ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2672, 5 May 1925, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

KOSY. >• ..j • ./ , ; ~ ■ ■ I" ■ “PORTS OF QALL.” Edmund Bowe will appear for . the last time to-night in ‘ Ports of Call,’’ the William Fox offering at the Kosy. The screen drama offers a poignant, love tale,,- told in a tropic 'setting. There is a great deal or swift action to‘hold the interest .excellent direction and a fine cast. It deals with the unreasoning fear which governs the principal character, portrayed by EdmuHd Bowe/ This feeling 'of terror is supposed to be attributed to prenatal influence. When the scene is changed to the tropics, where natural and man-made terrors are increased ten-fold, the man discovers he. can fight if he has to do it. It is then that his will power asserts itself. Twice in a pinch he proves his courage and finally overcomes ■ what many people, lacking a better name, call prenatal influence. A full programme of new supports are also included, PALACE. ■ A WOMAN’S SECRET. One of the best dramas screened for a long time in our town is “A Woman’s Secret’’ now being shown at the Palace with Mae Marsh, Aubrey Smith and Allen Aynesworth in the principal roles. Mae Marsh is first scon as an impish college girl, the daughter of a wealthy club-man who takes no interest in his home or daughter’s welfare. She becomes the victim of an unscrupulous chauffeur, and later blossoms into society whore she meents and marries an eminent and titled Barrister. By a peculiar twist, of Fate, Sir Reginald, her husband, is chosen as prosecutor when Dorothy’s first love comes ' into the Old Bailey Court, the celebrated London court of justice .accused of murder. Dorothy once the prankish boarding school girl, but now the central figure in aii intensely dramatic and emotional scene, faces the alternative of seeing her titled and honoured husband publicly humiliated in England’s most famous court, or herself becoming a witness and confessing every detail of the tragic events in her earlier life —events which she had kept secret from her husband. After bitter reflection, Dorothy chooses the latter course,, herself accepting the humiliation her husband’s enemies had intended for him. This serves only to strengthen the tie. of love ■ between Dorothy and Sir Reginald, who as a result of the former’s confession renounces his pro fossion of law and retires to a country estate where the after years of a happily married life founded on great love and forgiveness, are rounded out. The whole programme is good. PARAMOUNT. “SON OF THE WOLF." Jack London never failed to thrill with his stories that abound with adventure and romance in the great open spaces. In “The Son of the Wolf” and “The Wife of a King,” the great author crammed abundant drama of the most thrilling nature and -Norman -Dawn, who filmed the stories, has brought it all out in vivid fasrtion on the screen. The story has to do with the love of a -wanderer in the, snowlands for a pretty Indian maid, to win whom he undergoes all manner of hardships and risks all sorts of dangers. In the cast arc such prominent players as Edith Roberts, who recently starred in Cecil Dc Mille’s “Saturday Night”: Whecler Oakma.n, Sam Allah, Ashley Cooper, Fred Stanton, Thomas Jefferson and. others. “The Son of the Wolf” is now Showing at the Paramount Theatre. A Pathe News and Review, together with a clever “Our Gang" comedy, “One Terrible Day.” form the supporting programme. A appropriate musical programme will be rendered b the Paramount Select Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Law. A special matinee will be given at 2 p.m. The box plans are at Swallow’s. HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS. Kaai, with his Hawaiian troubadours, who are shortly to open at the Opera House with tihe'ir sparkling music and vivacious dancers, have made a name for themselves wherever they have appeared. Mr. Ernest Kaai, with his son and daughter, combine to unite the artistic ensemble of their companions, with the result that excellent harmony prevails. Their interpretation of the South Sea folk songs, with admirable scenic effects and effective lighting, keeps the romance of their inimitable attractions well in the forground. All the company are musicians of the highest standing in Hawaii. ■ Their tour through Australia and New Zealand prior to appearing in London has-been long delayed owing to their return visits to Singapore, jJava and British India. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. Honorary members are reminded that the box plan for the Orchestral Society’s concert opens this morning at 1 8.30 at Swallow’s. The Society’s ranks have been further strengthened this year and now number forty players. Mr. Maurice Cohen has as usual brought (the orchestra along wonderfully and their numbers will be a real treat. - The vocalists will be Miss Bartlett and Mr. Wollerman, two local singers of repute. ■