ENTERTAINMENT

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3987, 22 August 1929, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENT

TOWN HALL.

The excellent fight • finale in

“Mademoiselle Parley-Voo” has been commented upon everywhere as one of Maurice Elvey’s finest directorial effects, but the fight climax lie has produced for “(Palais de Danse” at the Town Hall Cabaret on Friday, proves more excitingl still. Robin Irvine, ivho plays the hero, fights John Longden, avlio is the villainous dance hall partner knoivn as “the Sheik.” It is a fight for life and honour on the roof of a gigantic dance hall, and both men go crashing through the glass dome to the floor -beloAV. Longden is “killed,” while Irvine saves himself by jumping to a pendant electric chandelier. It is wonderfully done and the stars must haA T e had great courage to tackle such a feat —lrvine, hanging on to the dome AA’ith his hands, received Longden’s rush AA'ith his feet planted in the latter’s chest. Doavii below, one sees the thousands of dancers looking, aghast, at the fight for life high above their heads. In “Palais de Danse” Mabel Boulton has the star role as Number 16, a modern Cinderella of the dance hall. With full supporting programme at usiial cabaret prices. « A feature length comedy, “Homesick,” Avhich opens at the Town Hall on Saturday, comes here acclaimed as a most hilarious screen offering, in fact, one of the most entertaining comedies yet to come from the Fox Studios. Sammy Cohen, remembered for his great work in “What Pi’iee Glory,” “The Gay Retreat,” “Plastered in Paris” and other Fox comedy classics, is featured Avith Harry Sweet, Marjorie Beebe and other comedy brilliants in support, and the fun revolves around a trans-continental bicycle race and a feud betAveen Cohen and SAveet which starts in New York and is continued intermittently, to the great joy of those Avho see the picture, all the Avay across the continent. Usual prices.