ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2921, 11 August 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

V"AI'DEV'IDLE AT CABARET

Al 1«> - nit >it< i w evening's Town i hill ('abaret :i special nilniclion in llic person til' (’him Yen T;ii n ja*hiiiiiu* Chinese magician will make iiis appearance in mi Oriental net of v. i/.nnlrv ;iml magic. Chun \cu I Ini in his Orionlnl robes creates Ihe atmosphere of Ihe Hnsl ill his entil'd ;iet. Al! manner of articles perform weird nml unnatural anlics in Ins ilel'i hands, nml his audienee is kept on the tpl vivo 1 liroughoul the whole period ol' his occupancy ol the singe. Ilis nppeurnnee lliroiiglioul New Zealand hns been mi unprecedented suet-css. The pit-lure piogi a mine is a line one headed by a. line dramnlie slory til an ambition-- chorus girl “Tiie Garden ol' Weeds" in which Betty Coiupstin slurs. Kockclil'l'e i''ello\vs, Warner Baxter, and Charles Ogle am the siipjiort ing players while the production is the work of .Janies Cruze.

A real thriller is promised for Saturday when Kohert W. Services druiiia "The Roughneck" is screening. A young: girl in n battle with a man-eating shark supplies one ol' the big thrills.

ItoYAh IMCTCKHS. Tonioi row night a special attraction is listed ;i| ihe Royal Theatre in the form of a demonstration ol: wireless, 'fhe Royal management has been experimenting of late with a wireless plant and has been very sui-cessl'ul am! now are going to give Koval patrons a “listen-in. Be there tomorrow night:. "Cove and filmy," Rupert -Julian-Cniver-sn!-.)ewel production is tlie leading 1 picture on tin* prograinnie and it is a delight ful combination of excellent slory. pictorial beauty and tli a uni lie strength, features which mark ii as one of the outstanding photoplays of ihe season. It is a .story of war and romance, woven around the, period of 1870, just previous to and including the invasion of France by the Germans. Part of fhe story is centered, around an Algerian campaign. The picture play was beautifully photographed by Gilbert Warrenton, rated as one of tlie aee cameramen of the profession, who has to his credit "Humoresque," "Little Mew York/’ ami other big productions.