AMUSEMENTS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 17 February 1921, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

OLYMPIA TO-NIGHT.

“WHISPERS.

Shall the modern young woman shape her own career in accord- 1 once With her own needs and ideas, or shall she stick to: toe (es* tatilished conventions. This is a question that. is bleing asked by girls, toy their mothers and by edm cational and social leaders everywhere and it is an important and interesting’ question. There is no d'oujb't that the up-to-date girl ‘iiinks she can run her life last Stole likes— Others do mot always agree with her. Elaine Hajnmerstein, the clever and popular actress; answers the question in the sparkling' comedydrama “Whispers,” the latest Selzniefc production. ARCADIA, TO-NIGHT. “WHAT EVERY WOMAN LEARNS’ ■‘What Every .Woman Learns,” the Paramount Artcr a ft picture to tie shown at Arcadia to-nig'ht, Enid Bennett ia called upon to shoot her huistland. In the past feminine, stars have bungled such scenes badly, though thfey know the ca.rt ridgein (the gu|n Is a l tiwik(,and l \they are trained to go through the most harrowing sednes with no thought, for themselves Still, there is something al: out the blue sieel muzzle of a revolver, wifh its l.’lurfness ejd pointed at a man’s heart and the startling Hark When it gloes off that unnerves them- and often a, grimace not ordered I# a director spoils the effect when- the trigger is PM|Hed Commenting upon this fact, an American magazine says: “No such thing' mars the action Wb,en Miss Bennett fe doing the shooting. Shie handies q/hie Igiuji-w'j,tli the ex'pertness of an Anne Oakley (evidently an American gun-woman). The chief rea. son is that this dainty little »*ar is an Australian.’ “What Every Woman Learns” is a tensely dramatic picture; quite bn a par witfi the wonder-film, “Stepping’ Out,” Miss Bennett is supported,with such 1 stars as Irving Cummings, MUton Sills and Theodore Rofclertß. i Thie other star picture is “Hoyfoot, Strawftot” featuring Charles Ray; also “The Grey Seal 1 )” and an Australian Magazine."