ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1929, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. FIRST, ALL TALKING. DRAMA. The triumphal result of more than three years of experimentation in talking pictures on the part.of William Fox and Iris vast organisation—that’s “In Old Arizona,” the first movietone drama, now showing at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth. Based on a thrilling and romantic story of the old southwest in the late ’9o’s, its main incidents centre about the escapades and pursuit of a notorious bandit, “Cisco Kid,” his love affair with a fiery half-caste girl and his affair with a young Irish cavalry sergeant sent to capture him. Thrilling and interesting though they be, they are secondary to the refreshing novelty for patrons of hearing their favourite players speak their lines. That means more than a score of them, for the principals, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess ami Warner Baxter, are supported by the most brilliant cast that ever has appeared on a local screen, headed by Farrell Macdonald, Ivan Linow, joe Brown, Frank Campbell, Tom Santschi, Roy Stewart and James Marcus. Th.e array of. supporting features are also excellent and include Fox Movietone News, “The Belle of Samoa” (a tabloid musical comedy starring Lois Moran), and “Bonelli and Keller” (famous stage stars). THE PEOPLE’S. NEW TWO STAR PROGRAMME. Patrons are in for a treat at The People’s, New Plymouth, to-night when “The Girl Overboard” and “The Voice of the City,” two splendid features, will commence a three-night season. The story of “Girl Overboard,” starring Alary Philbin, was written by John Clymer and concerns the love of a young convict on parole, an unusual and daring theme. Fred Mackaye, plays opposite Miss Phil;bin, the supporting cast including Otis Harlan, Francis McDonald, Edmund Breese and Wilfrid North. Wesley Ruggles directed. “The Voice of the City”, deals with the escape of a man from prison who was sent there for 20 years, although innocent. The chase of this man by Biff, hard-boiled detective, his hiding by Johnny, a -weakling, his snatched romance with his sweetheart, and his eventual release from the unjust charges, provide the theatregoers with an abundance of vivid and gripping entertainment. Willard Mack plays the detective, and Roberts’zlmes and Sylvia Field play the leads. There is a comedy to open.