ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2719, 10 April 1924, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

‘THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.”

Probably no single poem is so widely known as Longfellows epic “The Village Blacksmith” which forms the basis 'of a big intense melodrama to be screened at the Town Hall on Saturday next. Will Walling as the smithy, is a big strong husky man, with a strong manly chest. He’d have to be to stand all the misfortune that drapes itself about his manly shoulders. .There is a railroad wreck, his youngest son is crippled for life by falling from a tree, he thinks his daughter goes wrong, his eldest son is almost killed, his daughter is struck by lightening, his wife dies and then his daughter is accused of stealing church funds.. However a rugged faith carries him through it all. Yes, if you like good entertainment by all means see “The Village Blacksmith” and you will say with the critics “just such another as “Over The Hill.” Good supporting pictures have been selected. Prices 1/- and 1/6 children 3d and Gd. Coming shortly “Hero” and “The Daring Years.”

ROYAL PICTURES. A drama which goes beyond the veneer of convention and probes into life itself is “Know Thy Child,” an Australian production, featuring Miss Vera James, the Dunedin picture star. It enquires into the laws which govern civilisation and shows that the world passes its hardest judgments on those whose only guilt is* their innocence. Listen to the despairing cry of the girl who was betrayed by the man she trusted. This picture is recommended by the Censor as suitable for adults only. To be screened at the Royal Theatre to-morrow night. On Saturday night Marshall Neman’s masterpiece, “Minnie,” will be shown. Men laughed at her, girls taunted her, and the only man she could get was a crook, and she took him because her heart was too full to bear any more pain. Prices 9d and 1/6, children as usual. Watch out for the big Royal specials billed to be shown in Foxton shortly.