ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3873, 20 November 1928, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TOWN HALL. Suspended in mid-air in a tiriv bucket, while pot shots are taken at him, is not the pleasantest situation Fred Thomson finds himself in his latest Paramount production, entitled “The Sunset Legion,” showing at the Town Hall on Wednesday. To make this uncomfortable situation all the more enjoyable to Thomson’s enemies, a chance shot breaks the cable, and Fred comes tumbling down, only to save himself in such a manner that goes to make up this latest endeavour of the Western star one of the best he has ever done. “The Sunset Legion” is strikingly different from any previous success of the Western star. He plays a dual role, and the contrast serves to brighten up the picture no little. As the Whittling Cowboy, a nondescript character of the plains, Thomson gives cause for many laughs, and as the Black Masked rider, he gives the audience all it seeks in the way of thrills. With episode 2 of “Blake of Scotland Yard,” and other supporting pictures at, usual prices. Tim McCoy will feature in “Riders of the Dark” on Friday. ROYAL. Rin-Tin-Tin, one time stray puppy, picked up in the devastated region of France in the latter days of the World War, is now the bestknown dog in the world. He has countless admirers. Numberless articles have been written about him. His salary is fabulous. And for all these things there is a reason. Rin-Tin-Tin has the inborn gift which dogs or human beings cast upon the silver screen. He has the quality spoken of by a popular writer as “It.” In “Jaws of Steel,” at the Royal next Saturday, Rinty is at his whirlwind, loving, fighting, self-sacrificing best. At first he is seen as a pup, lost on the desert, but later on, as the fierce avenger of unlucky friends. Ray Enright’s direction is superb and the supporting cast satisfactory. But Rin-Tin-Tin seems superior to all outside aids to being himself. He is always on the alert. Never camera-conscious. Never suggestive of the fact that some one is saying “do this” and “do that.” He has shown himself master of many parts but never quite so brilliantly as in “Jaws of Steel.”