ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2783, 11 September 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

+ ROYAL PICTURES. There have been discontented wives since Eve! If Eve had not been discontented she never would have eaten the forbidden apple, but if all wives, discontented or otherwise, mid husbands, too, see “Discontented Wives,” which will he. forbidden no one at the Royal Theatre tomorrow night, they will be content having been interestingly entertained. It is a Playgoers feature, starring the sterling actor, J. P. McGowan, ably assisted by charming and vivacious Fritzi Brunette. Ertru: ‘‘The Steel Trail.” On Saturday night Katherine McDonald’s new First National picture, “The Lonely Road,” will he <<•l eened. It is one of the most fus<innliiig matrimonial mix-ups shown on the screen in a decade. On Monday next “The Green Goddess” will he screened.

“THE NET." The story of ‘‘The Net,” the seven reel feature at the Town Hall on Saturday next, tells of a woman who takes a stranger, who has lost his memorv into her home as her husband in order that her owp husband may escape a murder charge and thus prevent the shadow of crime fulling on her young son. The unknown stranger recovers his memory: fights a charge of life imprisonment and finally marries the woman after her husband emjs his life in escaping arrest. The cast includes Barbara Castelton, Raymond Bloomer and Peggy Davies. A Sunshine Comedy: “The Riding Master,” and the latest News complete the bill. Usual prices. On Monday next the Owen Wister nevel which has been in the forefront of Western stories for twenty years will be screened. It is “The Virginian," a thrilling romantic outdoor drama with wonderful cattle scenes and remarkable outdoor settings. Kenneth Harlan Florence Vidor, Pat O’Malley and Raymond Hatton all play prominent roles. Patrons should reserve Monday, 22nd as the date to see Venue of the South Seas,”