ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3776, 5 April 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TOWN HALL. Special bookings have been made for the Town Hall during the Easter season. The series opens to-night with the Fox attraction, “Slaves of Beauty,” a smart comedy drama with a novel plot, the scene of which is an up-to-date ladies’ beauty parlour where women of varying ages, and more varying stages of feminine beauty, come in quest of improved appearance. Earle Foxe, the irresponsible Van Bibber, has a leading role; also Margaret Livingstone and Holmes Herbert. Also screening to-night “Her Perfect Wow,” comedy, and News. Usual prices. All too commonly the outdoor dramas of the screen are merely n sequence of hair-raising stunts without solid plot or a genuine sense of romance. This is doubly unfortunate in view of the fact that history abounds with colourful incidents on which stirring pictures can be based. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s latest historically-based attraction for Tim McCoy is “Spoilers of the West,” to be shown at the Town Hall on Saturday, and the story recreates the famous adventures of one of General Sher--1 man’s officers with a dauntless girl who led a settlement’s revolt against rejection from Indian lands. The picture is packed with the romance of pioneer history, danger, drama and love. With “The Old Wallop” (comedy), News and N.Z. Scenic. Usual prices.

,On Monday the special outdoor attraction, “The Sap,” will head a fine holiday programme. Kenneth Harlan has the leading role in this story, which contains more than the usual amount of action and exciting scenes. Usual prices. ROYAL. The Royal Theatre on Saturday evening presents one of the most fascinating, thrilling and interesting pictures it has been our pleasure to see in many a day. “The Cat and the Canary” adds another success to the list of Universal Special Productions, produced in the past year. The story was taken from the famous stage success of the same name, by John Willard. It concerns the adventures of a group of six people who are gathered together in as abandoned country mansion, at the hour of midnight. They had been brought there by the reading of a will left by a wealthy recluse. The attorney reveals that the testament names Annabelle YY'Cst, played by Laura La Plaste, as the chief legatee. Almost immediately after the contests of the will have been discovered, things begin to happen to those who had gathered in the spooky old mansion, which had been in the sole care of a negro, voodoo-worshipping mammy. Throughout the unfolding of the dramatic sequences of the photodrama, run all the elements of suspense, mysterious disappearances, murder and emotional climaxes. Prices Is and 2s, children half-price.