ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2491, 7 January 1922, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

"WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS** William has broken picture traditions for perhaps the first ; time iu the history of the screen, by making his latest Paramount prodiiC'* tion exactly the same as the original without change in theme, plot, or char--acters. This new picture' is a filnr ver- . sion of-Sir James M. Barrie's' celebra^ 1 cd play, '*' What Every Woitatt fenqws," and it will- be shown at/tfi© Town Hall to-night. " This was donfe^,'". says Mr Dc Mille, " not because it i*always the best policy so to do but b'e-y cause, in the case of Mr - it was possible to follow absolutely 1- tter playwright's original, and lat the '• same- j time achieve a perfect screoh proth*^* ; tion. In fact, in this ; changes could have been made wEiel ? would have improved the, play £ov screen purposes. The fact that Si# James Barrie's play needed no chang-, ing whatever for screen production speaks most highly "for. it, as this isaUM acid test which few plays'.have ever' mot, and so far as I can remember-, isv the first to have passed the test.'.' V- —" ■ •'■;.■.■ /-J ; ~ ~ r" : CHAUTAUQUA SEASON "'" The Chautauqua programmes, which? - commence on the 16th instant, have, been.arranged as follows:..First .Day-*-* Afternoon: Opening announcements ; entertainment, Fine Arts Trip; humor-; ous lecturette, "Getting There," Norman Pearce. Evening: Formal opening, of Chautauqua; entertainment Fine Arts Trio; lecture, ' 'Problems ofHhe., Dominions, \' Private Hi; R. Peat. Second Day—-Afternoon: Concert, McKenzie,Concert Co.; lecture, to be.announce ed later. Evening: Concert, McKenzieConcert Co. ;„ lecture, '? The Bolshevist Bubble/': Dr F. L. Loveland. Thif*. Day—Afternoon; Entertainment, Winifred; Windus Trio; recital, Windus. ' Evening: Entertainment, Winifred Windus Trio j lecture* ." The Lighter Side of Colonel John Leader. Fourth Day—Afternoon: Concert, Arcadian Quartette; Community : Singing/ ledder, Cyril lecture, "National Highways;'/ Hcrbsman. Evening: *Junior\ Pageant; . concert, Arcadian Quartette; " CorneV Stones of' Character," J.'.fy: Hcrbsman.