ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4418, 22 February 1930, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWN HALL.

There is no doubt that John Orimlaw, the leading character in the new Stoll production, “Guns of Loos,” which will be seen at the Town Hall to-night will be widely discussed when be is seen on the screen. He is an original character created by Sinclair Hill, the director, and Reginald Fogwell and Leslie Howard Gordon, who were responsible for the scenario, li the early part of the film he is seen as the man of iron—feared by iiis workpeople, inspected by bis friends, loved by the heroine. Then comes a crisis—and he fails, proving that there is something of the coward in the strongest of meu. Henry Victor creates the part, of Orimlaw, and it pan be stated definitely that in this part he has done the best work of his already very successful screen career. Certain it is that he has never before been given such an excellent opportunity of showing his real ability as a line dramatic actor. With a Mack Senuett comedy, “Hesitating Horses,” and latest News. Usual prices.

Based on a stage play which was nothing short of a sensation, “The Woman from Luna,” Pox film featuring Mary Astor, is the attraction at the Town Hall on Monday. The screen production is 'an absorbing and human tale of a young and beautiful girl, wise beyond her twenty years, hard-boiled as she needs must be to play the part in life she does, that of a “come-on” tor a seaside amusement concession known as “Hel.” She sickens of the life she is leading and finds a way out by marrying a young chap who is keeper of a lighthouse. Mary Astor is the girl, being fea‘tired Avifch Robert Armstrong and • Roy D’Arcy. Dean dagger, a newcomer from the stage, plays an important • supporting role. Usual prices.