ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. -MONSTER JOHNNY HINES MATINEE This afternoon at Everybody’s “Rainbow Riley” is to entertain a big host or Johnny Hines frienffs. You can always be certain of one thing when you see comedian Johnny Hines’ name associated with a picture. Thrills, thrills and more thrills! Although hie features are always of the hilarious description, Hines never fails to impart some dare, devil episodes which leave audiences gasping for breath. His latest picture, "Rainbow Riley” affords even a greater array of thrills than are provided in real melodrama. In this big comedy production, Johnny gets the laughs juet when you expect a tragedy, so unconcerned are his antics. It is probably his ability to turn drama into hilarity at a second’s notice—under amazing circumstances—that has made him the popular favourite he is. The versatility of Hines doesn’t stop there. "For in the tender love scenes with Becky, therd could be no more artlent Romeo than the same, Johnny, who handles the romantic touches just as convincingly as lie holds' a horde of mountain bandits at bay when danger lurks. Viewed as a thriller, this big comedy would on that score alone provide a feast of entertainment, but “Rainbow Riley,” replete as it is with laughter, love and action, is calculated to find high favour with all classes. Special attention is drawn to the commencing time of the big matinee. Two o’clock is very convenient for all country patrons. THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE. MARIE PREVOST AND MONTE BLUE. “Kiss Me Again,” the feature attraction at the People’s Theatre to-night, offers a glimpse of the marvellous entertainment that the screen can produce, given the ideal elements of director, players, background, story and production. The subtle, smooth flow of “Kiss Me Again,” shows the master touch. From the very beginning of the photoplay, when Loulou and Gaston Fleury are shown in the midst of one of their regular little tiffs, there is the absorbing suspense and fascination of seeing a really great play enacted in a really great manner. Tlie sincere drama of “Kiss Me Again” is delightfully masked ill a comedy frame of more than usually absurd situations and makes one of the finest treats that the screen has offered for a long, long time. The acting is remarkably fine. But that is not very surprising inasmuch as there are only five people in the cast and each of those five are top-notchers. Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Clara Bow, John Roche and Willard Louis are the players that respond so marvellously to Mr. Lubitseh’s direction in “Kiss Me Again.” An excellent programme of supports including a Richmount comedy is also screened. . "MARRIED FLIRTS.” Pauline Frederick, who recently said good-bye to innumerable New Zealand friends and admirers, has returned to these shores in the Metro-Goldwyn picture “Married Flirts.” This picture, which heads the new programme at the Opera House on Saturday night, is an adaptation of Louis J. Vance’s wellknown novel “Mrs. Paramour,’ and amon-i” the other featured players are Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch and Huntley Gordon. There arc certain phases of this new picture reminiscent of scenes in “Spring Cleaning,” which Miss Pauline Frederick popularised on the stage during her recent tour. The story is of a wife who neglects her husband for a career, loses him to another woman, and then gets the opportunity to win him back. The picture has been built up cleverly with many new film situations that hold interest from beginning to end. A full supporting programme will be shown in addition to the feature and the orchestra, under Messrs Tozer ftiid Bernard’s direction will be heard in new musical numbers. Scats may be reserved at Collier's.