ENTERTAINMENTS.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 690, 6 December 1921, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

STRAND THE AIRE. “The Girl yrom Outside’ will be shown at the Strand to-night. It is Rex Beach’s best picture since “The Spoilers.” The gill who gives the story its name lands in Alaska, an ophan. She is befriended by a band of crooks, and her influence over them reforms the gang. The manager of a trading company becomes intrested in her and finds that the owner of the leading bar-room in the town wants to get the girl into nis place. He has already the manager in a mine scheme. Some startling events occur afterwards. See what happens to-night. THURSDAY. “YES OR NO.” Norma Talmadge admirers and are going to enjoy “Yes or No,” because of the good work of the star and because of the cleverness of the drama. In it there ai'e two distinct stories, or rather one plot worked out in two settings. Miss Talmadge h;ts a double role, a rich man’s wife and a poor man’s wife. See what takes place on Thursday. ST LEON’S CIRCUS. Like good wine, St. Leon’s Circus improves with age. It has a record possessed by no other similar! enterprise in Australasia, and l like Tennyson’s brook seems destined to go on for eve(r. The sterling merits of the 20 new acts perfected during ’ wintering” in the Sunny South give the compact show a character that makes strong appeal!, and the reception accorded the company in Invercargill may be taken as a sure augury of a successful tour. Though it "does not boast an exstensive menagerie, when it comes to skill 1 and daring on the trapeze, horizontal bars, tight wire, and general acrobats, St. Leon’s has a coterie of performers who can cliam favourable comparison with the stars that Chiarini, Cole, Fillis, Fitzgerald, Wint-li, and othes have made us familiar. The Odessa brothers on the triple horizontal bars providie a remarkable act, executed with unerring precision, while handsome Senorita Delores* queen of the flying trapeze, performs a great variety of graceful evolutions with as much sangfroid as if on terra firma. Millie Goldor on the wire is a marvel, balancing hersel'f on a board across (the wire, leaping between hoops, and finally over a chair, landing on 'the other side with perfect poise. St. Leon s acrobats) introduce new including a triple somersault, an* l I and are) ably seconded by the juvenile Honey trio! The equestrian performances are good, especially Ray St. Leon’s four flying steeds. The trained dogs display astounding sagacity. especially \the collie 4 raddvr’’ justifying the claim that be o-ivqs th'e finest dog act in the circus world. Professor Morris with bis trained sheep and pigs made a decided hit and the new business introduced by the clowns led by veteran Gus St. Leon, evoke:? uproarious hilarity. The whole show is bright, clean, and business-like, without any dull moments, and for thri’l, skill, and lively entertainiment would be hard to excel.