ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 744, 28 June 1923, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. “TROOPER O’NEIL” AND NEW SERIAL. A fine Fox feature is being’’ shown this week-end at the Kosy. It is called “Trooper O'Neil,’” and has Charles Jones in the minic-rolc. It is a breath of the Canadian woodlands. When the picture opens there is a scene where snow-capped peaks raise their crests, plumed with giant pines. That is the background for a story which is swift is action and engrossing m theme. The beauty of Ihe settings is cleverly blended with the ever-increasing charm of this spirited romance. Situation follows situation in rapidly increasing succession to the final stirring climax. And rarely has a climax been more powerful. “Perils of the Yukon,” a new serial starring William Desmond, commences with this programme and makes a most favourable opening. This promises to be a good and popular serial. A Sunshine comedy and news complete an exceptional bill. EVERYBODY’S. “A CONECTICUT YAKEE.” Retaining all the satire and subtle hpinonr that made Mark Twain the prince of American humorists, augmented by American slang in the subtitles, embellished by sets so sumptuous as to be almost bewildering, and we have William Fox’s pictorial conception of Mark Twain’s famous satire on royalty and aristocracy, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courn This film lias been showing at Everybody a to crowded houses, and the season is now drawing to a close. Box plans are at the Kosv.

PALACE.

“THE MAN FROM BEYOND.”

"The Man From Beyond,’’ starring' tire famous llondini. is the big feature on the bill at the Palace tonight. The story begins with a mystery and ends with the greatest thrill the screen has yet offered. The survivors of an Arctic expedition discover on board a derelict barquentine the figure of a man who, for a century, has been living in a stale of suspended animation. He proves to be Howard Hillary. The rescuers, Dr, Sinclair and Duval, a half-breed soldier of fortune, resuscitate Hillary. His first conscious thought and his first cry is for ‘‘Felice,’’ his sweetheart of a century before. Thus does the haunting romance begin. After many, intensely heart gripping situations, in which the villain is thwarted, the father of Felice, released from thraldom worse than death, there is a thrilling spectacle of Houdlni swimming through the rapids above Niagara Falls, and bringing back from the very brink of the cataract the canoe bearing the* girl. That this is an authentic photograph and not an illusion is clearly shown. The thrill is the biggest Houdini has yet given, and the picture promises to prove a real sensation.

EMELIE POLIN’I IN “THE LlE.’’

TO-MORROW NIGHT

So favourable impression was created m Palmerston North when the J. C. W illiamson Enielie Polini Company were here on Monday, that a return visit from this fine organisation is eagerly awaited, 10-morrow evening at ihc Opera House at 8 o clock ,T. 0. Williamson, Ltd., will present Miss Polini in “The Lie,” a new fonr-act play by Arthur Henry Jones. Of “The Lie,” the critic of the Sydney Morning Herald writes: “Miss Polini, as Elinor Shale, gives a really startling performance. Of the many excellent delineations she has given, this is probably the greatest and most compelling. The audience is thrilled by her emotion. Seldom lias such enthusiasm been, displayed as in the third act when Miss Polini rises to dramatic height's, when file nature of her sister’s falsehood is disclosed.” In “The Lie,” Mr Frank Harvey has received unusual eulogy both from press and public for his fine performance of “Noli Dibdin”-a part that is said to lit him like the proverbial glove. Fine support of the gifted principals is also accorded bv Messrs G. Kav Souper, Richard Hatteras* Herbert Leigh, Nancye Stewart Veronica Lawrence, Katie lowers and Letty Paxton. The box plans are at Oates’ music store.

THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

OPERA HOUSE, MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT.

“Miles.ahead of their other performance'’ lias been the unanimous verdict of the audiences to whom the. Famous Diggers have already presented Sieir new . revue, “Tip Top.” The capable' judgment of the management, the result of four years’ theatrical enterprise in New Zealand, enables them to produce a show which proves a ICO per cent satisfaction to the theatre-going public. and in that respect the new revue has "hit the nail on the head.” No expense has been spared in the gathering of good items, dressing and scenery required tor the new production, and it is a fitting monument of the Diggers’ faith in their never failing patronage that they can embark such an expensive show on the lengthy and extensive tour of the Dominion, the like of which has never been attempted by other travelling shows of its kind, in the capable hands of Joe V alii, I'rank Moran, Gus Dawson and Tano Faina,, the comedy of the revue attains the acme of mirth-pro-voicing humour. Gus Dawson is responsible for some very excellent dancing features in llie revue, particularly a novel acrobatic dance with Diana Tabor, entitled “Nouvelle Melange,” and a clever execution in the “Alabam” duet with winsome Eiiy Dalgleish. The latter is as dainty and appealing as ever in her own offerings, a success being “Apple Blossom Time,” a delightfully dressed feature, in which she is ably assisted by the “Superb Six.”