AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19440, 28 October 1925, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. GREAT SHOW TO-NIGHT. “I’ll Show You the Town,” the Uni-versal-Jewel feature starring Reginald Denny, which opens to-night at His Majesty's Theatre, is a happy medley of love and laughter. Adapted from the story of the same name from the pen of Elmer Davis, "I’ll Show You the Town” is a tale of an obliging young college professor who volunteered to show three pretty women the sights of the town all at the same time, each one separately—and what befel from the paltry fibbing. Alec Dupree, a sprucy young college professor, played by Reginald Denny, bears the reputation of being the "safest” and “most dependable” man in the metropolis. His reputation only selves to get him into and out of constant trouble. Three women, each unknown to the other, seek Alec to act as their guide and escort through the town to which Alec glibly gives his promise. The women include a wealthy widow, his neighbour’s wife, and a beautiful girl from the “West.” Each of the women wish to bo entertained at the renowned “Hanging Gardens Cafe.” Alec, always willing, the trait which gets him into all the trouble, obliges them all and actually succeeds in dining with three women at the same cafe, neither of the women being aware of the others’ existence.

How Denny accomplishes this almost impossible feat is revealed in a series of unusually funny situations. Marian Nixon plays the role of Hazel Deming, the young heiress from the far ■west with whom Alec is actually in love, while Cissy Fitzgerald, Margaret Livingston, and Lilyan Tashman play the other leading feminine roles. The balance of the supporting cast include such popular favourites as Edward Kimball. Hayden Stevenson, and Neely Edwards. The second big attraction is “Billie the Kid,” another laughing gem, but it would spoil too much of your entertainment if the story were told here. See it. Then there is another splendid comedy and the news of the world in the latest Gazette. There are bound to be big houses for these sterling attractions, so book your scats at Upton’s, or ring 2863, the theatre. MUNICIPAL PICTURES. Owing to the Opera House being otherwise engaged, pictures will be suspended until Friday evening, when a special Paramount production, entitled “The Air Mail,” will be the star attraction. This picture is a rapid-fire, up-to-the-minute melodrama, based on the United States’ Government air mail service, the code of which is “Nor snow, nor rtiin, nor wind, nor night can stay the pilot in his flight.” Be sure and book your seat at Messrs H. I. Jones and Son’s.

FIREWORKS DISPLAY The splendid success of the fireworks display arranged by the Queen Alexandra Band and the Waioni Fireworks Co. of Christchurch early in the year has encouraged the promoters to arrange for another grand display, to be hold at Cook’s Gardens on Guy Fawkc’s night, Thursday, November 5. The Waioni Company are famed for the excellent variety and the effectiveness of their fireworks, and a very fine display may be expected. The Queen Alexandra Band will render selections, and a strong additional interest will be the monster Guy Fawkes Procession and Parade. Several handsome. prizes arc being given for the best “guys,” and it is expected that large entries will be received. The procession, headed by the band, will march through the city, and then parade on Cook’s Gardens—and a feature of the fireworks display will be the burning of a giant “Guy.” Further announcements will be made through the daily papers.