ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 123, 22 April 1927, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

PALACE THEATRE. "

BAIRNSFATHER MASTERPIECE.

Excellent entertainment is provided at the popular Palace' Theatre in Master Pictures’ biggest laughter film of the year, Bruce Bairnsfather’s famous comedy, “The Better ’Ole,” with the king of comedians, Syd Chaplin, as .Old Bill. The story opens in the ominous days of June, 1916. The British have mobilised their troops for a final desperate effort against the enemy from Boucaret, where' Bill’s outfit is billeted. Tommies are guarding the Village or' lounging about and at the fountain Bert, a favourite with the ladies, is talking with Joan, the pretty sister of the innkeeper, Gaspard. From across the square Alf views the couple with disapproval. Old Bill joins Alf. “The Better *01e” has proved a record-breaker throughout the world. Syd Chaplin’s characterisation of Old Bill is said to bo his finest work to date. A specially compiled music score adds to the enjoyment of the picture. Seats should be reserved at Martin’s, the Square, of by theatre ’phone 5328.

KOSY THEATRE.

DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAMME.

“Tie City,” the film version of Clyde Fitch’s great play, has proved excellent entertainment at the Kosy Theatre. -This is a pulsing drama of city life, revealing its clevasta .ing a small town family. Pulsing with excitement? and throbbing with pathc s, the story is one to hold the most siophi iticatcd movie fan from first to last. A cast of actors of stellar rank gives a fine performance, including Nancy Nash, Fox Films latest discovery, -who makes her debut in this picture. Besides this newcoine:- to the silver sheet, such well-known favourites as Robert Frazer, May Allison, Riclurd Walling, George Irving', Lillian Elliott and Bodil Rosing have important roles. R. William Neill directed this fine picture. The supporting picture, “Darling of the Rich,” ■is equally entertaining.

DE LUXE THEATRE.

“ LOVE’S BLINDNESS.”

“Love’s Blindness,” which heads the program me ut the De Luxe Theatre, was produced by Mfitro-Goldwyn Mayer from Elinor Giya's popular novel of the same name. Most pictures end up with a marriage, but “Love’s Blindness” opens up with one. Pauline Starke as Vnnessa Lovy, the London money-lender’s daughter, and Antonio Moreno, as Hubert Culverdalo, the eighth' Earl of St Austel, who enters the match to save his friends from bankruptcy, are the principals, and the elaborate wedding .scene is one of the features of the film. Although even the most casual student of the drama realises that the sperated lovers will bo reconciled before the end, one' is kept in suspense as to how this will bo achieved. Not until the final fade-out is one quite positive that the mercenary muting has become a .union of happy love. The high lights of the picture are tho, plausible performance of Miss Starke as the girl, who, although cultured and wealthy, would permit herself to enter an arranged marriage; the performance of Antonio Moreno as a man to whom love comes despite himself; and the performance of Sam De Grasse as the moneylender, who would barter his daughter for social prestige. For all who love a tomance set apart from the work : a-day world tho picture is highly recommended.