ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3478, 14 October 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

PALACE. "THE NEW COMMANDMENT.” VIRILE NOVEL PICTURISED. It is generally agreed that when a novel’s thrills are picturised and given animation on the screen, those thrills are considerably intensified. |That fact /; vividly illustrated in "The jNew Commandment,” the First National picture adapted frjm the novel ("Invisible Wounds.” The novel was (Wonderfully descriptive and no loss (dramatic, but the screen has added (that touch of animated realism that magnifies. "The Now Command!ment,” which is coming to the Palace theatre to-night, affords the right Ikind of theme, and through it is interwoven a sweet theme of romance and devotion. Blanche Sweet and Ben Lyon portray the leading roles, and both are responsible for 'some memorable acting, as the characterisations call for some most exacting ‘work. None of the stirring and dramatic situations of the book are lost in the picture, which abounds In episodes dear to the heart of every manner of natron. Peeping through the thrills is an artistically treated love theme that always keeps the onlooker guessing as to the outcome.

THE KOSY. EXCITING BLUE STREAK WEST- „ ERN TOPPED WITH SUPER - THRILL. A vivid, realistic sand storm on the Arizona 1 desert features the closing scene of ‘'Daring Days.” UniversalBlue Streak Western with Josie Sedgwick as its star and which is coming to the Kosy Theatre commencing today. It is one of the spectacular scenes of this gripping Western story and is a marvel of photography. To obtain it the players making this picture spent several weeks in the deisert before the desired storm came along. All of which accounts for its vividness. Just before the storm broke, Eve Underhill, lady Mayor of Eden, the character impersonated by Miss Sedgwick, has seen Lucille Somers, blase city girl, the role played by Kama Zamoria, depart on horseback for a ride in the desert. The sky darkens as tho mounting clouds of sand darken the sun. Eve decides to go to the rescue, and mounting her horse, starts off into the storm, which is unlashing its fury on th e desert. In the meantime. Lucille, on her horse, and with her dog by her side, is struggling on against the storm. Tho sand whirls and boats upon her. Her mount becomes frightened, bolts .throws her to the ground and dashes off into the thick of th e storm. Lucille is left helpless with her dog. From this tense situation tho story moves on at a rapid pace to a thrilling climax. John B. O’Brien, who directed this picture, has caught the spirit and the atmosphere of the country in which It Is laid and has given it force and vigor.

Olive Ann Alcorn, who has been pronounced by famous artists and sculptors of national renown “The moist perfectly formed girl in the

world,” will be seen in "Second Youth,’ ’the Selznick feature photoplay comedy, at the Kosy. Miss Alcorn is the product of a small mountain town in Idaho. She left home when she was sixteen years old, going to Los Angeles .where she studied dancing. She has appeared in many photoplays and during the run of “The Green Goddess” at the Sam H. Harris Theatre on Broadway she danced the "Temple Devotional” prologue to the picture. 'ln the cabaret scene in "vSccond Youth,” Miss Alcorn does a dance similar to the one she created and danced at the Illustrators Ball in New York in 1923 a dance which created an instantaneous sensation and did more than anything else to cause the Shuberts to take over the entire show and produce it as the now famous “Artists and Models." SPECIAL PRODUCTION AT THE DE LUXE. MADGE BELLAMY IN "SANDY”. A face like an angel—a heart of fire —and a laugh ringing with joy! This is “Sandy,” the film version of Elenore Meherin’s gripping : story. Madge Bellamy has the title role In the special production directed by Harry Beaumont, now at the De Lux-e Theatre, There is a climax to tighten your breath—to keep you on edge with restless eagerness—for it is a climax which bares the soul of a woman. It shows tli e hidden and aching thoughts of a fair girl who Is put to the severest test. When you (see Sandy McNeil- stripped of her bonny defiance, when you see those shadowed eyes struck with terror — that delicate mouth tense with agony —you will feel her fears and experience her own compelling problems. The "Sandy” that Miss Bellamy brings to th e screen is a revelation to the theatre-goers. It is one of the most dramatic studies ever unfolded through th e medium of studio continuity. Miss Bellamy depicts a human character. of rare accomplishments. She invested "Sandy” with a human touch difficult to define. One must see “Sandy” to understand the deep-lying pathos of it all. The supporting cast is one of the best ever assembled. Th e list includes Harrison Ford, David Torrence, Bardson Bard, Lillian Leighton, Joan Standing, Gloria Hope, Charles Farrell and others.