AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 22 June 1927, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THE PALACE. That man is no nearer understanding woman to-day that he was 6000 years ago in the Garden of Eden, is proved by the story of " Fig Leaves,'' which is "finally screening at the Palace to-night. That the little problem of women's dress was as much of a puzzle. to the original Adam as it is to the Adam of to-day was ably demonstrated by George C'Brien, who plays the parts of both the skin-draped husband in the Garden of Eden ■ and the husband of the modern Eve. The lovely Olive Borden plays the Eve to O'Brien's Adam. The role is one for which no better or more suitable star can be imagined. As the., shy, dainty Eve, coyly responding to the love of the, first man and later as the wife of a modern small (business man, she is equally charming. The sequences of scenes in the Garden of Eden in this picture are probably the most entrancing ever shown on the screen. -Through gardens of sheer beauty the first woman wanders. And as in the Garden of Eden so, too, to-day, the serpent watches with envious eyes the love of Adam Smith and his wife Eve. Though the serpent lias changed his mottled body and is now in the form of a beautiful, woman, a part ably played by alluring Phyllis Haver, she proves equal to the task of tempting Eve into deceiving her husband. Commencing at to-morrow's matinee, Percy Mark's sensational novel of youth, '' The Plastic Age," will be screened. Clara Bow and Donald Keith are the featured players. This is the class of picture that should appeal to everyone. It is a story of college life, a story that should entertain to the fullest. One of tho greatest football matches ever staged comes as the climax to the picture. The story i.s logical and gripping, and it has a- dash that is most refreshing. Youth in all its fast-moving phases holding as much interest for parents as it does for the. rollicking youngsters who are either in college Or on their way there. It has a definite moral to depict which necessitates the showing Of the life youth is apt to follow after it breaks away from the family hearth. EVERYBODY'S. Hoofs Hashing—marie flying in the wind—he fought to save all he held dear—a wonder horse, savage and .untamed, striving for freedom and life. The sweetest, yet strangest story ever told—the story of a man and a maid — and the love story of a horse, wild and unconquored, and his mate —of their struggles for the ladies of their hearts—and the amazing friendship that came between " Black Cyclone" and the man who was conqueror, yet a. friend. This really covers the story of Rex, the wild" horse, in "Black Cyclone," one of flic most popular features seen at Everybody's for some months. In addition to-night there will be " Peggy's Garters " (two-reel comedy), " Westminster Hall " (interest), Pathe Gazette, and " The Jealous Fisherman " (Aesop fable). - Based On a story written especially for the star by the noted novelist and short story author, Peter B. _ Kyne, " The Buckaroo Kid," the UniversalJewel, starring Hoot Gibson, comes to Everybody's Theatre to-morrow night. " The Buckaroo Kid " is a new type of story for the popular Western star, and has its locale in a Nevada ranch and in San Francisco, particularly along the famous San Francisco waterfront. The story—of the type winch has made Peter B. Kyne one of the most popnlr authors of fiction in America—gives Gibson ample opportunity to display the. generous talents as a comedian which have made him popular the world over, and is a breezy, swiftly-moving tale of the adventures" of a .carefree, romantic young Amerieam. "'The Buckaroo Kid " was adapted to the screen and directed' by Lynn Reynolds, who was responsible for the excellent direction of " Chip of the Flying U," "The Phantom Bullet." " The Texas Streak," and other of Gibson's most recent successes. Episode 10 of " Samson of the Circus" serial, and first-class supports also will be shown. "ABIE'S HUSH HOSE." Another packed audience witnessed the presentation of "Abie's Irish Rose" at the Opera House last.night. When the curtain rose one of the characters was shaking with laughter; this was the signal - 'Go" for the audience, who kept up an almost continuous roar of mirth right until the end. It was a comedy which abounded in witticisms and humorous situations. The blending of two extremes, the Irish and the Hebrew, produced a result farcical in the the audience having little time to recover from one laugh before another was forced upon it; for. how could a combination of Hebrew humor and Irish wit, properly treated, fail to do otherwise. The story is a simple one, simply (old. The mainspring of the humor is Solomon Levy (.lack Trainor), while Isaac Cohen (Alfred Gordon) ably takes the part of the suffering Husband of one (Bertha Walden), who has a tale to tell of her operation. Patrick Murphy (John Mc(.'abe) helps to lighten the latter portions of the performance. Others who contribute to, but are less prominent in the mirth-making are: Solomon's son, Abraham (George Duryea), Kosemary Murphy (Grace Stafford), who are the cause of all the trouble; also Rabbi Jacob Samuels (Henry Mortimer) and Father VVhalen (David Wall). There are serious moments in the performance, but they are few. One pleasing interlude is that for which tho priest and the rabbi are responsible. They wonder why there should be such a gulf between religious bodies. The father i.s responsible for the following lines: "It is like travelling in different trains; all are bound for the same place, but going by different routes. I must not say that because you are not travelling in my train, you will not reach your destination."

The Gisborne season will be concluded to-night. ~