ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 112, 11 April 1929, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE ANOTHER GOOD PROGRAMME. A large audience at the Kosy lost night witnessed a very attractive programme. In “Romance of the Underworld,” Mary Astor and Ben Bard play the leading parts. This is an exciting story which deals with 'a JjeautifuL girl- who through adversity is for&ftd to earn a living as an entertainer. The of it all and seeks to escape. Eventually a waitress in a restaurant, night, then a secretary. 'Later she marriesxlar employer and is a happy wife and mother when “Derby Dan,” just released from prison, threatens to tell her husband of her past. Desperate, the girl seeks the aid of a detective who had befriended her in the old days. How he solves the problem forms a sensational climax. Also screening is a Paramount British production entitled “Who is the Man?” This is the story in which three people try to answer the momentous questions of life that arise through marriage. Their solution according to their circumstances are sincere enough, but would you have done the same ? A wife left too much to herself by a busy husband finds at first pleasure and finally love in the arms of an; other man. And then the husband’s brother, to shield the woman, to give her happiness because unknown to . her he loves her, makes a sacrifice that calls for the supreme gift, that of life. AT THE PALACE, SEQUEL TO “FLAG LIEUTENANT.” While Britain was engaged upon the more serious business of saving France from the iron heel of the invader during the dark days of 1914-18, neutral nations took advantage of her absence from the amusement fiold and established themselves in Australia. But, when the drums of war ceased to rumble, England again took up the running, and, against heavy odds, succeeded in proving to the world that her amusements in general, and pictures in particular, were equal to the world’s best. It was, perhaps, “The Flag Lieutcnaht” that was responsible, in no mean way, for this establishment of British pictures. So wonderful was its reception by the public that British Dominions Films lost no time in securing its successor—“ The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant,” for exhibition. This is a story that deals with the exploits of tho Flag' Lieutenant in China, where a sinister influence is undermining British prestige in tho East. “The Flag Lieutenant” pits his wits against this power and. wins through. A feature of tho picture is tho consummation of the Flag Lieutenant’s highest ideals that he left incomplete in the previous production. In this, though ho loved the Admiral’s daughter, ho did not marry her and so end “The Flag Lieutonant” picture like any other production. But in his “Further Adventures” tho author, Colonel Drury, has met tho wishes of all and brings the Admiral’s daughter to China to marry her dashing naval hero, who is incidentally A.D.C. to her father. The “Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant” will be shown at tho Palace Theatre again this evening. THEATRE DE LUXE. A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT. Tangled loves and a pensive pup—these are the main ingredients for one of the screen’s most laughable new comedies, and the latest co-starring appearance of Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle, “The Baby Cyclone,” the opening presentation of which took place last evening at the Theatre de Luxe before a large audience. Adapted from the George M. Cohan .stage play, it is mirthful account of the trials and tribulations of two couples into whose lives is injected dynamite in the form of “Cyclone,” a Pekingese pup. When the pup arrives things happen. Lew Cody accumulates a black eye in tho melee. Aileen Pringle appears in a midnight' burglar alarm and. pretty Gwen Leo gets arrested. Finally the whole cast lands into a searching police enquiry. Thus a fine mix-up is born, and amid various complications it works to a clever dramatic twist 'that solves the problem and leaves everybody happy, including tho audience. Aileen Pringle plays Low’s society fiancee, and Gwen Lee the dog-fancying wife. Richard Carlyle, Nora Cecil, Robert Dudley, Fred Esmelton, Clarissa SelWynne and Wade Boteler are others in the cast. The supporting programme is composed of a highly diverting “Our Gang” comedy, the latest news reels, illustrating happenings of interest the world over, educational films and a remarkably beautiful New Zealand scenic picture, entitled “Glacierland.” The Premier Quintette is heard in appropriate musical items. The box plan is on view at the Central Booking Office, Majestic Buildings, Broadway, ’phono 7178.