ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2977, 19 December 1925, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

BUCK JONES AT TOWN lIALL. The powerful story of the “Trail Rider" fcaiuriiig Buck Jones at Ihe Town Tlall has the old Western entile war as a basis. It is a tale Ihal (levelupjs thrilling situations and gives I lie dashing Buck Jones ample opportunities to show Dial Ihe man who lived longest. was the fellow whose gun leaped from its holster first. Tlu* scrape from the forefront of a herd of stampeding cattle is wildly pulse quickening. A Van Bibber comedy, “Spanish Romeo," “Concerning Cheese,” an interest picture and Fox News complete the list. Usual prices.

“On tlie Banks of the Wabash, Aioiiday’s leading picture, is a story of life in a typical small town with its jealousies, scandals etc. A tremendous storm scene and rescue of. residents of Ihe town from flood and lire bring the picture to a dramatic close. Mary Carr and Aladge Evans play leds. “Meel my Lawyer” comedy and Pnthe Gazelle also. Prices as usual.

“Loving Lies” the screen visualisation of Peter B. Kync’s “Harbour Bar” with ATonte Blue and Evelyn Brent in prominent roles is screening on Tuesday next. It is a. line drama of the sea. ROYAL PICTURES. “One Willy Street,” one of the year’s sensations in the literary field, to lie screened at the Royal theatre to-night, has Ben Lyon and Anna Q. Nilsson in the featured roles. The picture was produced by First National from the novel by Beale Davis. The author has fashioned a tale that, while gripping in its suspense and universal in its theme, yet was particularly adaptable for screening. The plot is a gripping one, and leads to a smashing climax wherein Anna Q. Nilsson rises to further histrionic heights and proves herself once again an actress of unusual power. A splendid Lloyd Hamilton comedy: “Killing Time,” and Jack Dempsey (the champion of the world) in “A Society Knockout.” On Monday will be screened Rex Beach’s famous novel “The Net,” under the title of “Fair Lady.” This is a story laid in the picturesque island of Sicily, when primative passions went untouched by modern civilization. It is a story such as only Rex Beach could write; romantic, interesting, thrilling, and is portrayed by no less than ten leading stars, including Betty Blythe, Hurston Hall, Robert Elliott and Gladys Hulctte. On Wednesday next, Hoot Gibson in "Let Her Buck,” and on Christmas Eve the most wonderful picture ‘‘Quo Vadis?'’