ENTERTAINMENT

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3924, 28 March 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT

TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT

A luxuriously appointed drawingroom, three -men engaged in heated argument, a beautiful girl of 17, a stream of vehement language in abuse of the girl’s dead mother, a revolver shot, one of the men drops dead. This is one of the tensely dramatic situations of Beulah Marie l Dix’s screen version of “Silence,” a pic'turization of the celebrated stage success of the same name which will be shown at the Town Hall to-night. Who fired the shot? Not Jim Wjarren, and yet Warren is convicted of the crime on evidence he has doctored in order to shift the lbame upon himself. He is sentenced; to hang, and with the ordeal but a half hour away he maintains a rigid silence — lie refuses to, divulge the true story of the murder. Whom is Jim shielding—and why? H. B. Warner, who plays the featured role, that; of the condemned man, also played the load in the sensational Broadway stage production of “Silence.” Opposite Warner is Vera Reynolds, while the role of his crooked pal, Harry Silvers, who is mysteriously killed, is played by Raymond Batton.

On Easter Saturday “The Great Well,” .a draimatic story of life in London society and in Africa will be the attraction. 'Seena Owen and Thurston Hall of ,English stage fame are the leading players. Usual prices. On Easter Monday Ran-Tin-Tin will be the headliner in a story staged on -an American trotting track and showing some thrilling scenes during trotting’ races. The picture carries the title “A Race for Life,” with a selected supporting programme at usual prices;