ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE PEOPLE’S. “GIPSY PASSION” TO-NIGHT. Despite many counter attractions, a large audience witnessed the screening of the new French production “Gipsy Passion” at the People’s on Saturday. The picture is a romantic type of melodrama based upon Gipsy life, with scenes laid in France. Madame Rejane’s character study of an old Gipsy is exceptionally clever. The supporting films include chapter nine of “Hurricane Hutch,” comedy end Pathe News. The progiamme screens finally to-night. How many young folk are there in New Plymouth in these days of jazz who think their parents out of date,? The question is asked in an unusual way in “Wandering Daughter,” the seven-reel First National attraction screening tomorrow and Wednesday at the People’s Theatre. The oast includes Margrterite de la Motte, Marjorie Daw, Noah Berry and Mabel van Buren. The story 1 tells of the secret romances of two girls; Who stumble into the whirlpool of jazz with unexpected results.

EVERYBODY’S. ..j’-’j bsrf "MERRY GO ROUNti/’/ One of the more ambitious ..type of pictures was presented at the National Theatre for the first time yesterday, (stated a criticism in the Auckland-Httald) when it met with the ' approval of patrons. It is “The Men'y Go Round,” a Universal-Super-Jewell which has been produced on a lavish scale at great cost, and with endless care and trouble to ensure perfect success. The title has a double significance. It tells of the joys and sorrows of a girl who is employed at a merry-go-round in Vienna. The picture also emphasises the fact that life has been likened to a merry-go-round, and that human beings are merely puppets in the hands of destiny. The greater part of the action is against a carnival background. Perhaps no place had the carnival spirit more than the Prater, the amusement park of pre-war Vienna. Well-known for its abandon and for the ■ gaiety of its atmosphere, the Prater had always been regarded as the exemplifi* .. cation of the true carnival spirit. Tl» • picture indicates all the pleasure-seeking throngs, the flash of officers’ uniform#} 1 and the coloured shawls of the Gipsy girls. It also shows the changes brought j about by the war, not only in the pearance of Prater, but also in the lives and thoughts of the people. All the elements which make a successful pi# J1 * t'ure are found here—love, war, romance, i tragedy, drama, humour, the whole be-'l ing presented with beautiful Splendid acting increases the merit. o._ , the production. Mary Philbin, a new actress, should become very popular with picture-goers. She has a natural way of acting, and wins the sympathy of everyone in her part of an organgrinder at a merry-go-royiind at Vienna, with whom an Austrian count falls deeply in love. The role of the count is capably filled by Norman Kerry. The “Merry Go Round’’ opens its local season at Everybody’s to-night. The box plans are at Collier’s.