ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2147, 12 June 1922, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. “THE LOTUS EATER.” AND “SHADOWS OF THE SEA.” John Barrymore, one of America's foremost actoi’s, will be seen in “The Lotus Eater,” at the Kosy Theatre this week. Barrymore plays the part of Jacques Lenoi, who does not see a woman until he has reached the age of twenty-five. During those years he has travelled all over the world in his yacht, but. has never set foot ashore, in compliance with the request of his father. But when the time expires, and Barrymore meets a young- woman, the complications come thick and fast, and he discovers why his father had made the request. An attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean in a dirigible is one of the spectacular features of the film. The story is from the novel by Albert Payson Terhune. The second feature is “Shadows of the Sea,” in which Conway Tearle appears as the master of a pirate ship, to which a girl and a man are taken. A mutiny at sea is one of the thrilling incidents of the picture. “The Terror Trail” (serial) and a 2-reel comedy are also to be shown.

PALACE. TO-NIGHT, “THE FOX.” The story of “The Fox”: Santa Fe, a woc-begone tramp, is saved from a .leering mob in the little desert town of Caliente, by Annette, the sheriff’s daughter, Santa Fe decided to stay in town. He adopts a little waif, and the two have to struggle for existence. The tramp gets a job as porter in; the bank. The leading banker. Coulter, is a political crook, leagued with a band of outlaws. Santa Fe learns much of this situation. Coulter “frames” Dick Farwell, the fiance of Annette’s sister, and causes his capture by the outlaws. The boy is suspected of stealing from the bank. The Sheriff, who is in disrepute because he has not cleaned up the outlaws, goes into the desert to save Dick. Santa Fe saves the Sheriff from death in a sandstorm, but is himself captured by the outlaws. lie escapes, with Dick, through a subterranean river. They arrive back in town just in time to save the Sheriff from a mob. Santa Fe reveals himself as a special State agent sent to up-root the outlaw gang and to catch Coulter. Aided by U.S. Cavalry and a large Sheriff’s posse he leads an attack next morning on the outlaw stronghold in the painted cliffs and cleans them out. Coulter is also taken. Santa Fe, now the idol of the section, wins the love of Annette. A comedy and News will also be shown, JNI )EPE M >ENT PICT!' R ES, Two Fox features will be screened at the Independent Pictures to-mor-row night, and both are spoken of very highly. On the dramatic side there will be; “The Ruling Passion,” a romanceful Oriental story, vivid with passion, and filmed amid the tropic splendour of the West Indies. “Extra! Extra,” the other big picture is a bright newspaper story, with lots of love, some very original twists, and crowded with action. The leading roles are played by Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker, who scored a great triumph in “Over the Hill.” The picture is wonderfully realistic.

ROSIN A BUCKMAN, At Hic Opera House to-night New Zealand’s world famous singer, Miss Rosina Buckman, will make her reappearance in Palmerston North under the direction of Mr. E. .T. Gravestock. Ten years ago Miss Buckman, a comparatively unknown singer, left these shores to seek fame in the musical centres of the Old World. She returns now—a prima donna in the fullest sense of the term, universally acclaimed as the greatest soprano now before the public. The intervening years have given her vast experience and a wonderful degree of finish in all that appertains to dramatic expression in vocal music. Her artistic perceptions have of course materially deepened, and her singing assumes that air of authority which conveys the impression that the last word has been said on the subject. The role of Madama Butterfly, in Puccini's opera of that name, is one which Miss Buckman has made her own. At to-night’s concert she will sing “Butterfly's aria “One Fine Day,” the little Japanese girl’s poignant song of hopeless hope. The prima donna’s other numbers will include two songs by Montague Phillips. “Butterfly Wings’’ and “O, Ship of My Delight.” She will also sing, in compliance with numerous requests. Alfred Hill’s “Wciiata Poi” and “Waiata Maori,” beloved of New Zealanders. The celebrated English operatic tenor, Mr. Maurice O’Oisly, who is making his first visit to this Dominion, will be heard in a selection from his extremely varied repertoire. His songs will include Coleridge Taylor’s “Eleanore,” Montague Phillips’s “Dolorosa,” a charming French song "Adieu du Matin,” by Emile Passard, “The Willow Tree,” by Percy 7 end J. B. Weckerlin’s “Petronille.” A feature of the concert will be the operatic duets, sung in English, in which Miss Buckman and Mr. D’Oisly, by their realistic representation of the operatic atmosphere, have scored such extraordinary successes on the English concert platform. Tonight's programme includes the. famous duet from Act IV. of Gounod’s

“Romeo and Juliet,” and also the beautiful duet “Eovely Maid in the Moonlight.” which draws the curtain on the romantic first act of Puccini’s opera “La Boherae.” In addition to the famous singers a ‘cellist of considerable note in the person of Miss Adelina Leon will be heard in several numbers ranging from Popper’s well-known arrangement of the Liszt Rhapsodies to a ’o*l!o adaptation of “Drink to me only with thine eyes.” The accompaniments will be in the capable hands of Mr. Percy Kahn. The plan is at Oates’s.