ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3002, 23 February 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ROYAL THEATRE. “THE WHITE SISTER.”

A motion picture reviewer regrets having wasted adjectives on other film features when he is confronted with such a picture as Henry King’s production of “The White Sister” in which Lillian Gish is appearing on Wednesday and Thursday at the Royal theatre. It is perhaps the finest dramatic offering ever turned out as a motion picture and every one concerned in its making, distribution and presentation is to be complimented most highly. Miss Gish is magnificent. No actress of this generation on stage or screen has carried the flame of sheer genius into her acting as does the frail little star of “The White Sister.” Nowhere in the long list of screen plays has there ever been so convincing- and thrilling a love epic as this romace of a girl and her young soldier lover, Ronald Colman, who plays opposite Miss Gish, is the “find” of the screen year, a handsome, dashing hero. The settings are exquisite, the photography of the highest quality, and Miss Gish’s supporting cast shows it wasehosen with care for the members all contribute to the general affectiveness of the film. As a matter of fact “The White Sister” comes near to being “the perfect picture.” To those who are regular movie fans we say “don’t miss it.” To those who are not regulars, we hold this picture up as a. shining example of the accomplishments of the screen, and unhesitatingly recommend that they see it. “The White Sister” is a Ilenry King production released through Metro, and it is the first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release to be seen in the Dominion. Box Plan open at Mr. Hamer’s. RICHARD DIX AT CABARET. At the Town Hall Cabaret tomorrow evening the favourite star Richard Dix will be seen in a line drama. This is “The Shock Punch” the story of a young wealthy man who went to work to win a girl and discovered a plot to ruin her father. Much of the exciting action including a fight which takes place some stories up on the girders of a skyscraper in the course of erection. Needless to say the leading role fits Richard Dir perfectly. A comedy “Love Goofy,” “Bohemia” (travel), and News, complete the list. Cabaret prices. On Friday evening patrons will witness the picturisation of a poem read by millions.—'“The Shooting of Dan McGrew” by Robert W. Service. An all star cast includes such well-known names as Percy Marmont, Barbara La Marr, and Lew Cody. The Yukon scenery seen in the film is magnificent being quite a revelation in the picture making art and a distinct triumph for the director Claranoe Badger.