ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1926, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. “THE SPORTING LOVER.’ One of the screen’s most popular actors, Conway Tearle, is starred in “The Sporting Lover,” which is a picturisation of “Good Luck,” the famous Drur.v Lane drama of gambling, romance and a man’s fight to win back that which he had lost. Conway Tearie is always at his best in a role that calls for recklessness, and there ifl everything in this picture to bring out this characteristic. The story moves rapidly through the sporting world, demanding a dash and sparkle of both direction and acting, which have been lavishingly given it. It is a drama ©t such profound depth and realistic sincerity that tragedy, at times, is not far away. The scenes showing the Derby in this production were actually photographed at Epsom, and the King and Queen are shown in the picture. Barbara Bedford, whose meteoric rise is due to great natural beauty and outstanding artistic ability, plays opposite the star. “The Sporting Lover” i* finely supported by short films of interest, the second wonder reel of the picture-log of the Polar flight and also an exclusive Pathe Gazette of 500 feet of excellent pictures of the final Test match at the Oval, when England recovered the Ashes, The dismissal of Australia’s batsmen and the demonstration at the end of the historic game are splendidly illustrated. THE PEOPLE’S THEATRE. MONTE BLUE AT HIS BEST. In “The Limited Mail” Monte Blub returns to the husky virile type which first made him popular. This fine melodrama has been transformed by Warner Bros, into a true “Classic of the Screen.” The story has all the romance and thrills necessary with eplashes of broad comedy of the kind in which Willard Louis and Otis Harlan find an endless delight. To complete a perfect cast Vera Reynolds was borrowed from De Mille to play the heroine’s part. Add to these facts that most of the aeion was filmed in the Royal Gorge of Colorado, and it will be recognised that “The Limited Mail” is a picture above the average. Excellent supports and a comedy are screened, and also an exclusive Pathe GGazette of 500 feet of excellent pictures of the final Test match at the Oval, when England recovered the Ashes. The dismissal of Australia’s batsmen and the demonstration at the end of the historic game are splendidly illustrated, and to-night is the last occasion, to-morrow’s new programme being headed by “The Sting of the Lash” starring Pauline Frederick.

OPERA HOUSE. “FORBIDDEN PARADISE.” Pola Negri will occupy the Opera House screen to-night and to-morrow in the Paramount picture “Forbidden Paradise,” an Ernest Lubitsch production, which features Rod La Rocque, Adolphe Menjou and Pauline. Starke in the all-star supporting cast. “Forbidden Paradise, - ’ adapted from the Broadway success, “The Czarina,” a fine comedydrama, is an up-to-date story of a small European kingdom. As the Czarina Pola Negri has a role which offers her every emotional opportunity. This picture is Ernst Lubitsch’s first production starring Pola Negri, and is said to far outclass anything either ever did on the Continent. There is a capable cast playing in support of the star. A full programme will !•* shown in support and the musical accompaniments will be in the hands of the Opera House orchestra, under Mr. Syd. H. Bernard. Seats may be reserved at Collier’s.