ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3845, 15 September 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TOWN HALL,

One of the most distinguished casts ever gotten together for any picture will appear at the Town Hall to-night, “The Cohens and Kellys in Paris,” a Universal-Wil-liam Beaudine Production, co-fea-turing George Sidney and J. Farrell MacDonald in the title roles. Vera Gordon and Kate Price, who created the roles of Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. Kelly, will appear again in the characters they have made. Gertrude Astor, will play her accustomed role of dizzy vamp, while Sue Carol, as Miss Cohen, will supply the rest of the good looks to the production. Charles Delaney will account for the role of young Pat Kelly, who falls in love with the Cohen girl, and thereby plunges the two families into a mad rush for Paris to stop the racial mistake. The director, William Beaudine, is renowned for the production of comedy dramas of the first water. The writing and technical staff were selected with a view to making “The Cohens and Kells in Paris” a greater laugh producer than its famous namesake. With other pictures including- “Hinkler’s arrival in Australia.” Prices 1/- and 2/-. Children half price. “White Flannels,” an excitingstory of the great coal mining industry and the football field will be screened on Monday at usual prices. ROYAL. Hall Caine’s powerful story, “The Prodigal Son,” in film form will head to-night’s programme at the Royal. “The Prodigal Son,” is a very fine story, and it makes a wonderful filmplay, full of dramatic situations, of human pathos that tears at the heart strings, full of impulses and emotions which people understand and appreciate because they themselves experience very similar ones. It has its crowds, it has its spectacles, it has its moments of overwhelming grandeur; but almost entirely it is concerned with the story of two brothers, their jealousies and their mistakes, their failings and their unsuspected qualities. Also on the programme, “Saturday Morning” (Comedy)', Pathe Review and Cartoon. Prices 1/- and 1/0. Children half price.