ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1929, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE PEOPLE’S. TWO SPECIAL FEATURES. “Across to Singapore” and “A Lady of Chance” are two big features that are now providing wonderful screen entertainment at the People’s, New Plymouth. The unfathomable lure of the sea forms the background for an amazing drama of love, hate, and adventure in “Across to Singapore,” Ramon Novarro’s latest starring effort. The picture is a heart-stirring saga of the clipper ships, and is one of the most gripping sea stories,, brought to the screen, Earnest Torrence and Joan Crawford figure prominently in the supporting cast. “A Lady of Chance” deals with the adventures of a slick city girl who loved —money! In addition to giving Miss Shearer her best role, the latest picture also gives her a fine supporting cast. John Mack Brown is the boy whom Norma tries to fleece, but who steals her heart. Gwen Lee and Lowell Sherman are two polished crooks who work a parasite game and employ Miss Shearer’s beauty and ready wit to their advantage. When she proves a little quicker witted than they, and runs away with the spoils which they had hoped for, they nurse a grudge which has its innings when they attempt to blackmail her after her marriage and reformation. How she saves her happiness is just one of many entertaining climaxes. There is a Gazette to open. EVERYBODY’S. THE LAST WARNING. “The Last Warning” is now showing at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, with Laura La Plante in the starring role. It is a riot from start to finish. All the ghostly things that can happen do happen in this greatest of mystery photoplays. For sheer suspense this is the finest piece of art the director, Paul Leni, has ever turned out. It surpasses “The Cat and the Canary.” If you missed his former directorial vehicle you shouldn’t miss this. But if you saw “The Cat and the Canary” you need no bidding to see “The Last Warning.” The story is absolutely different, however. There are thrills and chills galore. You have your screaming audience—breathless silence as danger lurks in the offing, then riotous laughter, a laughter of relief, which literally rocks the house. Laura La Plante is delightful in the starring role. There is a murder —in fact, two murders —a haunted theatre and ghosts warning a theatrical company not to stage their show. There are some splendid performances in the supporting cast, notably those of Montagu Love, as the producer, Roy D’Arcy, as the leading man, Margaret Livingston as the former burlesque queen, John Boles as the understudy, and many others, including Bert Roach and Mack Swain. The motion picture is an excellent cinematic treatment of Thomas F. Fallon’s famous stage play, and Paul Leni has directed as only he can —with odd angles which make the very sets seem living things. For an evening of nerve-tingling excitement to stir your sluggish ’ food we highly recommend “The Last Warning.” Also showing is a Famous Music Master series (Robert Alexander Schumann). The include “Our Gang” (comedy), N.Z. News and Views, Australian Scenic, M.G.M. News, and Everybody’s orchestra.