ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2732, 14 July 1925, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY. FREEDOM” AND "IN LOVE WITH “LOVE.” The problems of women never w v oro dramhtised with better effect than in the Master picture screen version o£ the great novel, ‘‘This Freedom,” now showing at the Kosy. As a successor to A. S. M. Hutchinson’s other great success, “If Winter Comes,” this mighty production is handed th'e palm. It tells of a woman who neglected her home for a business career. She failed utterly, and the picture’s timely theme has been the subject of wide discussion among women everywhere. As a comedy of tly? stage, “In Love With Love” scored a tremendous hit, both in New York and elsewhere. Done into a screen play, it has even greater possibilities, and in the William Fox production, appearing this week at the Kosy, they have been made the most of. It features Allan Forest and Marguerite De La Motte in the two leading roles. The story is of a young girl so much in love with .love that she engages herself to every young man who surrounds her with romance and puts a sparkling solitaire on her finger. There are four shorter films showing in this three and a-half-hour entertainment. PALACE. HAROLD LLOYD IN “WHY WORRY?” Every Harold Lloyd feature comedy stands entirely on its own merits, Starting with "A Sailor-Made Man,” which was his first picture to be as long as four reels, there has not been a single Lloyd film that could be compared. with any other, for each has been distinctive and varied in type and idea. You may have liked "Grandma’s Boy’’ better than “Safety Last,” yet you cannot compare them and say that, because you liked “Grandma's Boy” best, it is the better comedy of the two. Each comedy is in its own class, and critics and public approval have placed it at the top of its class. Now comes “Why Worry?” and creates its own exclusive place among the Harold Lloyd Rathe comedies. It is not like any of its predecessors, except Insofar as it is one hundred per cent, funny, having South America as a background and a revolution at the motive. For chief 'partners-in-fun in Why Worry” Harold Lloyd has a giant nearly nine feet tall and a leading lady only five feet tall. These arc, respectively, John Aasen and Jobyna Ralston. The giant is making his screen debut, and pretty little Jobyna is making ' her first appearance as Harold’s loading lady, supplanting Mildred Davis, who took one of those “for-biet-tcr-or-worsc” life jobs with Harold. “Why Worry?” is the feature attraction remaining at the Palace Theatre until to-morrow. The whole programme was made for laughter and is excellently compiled giving variety of subiects and appropriate music to each., PARAMOUNT. “YOU ARE GUILTY.” James Kirkwood, Doris Kenyon, Robert Edeson, Mary Carr, Edmund Breese and Russell Griffin star in the picture, “You ar e Guilty,” now showing at the Paramount. It has been enthusiastically praised in every city whore it has been played. "You Are Guilty.” These wprds, pronounced by the court, wrecked the life of an innocent man, sent him from the girl he loved, sent him from the mother, who adored him, and made him a world wanderer on on life’s highway. Would you accept the promise of a self-con-fessed thief and allow him to induce you to take his guilt on your shoulders to save from shame those you loved This is the problem that confronts Steve Martin (played by James Kirkwood). The fallacy of convicting a man on circumstantial evidence is clearly shown in the picture. In conjunction with the all-star picture programme is a bewildering performance by Chun Yuen Tai. His performance with silks, dice and other .paraphernalia is very startling, and the Eastern atmosphere of his act is never absent. Chun Yuen Tai has had great experience in the world of mystery, having for years been associated with the leading magicians, of the Far East, so that he ranks among the greatest now. Those seeking an entertainment full of mystery, merit and magic should avail themselves of the opportunity to-night of witnessing this great performer. Special. music) is being rendered by the Paramount select orchestra. The box plans are at Swallow’s. MOTHER MACHREE, The play which Denis Kehoa presents next Saturday night at the Opera House, is not one of the ultra sentimental or sloppy kind. It is indeed a breezy comedy-drama filled with clever dialogue and happy incidents. The author, Maurice Wehleri, makes no attempt to turn out a problem play, nor does he attempt to square the “eternal triangle.” He has set out to provide a happy clean entertainment and is satisfied to rest at that. Denis Kehoe in the role of Dan O’Connor, presents a like able portrait of a lively rollicking young fellow always ready to crack a joke or sing a 'song,' but “all there,” when things threaten to overthrow the family’s fortunes and peace of mind. Among his most cherished possessions arc his little Irish harp, which he uses with good effect, and ah autograph letter from John McCormack, written during the eminent tenor’s last tour of Australia. In it, with characteristic straightforwardness, ho says: “Go to it, Kohoe. It’s a long road, but Mother Machree will see you there.” Music is a strong feature of all Irish folk-plays, and Mother Machree is no exception to the rule. Th'e action of the piece contains several solos ana concerted items. The supporting company headed by Frances Kayher,.a young actress, who has won golden opinions, is a thoroughly representative one, including Miss Helen Fergus (in the name part), Gwen DoriSe and Aline Dunn and Messrs; Ronald Riley, Maurice Lynch, Tom Buckley, Bernard Beeby, Chas. Keegan and Lester Carey. The music has been composed; selected and arranged by Percy Kehoe. The box plan •for Mother Machree will open ' at

Oates’ Music Stores to-morrow morninpf. ' " i LONG TACK SAM. After playing wonderfully successful return-seasons in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington, Long Tack Sam ’ ahji company make a welcome | reappearance at the Opera House for I one night only .on Thursday evening next. Since his last visit here Long “rack Sam, has spent some, time in China, Where he-completely reorganised hia act, securing new items and new artists, also; redressing the show with elaborate Eastern gowns and draperies. Besides the new artists appear jpg. in ,his. act, he is still assisted by Madame Long Tack Sam and their two daughters, Misses Poldi and Mina Long. The act is described by a Sydney critic as “an astounding speciality of juggling and balancipg magic. Chinese clown juggling, contortionists, water spinning, and other novelties.” The company supporting the star includes acts selected from J. C. Williamson vaudeville theatres in Sydney and Melbourne. Direct from the Palace Theatre, .New York, are Moran and Wiser, billed as the hilarious hatspinners ‘in a vaudeville skit “All in Pun.” This clever couple make all kinds of hats boomerang over the theatre, but they all return to the beads of the throwers. Dancing, always a popular item of the J.C.W. vaudeville shows-Das in Addison and Mitronga in this company, two artists who present a series of classical and specialty dances which are said to be delightful. The Royal illusionist is Chris. Charlton, who is assisted by Dorothy Browne. He presents “deceptions of 1925,’’ a series of mystery, indescribable surprises, and magic. Direct from America arc the Novelle Bros., musical acrobatic clowns, whose turn Is described as really a series of laughter and joy. Arthur Mayes, a basso cantante, is billed as a brilliant ballad Singer of the latest popular songs. The Auckland “Star” says: “Perhaps the finest all-ropnd vaudeville programme ever submitted to Auckland was presented by the Long Tack Sam company of entertainers, at His Majesty's Theatre. The house was packed in eveyy part, and every iteni was encored again and again. When the curtain fell on the last sensational act of the evening, there was a such a sustained storm of applause as Is seldom heard in any Auckland theatre." The box plans are now open at Oates’ Music Store. R.S.A. DANCE. The weekly dance conducted by the R.S.A. was again well patronised on Saturday evening when over 100 couples spent a very enjoyable evening at the Anzac Club dancing to delightful orchestral music and extras. The dainty supper provided was much appreciated, while various novelty dances were introduced and they proved very welcome.