ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1920, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. "SHOULDER ARMS" MATINEE TODAY AT 3.30. This afternoon at 3.30 there will l>e a special matinee of the Chaplin record comedy, "Shoulder Arms," the picture with more real humor to the foot than any comedy previously produced. Supporting this picture at the matinee there will be the side-splitting Sunshine comedy, "The Fatal Marriage." Children will he admitted to the matinee for sixpence. TO-NIGHT, The programme for to-night will include, "Shoulder Arms" and the fire-reel World Film comedy, • "T'other Dear Charmet." A delightful romance of youth and summertime is this latest World feature "T'Other Dear Charmer," starring the dainty little star, "Louise Huff, and John Boweifs. This charming young man is charmed by two charmers, and j inses to them both, and gets accept* .hen they turn out to be the game .1, and he finds hinjself in a terrible mess. The play is brimful of laughter from start to finish. "Shoulder Arms" is too well known to need any description. It is freely admitted as Charlie Chaplin's most successful comedy, and the atmosphere of the trenches ad<Js tq the popularity of the picture. The first episode of a new serial, "The Mystery of 13," also shows on to-night's programme.

THE PEOPLE'S. LAST NIGHT OF GEORGE WALSH. The very excellent double bill at the People's, screening finally to-night, presents the emotional empress, Madlaine Traverse, in a splendid screen-drama of the diamond mines of Africa, entitled "Lost Money," and another sterling George Walsh play full of ginger and go "The Winning Stroke," easily one of Walsh's best screen efforts in which there is a most exciting 'boat race and adventure. The gazette contains a very interesting flight over New York. and some excellent pictures of the Prince of Wales in Silk Hat, etc. To-morrow's new bill presents Bert Lytell in his latest Metro feature entitled "Faith."

RETURN VISIT OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH PIERROTS. Although the English Pierrots visited New Plymouth in the early part of this year, the pleasant impression made will no doubt be recalled with pleasure—when it is announced that the Company will give another season here next week presenting three entirely new programmes. The English Pierrots have just concluded an eight weeks' s'eason at the Wellington Town Hall, where their performances have met with the greatest success. Commencing their season at the Empire Theatre on Saturday next, they will again present their unique, musical, and humorous entertainments, and the company will submit a series of new and novel items, never previously given in this town. Originality and novelty are the keynotes of the Pierrots' success. Musical gems, monologues, character sketches, burlesque dramas, potted plays, dances; and impersonations are amohgst the items in the promised bill-of-fare, the advent of which should arouse delightful memories of the previbus visit of the English Pierrots. Last season —and previous occasions, on each visit,and every visit—their performances have been criticised as being "entirely clean and wholesome," and the 'management claim that the combination 'are again prepared to present frequent changes of programmes and entirely new items. The opening programme will serve to introduce several capital items, affording ample scope for the individual and collective abilities of the members. Referring to the previous visit of the six weeks' season last year, the Dominion (Ist June, 1917), says: "There was not a vacant seat in the'hall last evening .... This clever and well-balanced combination have made such a distinct impression with the Wellington public that their patrons would like the season continued indefinitely .. A pleasing feature about the English Pierrots' performance is the clean humor presented with novel effect." The box plans open at Collier's to-morrow morning.