ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2623, 23 August 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

“RICH MEN’S WIVES.’ 1

“Rich Men’s Wives” is a play I hat no woman, or man either for that matter, can sit through without being the gainer in moral stamina, for Ihe story written is based on sound logic, and displays a keen study of the lives our socalled social butterflies lead. As a matter of fact, it is reported that the story was actually inspired by the breaking up of two homes of notable rich men’s wives recently—one in New York, and the other in Chicago. The play carries a charming girl from her finishingschool days on through the debutante period, then into a triumphant social life, marriage, motherhood, flirtation, and unhappiness—and a climax that is as interesting as it is surprising and unexpected. Clarie W indsor, House Peters and Rosemary Theby are the leaders in a big cast. At the Royal on Friday, the prices being as usual. NEW FAR.NUM FILM. ,W hen Dustin Farnum comes to the Town Hall on Saturday night in the Fox production, “The Yosemite Trail,” he will have a screen story particularly befitting his popular style of acting. The tale is set, in the Yosemite Valley, and the cameraman took advantage of the magnificent scenery throughout the picture. An exciting series of events rises to a stirring climax, calculated to quicken tlie pulse of even the most blase theatregoer. The balance of Saturday’s programme eon-

tains a fine variety of items, headed by “Wild Women and Tame Lions,” a fast and laughable Sunshine comedy. On Tuesday evening next the management have made- arrangements to screen the Paramount pioturisation of R. L. Stevenson’s adventurous story, “Ebb Tide,” which has for its setting the romantic South Se as.