ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE EMPIRE. GEORGE WALSH IN "THE YANKEE WAY." Five reels of farce, attended with a thrill or two, much wholesome humor, enough romance to giro color to Untitle, dramatic situations to hold Ihu interest, and just enougfct higiily-Jlavorod plot to keep it :.wcet, is a fair <io.ici'ip- , lion of "The Vankoo Way'' Fox film that' leads the picture lu-,t nt thu Empire- at present. George Vwil-h is the leading player and what this popular favorite ciumoi get out of ap lay oi the above dmripluiii hi not worth gelling. It only ncwl.i rop.ui.ing that like a:l George Walsh productions the whole picture is full of vital action and life at higlhi speed. ■ George, as usual, puts over some mnarkabki athletic feats [ and they are all the more amassing by I reason of the apparent ease with which they are done. Right through the "Yankee Way" is a tonic and pick-me-up of the. best kind, MATINEE TO-MORROW, Georgo Walsh tlhows at the matinee 1 to-morrow in "The Yankee Way," and Charlie Chaplin in "Police" will aLso be added to the programme. Children will be admitted at the usual price, threepence. EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF CHARLIE CHAPLLn IN "POLICE." The high tension rollicking comedy "Police," in which Chariie Chaplin performs some of bis funniest antics, convulsed a crowded house at Everybody's last night. It is a typical Chaplin comedy with something doing right from the start and the droll little comedian never allows the fun to lag right through to tho final scene. Altogether "Police" will rank as one of Chaplin's most amusing productions. Tine- second half of the programme is filled with a powerful Metro drama, "The Claim," in which Edith Storey is starred. This iB a vigorous, red-blooded page from life iu the Western States of America, and is full .of dramatic and exciting (moments. Tho final screening of both pictures takes place to-night. COMING TO-MORROW. ALICE BRADY IN "BETSY ■ROSS." Tho big attraction commencing at the matinee io-morrow will be the appearance of Alice Brady iu tliie World film feature, "Betsy Ross," a rare and beautiful talo of America at tha time of the War of Independence. Delightful Alice is cast as "Betsy Ross," a rare girl y.u.o made the first siars and stripes. Tho beauty and pathos of this iiim would melt a heart of stone, "PEG 0:' HY ; HEART.'* Few modern plays can boast of more success than J. Hartley Manners' Irish comedy of youth, which has never faced a small or indifferent audience since its lirst performauce in London in 1014, and which will be presented at the Good Templar- Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday next. "Peg o' My Heart" is undiuted delight from beginning to end, and that almost exclusively from the perfect picture of a simple, fresh, comely, and outspoken maid, a' somewhat wild, impulsive, but good-hearted Irish girl, whose directness of speech gives shocks to the nerves of the ultra-refined rich relations. Even when they their riches, their freezing manners cling to them, and it is not difficult to realise how the warm heart of the Irish lass is deadene'd, when it is not inflamed by the artificiality and silly sentimentalities of the superior persons with.whom she is condemned to live for a time. Messrs J. and N. Tait are sending a completely new English company for "Peg o' My Heart's" New Zealand tour. The company scored a wonderful success in Australia—in Sydney tho run of the piece broke all records by running for 112 performances. Tho rolo of Peg is played 'by Miss Sara Allgood, a brilliant young Irish actress from the Abbey Theatre, 'Dublin, who has all the attributes essential to an ideal rendering of the part. She has youth, good looks, and remarkable dramatic talent; while the brogue which she brings from her Dublin home silvers the words that ripple from her lips-' And her laughwell, wait and hear. Miss Laurette Taylor, tho wife of the author, J. Hartley Manners, portrayed the title role of Peg more than 1400 times, until the actual strain of the work made it absolutely essential that she should take a rest away from the stage. Then Miss Sara Allgood, the doyen of the famous Irish Players, of the' Abbey Theatre in Dliblin, took her place, and it is_ this vivacious bubbling Irish girl, with a touch of the brogue, and charmng ways, and a deep sense of real comedy, who is coming to Now Plymouth to delight audiences here. Mss Allgood was a find. Previously she had played solely dramatic roles, middle-aged and c'ldery women, I in thoughtful plays—plays- with, a purpose. As Peg, she came into a new environment, and the author's..wisdom, in the choice of her as the exponent Of this remarkable character was proved up to the hilt. Special. avrangMnonis have liocn made for presenting the whole stage effects, properties, furnishings,- arid mountings on 'the same ln-rac scale as iii other towns. The box plans open this morning at Collier's.