ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3529, 26 August 1926, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

BUCK JONES AT THE TOWN HALL.

“The Desert’s Price,” the'production starring Buck Jones, Avhich heads the programme at the To\\ r u Hall on Friday and Saturday, is a whirlwind Western drama full of action and thrills. The plot revolves around the dispute between the cattlemen and the sheepmen, coming to an entirely unexpected and exciting end. There are some’ wonderful exhibitions of horsemanship. The programme also includes an Imperial comedy “East Side-West Side,” a scenic and the latest Fox News. Usual prices. Helen Martin’s widely read novel • of the idle .rich, “The Parasite,” has been transferred to the silvcrsheet and will be slioAvn at the Town Hall on Monday next. Starred in it are Owen Moore, Madge Bellamy, Bryant Washburn, and Mary Carr. Patrons will be pleased with this picture. ROYAL PICTURES. . Frank Borzage, noted director of “Humoresque,” and other film successes, Avins new fame in his picturisation of Zoe Akins’ play entitled “Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting,” to be screened at the Royal Theatre to-inorroAV (night. Alice Joyce, the popular star, is seen as Edith, and Percy Marmont plays Julien, her artist husband. The play is intensely dramatic, and the film version is filled Avitli thrills, luxurious settings and fine comedy touches.. The body of another woman is worn by Mary Philbin in her neAVest starring vehicle, “Stella Mail’s,” Universal’s filmisation of William J. Locke’s famous novel, which comes to the Royal Theatre on Saturday night. In the dual role of “Unity Bloke,” Miss Philbin makes up for a Avoruan much larger than herself.