Entertainments

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13948, 29 July 1918, Page 6

Entertainments

PALACE. OLIVE THOMAS IN “LIMOUSINE LIFE.” Minnie Wills (Olive Thomas),, of Three Oaks, la., runs away to Chicago with the assistance of her sweetheart, Jed, and gets work in a modiste’s shop, where she meets Kelts, wealthy and notorious bounder, who is fascinated by her beauty. Minnie' opens her campaign for pleasure and profit by accepting Kelts’ invitation and gifts, heedless of the warnings of other shop girls who know his reputation. Desperate because she keeps him at a distance, he proposes marriage, and by accepting his solitaire Minnie is marked as a victim of Kelts’ tricks. When Mrs Kelts comes to purchase gowns, Minnie boldly announces her engagement, and is embraced as a healthy antidote for hia wildness. Kelts sees himself caught in his own trap, and escapes from an uncomfortable situation by presenting his limousine to Minnie, who then converts her gifts into cash and returns to the simple life. Olive Thomas is delightful in tho play, which was chosen amongst several otehr good films to be released with tho second chapter of “Tho Mystery of the Double Cross,” a serial that is drawing big houses in every city and town. KOSY. “FANATICS.” Robert Lathrop is involved in a love affair with Lola Monroe and is hard pressed for cash. Ho goes to Nicholas Eyre, steel king and friend of his wife’s dead father, for assistance. Eyre refuses him and he gets his wife to intercede. Unknown to her, he gets 1000 dollars. Going to the luxurious apartments of his mistress, he finds her in the anna of her lover. A fight ? ensues and Lathrop is killed. Mary, Lathrop’s wife, knew nothing of her husband’s infatuation, and blames Eyre for her husband’s death. She determines to avenge his death and affiliates herself with a crowd of anarchists led by Professor Groesbeck. Mary secures work in Eyre’s 'steel foundry and incites the workmen to strike. Eyre, however, hears of the proposed strike, and arrives at the plant in time to avert it. Mary then finds the returned cheque which her husband had received from Eyre, and realises the truth. Eyre comes to claim her and is not repulsed. J, Barney Sherry has the big part and is ably supported by Olga Grey as Lola Monroe, a vampire woman with a love for daring clothes. THE BING BOYS ARE HERE “The Bing Boys Are Here,” the re-cord-breaking revue to bo staged at the Opera House on Tuesday night next by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., is a medley of music and comedy, with a theme of happenings which serve as a connecting link between a host of catchy songs and choruses, myriads of wonderful frocks, countless exhibitions of dainty limbs and lingerie, with incidental comedy and burlesque shows. All this results from tho. decision of the two Bing Boys to visit London to see life. It is a musical extravaganza, a revue, a musical comedy, and a huge pantomime all in one, and, what is more, it is said to be clever under each one of its separate guises. The music is sparkling and fresh, the humour snappy and up-to-date, whilst the frocking and scenic effects are said to make one forget the work-a-day world outside the theatre, in a riotous blaze of dazzling colour, flashing lights, and bewildering exotic scenic changes. Those In the long and excellent cast chiefly and particularly responsible for tho popularity of ‘ ‘ Tho Bing Boys” are Miss Minnie Love and Jack Cannot, the latter appearing in the humorous character of Lucifer Bing. This production will represent the last word in scenic and costume effects, which will be as rich as can be made, and will be staged in Palmerston North exactly the same as the Melbourne and Sydney representation. The box plans in now open at Hague’s, next the Club