ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2935, 12 September 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MO UTO A lIALL COMMITTEE

The Montoa Hall Committee are holding their third annual ball in Hie hull ;il Montoa on Wednesday September 30th. Already arrangements arc well in hand for (his function which promises to he one of the events of the season. THRILLING DRAMA AT TOWN HALL. Admittedly brides have many troubles, hut none ever had more than Mildred June experiences in the new melodrama “The Troubles of a Bride” screening at the Town Hall to-night, Mildred is kidnapped and then the chase begins. A. mad automobile race, a running light, a wreck, a train hold-up, and then the heorine, alone on a runaway engine, is rushing headlong towards an open drawbridge and her watery doom. The suspense is terrific, and then just when —hut why spoil everything? You must see it to appreciate it. A Sunshine comedy, “The Sleepwalker,” a fine educational sporting film, “Johnny’s swordfish,” and the latest events per medium of Fox News, complete a programme of in Hite variety. Prices as usual.

Ralph Connor, the great Canadian author of outdoor life, has never written a failure. “The Critical Age,” adapted from his novel, “Glengarry School Days,” which is the feature attraction at the Town Hall on Monday, is one of his greatest stories, and promises to carry ;i!l (he Connor touches that have endeared him to the hearts ol the reading public. Other films on Monday’s list are “Ilis Week End” (comedy), Victoria, Dritish Columbia, and the latest Pathe Gazette and Paris Fashions. Prices as usual. KOVAL PICTURES. To-night, “In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter” will he screened at tin* Royal Theatre. Its the comedy of the year. A Pofa-h and Perlmutter laugh is a sure cure for the worst case ol blues. And remember the east : Alexander Carr, George Sidney, Vera Gordon, and Belly Blythe as the vamp. Alfred Green directed from Frances Marion’s scenario, and .Montague Glass himself, creator of Potash and Pei lmutter. wrote the titles. Two comedies, “Traffic (this is a little gem) and “Small Change.” Thrills, suspense and human interest a hound in “Second Fiddle," which comes to the Royal Ihcatie on Monday, featuring Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor and other popular screen celebrities. The tact that clothes do not always make the. •inn is most interestingly portrayed. PERKY BROS’. CIRCUS: Perry Bros.’ and Cronin's large united circus and zoo will anise at Foxton by special train on Monday, Mill ins!., and will give one performance the same evening. Attempt lias often been made to describe the excellent programme of thrills, fun, novelties and sensations that is offered by the management of l.iiis brilliant, circus, hut the undertaking is a dillicult one. However, readers may he assured that the show presents many big sensational acts that have never previously been introduced into the circus arena in New Zealand. Furthermore, it is safe to say that there is not a second-rater amongst the whole of (lie forty performers. The latest importations to the big show — Captain MontaeiTs performing lions and tigers, the Sahara. Troup of Arabs, the Flying Herbertsons, and the Daredevil Dalzellos—were personally engaged by Mr E. Perry, while touring America. and Africa in 11)23. A noteworthy feature is Perry Bros.’ celebrated high jumpers, witli Lone Star, the 15.2 record-breaker. The live Perrys, undoubtedly the cleverest troup of acrobats ever seen in the southern hemisphere, reveal possibilities of acrobatic work hitherto untliouglifc of, while Le Bun to accomplishes wonderful feats at the top of a long slim pole that is balanced on the shoulder of his partner, Evans. Alberts' and Sharp, billed as the world’s foremost wirewalkers, and apparently well worthy of the claim, provide u most thrilling and spectacular ac t. Ahno, the human aeroplane, is quite at home performing his thrillers in his lofty atmosphere in defiance of neck-breaking falls. Boundjockey riders, trained elephants, goats and monkeys, mirth-making clowns and dummies, freaks, boneless marvels, performing horses and point's, contribute to a programme of exceptional brilliancy. The zoo, comprising animals from all parts of the globe, includes Leo, the largest lion iu Australasia.