ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3919, 16 March 1929, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWjN HALL. “Hangman’s House,” John Ford’s new Fox Films production, .‘based on Donn Byrne’s great novel of Irish life, is at the Town Hall to-night, with Victor MoLaglen ; June iCollyer, Larry Kent, Earle Foxe and Hobart Bosworth in prominent roles. “Hangman’s House,” according to critics, is one of the finest things Ford h'as done for the silversheet. Ir is typically Irish, with fast horses and beautiful women, and it is said the action outrivals even the dramatic intensity of this - director’s earlier efforts, including “The Iron Horse,” “3 Bad Men,” “Four Sons” and “Mother Machree.” With “Her Mother’s Back” (Comedy), and News. Usual prices. MARVELLOUS METROPOLIS. Take a slice from the fantastic works of H. G. Wells and a page or tw r o from the prophecies of Jules Verne, add a dash of adventure from the latest bestseller picked at random from the bookstalls, weave in it a powerful romance with a beautiful girl and a handsome young man as the principal characters, set it in a city so bizarre and so wonderful that it almost takes the breath away, and you have a faint conception of what “Metropolis,” the Wonder Picture from Ufa, coming to the Town Hall on Monday is. Prices 1/6 and 1/-. Children half price.