ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2661, 20 November 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

LONDON TALE FEATURED AT “THE ROYAL.” “The Abysmal Brute,” with Reginald Denny as star is to be screened at the Royal Theatre to-morrow eight. Most people who have read Jack London’s books extensively are familiar with that master’s use of the phrase “red corpuscles,” and similar terms. lie wrote only of the he-man heroes. He had a strong personal dislike for the men of the mainbypamby type. He instinctively made his men more at home outdoors than in the drawing room because he wits like that himself. It is altogether fitting that the he-man hero iif Jack London’s famous novel of a rough cut man, “The Abysmal Brute,” should be played on the screen by Reginald Denny, an actor noted for his utter masculinity. This production is one of the most exciting pictures ever screened in Foxton and takes some beating. It !.' picture that will grip you and hold you interested until the end. Don’t miss it. “JAVA HEAD.” In “Java Head,” the eight reel feature at the Town Hall Cabaret to-morrow evening, George Melford, already famous as the producer of “The Sheik,” has given us another line picture. In China, the most beautiful women were reserved for the Emperor. Here’s the tale of a reckless young sailor, who stole the most bewitching beauty of them all, in an hour of passion and folly. From the scented Orient he brought her and expected her to feel at home among the drab snobbery of a New England seaport town. Could you blame her starved heart, for yearning for love? Could you forgive the amazing thing she did? See this story that proves the truth of Kiplmgs lines, “For East is East, West is West, And never the twain shall meet.” Monte Banks, a new comedian, will make his initial bow to a Foxton audience to-morrow evening in “Please Remit,” a two-reel comedy. Usual Cabaret prices. Saturday night’s picture, “The Past Mail,” is full of action of all sorts. Fast horses, fast boats, fast trains, fast machines, and a fitting climax to all, a realistic hotel tire.