ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4515, 9 October 1930, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWN HALL. Have you ever been lonesome? Have you ever been in the midst of a crowd who are enjoying themselves and yet find yourself envying their capacity for making the most of every ileetiqg minute? Do you ever feel the oppression of being quite by -yourself ev.en though you are surrounded by hundreds of people. “Lonesome,” the Universal special which-screens Saturday at the Town Hall, poignantly portrays the emotions of a boy and a girl, lonesome to the point of tears, who eventually overcome the pall of lonesomeness and find happiness in each other. No other film ever made quite approaches the novelty and wonderful healrt-ap-peal of “Lonesome.” It touches a new note in modern motion picture art. It was directed by the sensational Continental genius, Dr. Paul Fejo4, a master of narrative, and depicts life as it is in highly original and bizarre manner. “Lonesome” is the sensation of the year. It has caused more disoussion among cinema folk than any .picture ever before made. Fans all over the..world have written and wired the . director thanking him for a new thrill to jaded film appetites. That it will make screen history is no secret. Pejos has taken Hollywood by storm through the medium of “Lonesome.” Glenn Tryou, noted comedy star, departs from his usual “line” and enacts the leading role in “Lonesome.” Barbara Kent plays the girl. The picture w.ys personally supervised by Gajrl Laemmle Junr., and was adapted-by Edward T. Lowe Junr., from an original story by Mann Page. With “Crushed Hats” (€O- - and British and World’s News.

“Maciste,” the Italian giant, and strong man will appear next Wednesday in the leading role in a stunt picture, “The Giant of the Mountains.”

100 PER- CENT. TALKIE.

Shanghai—the bizarre glamour and mystery of the Orient—at dusk! The other side of the world, where almond eyes peer into the faces of white derelicts —where silks and satins soften the inseruiinalhility of the picturesque Bast. Oriental dives —the tea-room of Madame Polly Voo —the love of a fallen white woman for a pitiful wreck of a man. iSueb is the glamourous frame which enshrines gorgeous Alary Nolari, the “orchid of the screen,” in Universal’s powerfully dramatic, ikaleidoscopically colourful ‘.‘Shanghai Lady,” coming to the Renown Theatre, Shannon, to-morrow and Saturday night.. Seldom indeed, is it the shqwnian to have lhe opportunity to present* to his patrons such a picture. All-talkie, of course; the fabled delights of the Orient brought to the screen with tremendous drama and authentic atmosphere with the vast reality of sound! See it and hear it—there has never been one like it. Alary Nolan gives the, performance of her career in “Shanghai Lady,” photography incomparable, she proves also that she is an actress of fjreat ability—surrounded by a splendid cast. Usual char-a-banc service,