ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1979, 22 November 1921, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERY BODY'S. VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES. "Just the thing" was the expression heard on every side as the audience left Everybody's Theatre last evening. It expressed exactly the feelings of those present, as bright, clean, vaudeville is always welcome in Palmerston. With -Mr George C. Dean as tho principal entertainer, and the marvellous and mysterious Howards lor support, a good performance was assured. The management did not overrate Mr Dean's abilities; he is certainly one of the best vocal comedians who has visited us. His songs are well chosen, delivered with great point,- and his monologues are original. The title of his entertainment conveys exactly what he intends, namely, "Sense versus Nonsense." The marvellous Howards once again bewildered everyone with the accuracy with which Madame Howard, whilst blindfolded on the stage, described the various articles handed to Mr Howard by the audience. The picture part of the programme comprised a Gazette, "Prince Pistachio" and "Frenzied Finance." In the second half Mr Dean recited the story which preceded the picture "Shamus O'Brien." A series of pictures taken at the Vatican by permission of the Supreme Pontiff, His Holiness Benedict XV., met with warm approval. The same programme will be repeated this evening, and to-morrow (Wednesday) the season will be brought to a close at popular prices. ROSY. "TWIN PAWNS" AND "DESPERATE YOUTH." Mae Murray in "Twin Pawns" is the attraction at the Kosy Theatre this week. That is, she is the double attraction in this feature, wherein she is cast in the dual role of twin sisters. Wilkie Collins' famous novel, "The Woman in White," furnished the foundation for the story, which has been brought up to date. Miss Murray is surrounded by a small but excellent supporting cast. Warner 01and, who has a long list of Crimea against his record as a double-dyed villain, adds to his laurels in the biggest role of his career. Henry G. Sell is the hero, and J. W. Johnston, the steel magnate and father of the twins. , "Desperate Youth" is the second feature. Two old prospectors are seen as the story opens, living and having considerable joy in a mountain shack. With them is Rosemary Merridew, daughter of one of them. Her father is killed in a gun-battle and she is sent to her aunt in Alabama, an ultrafastidious old dame with an exaggerated sense of her own aristocracy and a desire to marry her own daughter off to the richest young man in town. Rosemary interferes with this schedule. Dr. Tom Dowling, the prospective son-in-law, becomes infatuated with her, thereby complicating the plot. A 2-reel comedy and topical are also showing. /

PALACE. "THE GREAT DAY."—(First British Paramount.) One of the most thrilling scenes ever pictured is that of the underworld cafe along the Seine in Paris, in which the culminating action of Hugh Ford's great Paramount British production, "The Great Day," which is now showing at the Palace Theatre, transpires. Frequented by a crowd of Parisian riff-raffs, girls and men of the lowest type, the place and the people represent the Parisian "underworld" with grim reality, true to the least detail. It forms the background of one of the most striking scenes in "The Great Day," that in which Frank Beresford, the hero, has been lureQ to see his sick friend, Dave Leeson, only to find on leaving that he and his friend Dave are caught in a trap of an international conspiracy, and have to put up a hopeless fight against overwhelming odds, until finally thrown by the thugs of the "Guardian Angel" down through a trap-door into the sewers leading to the Seine. The incident has a surprising result. The cast is excellent, the principals being Arthur Bourchier, Bertram Burleigh, Marjorie Hume, and Meggie Albanesi. This is the first British .Paramount play to be released in the Dominion, and it is a treat to see the fine old English hbmes and French scenes after a run of ostentatious American homes. INDEPENDENT PICTURES. "A MANHATTAN KNIGHT." To-morrow evening Independent Picture patrons will have their last opportunity of seeing big George Walsh in one of the most remarkable roles of his career as John Fenton, in "A Manhattan Knight." The picture is an adaptation to the screen of Gilett Burgess's popular novel, "Find the Woman." A fine cast is seen in support of the athletic star, who in this production sets a new mark for other two-fisted stars of the screen to aim at. There is a true ring of melodrama about the picture, and the redoubtable George is given full rein for the exercise of his dramatic and physical powers. With beautiful Virginia Hammond playing opposite, the performance of both is most convincing. The supporting pictures include "The Web of Chance," in which pretty Peggy Hyland has the stellar role. EVERYBODY'S. ■ VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES. ' The combination of vaudeville and pictures at Everybody's last night was a very happy one. The programme opened with a topical .and comedy, after which the Howards came on the stage and gave a very fine demonstration of mental telepathy and mindreading. All sorts of tests were given them and the answer given by Madame Howard from the stage, while Mr Howard went through the auditorium, appeared to mystify yet thoroughly satisfy everyone. There, is something almost uncanny about this act. The second part of the entertainment opened with an Irish picture, "Shamus O'Brien," to which Mr George C. Dean recited —in good form —a dramatic prologue which practically tells the story of the picture, which followed immediately on the recital. It tells of a rebel, •'Shamus O'Brien," who was captured by the Royalist troops after having been informed on by a spy. The courtmartial scenes are very good, and the escape of O'Brien owing to the strategy of Father Malone a fine bit of acting. A picture showing "The Pope at the Vatican" was next shown, and there Is not the slightest doubt about' the authenticity of these pictures. They show Mis Holiness at the Vatican performing several of his official duties. Some excellent scenes are taken from sui aeronlajia. showing U>" nnlnaaq?ua

and the Holy City from the air. To finish the programme Mr George Dean again comes on to give his inimitable performance, "Sense and Nonsense." Mr Dean is a happy combination of singer, actor, raconteur and comedian. With his songs he pleased everyone, with his stories he made an immediate hit with his audience, everyone of whom went away with a nice "pale pink" taste in his mouth, and was perfectly satisfied. The same programme will be put on to-night and to-morrow. .