ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2898, 18 June 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

1 : I;EAT DIAMOND MYSTERY

Tin* disappearance of a large diamond from llie necklace of a wealthy woman, and tile substitution of a pii'cc of worthless ••paste," so called, in its place causes the arrest o| a young jeweller's clerk in "The (ireat Diamond Mystery." The new Shirley Mason feature which comes to the Town Hall on Saturday next. Trouble does not end there, however. for within a few hours after the precious gem is lost the head of the diamond linn is killed —and the young clerk is accused of the murder. It happens that this same young clerk is engaged to marry a young lady novelist, the part played by Miss Mason who lias just completed a murder mystery story based on the supposition that a murderer inevitably returns to the scene of his murder. The young novelist essays the role of detective with singulai success. A comedy "The fight.'' "The Universities of the World" and World’s .News complete the programme on Saturday. Prices as usual. Petty Balfour the famous .English comedienne will be seen next Monday in "Mord Emily" a laughable cockney story.

ROYAL PICTURES. Can a woman love a man so madly that she will risk imprisonment to do his bidding? Can she be so deeply in love that she will east caution to the winds and carry out her part in his schemes even though they lead to the threshold of degradation"? These questions, in a broad way, for the theme of “The Broadway Madonna ’ a stirring story of keen edged drama enacted bv a superb east to be screened at the Royal Theatre tomorrow night. On Saturday night Lambert Hillver appears in “Temporary Marriage,” which was written by Gilbert Patten. The cast is of all-star proportions, including such notables as Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis, Stuart Holmes, Tully Marshall, Myrtle Stedman and Maude George. Principal Pictures Corporation declares “Temporary Marriage” to be one of its best pictures —the appeal of which is to the average citizen’s love of home.