ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2718, 8 April 1924, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

jocjeU—-os-Tiii— unßt—' <■ : < •»>- ROYAL-PICTURES. -: A* :,v. m■■ <• /<.!<- To-night the great educational picture, “Round the World iff 80 Minutes,” ; will,be screened at the Royal Theatre, it is not everyone who can afford to take-the tnp around the world and see these sights foi; themselves, but everyone can afford to see the picture that will take you round the' world in eighty minutes. Every man, woman and child should Make d-pomt of seeing this picture.,, Price?,-9.d and 1/6, children 6d and 3(1.

To-morrow nighty Herbert iiuwllfiSolPdppehra 1 ' iu Aif The' Gikan s iu the cast axe suck players as Claire* Adams) noted screen beauty j Frank Fortier, Claire Anderson and others of equal jkbmilioh&e. A whimsical comedy marked by startling adventures and many thrills .combination new to the picture screen. "There will also be a comedy" entitled "A fiegular Boy.” The usual-extra “Hurricane H.qtehj^the.j^tcitiug..qeiriaj, will aisq be : screened. ~. , ,/The lioyal management list the fpff 9 wing, .specials, that jfpu should all see: “Tile Strangers’. Banquet,” “Smiling Through,”. “Thundering Dawfi,” &o Bound,”'‘The Christian)” "A Lady hi (Quality.”

“BLUEBEAitJD’S EIGHTH WIFE.”

night’s- Cabaret will see the launching by the Town Hali management of, a seriea/hf person- . ally selected pictures, everyone of which has been chosen as specially suited Tor dj’oxton audiences. Tohf<*f* l h#~eV'ehiflg’h headed' by the Gloria Swanson drama; '‘HfuebearcTs' f! Eighth Wife," which incidentally - hnishes a successful ran at the Eihg’s' Theatre, Wellington, justa-fortnight ago. The story 1 deals' 1 with a modern Bluebeard who gets lid of seven wives per medium of the'divorce court. At his eighth attempt he meets more tluui his match and it in here that -Gloria Swanson puts in the most effective work of “her 1 -career. Glit-terihg-ihore brilliantly than'ever, as the roguish French beauty, dressed in wonderful gowns, putting her husband tip Amazing tests to prove his love, flirting outrageously, keep-ing-firm guessing and gasping at hex daring intrigue) and curing his fickle heart .for good and aff. “A Punctured Prince,” is the two-reel comedy-}' also Travelogue and Gazette. Usual Cabaret prices. On Saturday night the second of the seie.cted„: series.- “The Village Blacksmith,” based on Longfellow’s poem will be seen. This great feature does for father what “Over the Hill” did for mother —it gives him all due toL him.