ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2638, 27 September 1923, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"SILVER WINGS.” Mother love and simplicity of theme ai’e the keynotes of “Silver Wings,” the worthy successor of “Over the 'Hill,” featuring Mary Carr (who played Ma Benton in the latter film) and 1 screening at the Town Hall on Saturday next. Abraham Lincoln said —“God must have loved the common people because He made so many of them” —and here is a -story about a common, humble home and a humble mother. Just a beautiful tender family story with its jo3 r s and sorrows of child life, and Mother a tireless ministering angel in a print gown and then the children grown up drinking deep of the cup of life —home forgotten —mother only the old housekeeper slaving and working that youth might have its-fiing. “Silver Wjngs” is a story replete with laughter, thrills and heart throbs. Usual prices on Saturday night, fid and 1/fi, children 3d and fid. ROYAL PICTURES. Ibsen as a dramatist with revolutionary ideas burst upon the world and caused universal astonishment. No play of his caused more excitement and angry discussion that a "Doll’s House,” the film version of which is appearing at the Royal Theatre to-morrow night. The production is. made by the United Ar--feet and no less, Her acting is of lavish presentation and flawless setting, Nazimova as the star is perfect and no less. Her acting as superb the whole way through. Special attention has also been given to the supporting cast, each type being a gem of selection. Alan Hale as Torvald Helmer, the self-sufficient husband, is a marvellous depiction of the man who believes that his wife should be a doll and no more. The gradual building up of the story is dramatic in its intensity, and the whole screen play is one that will do honour to the silver-sheet. Comedy: Harod Lloyd in “Haunted Spooks.”