ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 2562, 20 December 1924, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSV. “Beasts of Paradise,” the new serial which will commence to-day at the Ivosy, is remarkable for the number of wild »hlmals that arc introduced into the story. Every episode is a real thrill and said to be good entertainment. “His Wife’s Husband,” a six-reel society drama, three cotvcdies,, an educational and a news completes the programme to be shown to-day. and to-night PALACE. "Flowing Gold,” a Hex Beach story of the oil fields, is drawing big audiences to the Palace. It is a real picture thriller with a pleasing romance wherein Anna Q. Nilsson and Milton Sills have the .big parts. EVERYBODY’S. May Allison, once a prime favourite with picture fans, appears tonight at Everybody’s in the Pathe drama. “The Woman who Fooled Herself,’’ said ty be quit*? good with a novel theme. A review, cartoon, and comedy are engaged as supporting subjects. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. “THE FIGHTING COWARD.” •‘The Fighting Coward,” the latest ■ James Cruze Paramount production, was partially filmed by a singular Coincidence in a mansion which has borne the name of "Magnolia,” the title of the Booth Tarkington stage success from which this pfoture was adapted, for more than seventy years. Among the southern mansions which were examined with a view to use in "The Fighting Coward,” the one finally selected was the only one which has remained unchanged by modern improvements or surroundings. Situated on a bluff overlooking the Mlcssissippi River, “Magnolia" remains to-day one of the finest examples of southern American architecture. The featured players in the programme, which will be the feature at the Paramount Theatre commencing to-day, are Ernest Torrence, Mary Aston Noah Beery, Phyllis Haver, and Cullen Landis. The supporting ptng ram me includes a clever Christie comedy, “Navy Blues,” together with | the latest Burton Holmes Travelogue I and Paramount Gazette. The music | of the Paramount Select Orchestra, under the direction of Mrs R. S. 1 vw, is a feature of the entertainment. ’1 lie box plan is at C. G. Swallow’s. “THE EAGLE’S FEATHER.’ 1

‘The Eagle’s Feather,” a Metro picture, will be the feature attraction at the Paramount Theatre next week. Janies Kirkwood and Mary A Kirn head the cast of well-known players in “The Eagle’s Feather.” Mr Kirkwood’s role in this picture is his first since his refurn recently to Hollywood from New York. Others in (he cast are Elinor Fail re,' faster Cuueo, William Orlamond, John Elliott, Charles McJV.ugh and George Seigmann. Incidentally Air Seigmann portrays thp great role of Danton in Rex Ingram’s Metro production of “Scaramouche.” “The Eagle’s Feather” is full of thrilling, episodes. particularly suitable to the screen, and Edward Sloman, the director, is said to have made the most of them. A great deal of the picture was made in the open in the beautiful valley at the foot of tlie Sierra Mountains in California, ami the picture depicts the noble, austere grandeur of this part of the country, which is covered with great cattle ranchos. It was here that Metro Pictures Corporation took over the management of an entire ranch with its several thousand head of cattle, in order to film the spectacular stampede—an exriting and tense moment in “The Eagle’s Feather.”