ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MKT MIGHT OF ALICE JOYCE AY. THE tf&I.PJRJS. j "THE ueeSTl&N.'' Tp-nlgSt will ibe tlx: final.presentation of- the Greater Vitagraph feature, "T:i • Question," in which Alice .Joyce end' Harry Morey are cast in. the leidinrl roles. Tin- supporting films include inn j "Paifee Gazette," a. Chaplin comedy Ij "Charlie by the Sea 1 ," and the first opi-a sode of the Greater Vitagrapii serial.' "Tho Secret Kingdom." This i-. the first! serial produced by this popular company j and it is far i« the lead of any previous serial picture both iu interest of sl-ory and production. TO-MORROW. There will be a complete change tomorrow' night when the popular favorite Harold Loekwood will star in the Metro feature, "The Hidder Spring." This story is an inspiring romance in which youth and idea-Is struggle against graft and corruption-. BESSIE P.AKRISCALE AND CHARLES KAY -AT EVERYBODY'S TO-NIGHT. "PLAIN JANE."

i ■' Charles Ray and Bessie Barriseale'' arc : .starred in the clever Triangle drama "Plain Jane," screening at Everybody's for -to-night only. It is a tale of a little nobody whose beauty wins her x -home, husband and 'happiness. She is if slavey in a 'small country town whose main titte to fame is a college. The College student who subsequently becomes Plain Jane's husband is an opportunity for Charles Ray in a new type o, -role. He k a serious-minded student who lives onty for books and a career until he really discovers how bright the servant is. Bessie Barriseale does cleverwork as the untidy, ba-diy dressed girlf who under the influence of a Httie admiration blossoms out in the (most remarkable way. A fine olf-set to Jane is provided by Btheida RatMtonc, the daughter of one of the college professors who angfea for the student with devotion and earnest persistence. Some interesting departures in the way of photographic novelties are shown, a»d live whole play is one of the brightest and ■most original cSmedy dramas screjeaed ftere for a long time. A GREAT MILLION-DOLLAR F/LM SPECTACLE. - - ANNETTE KELLERMAN IN "A DAUGHTER Oh' THE GODS." In "A Daughter of the Gods," to be screened at Everybody's next Tuesday And Wednesday Mr. William Fox has succeeded in producing a film that is said to be an artistic triumph among .moving pictures. "A Daughter of the Gods" lias i Attained its right to eminence by it,*' : sheer beauty. According to one critic,! it tells a pretty fairy story, it combines a delightful mature of fantasy and ro- j mance, and ft provides many thriOicg I episodes and (juai"t fancies. The film! teems with marvels of motion picture product ion. The beholders of the picture were led through •< land of caliphs and sheiks and beautiful women, through 'the subterranean depths where seafolk dwell, to the. enchanted forests of the gnomes. The part of Ahit'-i, the daughter of the gods, is taken by Miss Annette Kellermann. Anitisi is set about with jealousies and the forces of evil. In one .of . the scones in the quaint land of the gnomes she gives a remarkable exhibition of diving. In another portion of the story, her swimming in very heavy tempestuous seas, among great rocks, is as thrilling as it is daring, and her presence is one of the most important inigralients of the pictured success. The marine scenes in "A Daughter of the .Gods" are remarkable for their beauty. The box phtn for both nights will open at Collier's next Saiturday. I