ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1917, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE WHIP'' AT EVERYBODY'S NEXT MONDAY*

Jfever in the history of melodrama wis there a success so sensational as "The Wlhip." It ran for three years in London, a. year in the colonies, and was translated into French, German, Russian, and other modern tongues. Its vastness was claimed as one of the reasons for iti Success, butthis coTild Aardly account for its permanent hold on the affections of theatregoers. The picture version leaves the stage edition far behind in the matter of thrills, Maurice Tourneur, specially engaged to direct the production. went to enormous trouble and lavish expense to make the whole play a record film. 'For instance, the hunting Bcencs were taken from a real run of one of the greatest English packs. The racing scenes cost countless money, and Alma Hanlon, the star, was selected partly on account of her excellent horsemanship. The race itself is a tour de force, and nothing quite bo heart-grip-ping has ever been filmed. "The Whip" will he screened at Everybody's next Monday, 1 uesday and Wednesday with a special matinee Wednesday at 3 pjn. MATINEE AT EVERYBODY'S.

, CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG IN "THE PRICE SHE PAID," When a picture is billed these days as featuring Clara lumball Young it can usually be taken for granted that it is something above the ordinary of the 'products of fllmdom. So it was with the picture, "The Price She Paid," shown for the first time at Everybody's last night. It is, indeed, a splendid picturisation of David Graham •popular book. An excellent satire of the lives of the idle rich, a striking lesson to the girl who will marry for money, and, above all, an enthrallingly interesting picture drama. Mildred Gowen and her butterfly mother floating it in the best society, are suddenly brought to the realisation that their coffers are fast emptying. The mother, a widow, who with the aid of paint, powder, and accessories still maintains to all outward appearances some of her early feminine charms. She marries a scheming old scoundrel who she believes has a nest egg of 5000 dollars a year. There is disappointment on both sides when the marraige is over. Mildred lares worse. She marries a multi-millionaire—a more repulsive and insidious creature it would be hard to imagine—but discovers that her husband will allow her to buy nothing without his order. The speculations ! on both sides accordingly are disastrous, Mildred begins to see just a trifle her sordid class in their true light. She flies from her husband. How she eventually finds true love, and incidentally that her original moneyed partner had two wives living, makes an interesting story. The scenes in the picture are gorgeously mounted, and the heavy splendor and luxury in the houses of the rich must have cost the producer a small fortune. Tha sumptuous dinner in the home of the multi-millionaire where idishes that would satisfy hundreds are merely touched and spoiled by a few i s a striking indictment against the want of economy and wastefulness in the lives of the '"upper set." Clara Kimball Young as Mildred is sweet and effeetive. The picture is produced by Capellani. Tonight will be the fihal screening. VALESKA SURATT AT THE EMPIRE IN "JEALOUSY." The charming and brilliant Fox artist Valeska Suratt, delighted a large audience at the Empire last evening by her capable handling of an extremely difficult role in the powerful Fox picture, "Jealousy." In this picture Miss Suratt is called upon to portray the part of a woman without heart 01" emotions, who wrecks the lives of two men, and brings unhappiness into her own home. Finally [•she discovers that she has both heart and emotions, but the discoverv coin in "too late transforms her affections in to a bitter jealousy. The story is strong and vigorous, the performers all high--1 class artists, and the production is staged and mounted in the usual magnificent Fox manner. MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P.M. • There will be a matinee at the Empire this afternoon when the full programme will be shown, including "Jealousy," "His Bomb Policy," and the Mutual adventure series", "The Secret of the Submar-'e"