ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2768, 7 August 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“MOTHER GOOSE” PANTOMIME.

REPEAT PERFORMANCE FRIDAY NEXT. SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY, AT 2.30. On Friday evening next a repeat performance of the brilliant pantomime “Mother Goose” will.he given y>: the Royal Theatre, and all those who missed the production on Monday night should not fail to' -see it '■•n this occasion. One scene alone fully wort!) the price of admis--ion charged. Laughter is the predom'miting ft a lure whilst the singing i- a treat. On Saturday afternoon n. sneeial children’s,.,version ’-.•ill 1)- presented at the*"matinee, commencing at 2.30 when children will be admitted to all parts at fid. Mothei. , do ic t fail to give your children ah h tipara HellefUtTen t. The guests of honour on Saturday will he the children of the Willard Home. It will he a rioteous afternoon.

HUNTING BIG GAME TN AFRICA. Hunting big game is always assoeisited with the (brills;of.‘adventure, the facing of spectacular dangers, and the excitement of the chase. All these qualities are vividly portrayed in Explorer Snows’ picture “B’g Came Hunting in Africa with Gun and Camera.” which is included in the bill at the Town IT nil oil S:tl'nvday night: "Tbe greatest magnet on the African veldt is the waterhole hidden by shrubs. Here we see a herd of zebras slaking their thirst, Then a giant eland moves :t----i ross the screen and the hush buck, a dangerous-fellow to meet unarm-ed’.'-In e ll d 1 ess' pro (fb ss7oiithe an-

: :'h of Central Africa pass along from the smallest antelope IS inches high to the mammoth elephants with hides two inches thick. Among the thrilling episodes are: The elephant charge, the thrilling lion el fits e) kiting a rhinoceros. In some chases a Ford car was used oil the veldt with good results. The crashes between Hi a Ford and a wart bog are described as funnier than Lloyd or Chaplin. Also “Boys will be Boys a coinedv drama.

ROYAT. PICTURES

Richard P.arthclmess abandons tlic homespun of deep-sea sailor and country boy to become a most romantic figure in his screen version of Joseph Horgesheimer’s “The Bright Shawl,” which will be screened at the Royal Theatre on Saturday evening. In this First National picture he portrays a young American in quest of adventure in Havana during the dark days before l üba shook off the shackles of the Spanish Dominion. And he finds more than his share of adventure as well as romance. Dorothy Gish is aiso seen to advantage in this master production as well as many otlie- well-known actors and actresses. “The Bright Shawl" is an excellent production, and in support there is a very large ami line programme. Don’t miss Saturday’s programme at the Royal.