ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3851, 29 September 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TOWN HALL. Edmund Lowe, in “The Wizard,” a mystery melodrama of a particularly compelling tj r pe, will be the attraction at the Town Hall tonight. It is written by Gaston Lerouz, the author of “The Phantom of the Opera,” but is without that story’s lurid strength. Instead, it is a very clever drama, never obvious, always baffling, with many a spontaneous laugh, and a pleasant love story running through the plot. It increases in suspense, thrills and mystery till the climax, never making the mistake of telling the audience in on the plot at any time. Eddie Lowe, as a reporter who calmly understudies for a detective so as to get the better story for his paper, has a role filled with witty sayings and much adventure. Gustav von Seyffert-itz and Norman Trevor also,have important parts. Also “Barnum and Ringlings” (Comedy), Scenic and News. Usual prices. “Bitter Apples,” the Monte Blue starring vehicle for Master Pictures, which comes to the Town Hall on Monday, is a whirling melodrama of vengeance, fights, fury and romance. Myrna Loy plays feminine lead, directed by Harry Hoyt, a film to he seen and remembered for its thrills, its throbs and its big laughing humanity. Usual prices. ROYAL. A famous author, a splendid story with an absorbing plot, combined with masterful direction by a noted director have been materialized into the screen version of Earl Derr Bigger’s serial novel, “The Chinese Parrot,” which will have its local screening at the Royal theatre to-night, filmed under the direction of the ace of Continental directorial wizards, Paul Leni, whose first American production for Universal, “The Cat and the Canary,” has earned for him lasting acclaim and fame, the picture is one that will easily hold one spellbound for the evening. Thrills, creeps, shudders, follow each other in rapid procession, and he is indeed lucky who is troubled with insomnia, The melodrama is wellacted by the entire east, including such screen notables as Marian Nixon, Hobart Bosworth, Edmund Burns, Sojin, Capt. Albert Conti, Florence Turner, Fred Esmelton, Edgar Kennedy, Slim Summerville and many others. Wjth comedy, cartoon and News. Prices 1/- and 2/-. Children half price. The official film of the HeeneyTunney fight will screen at the Royal on Wednesday next. Every round is shown, also scenes of the training, etc. The 10th round, so widely discussed is presented in slow motion. The popular price of 1/0 everywhere will be charged.