ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 805, 7 September 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"ODIVA AND It till SEALS."

Public ; interest iir'tfnv novel ehtertainment provided by Odiva and her seals• con : tihuos liniibated, another large audience witnessing the.perforinitico at the Opera Mouse lust night. Following an interesting talk by Captain Adams on the remarkable ihlbilcclhal attributes; of Ihb maftim!«\'the animals gn\'j an .amusing demonstration of their "vocal" and mimetic abilities. With Odivn, ; who is as muih at home in the water as her amphibian comiwinions, they performed "'it Iftrie's of e'VoiiUidns in the tank, which weti received with enthusiasm by llie audience. To-rtight, locd fWiinmer* are lo take part in a display in the tank! The supporting items to Ihe star pcffbrhv iftco were well received, a complete change bf programme being presented. To-morrow afternoon there will be a ihatinee performance, and the season will conclude tomorrow night. ■ • "UosyT TOM MIX AND ZANE GREY. "'Catch My Smoke','! Tom. Mix's inost daring picture.. This was the consensus of opinion of the large audience which filed but of tho Kosy Theatre after this photoplay featuring the inimitable Tom Mi,x had booii presented last night. For real virile, clean photodrama those in which Tom Mix appears nro the best, and it requires ho great stretch of imagination to divine why the censor's seizors have never had the occasion to eliminate any wene from a Tom Mix photoplay. "Yellow Men and Gold," !a sort of "Treasure Island" picture, is also showing with a comedy, the serial and a topical. PALACE. A ZANE GREY NOVEIj, "The Mysterious Rider," a Zane Groj story, has been filmed by {Benjamin B. Hampton, nt whose touch the great hovels of the world become tnnrvellbUß photoplays. This may well be called Mr Hampton's greatest Zano. Grey interpretation! It contains.all the elements of wholesome dramatic appeal—appeal for every class of patron from the smallest child to the oldest grandmother and grandfather, and all the .folk who are. in between. Because it is a. huhdred per cent' pure entertainment, wholesome, elevating and artistic, the vory highest art of the, motion picture and tho most human, lovabla characterisations, breathless suspense,: mystery, intrigue,; humour and novel twist's—"The Mysterious Rider".finds a place, in the heart of any and 'every human being. "Columbine" is played by Claire Adams; "Wilsba Moore," by Carl Gantvoort; a powerful, mysterious stranger named Wade, by Robert McKim; a blonde beauty known as "Mi's Smith," by Maude Wayne, and a bull-dog sort of man, sinister and brutal, whose tcar/re'd face tells a story—the blonde's husband, Smith, by Frederick Starr. Walter , Whitman, as "Bellotmds," the father,. and James Mason, as "Jack Bellouilds,' 1 Ihb.he'er-do-well son—foster father and brother of the heroine, "Cohimbine'''-contribute truly great characterisations. A good comedy,Pictorial and Gazette are also showing.