ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3807, 19 June 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

TOWN HALL. A woman shoots a man who is responsible for the loss of her one interest in life—her child. Brought up before a Paris judge and jury, she is freed! Why? Come to the Town Hall theatre next Wednesday and find out. Polo Negri’s new Paramount drama, “The Woman on Trial,” deals with a timely subject —can a pretty woman “get away with murder?” Arnold Kent has a fine role as the “heavy,” while Einar Hanson is also said to contribute some memorable _ work. With “Easy Curves” (Comedy), and News. Cabaret prices. On Thursday evening, what is described as the travel film of the year, “The Wonderland of NorthWest Australia,” will be presented. This is a motion picture record of Douglas Wylie expedition to N.W. Australia, in a 17-ton ketch. It will be accompanied by an instructive lecture by Mr. Bernard C. Ryder, F.R.G.S., who was a member of the expedition. Watch for particulars in Thursday's issue.

ROYAL. Although Billie Dove is tin- star of the picture, Lloyd Hughes has almost as important a role in "Tht Stolen Bride,” at the Royal on Wednesday. This picture gives him a chance to escape being “typically American.” He portrays a young Hungarian who returns to his native land in pursuit of his sweetheart only to discover when he steps across the border, that lie cannot depart until he had served his a Noted three years in the army under the compulsory military service system. The story is a co-medy-drama, staged with an eye for colour and the atmosphere of that picturesque country in the days before the Wjorld War, and his part gives Hughes opportunity for a characterization that is out of the ordinary. With comedy ,and News. Prices 1/- everywhere,. Children fid. Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton of “We’re in the Navy Now” fame will present the latest and greatest comedy, “Now We’re in the Air” on Saturday evening. To imagine these two as airmen in kilts is enough to cause a laugh. But when you see their air stunts, you’ll go into hysterics.