ENTERTAINMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4519, 18 October 1930, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENT.

TOWN GAEL. y The combination of beautiful lo'eiile, well knit plot and superb aeling on the part of all members of (lie east, human and animal, is the outstanding feature of “Plunging Hoofs,” the Universal picture at Ihe Town Hall to-night. Rex, the king of wild holrses, who plays lhe starring role, is without doubt (he most amazing horse -on the screen. He is a real wild horse and was roped out of a wild herd. “Plunging Hoofs” is the romance of a dance hall girl and a parson. They meet while freeing Rex from a trap set for him. The proprielor of the dance hall wants to marry the girl himself. Through the efforts of Rex, the proprietor is beaten in a fight and the parson and the girl are. free to get married. Jack Perrin, the hero of other Rex pictures, plays the parson. Barbara Worth is the dance hall girl. Starlight, a horse, also plays an im)porfant role. With “Newlyweds Need Help” (comedy), Cartoon arid News.

Next Wednesday, Betty Bronson will be seen leading a star east in First National’s widely discussed feature, “Modern Marriages,” dealing with a very wide question from an entirely new angle, this picture makes fine dramatic entertainment with subtle touches of humour.

shannon talkies. The excellent cast of British Dominion's new nil talking and singing operetta, “The Loves of Ro-' bert Burns,” which will be screened at the Renown Theatre, Shannon, to-night, is headed by Mr. .Joseph Hislop, regarded as England’s greatest tenor, and the supporting players include the two Australian girls, Eve Gray and Dorothy iSeacombe, Jean Oaddell, C. V. France, Neil Kenyon and others, of Empire fame. “The Love of Robert Bujrns” is not- merely a biography, but a brilliant concoction of (powerful drama and all that is lovely in the inspiring poems and lyrics of the most famous Scottish poets and writers. The picture is a joint production of the (Bitish Dominions Corp. and the Gramophone 'Go., the combination responsible fot' such hits as “Splinters” and “Rookery Nook.” Much of the action was filmed in Scotland at the actual places where Burns made history, and his spirit has been caught so well that the picture, technically, dramatically, vocally, or Regarded as entertainment alone, is not merely the most satisfying Bjritish talkie to date, but certainly one that must take its place- along with the dramafic epics of the screen.