AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 17 May 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE. June Elvidgc and Muriel Ostriche present a remarkable contrast in ’’Youth,” showing at the King’s tonight. Juno Elvidge has the role of sister to the engineer who is gradually way to drink and imperilling his position. Muriel Ostriche is a society bud, whose task in life it is to find a husband with riches, all other qualities being of no account. Carlyle Blackwell has a role in which he is attractive, particularly in the first scene where he portray? a gilded youth, irresponsible and likely to wreck his future. Although the story is on a ■well-worn theme of the prodigal son, its treatment is quite fresh. The youth does not immediately become able to work like a navvy when his angry feather proceeds to do what it is most likely any spendthrift luxury loving would do. He buys a houseboat, and dodges work. His gradual reformation through meeting a girl full of practical common sense is natural. The supporting characters are worthy of mention, particularly the Japanese .valet wh-osq observations are spicy and original. The fourteenth episode of ’’The Iron Claw” will also be shown. To-morrow night, W. S. Hart will appear i n ’’Wolf Loury.” EVERYBODY’S. The programme to be shown to-mor-row night will be one of exceptional merit including, as it does, two stars. The picturisation of Ouida’s great novel, “Under Two Flags,’’ (which has at last arrived) will he shown. The otherbig item is a two-reel comedy “Tire Pullman Bride,’ ’which promises to be a real side-splitter. The plot is worked cut in a series of remarkably unique and original gags and stunts that never let up for a second. They follow each other with such "rapidity that it is almost bewildering. It is thrills and laughs—bang, hang, from the start to finish. The story is logical,_ with a convincing punch in every scene, and the fun is riotous. An outburst of ITTiarity that has seldom if ever been equalled. The general excellence of the cast of characters is due to Mack Senuott’s hew and admirable policy of concentrating his skill and efforts, not on a dozen producing companies, but confining if to not more than three companies. Every person in the comedy is a comedian of tried and tested ability, with years of hard study to their credit;'in fact, all their lives they have done nothing else but perfecting the making of farcical comedies. “The Pullman Bride” will also be shown at the Matinee.