ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. SPECIAL MATINEE TO-DAY 2 P.M. The all-dialogue ■ farce comedy, “The Ghost Talks,” which has been creating gales of laughter at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, will again be presented at' a special ' matinee to-day at 2 p.m. and finally to-night at 7.45 p.m. The story concerns mysterious happenings in a haunted house. Helen Twelvetrees and Charles Eaton head a big cast. “The Ghost Talks” is supported by an excellent array of talking, singing and sound subjects. “IN OLD ARIZONA.” A brilliant change of programme will commence at Everybody’s Theatre tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m., headed by the big Fox 109 per cent., all talking drama—the first to be presented to motion picture audiences. “In Old Arizona is also the first “talkie”, to be produced out-of-doors. The cast of more than 1 a score of the leading, players, in filmland which presents, this romantic story of the old south-west' is headed by. Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess arid Warner Baxter, each long, accredited stars, and the supporting cast also includes, in every instance, stars or featured players of world-wide fame. Every person in the large cast is seen and heard in tire evolution of this tremendous drama of “Tire Cisco Kid,” notorious bandit who roamed the south-west, a killer of men and a breaker of hearts of women. In the progress of the story a young Irish sergeant, ordered to capture the bandit, falls in love with the bandit’s sweetheart, plots with the girl to capture the Cisco Kid, and is overheard by the object of his search. WJmt happens will thrill the most blase picture lover. “In Old Arizona” has been called “The Covered Wagon of Talking pictures,” „and it merits the title. , OPERA HOUSE. ■■ ■- COMMENCING TO-NIGHT. The management of the New Plymouth Opera House will present to local picture patrons to-night and to-morrow night two excellent features. The first to be' screened will be the First National production, “Children of the Ritz,” starring Jack Mulhall and Dorothy Mackaill. It is a high society comedy packed with amusing and pathetic sidelights on the difficulties encountering an extravagant girl whose spending money, is reduced irom thousands to hundreds and married to a boy who thinks he is rich. Tire outcome makes refreshing entertainment. The second picture is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer special, “The Garden of Allah,” a brilliant picturisation of Robert Hitchen’s famous novel, and produced by the maker of “The Four Horsemen,” Rex Ingram. A; terrific sandstorm in the desert, sheiks in gorgeous costumes, camel caravans miles long, 2900 Arabs at prayer, Ouled Nail dancing girls, sand diviners and fortunetellers, 0 are but a few of the unusual sights to be seen in “The Garden of Allah,” Rex Ingram’s screen version of Robert Hitchens’ novel which comes to tire Opera House to-night. This new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production carries an intensely gripping story, and tells of a Trappist Monk who forsook his vows in order to seek the freedom of the outer world, of the love storm that enveloped him and all but overcame him, forms the subject of one of the greatest dramas ever screened. The photography is exquisite, and each scene has a unique loveliness of setting.

THE PEOPLE’S. FAMILY NIGHT. “Mademoiselle Parley-Voo,” finally showing at the People’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night is a sequel to “Mademoiselle from Armentieres,” and tells the post-war adventures of this famous heroine and her husband as the proprietors of a third-rate touring revue whose fluctuating fortunes provide intriguing speculation among the chorus as to the termination of the show. The cast is headed by Estelle Brody, John Stuart, Alf. Goddard and Humberson Wright, who all appeared in “Mademoiselle from Armentieres.” The supporting programme includes “Songs of Central Europe” (a musical novelty), “Angel Face” (comedy), “Boxing” (interest), and Gaumont Overseas News reel. “The Far Call,” starring Charles Morton and Leila Hyams, will head to-, morrow’s change of programme at the matinee and evening performances at 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m. It is a thrilling love drama of a reckless adventurer and an unforgettable girl in the far north. The supporting programme will include “The Mystery Rider” No, 5.