ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3977, 30 July 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWN ITALL. ‘Allan Power’’ .is all that the name implies in the liichard Dix Paramount pic-tlijre, which comes to the Town Hall on Wednesday. It is said to Ibe Dix at his best, in a fastmoving story, with suspense enough to keep audiences sitting on the edge of the seats. The story works up to a tremendous cl in lax when Ihe star, driving a tractor through a rain storm, rushes up a hillside to save a dam threatened with a washout. There is action from start to finish and Director Clarence Badger is understood to have .skilfully worked nip his situations. •Alan Power" takes place in a .•mail town. It deals with the adPventures of a former 'Tank Corps officer down on his luck, who gets a job into which he puts: bis heart, because the daughter of the president of: the company is the girl lie loves. Throughout there is a strong vein of comedy. All those who like t o see their movie stars do lie-man I kings and battle real odds, will . iithu.se over Dix’s work in this (tie. He gets as much heavy ac--1 ion as he did in "The Quarterhack" and “Knockout Reilly.” Usual prices. | “Prep and Pep,” a comedy drama of modern youth will lie Friday’s attraction. “The Cohens and Kellys" a comedy sensation has ••been hooked lor Saturday next.