melodrama, will be tho feature attraction at the Kosy Theatre 10-iiighl. The picture is entitled 'Three Sevens —a talo of terrific struggles against a biiier fate and involves the leading character in u maze of circumstantial evidence. It tells tho story of a youth unjustly imprisoned, with fate playing againsl him. lie was convicted and sentenced to serve, twenty years in prison, where he became No. 777. Escaping, ho brought about a, general gaol delivery of nearly all tho convicts, including five dangerous and hardened criminals, whom he had not intended to turn loose. Inspired by his love for :i bravo and beautiful woman, be resolves to dcyote his life to recapturing the five outlaws and effecting an agitation leading toward prison uplift. A good supporting serios includes a I'.n'tisli production, "It's Happiness iliat t omits."

INDEP ENDENT PICTURES,

"POLLARS AND SENSE."

To-njglu's new bill ai die Independent Pictures will bo headcij by a comedy drama "Dollars and Sense," leaturihg thai elm lining young actress, Mttdgo "Kennedy. Ii shows how the last two cents of a plucky little American girl, strivjng to earn her own livelihood, wins her Ihc love ol opo man and the loyal devotion and high regard of another. Hazel'.- room rent is due and she is hungry with but two cents between her and starvation, She e,oe., to a bakery and purchases some stale buns, and there meei.s a young man whoso aim in hie is in help the poor and suffering, She tells hilU ilie buns are for her Pomeranian, bill he sees through her deception and gives her soveraj fresh and hot nuns. I land lakes iliem to the park, and when she ravenously bites into them finds a silver dollar in end}, which the kindly bi(ker put there. She returns to Iho baker and fells him he nerds | a business manager, and David asks her Io take tho job on the spot. Then begins a bakeshop idyll with Hazel and David rapidly falling in love with one another. The supports include a captivating Hall 150,\ comedy. "Millionaire Pauper-," Hudson Hay Travelogue and Topical Budget. Box plans are now open ai Oaies' for lite recordbreaking picture "Over ilie Hill" Hooking is heavy, and palrons are advised to secure ihtdr reservations in advance ol Monday—the opening uighl. EVERYBODY'S. "THE KID"-A 11 PHP SUCCESS. .Much was expected in Ihe shape of good entertainment from the sen ing of "The Kid." and theatregoers who patronised Ihe Palace Theatre last evening were nol disappointed. II anything, the picture, which is Charles Chaplin's biggest ciiori |o dale, exceeded all expectations, ft was graded by a packed house, hundreds of would be patrons having to bo turned away, winch was only lo be expected in view of the photoplay's extraordinary popularity in other centres. "The Kid" is something entirely different from iho famous uclorprodueer's previous pictures, which havo all been framed on farcical lines with a superabundance of broad comedy. Ii is, for all practical purposes, a comedy-drama, deftly alternating between humour anil pathos, with an excellent story framed on by no means impossible situations as in ground-work. "Tho Kid" is really responsible for some beautiful sentiment, so human is its touch and so forcible its appeal In this connect ion the honours .mostly fall to the lot of Jackie Coogan, the siuall boy of inimitable antics who accompanies "Charlie" throughout his several years' sojourn in tho slums. The youngster quickly established himself a firm Favourite in tho hearts of all present, for his work is flawless. Action in the story revolves on Charlie's adoption of tho "kid," an abandoned street waif, and the fortunes of the fair are traced through several years which afford ample scope for Charlie s inexhaustible fund of eccentric comedy. Eventually, by a curious chain of circumstances the "kid" is restored to his mother, who with the flight of years, has achieved wealth and fame. It is undoubtedly a great photoplay—one which will go down in the history of the "movies" as a production of outstanding merit. To-night "The Kid" will bo screened at Everybody's Theatre. PALACE. "MOLLY 0'"-TO-NIGHT. A Alack Sennett-Mabel Normand feature forms the leading attraction at ihe Palace Theatre to-night. It was Mack Sennett who Hashed tho wit, wisdom, beauty and brilliance of "Mickey" to the world. It was Mack Sennetl who has produced another triumph—one that will out-rival "Mickey," and its title is ".Molly o'.' In ii are again combined tho forces' thai made "Mickey" supreme among comedies—Mack Sennetl', the producer;.'merry Mabel, Normand, the mischievous star; and P. Richard Jones, ihe director. A Cinderella story is told in "Molly o'"—a story bubbling over with comedy," yet fraught, with faith, wit, humour, pathos, beam;., pageantry and romance, and graced with exquisite glimpses of human nature. Miss Normand touches the peaks of art and the heights of comedy in'hor portrayal of a daughter of poverty struggling againsl the overwhelming odds of environment 10 reach the uplands of happiness.