ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1742, 18 February 1921, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

INDEPENDENT PICTURES. "THE SILVER LINING." The Dominion Film Company's big sporting picture, "The Silver Lining," which lias caused such a great sensation in all the cities in which it has been shown, will head the bill at the Opera House on Saturday night. Bombardier Billy Wells, England's "gentleman" boxer, stars as the hero of a romantic and thrilling drama set amongst the playing fields of old England. Picture patrons will also get glimpses of some, of the most beautiful of English pastoral settings. Boxers, sculling men and horseracing enthusiasts will find the" film intensely interesting., An excellent programme will support the big film. PALACE. "TWELVE TEN." "Twelve Ten" is an English mystery drama starring the international favourite, Marie Doro, the little lady with the large eyes and appealing personality. Produced in England and France by Herbert Brenon, the :ast includes some* of the best-known names on the French and English screen. The story works' up to an astounding climax, culminating in a big scene in a deserted castle, where the heroine spends a lonely vigil watching over the remains of her guardian. For sheer intensity this scene has never been equalled on the screen, and the little star is nothing fiiort of magnificent in her interpretation. "Twelve Ten" is a picture to be recommended as being worth while. "The Rise of Jennie Cushing," starring Elsie Ferguson, is also showing. EVERYBODY'S. "HAWTHORNE THE ADVENTURER." * ' Wallace Reid, Harrison ford, Theodore Roberts and LilstvLee all appear in the breezy comedy, "Hawthorne the Adventurer," now showing at Everybody's., It tells of two Canadian clerks touring through Europe and when down to their last coins Hawthorne breaks the bank at Monte Carlo and they then set out in search of adventure and a means of spending their wealth. How they got into a comic-opera state which is seething with revolution and how Hawthorne is instrumental in saving the Kingdom and winning the Princess makes a good movie story.

KOS*". "VALLEY OF DOUBT" AND "QUICKENING FLAME." How a woman inspired by faith in the man she loves can cross "The Valley of Doubt" without being harmed, is graphically depicted in this vigorous out-of-door story. The icy atmosphere of Northern woods has been convincingly and artistically created, and the cast displays a successtul etfort to procure a variety of racial types such as would naturally be found in surroundings as remote and sparsely settled as these. Authority, sincerity and charm characterises the respective performances of June Llvidge and Montague Love, who are co-starred in the World feature, The Quickening Flame," at the Kosy. The theme of the story is based on domestic flurries with attendant unhippiness and misery. A husband who dotes on his actress wife, a woman unworthy of his affection, provides the keynote to a vigorous melodrama, which is further complicated by the supposed death of the wife, after which the husband takes unto his bosom another partner, and after a brief period of happiness, wife number one turns up very much in the flesh From this point rapidity of movement characterises the action of the play.

"IRENE."

BRILLIANT MUSICAL COMEDY.

To-night, at the Opera House, Messrs J. and N. Talt will present their new Musical Comedy Company in the' record Australian iriumph, "Irene " This production has jfcst concluded in Sydney (at the Crite»on Theatre) a record run of over lbo performances, and was only transferred from that theatre to the Dominion to make room for the Christmas attraction, and it could easily have run well into the New Year. "Irene" is by the author of Going Up," and is the most novel musical comedv ever staged in Australia. Ingenious mechanical arrangements provide swift action, while the scenic settings and "the f rocking is up to a very high standard.' The name of the production is pronounced "Ireen" to rhyme with the lyrics, and it deals with the adventures of a little shopgirl, who, by the whim of a millionaire, is lifted from the drudgery of a department store to the position of a social butterfly. Miss Dorothy South, who has made good in the name part, has many Broadway successes to her name, while Mr CHescter Clute, male mediste, and Mr Thomas Paunceforte, the inevitable "friend" in musical comedy, are two comedians of repute. The millionaire role sits lightly upon Mr Robert Jewett, while Miss Georgia Harvey, an ols friend, is entrusted with the low comedy role of Mrs O'Dare (the mother of "Irene").

"Irene" is bound to win the admiration of the ladies. The piece deals with the art of dressing by one of the savants of the craft, and the result is a display of gowns that will make an ordinary musical comedy representation look like a second-hand mart. The company again appear in Palmerston North on Thursday next, February 24. The box plans for both performances are on view at Oates' Music Store.