ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 138, 10 May 1930, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

PALACE TALKIES. “THE UNHOLY NIGHT”—ALL TALKING. Roland Young, famous British stage actor, makes a picturo debut that will find him an instantaneous and great favourito with everyono in “Tho Unholy Night,” which Lionel Barrymore directod at the Motro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, and which is now playing to crowded houses at the Palace Theatro as an all-talking production. It is a vivid thriller with a notablo cast that includes Dorothy Sobastian, Ernest Torrenco, Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker, Claudo Fleming, Boris Karloff, Polly Moran, George Cooper, Phillip Strange, Gerald Barry, Lionel Belmoro, Soiin, John Loder and many others of noto. The plot, an uncanny mystery, enfolds a group of British army officers in death, suicido, Oriental mysticisms and ghastly supernatural occurrences. A spiritualistic scanco provides one of the most gripping situations of the story. Tho screen play was adapted from Bon Hecht’s famous story, “Tho Doomed Regiment.” Sojin, tho Chinoso identity, appears as a spiritualistic medium and delivers thrills aplenty. Altogether there are no loss than eighteen screen and stage stars of genuine repute in this outstanding picture, which every movie-lover is advised to see. KOSY THEATRE. “IRON MASK” AND “FASHION MADNESS.” Crashing through windows amid a shower of falling glass, dexterously wiolding huge weapons which would tax tho strength of a Hercules, scaling stone walls of terrifying hoight and leaping from high precipices aro only a fow of tho many daring feats performed by Douglas Fairbanks in his newest United Artists Picturo, “Tho Iron Mask, ’ which is now showing at tho Kosy Theatro. Fairbanks displays his superb physical fitness and form in this second story of tho adventures of D’Artagnan, and make the valiant musketeer an almost superhuman fighting man. “Fashion Madnoss, tho Col-umbia-Master Picturo which is also showing at the Kosy Theatre, has Claire Windsor in tho stellar role, supported by Reed llowe9, Laska Winter, Donald McNameo, and William E. 'looker. Tho locale is the luxurious mansion of a spoiled child of wealth, a private yacht and tho Canadian north woods. There arc soveral thrilling

sequences, chief of which is a spectacular fall over a precipico with a sheer drop of 1500 feet. This is cleverly handled by Miss Winter. DE LUXE TALKIES. “THE TRESPASSER.”—GLORIA SWANSON. Gloria Swanson’s first 100 per cent, alltalking and singing picturo, “Tho Trespasser,” continues to attract largo attendances to the Theatro do Luxe. This film, which is Miss Swanson’s third United Artists picture, not only presonts for tho first time this star's speaking and singing voice, but it also marks her roturn to a modern role in which she appears fashionably gowned. Miss Swanson selected for her first

audible film an original story by the author of “Broadway Melody” and the director of “Love,” Mr Goulding. Production plans were completed, tho cast was assembled and rehearsed, and actual camera work was begun before Mooltywood heard about tho picturo. Robert Ames is Miss Swanson s leading man. Tho cast also includo3 Kay Hammond, William Holden, Purnell Pratt, Mary Forbes, Henry B. Walthall, Blancho Friderici, Marcella Corday and others. Miss Swanson, favourito of tho screen, has a surprising soprano voice, and one of tho f songs has been specially written for her. j With a background laid in tho fashionablo Lake Shoro Drivo district of Chicago, this production onablcs Miss Swanson to appear in a rolo as a gorgeously-gowned American lady. Edmund Goulding tells his story simply and naturally—but packs it full of drama at ovory turn. “Tho Trespasser will bo again presented to-night and finally on Monday night.” “THE COCKEYED WORLD.”

By tho samo authors and with the samo Flagg and Quirt, and with that samo undercurrent of bald, military humour, t iho Cock-Eyed World” is something in tho nature of a sequel to ‘‘What X J rice Glory i with tho war left out and the laughs left in. This all-talking picturo will open a season at tho Theatre Do Luxe next luesday, at 8 p.m. To say that “Iho CockEyed World” is a story of peace is all wrong. Certaintly there are no nice, jolly little wars on foot to employ Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, but thero aro numerous disturbances, always caused by a pair of sparkling eyes, and the first pair of eyes encountered by the two Marines belong to one, Olga, a Russian Charrnaino, with tho whole Rod Army behind her. “Tho CockEyed World” has no plot in tho conventional se „se of tho word, but at tho same time it is a great deal inoro than a mero succession of fisticuffs and practical jokes over some lady It is a comody, of tho most usual and natural typo, tho comedy of life, that has its moments of wild tragedy, and blissful romanco, and the like—henco tho cockeyed world. It ends as it opens, it ends as “What Price Glory?” ended, with Flagg and Quirt sinking their differences for a common cause, with nothing obtained from thoir operations, but with a hopeful and irreverent eye on tho future. Victor JVlcLaplon and Edmund Lowe aro once again Flagg and Quirt, unchangeable, vigorous, very frank and insulting to each other, but always keeping their audienco in a happy frame of mind. Lily Damita, Lelia Karnclly and Jean Bary aro also in tho cast, and of these actresses to Damita has been given tho best rolo. As tho lady of the final, and South Sea, episodo, sho is quite in character, a heartless minx with a rudimentary sense of truth and fair pj&y> but she is the equal of tho whole force of Marines, and sho is a great comcdionne. Iho season of this attraction is limited, and intending patrons aro advised to see tho plans and reserve scats as early as possiblo, at Tho Central Booking Oflico, Broadway, phono 7178.