ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 930, 31 January 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PALACE. “ISLE OF LOST SHIPS.” “Che Isle of Lost Ships,” a Maurice Tourneur production, which is coming- to the Pulaco Theatre to-night for a three nigl ts’ engagement, discloses new possibilities of screen grandeur and beauty. _ It is a Btory to thrill the most blase.- It is a hue human story, breathing wholesome ideals and fraught with a spirit of adventure. The theme is daring in its nature, and the task of the producer overwhelming in its exactions on the imagination, but Tourneur has again proved himself the matter that he is by giving this tremendous 1 story an adequate, sensational and remarkable visualisation. And the cast is worthy of the story. Anna Q. Nilsson plays the role of the shipwrecked society girl, Milton Sills is the boro, a condemned but innocent man, and Frank Campeau is Jackson, the detective . Others of importance in the excellent con pany are Walter Long, Bert Woodruff, Aggie Herring, and Irene Hunt. “The isle of xist Ships,” which is a First National atti action, is from the successful novel by Cri.tenden Marriott. KOSY. ‘THE GRAIL” AND “THE SALESMAN.” 1 ho programme at the Kosy this weekent is very good—every picture being interesting. “The Grail,” a five-reel Fox drama, is a good western story starring Duitin Farnurn. The theme is the old-time reformation of an outlaw by the faith of a good woman, but it is done in a novel way this time and the production is convincing wh.le boing full of excitement and heartintirest. The comedy “The Salesmen,” featuring A 1 St. John, is worthy of special mention. An interesting news and a cartoon coi iplete a programme that will amply repa; • anyone for the moderate price of adMli ision to the Kosy. EVERYBODY'S* “THE KELLY GANG.” There is honour among thieves, but a notorious case of there also being dishonour in their make-up was recorded by the police on June 27th, 1880. It was the shooting of Aaron Sherritt by the Kelly gang. Shcrritt wts the son of an ex-policeman and was engaged to be married to a sister of Joe Bj rne, one of the members of Ned Kelly’s gang. Sherritt was not long in receiving hi: reward. One evening a man was handcu fed by Dan Kelly and led along to Sherritt’s hut and there compelled to call out “.-.aron.” When Sherritt came to the door on recognising tho voice of his friend he wi s shot dead without a word of explanatic n. This, and many other incidents equally as dramatic are depicted with wonderful realism in the film “When The Kally’s YVero Out,"’ soon to be screened at Everybody’s Theatre.