ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3891, 5 January 1929, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

TOWN HALL. Riotous comedy, colourful drama, beautiful gowns and lavish sets are all incorporated into Fox Films “Soft Living,” with Madge Bellamy in the stellar role, supported by an excellent cast, including Johnny Mack Brown, Mary Duncan and other well-known names. This ace of entertaining pictures comes to the Town Hall to-night. . The story is a new treatment of the question of nVarriage for love or money by a girl who finds that marrying a rich mian does not always make “Soft Living,” especially when she loves him. With “Starvation Blues” (/Comedy), American Sheep Industry, and latest News. Usual prices. WORLD’S ENTERTAINERS. The world’s entertainers 'headed by Harms ton’s famous cockatoos will be presented on Monday. The ■'cockatoos are almost human in their intelligence and capabilities. One /bird answers any [questions from the audience ,suc'h as ringing any required number on a bell, or telling the 'time from a watch, or doing little sums. Others play tunes on hells and chimes, and the cockatoos acrobat would make any circus clown jealous wjitli his feats. Each bird has his understudy Who can do any of the tricks without going back on to his own part. The world’s entertainers a:t present touring the world, will present these marvellous cockatoo comedians, supported by an outstanding programme of vaudeville and pictures. Manelli who is assisted by Mack, may well claim to be the world’s cleverest juggler, whilst Jean MacDonald will be seen in a delightful living marionette act. Including in the bill is Evelyn May, a petite danseuse of outstanding merit and c-harin. Also the special picture attraction “That (Certain Thing.” Prices 1/6 and 2/6. Children 9d and 1/-. ROYAL. “The Adorable (Outcast,” which is coining to .the Royal theatre tonight, is presented by Australasian Films Ltd., and is the screen adaptation of Beatrice Grimshaw’s well-known novel, “Conn of the Coral Seas.” Picture-goers will find it immensely pleasing from a variety of angles. Scenically, dramaitic'ally, and in the picturesque and the.spectacular, the main characters move through 'a wealth of ever-ehangling scene and action. Never once is it apparent that Producer Norm'an, Dawn lias temporarily suspended the (human interest phase of the story in order to introduce a touch of the spectacular or reveal a flash of trick photography. The emotional element is strongly in evidence right throughout the .picture. The scene where Luya claims Diedre’s baby as her own at the expense of losing her own lover, has been handled with the delicacy and restraint demanded of the situation, and later, when Diedre’s gruff father forgives his daughter her sin, and the little child brings the first suggestion of tenderness to his heart, 'there is pathos grades above the usual sob stuff to which 'movie audiences are accustomed. None of the thrills of the big scenes arc dragged out beyond their time, consequently the story unfolds itself with a smooth and gripping interest. “The Adorable Outcast” should enjoy a lot of popularity with film fans in this district, inasmuch as it differs so largely from 'tropical pictures, und is the something that hadn’t been sone in South Sea'stories. Prices 1/- and 2/-. Children half price.