ENTERTAINMENTS

Waipa Post, Volume 36, Issue 2147, 21 April 1928, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

"THE IRRESISTIBLE LOVER."

The enthusiastic reception tendered the performance of the ''lrresistible Lover" when screened in Auckland and which is to be showtn at the Empire to-night, proves conclusively that the movie-going public wants farce comedy. This Universal-Jewel comedy co-stars Norman Kerry and Lois Moran and is perhaps the most laughable farce of the season, provoking howls of merriment throughout Kerry, a wealthy young bachelor, has love affairs galore with married women, single women, young women and old women and has the time of his life having them until he finds one girl different from all the othrs. She is so different in fact that she gives him the :( air the minute she finds out who-jhe iisiiL How he eventually wins her back from the unwilling aid of her young brother, provides the main theme o£ the .story. Miss Moran is the girl and her officious young brother is acted by Arthur Lake. Both performances arte, exceptionally good. The supporting cast is excellent and includes Myrtle Stedman, Gertrude Astor, Lee Moran, Phillips Smalley and George Pearce. William A. Beaudine is the director.

' '"'■«• "FRENCH DRESSING."

Lois Wilson has never looked more lovely, nor has she ever appeared in a more delightful picture than Allan Dwan's production, "French Dresfcing" a Robert Kane presentation for First National Pictures, which opens at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday. Truly Lois has become a real beauty and specially is this fact notable in the scenes laid in France, in the latter half of the picture. This comedydrama is delightful in every sense of the word. The renditions are uniformly excellent, the characterizations of such sterling actors and actrestees as H.B. Warner, Clive Brook, Lilian Tashman leaving nothing to be desired. The story contains one surprise after another, but each has been skilfully and adroitly developed under the master touch of Allan Dwan, the director. Starting as a hum-drum drama of, domestic life in Boston, where a husband and wife—H.B. Warner and Lois Wilson— ' are obviously bored with each other, the action moves swiftly to Paris and out of the prim Back Bay atmosphere, in which Lois plays the role of a very conservative wife. In Paris, she plans to obtain a divorce after a misunderstanding leads her to believe her husband has become too familiar with her gay school chum, playedby Lilyan Tashman. It would be unfair to tell more of the story, but the conclusion is a real surprise. FULLERS' REVUE COMPANY. That the "revue" type of entertainment has come into popular favour may be attributed partlv to the fact that it lends itself to an evenness in comniling a programme which does not always occur with the orthodox vaudeville show.'Given a capable cast of principals and a smart ballet, and experienced producer can do great work and from little material make a most attractive bill-of-fare. . Such are +he components of the Cayle Wyer Bandbox Revue Company,' announced to nay a return visit to Te Awamutu' on Fridav evening next under the direction of Sir Beniamm and Mr John Fuller. Mr Gayle Wyer s revues manv of them written by himself, are noted for their and originality. The comedy is smart and clean as all who saw this company during their recent appearance here will testify. Handsomely costumed and mounted in perfect style the stage presentations of the Bandbox Revue should provide an excellent night's nastime to all who armreciate a good combination. On Fridsv evening the attraction will be "Married Life." said to be f> most hilarious of work in v'l-rich pmnle prone i* found for the various artists aup*<.v te their best advantage. There will be a comr-lete chancre of costumes and numbers. The plans are at Oifford's.