ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2645, 13 October 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

‘•perjury/’ . err* At present, whilst the Hickson Mission is so much to the fore as a topic, the big William Farnnm specie 1 at the Town Hall to-night is timely. The failure of faith and its consequences form the theme of “Perjury." William Farnnm is seen first as a vigorous man, happily married, ambitious and successful. Suspicion and jealousy, born of a secret enemy’s envy, bring a change, and then comes rage, followed by despair. Prison gates close upon Robert. Moore for twenty years, following an unjust conviction of murder, mid his wife and children are left to struggle alone in the world. The last, scenes show Robert exonerated and pardoned at 05 years with all bitterness eliminated in the crucible of long confinement, leaving a gentleness of nature that is pathetic. The big feature is supported by a Sunshine Comedy and the latest Gazette, making up a 12,000 foot programme that should linger long in patrons’ memory. Prices still remain as usual, 9d and 1/0, children 3d and fid. ROYAL PICTURES. The pet of the police, the friend of the fireman, and the pal of politician.'. That’s Douglas Fairbanks in “tine of tlie Blood,” his latest offering for the screen at the Royal Theatre to-night. He is seen playing the young man who does not know who his parents were or whether his -amide supply of money came from, or who paid for his education. In |lie absence of a mother for whom he longed, )ie lived a life of constant excitement in New York to stifle the longings of normal youth. One day lie discovered flint New York had become so orderly that there was no longer any excitement to be found, so he goes to Mexico where -came and see the rest, it’s just . ne thrill after another. Comedy:— “Fair Enough,” extra: “Perils of the Yukon,” prices 1/- and 1/6, children half-price.