ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4511, 30 September 1930, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWN HAUL.

See Billie Dove in “Adoration,” and see the last word in emotional dramas of love and jealousy, with a beautiful European background. Never has Miss Dove had a vehicle which afforded her greater scope for the exercise of her emotional acting qualities. AYith Antonio Moreno playing opposite, the scenes of passion are lifted to great dramatic heights. There is much excitement and thrill, with the downfall of royalty in Russia, the (light of the aristocrats to Paiis, their plight amid unfamiliar surroundings, the safes, the haunts of the lower element, the final reconciliation and the hint of untold happiness ahead. Prank Lloyd directed this splendid romance of royalty and commoner, a First National picture, coming to the Town Hall on Wednesday. AYith “Fandango” (Comedy), “Final Reckon-, ing” (Serial), and News. With tile growing .technique of the motion picture it is seldom necessnry for the producers to go outside their own eoimtrv to secure atmosphere, but when, British International Pictures were making “Ada in’s Apple,” the comedy starring Monty Banks, which is at the Town Hall next Saturday they sent the cast to three different countries for the travel sequences. The action begins in New York, wscre the two lioneyiuooiiers are bound for the Continent. From there the scenes go to Paris, and thence to London, where the body of the story is filmed. The picture is a. highly amusing comedy of honeymoon bliss and should not be missed bv lovers of good entertainment. There is also a strong supporting cast, including Gillian Dean, Judy Kelly, and Colin Kenny.

SHANNON TALKIES. Ono of Mie points which will attract those who saw the stage version of “Journey’s End” to see the talkie version, showing at the Renown theatre, Shannon, to-night, is that, naturally the. scope of the lilm allows the war scenes and the raid to Ibe shown to the audience, 'flie picture opens with a. night scene; a force of British Tommies moving up through a. shell torn town towards the first line of trenches, stumbling in the half light over a shell-torn road the only sounds the crash of artillery and the creak and rattle of troops moving. First rate hits of pictorial atmosphere and it •gets the action moving quickly. The second half of the picture is fast and absorbing, with a striking hit of stage trickery for the curtain, young Raleigh, the schoolboy lieutenant, has been brought hack to the dug-out mortally wounded and he dies before his school mate captain just as lie is about to go up to his 'command, hard pressed by the attack. Just as the captain disappears through the entrance a shell crashes the flimsy doorway in an avalanche of earth and ta(miben Everything goes dark except, a faint point of light in the last candle on Liu; (able, which flickers for five seconds perhaps, the last thing- on a black screen, and then goes out. A remarkable picture. Don’t miss this opportunity of seeing it at the Renown, Shannon. Special ’bus service.