ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S. “THE GREEN FLAME.” J. War-ren Kerrigan’s latest Selzniek feature, “The Green Flame,” which screens at the People’s to-day and tonight, is said to be the most popuiar screen play this famous star has produced in years. It is an absorbing, swiftly moving mystery play from the pen of Raymond G. Hili. Kerrigan takes the role of a famous private detective who is engaged to guard the “Green Flame,” a beautiful emerald which was at one time a Russian Crown Jewel. A notorious gang of gem thieves plots to steal the “Flame.” After many wonderfully mysterious adventures, Kerrigan dramatically exposes the gang. “The Green Flame” teems with the elements of mystery, dramatic action and suspense, surrounded by a love story of great charm and sweetness. The supporting films include Episode 6 of “The Blue' Fox.” Admission prices are advertised as usual. EVERYBODY’S. “THE TURNING POINT.” Katherine MacDonald, the American beauty, as Japonette in Robert W. Chambers’ “The Turning Point," at Everybody’s this afternoon and to-night, achieves conspicuous success. It is a story of the lengths to which a good woman will go, the heartaches she will endure to influence the man she loves to do greater things, and the picture can be classed as the best production the popular screen star has appeared in. The supporting films include the eleventh episode oi' “Winners of the West,” Gaumont Graphic, a Grub Pollard comedy, and at the evening session the song picture, “The Children’s Home” will be screened with solo by Miss A. White. Prices of admission are as usual. On Monday and Tuesday the popular boy star Jackie Coogan will be featured in his latest five-reel picture “My Boy.”

A UNIQUE EVENT. FOUR CHOIRS’ FESTIVAL IN TARANAKI. The visit to Taranaki of the Royal Wellington Choral Union will be an event of great interest in the history of musical matters in the district. Never before have local residents had an opportunity of hearing Handel’s popular oratorio produced by a chorus of 2o“ voices which will be gathered together from the Wellington Society, the New Plymouth Choral ’ Society, the New PlyImouth Male Choir, and the Stratford Musical Society. There will also be an orchestra of 25 players, and -the work will be produced under the direction ot Mr. H. Templd White, of Wellington. The visitors, who will number about 1,30, will arrive in Stratford on the afternoon of December 1, and the oratorio will be sung in the Town Hall on the same evening. They will remain in Stratford overnight, as the guests of the Stratford Musical Society, and on the Saturday they continue their tour to New Plymouth, arriving here by the 4 p.m. train. They will be accorded a brief welcome at the railway station, and the oratorio will be sung at the Coronation HaJl at 8 p.m. on that day. The visitors will be the guests of the New Plymouth Choral Society for the week-end, and will leave for Wellington again by the mail train on Monday morning. Such an event should attract residents from all the surrounding districts, and the festival should create a great deal of enthusiasm for choral work, and for the societies that are endeavoring to foster Interest in it. The local societies have shown courage and enterprise in undertaking the responsibility, and they deserve the generous support of the public, who are indebted to them for providing such a treat as the occasion will afford.

EMPIRE THEATRE. SAVAGE CLUB’S PUBLIC KQRERO. It is hardly necessary to remind theatre-goers of the forthcoming public korero of the New Plymouth Savage Club to be given in the Empire Theatre next Monday at 8 p.m. There has been quite a demand for seats at the box office, and a capacity house seems assured. The chief glory of the Savage Club is the haka team. These are the finest young braves of the tribe, strong of lung and of limb, whose stirring warcry would have caused Te Rauparaha to hesitate to attack them, as they wield their meres and cry their famous ‘ Komate, komate!” It is understood that the haka team has gone into training, as it were, for the korero next Monday. Till then they will cat only dried shark, kv.ma.ra, pipis and mutton bird, to acquire what may be called the proper atmosphere, the pukka Maori feeling. As did the Maori warriors of old, these young bloods can sing romantic hakas is well as the more stitrring war cries, and their skill in handling the poi is only equalled by their wielding of the mere. There are, of course, fine singers, reciters, players on instruments of string or wind., in the hapu; but the chief attraction, the pride of place, the observed of all observers, i«s the haka team —so they say. Box plan is now open at Collier’s.