AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 13 October 1917, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

Everybody's

An entertainment of attractive and pleasing qualities is promised to be provided in tlie new programme selected for ' screening at Everybody’s tc-night The principal attraction is a picturisation of the well-known novel “The World’s Great Snare,” by E. Phillips Oppenheim. Pauline Frederick who is recognised as one of the best actresses on the screen to-day, takes the leading part. The plot turns on the discovery of Bryan, searching for documents to prove his claim to title and fortune. He visits San Francisco; There, in a dance hall he resents an insult offered to Myra, a young cabaret performer. The latter becomes infatuated with her rescuer, with whom she resides until B’ryan is persuaded by a discreet friend to break off. He goes to a mining camp < where Myra, disguised as a boy, follows Dramatic and far reaching events follow. This picture is supported by a two-part drama a Paramount Travelogue and a Victor Moore comedy, which will prove a regular rib-tickler. The programme is for one night only.

THREE STARS

FOR ONE NI&HT ONLY! Rattle-snakes, -wolves, Indians with knives, aeropltnes, and approaching trains have no terrors ifor Douglas Fairbanks and he keeps his sunny smile going under the most difficult conditions. However, it comes off for a while in “Reggie Mixes in’’ now screening at Three Stars. This fine Triangle fi.m contains the real thing in screen fights, and it is related that the picture director got a professional pugilist in on the sly to warm things up for the doughty Douglas. The drama is a good one, with a prettily interwoven love story full of flashes of romance, ans the long struggle for the aristocratic youngster and the gangster, Tony Bernard, is full of thrill. Bessie Love is sweetly pretty as the heroine and makes a dainty ob-. jectivc for all the Hero’s earnestness. As the official chucker-out of Gallagher’s saloon, Douglas Fairbanks opens in a new role in “Reggie Mixes in.’ The New Dandies appear to-night in an entirely new programme. Don’t miss “The Dandies.’’

THE NSW DANDIES

That the “New Dandies” have lost none of their power to please was amply demonsrated last night when they paid a return visit to Taihape. The programme was entirely new, though the artists were the same as on the former visit. The various items were bright and merry throughout, there not being a dull moment during the evening. Miss Dorothy Manning was in good voice and rendered her numbers in a very pleasing manner, her most successful item being “Love’s Echo.” Mr Liddle, who possesses a resonant baritone, contributed several solos, his rendering of “Shipmates o’ Mine” being very acceptable. He had to respond to several encores. Miss Ivy Davis’ singing of “On a Honeymoon” established her as a favourite at once and her recitation “Little Boy’s Lament” was decidedly humorous. In the singing of “Sweetheart Mine” Mr Pace proved himself a thorough comedian, and ■his rendering of “Mary had a little Lamb” was very ludicrous. The possessor of a rich contralto voice, Miss Linda Bradford captivated the audience with her singing of “Down in the Forest,” and she had to respond to a triple encore, her “Garden of Rosebuds” being a gem. In Mr Courtney Ford the company possesses a superlatively funny comedian, “The Pick of the Family” and his monologue on “Married Life” keeping the audience in a ripple of merriment. Harry Graham proved himself an entertainer of exceptional ability, his reading of “Old Moore’s Almanac” being very clever and decidedly funny } while his recital of the joys of “Married Life” convulsed the audi-! ence. The musical burlesque “Has Anyone Seen Kelly?” was a mirthprovoker, as was also the Shakespearean burlesque. The trio “Recipes” was very humorous, and contained a lot of information—of a kind. One of the most pleasing and enjoyable items of the evening was the Spanish song “ Estudiantina, ’ 1 which was a splendid example of part singing. The concerted item “Koo-la-loo” was a specially pleasing number. The members of the company good-humouredly acceded to the exacting encores made of them, and the whole performance fully justified their motto “Always merry and bright.” A word of special praise must be given to the pianiste, Miss Iris Edgar, whose accompaniments were both artistic and sym pathetic, and always subordinated to the soloists.