ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2560, 18 December 1924, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. TWO DRAMAS AND THREE COMEDIES. A flapper extraordinary is the heroine in “Her Night of Nights.” the Universal comedy-drajna starring Marie Provost, at the Kosy Theatre to-day. She is a product of the city, and her social activities have an alarming tempo, but she is still human enough to fall in love with a “country fellow” who isn’t at all her typo. The story is centred around New York city, its cafes and notorious night life, its exclusive fashion shops along F*fth Avenue, its more or less unregulated clubs, and its quiet suburban atmosphere miles out, where one may buy a “bit of a house or next to nothing. “His Wife’s Husband,” a six-reel masterfilm, is described as (he most captivating and fascinating picture of Betty Blythe’s career—a society drama tingling with mystery, vibrant with emotion, and startling in its revelations lavish in its settings and in the display of gowns and finery. Three comedies—two of them two-reelers —a news, and “Dinner Time at the Zoo” will complete a long and interesting programme at the Kosy for this weekend. PALACE. REX BEACH’S LATEST NOVEL. “Flowing Gold” is to be the featured attraction at the Palace for the next three nights. With such an author .as Rex Beach, and such giand performers as Milton Sills, Anna Q. Nilsson and Alice Calhoun to interpret the various roles, there is no wonder that “Flowing Gold” is said to set a new standard in photo play melodrama. Rex Beach has chosen for the setting of his story a small town in Texas, which had been thrown into a furore by the discovery of oil in its vicinity. It immediately becomes the Mecca of fortune-seekers and adventurers of every kind, among whom are Galvin Gray and Henry Nelson. The latter a demobilised army officer, has gone there to become rich, and Gray to avenge himself on Nelson because the latter had been instrumental in getting him dishonourably discharged from the army. The enmity between the two men is intensified when both fall in lo\c with the same girl. Many attempts are made to “get” Gray, but he frustrates the plots, and eventually has the joy of seeing his enemy the loser in a battle of wits. The big scenes in this are the oil-well tanks which have been broken and subsequently set fire to. Flowing Gold” is full of thrills and excitement with a pretty romance running through it, that helps make it the truly big picture £ is. A comedy and a news will also be shown. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. “THE FIGHTING COWARD." The Wild Wagoner, one of the famous Mississippi river steamboats which plied the southern waters prior to the Civil War, is recreated in James Cruze’s newest Paramount production, “The Fighting Coward,” commencing at the Paramount Theatre to-day and featuring Ernest Torrence, Mary Astor, No ah Beery, Phyllis Haver and Cullen Landis. The old sternwheelers which once carried passengers, slaves and cotton cargoes, have practically disappeared, hut their memory is still vivid in the colourful stories which abound on th«>shorcs of one of the world’s mightiest trade routes. The only boat now operating on the river which resembles those used in 1848 is the America, a stern-wheel cotton craft. The America, was secured by the motion picture company. Using sixty-year-old photographs of The Wild Wagoner as guides,, the America was completely made over and to-day floats upon the broad waters of the Mississippi bearing the name of Winfield Scott, a vessel which was broken up for scrap many years ago The supporting programme will include a eleevr Christie comedy, “Navy Blues,” together with the latest Burton Holmes Travelogue and Paramount Gazette. The music of the Paramount Select Orchestra, under the direction of Mrs R. S. Law is a feature of the entertainment. The box plan is at C. G. Swallow’s. CENTRAL SCHOOL CONCERT. To-night the Central School Children give their annual extravaganza. In all over 450 children take part in choruse®, part songs, quartettes, duets, solos, and dances. The costumes are on a lavish scale and the scenery will bo delightful. A special feature will be the folk and character dances including the Cachuca, Bellringer’s round, the May-pole and the Minuet. The whole is woven into a story whore Indians, pirates, Eskimos, Dutch Chinese,seaside girls and fairies all conspire to make a very happy evening. A big house is confidently anticipated as the box plan office at C. G. Swallow’s reports heavy booking-.