ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1596, 10 August 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

' “OUR” PICTURES. TO-NIGHT! The ever popular Charlie Chaplin appears at the Town Hall tonight and to-morrow night in what is recognised to be his absolute masterpiece, “Tillie’s Punctured Romance,” 6,000 ft. of hilarious comedy. Charlie Chaplin, gentleman of leisure, wandered blissfully over the countryside and noted sadly that liquid refreshments grew not in abundance thereabouts. A brick, playfully thrown at the dog by big, fat, jolly Tillie, the farmer’s daughter, missed its mark and caught Charlie on the nape of the neck, whereupon Mr Chaplin subsided —slightly killed. Charlie and Tillie take up their residence in the millionaire’s mansion, and proceed to teach society how things should be done. At the grand ball, Mabel, (Charlie’s city girl), who is employed as a waitress at the mansion, is caught flirting with Charlie, and Tillie chases her from the mansion with a revolver, to the danger and excitement of the assembled guests. Walrus and Charlie have a brawl, and Walrus is ejected in characteristic Chaplin style. In the midst of the excitement the millionaire returns and declares that Tillie is an imposter, and has the whole crowd fired out of the mansion neck and crop. SATURDAY (One Night Only). On Saturday afternoon and evening there will bo screened at the Town Hall a pieturisation of the novel by the kites James Oxcnham, “Hearts in Exile.” The film, which is 5,000 ft. in length, is recognised to be one of the linest productions by the celebrated World Film Company. Clara Kimball Young is the heroine of the play, which is Russian in theme and sentiment. She plays the part of a girl lawfully wedded to two husbands, both of whom are sincere in their regard for her. This situation is the strong point of a. play which is full of dramatic situations. Many of the settings were taken during the past winter, when the snow was on the ground, and the water was covered with ice. The gloomy life of Servia, long stern chases over frost bound rivers, are shown in the picture. Artistically and dramatically Miss Young docs the most ambitious and trying work of her career. This wonderfully gifted and beautiful young woman is never satisfied with her work; success to her always means an incentive to do something better and more effective for the satisfaction of her millions of admirers. "Heart.-, in Exile” is a strong story which has been produced regardless of cost. The director was James Young, and the supporting cast numbers many hundreds. THE NORWOODS.

Professor Norwood, the hypnotist, who created so much laughter in New Zealand three years ago, has returned from America, and has .■just arrived from Australia, where he has been showing for the last few months, and is now playing a few short engagements in New Zealand before he returns again to America, when he expects to retire from theatrical work. Ncxton theatre-goers will remember his entertainment with pleasure, and hail with delight the coming season of one night at the Town Hall on Tuesday, August. 15th, and, needless to say, all those who have seen him will be anxious once more to enjoy a good hearty laugh (such as he always furnishes). A Sydney paper says Professor Norwood is a great public benefactor, creating as he does in this time of gloom such hearty laughter as to make whole theatres full of people forget their troubles and worries for even two and a half hours. Press and public alike have always praised Professor Norwood’s work, and it is hardly necessary for us to mention here any of the wonderful and amusing feats he accomplishes with his class of local subjects. A good house is assured in view of the fact that it will be our last opportunity of witnessing his clever work.