ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2901, 25 June 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE TRANSFORMED ISLE,

Seldom is it that the camera brings to us scenes that everybody hives In read about in hooks—pictures uf the enchanting coral islands of the Pacific. This has been accomplished in a very realistic manner, the audience being shown the islanders in their original barbaric state and taken with them on exciting head-hunting expeditions. Thus the Manawatu Daily ’i’imcs rc tin* screening of “(lie Transformed Isle,” which is to he shown at tIn 1 Town Hal! 10-morrow evening. The film is a 530(1 feet une and takes an hour and a quarter to screen. It will be supported by a short and select number of still pictures of life in the islands, with expeditionary description. Prices : Dress Circle 1 (>, Stalls 1/-. Children half price jo all parts. Sent- may be reserved in circle without extra charge at Heath’s, Main Street. Mr Heath having kindly undertaken to attend to the reserve bonking. Patrons please mile that the screening commences a! 8 o’clock, not at 7.20 as on tickets. ROYAL PICTCRES, What is declared io lie one of the most elaborate sets ever inn-stnii-ted for a motion picture, appeals in ••The Buttcrlly Man,” the h’<Jim ison < Tile Special, starring Lew Cody, to be screened at the Royal Theatre to-morrow night. This picture is adapted from lho -liny written by George Barr Mc(’atcitron, and is a satire on the present-day social extravaganza, law Cmiy is supported very ably by Louise Lovely, ia’lie Leslie and Rosemary Thehy, all of whom wear Parisian gowns, ihe cost of which runs well into thousands. On Saturday “The While Moth," starring Barbara J.a Afarr and Conwtty Tcarle, will be screened at usual prices. A feature of this picture is tlic dance of tin- Spider and t lie Mol it, done by Miss La Mair, which furnishes one of the most intriguing scenes. TOM MIX AT TOWN HALL. Tom Mix, erstwhile broncho busier, motion picture gunman and typical character of the “woolly days" blossoms out as a comedian, and docs it as though lie had never done anything else. For the lirst time in his ,-areer. Mix docs funny stuff in •‘Soft Boiled.” the feature to he scieened on Saturday next at the Town Hall. Starting out for what he is, a cow-puncher. Mix linally has to land a .job. fie becomes a shoo clerk and dons hell-bot touted trousers, spats, and born rimmed spectacles. Laughs come in quick .Mil-cession, especially when Tom attempts to lit a voting lady in approved horseshoeing style. Evcntuallv he is permitted to return to his diameter and then the action and stunts begin. Tony the famous horse. am! Millie Dove arc prominently in |be cast. A Sunshine Comedy, "Rough Sailing." and the World’s News and other notable pictures. Brices us usual.