ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1930, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S TALKIES., MATINEE TO-DAY 2 P.M. “Devil May Care,” a musical romance of the poet-Napoleonic times, withßa- ■ mon Novarro a? the star, commenced, a season of three matinees and three nights at Everybody's, New Plymouth, yesterday. De Trevaille. is an ardent Bonapartist of good family, who sheds tears on fare welling his beloved leader. In his enthusiasm for Napoleon’s return he is caught conspiring to that end, and is one of the many who are condemned ... to death for so doing by tho Ministers of Louis XVIII. At the place of execution he escapes by a trick, seizes a horse, and when about to be overtaken , at Grenoble,, he scales a vino'and lands in a young lady’s room. Leoni, then, on her way to her cousin, the Countess Louise, screams out in terror, but the young soldier emothers her screams and then gets her to promise that she will not reveal his presence to the soldiers who by this time are searching tho house. ’ When Leoni learns that her re- ' fugee is a Bonapartist she —a Royalist —hag no compunction in giving him away, but in the single combat which ensues .in the wardrobe Armand disarms his man, steals his uniform, and as ono of the Royalist troop, again gets off. This is .only one of the series of thrilling incidents in the picture. A great anti-climax is provided by the la«st touch —Napoleon standing on the deck of a ship, with the wraith of the Old Guard passing before his despairing eyes, as they sing their inspiring marcliin» song. The programme also included a °Metrotone News, George Lyons, the gifted singing harpist. ('arl Emmy s Pets (a troupe of trained dogs), and Night Owls, ft very laughable farce starring Laurel an<J Hardy.