ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3997, 14 September 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWN HALL

Admirers of Victor MeLaglen, Fox Film stag, will be out in force to-night at the Town Hall, where “Captain 'Lash,” his new starring vehicle, will fte on view. Advance reports to reach here indicate that .“Captain Lash” is a perfect story for MeLaglen and that he has received incomparable direction by John G. Blystone. “Captain Lash” tells the story of a fifth .engineer on an ocean liner who is a veritable human whip in driving stokers aboard ship and a gay Lothario when ashore. Eventually .Lash gets into the- toils of Claire (Windsor, a daring adventuress, and then there is trouble. The 'supporting cast includes such favourites as Jane Winton, Arthur Stone, Albert Conti, Frank Hagney and Boris Cliarsky. Also “Wjild Papa” (comedy), Scenic and News . Usual prices. “Four Sons” the big 11-reel spe r ci,al will he presented on Monday only. It tells iof a. mother’s abiding faith in her four sons and in the world. 'Their home, happy at first, is clouded with the coming of the war. 'The old mother is torn between her sons in the German army and her one son in the' American army. With the exception of one scene on the 'battlefield, iu .which broth eg fights brother, the war itself is not projected into the Story, except as an off-screen background. Rather, it is the tale of a mother the sons leave behind, her with honesty and simplicity and at struggles and her heartaches, told all times with the utmost dramatic effect. John Ford, noted director of “Mother Machree,” “The Iron and many other screen triumphs, also directed “Four Sons.” Prices 2/- and l/fi. Shildren half price. '