AMUSEMENTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16495, 30 July 1924, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

PALACE TIT EAT I! I

The new programme shown a I the Palace Theatre this afternoon is one that should draw picture-goers to the Palace in large numbers. Mae Marsh, the winsome favorite, is presented in a sensational society drama. "A Woman's Secret," a story that throb/ with heart appeal and is packed with dramatic surprises, and certainly Mae Marsh’s best 'dramatic offering to date. Dustin Fnrj mini, another favorite, is seen in' a big (melodrama, "The ' Man Who Won," a

story of a man who was a gambler by instinct and achievement. While the picture is very dramatic, if also is profuse in laughter and thrills. The supporting programme is a very good one, and includes a Clyde Cook comedy, “The Cyclist,” which is tremendously fanny. The Fox News and the Paramount. Gazette furnish the topical items. “A Woman’s Secret’’ is an English picture, and the plot centres around the heroine, who is first seen as a mischief-loving girl who is receiving her finishing-off education at a young ladies’ college. In the vacation she goes to London to join her inther: lie is a man who delights in club life, and does not think it necessary to devote much time to his daughter. So long ns she is well provided with money lie considers is.all that is necessary for her happiness. The result is mi episode occurs that amounts to a tragedy. What follows is powerfully dramatic, and the end of the play, while a happy one, is wonderfully appealing. “The Man Who Won” keeps the audience on ••tile alert all through tile story, and the action is blight and stimulating.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. At Everybody’s to-night will be shown one of (lie First National’s finest productions, ■•“ Money! Money! Money!” Katherine MacDonald, one of the fore-

most film artists, has the leading role. Jack Doughterty is the leading man. and lie gives the .star good support. Miss MacDonald takes the part of the daughter of a small town manufacturer, a kindly person who neglects his business in order to give greater attention to his family. Tn the small town there is also a hanker, who, with his wife and daughter, leads his particular part of the world. The banker’s wife considers the manufacturer’s family a little below her on the social scale, until an unexpected legacy causes the manufacturer to enter the town’s elect social set. The banker makes art advance on the legacy, and the manufacturers daughter makes her sociaJ debut, niueli to the disappointment of her lather, who finds that wealth is destroying his happiness. Then conies word that the legacy is a very small one after all, and there is a return to the old order "t things. All ends happily. The items which go to make up the supporting programme are first-class, and include two big comedies, Buster Keaton in “Hard Luck, in which Buster excels himself: the Mermaid comedy. “Uncle Sam.’' a comedy that comes heralded as a capital m:rth-provokcr: “Philippine Futurity.” travelogue: Rathe and English Gazettes. I', very body’s orchestra will also contribute lo the evening’s entertainment. GAIETY SKATING RINK.

An exceptionally large crowd attended the Gaiety Skating Rink last night, when the final of tille men’s section of the hockey tournament was played. The teams were, evenly matched, and. as ant cipated, the con tost proved a very close one. After a. keen struggle the'mat eh was won by 1 goal to nil. The teams were as follows:—. Wyllie (capt.). W. Charles, G. Charles, !-i". Lewis. S. Smith and G. Nieoi, versus L. Bennett (capt.), (>'. East, T. Walters, L. Heaney. G. Douglas, and T. Hickey. The winning team was that of Mr. L. Bennett. A challenge match between the same two foams will bo played at the rink next Tuesday night. To-morrow night the final of the ladies’ section of the tournament will be played, and a very exciting game is anticipated as the players in both teams are expert skaters, and many are reipresontntivb hockey players.