ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2944, 3 October 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

BUCK? JONES AT TOWN HALL.

At the Town Hall to-night will be “The Arizona Romeo” the latest production in the Buck Jones star series. It is a combination story of Eastern capitalists and Western cowboys with a comedy dressing for a salad of -thrills and action. The leading feminine role is portrayed by Lucy Fox. The supporting programme to-night is a strong one, including a sunshine comedy “Mysterious Stranger,” . “Bull Fight,” Fox News, and the highly instructive film “Commercial Tree Farming in New Zealand.” Prices as usual.

Described as a stirring story of a fashionable society couple who strove after the good things money can buy, hut found the best could not be purchased with gold, “Where arc My Parents” at the Town Hall on Monday should please patrons. Other films are “Stage Fright,” comedy. Pa the Ouzel te etc. Prices as usual.

A colourful romance of dashing Grandees and beautiful scnoritas laid in a background of Spain — introducing breakneck action —intrigue —and a hero who defends his lady love’s honour with a fifteen loot Australian stock whip, Douglas Fairbanks in “Don Q. Son of Zoriii.” Thursday.

LOYAL PICTURES. One of the greatest mystery plays of the year was “The Rear Car,” by Edward Rose. The play ran for a long period at the Majestic Theatre, Los Angeles, where it was so successful that it wits immediately taken East. Many were of the opinion that it was the best mystery play since “The Bat.” The Goldwyn Company made the screen version of this mystifying piece. “Red Lights,” as the screen story is called, was directed by Clarence Badger, and has in the cast many of the screen’s best artists, including Raymond Griffith, Marie Provost, ■Johnnie Walker and Alice Lake. Raymond Urillith assumes the role of the “crime deflector.” In “Red Lights” which is coming to the Roy ill theatre to-night. The mysterious complications keep a tense interest throughout, and hold the audience in a state of suspense until the very last scene. During Lite production of liio stage play, members of the audience shrieked and gasped at the thrilling situations. The screen version, “Red Lights,” promises to present much more of a thrill. Pauline Frederick, co-starred with Laura La Plante in “Smouldering Fires,” Universal-Jewel Clarence Brown production to he screened in the Royal theatte Thursday, was also starred in a stage play, “Spring Cleaning,” for a time while making the picture, and was kept busy hurrying front the studio in the evening to the theatre in Los Angeles where she put in three hours on the stage. Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Wanda Hawley and Helen Lynch are in the supporting east.