ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1919, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. "YOU CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING." The first of a popular bill-of-fafe at Everybody's is "You Can't Believe Everything," featuring winsome Gloria Swanson. . Miss Gloria Swanson's superb acting is reinforced by a story of endless meaning. The settings are also beautiful, one, a bevy of beautiful bathing girls, in the "Neptune" supper scene, being a distinct picture novelty. The heroine of the story is a most uncon-' ventional young woman, and goes bathing with gentlemen in the most daring of bathing suits. The second thrilling episode,of "The HoUse of Hate" is included, and this is certainly going to be "some" serial. To-night will 'be the final screening occasion of both pictures, EMPIRE THEATRE. TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY. "TARZAN OB 1 THE APES." Young Gordon Griffiths, who impersonates the boy Tarzan in J. C. Williamson's presentation of Edgar Rice Bur 1 rough's celebrated picture "Tarzan of the Apes," which is to be on exhibition at the Empire Theatre to-morrow and Saturday, is said to give a wonderful performance. He runs naked through the jungle, makes amassing leaps from tree to tree with remarkable (accuracy, and puts up a fine fight with a gorilla, It is iqiilte affßctihg Where he first sees his handsome face and lissome body in a pool of water, and compares them with the ape at his side As a study expressing latent instinct and a rapid stride in mental evolution it is fine. Elmo Lincoln, probably the finest specimen of physical manhood in the picture business, takes up Taiwan's evblutibft when he attains the age of 20 years, atid much of the success of the: play is duo to his physical and artistic abilities*He strangles a massive ?ulu-, stampedes a herd of elephants, kilis-a lion,in fair fight in full view of. : tJie audiences,and yet depicts his mental evolution with .delicately subtle aft. His awafifening td : 'the : "nattiral instincts oi''Human iiioye created by- the femininity of the "English/ maid, the first -ne has ever known of-ever seen, is wonderfully well done, ttjid ah excellent tireluaetd-the fascttjttitig romance which follows;' The bbx' plan lor: this wonder picture pptfri'at Collier's and' intending p&trbns would be wise to book their seilts Without fleliiy.

THE PEOPLE'S. ! -" '"THE JUDGMENT-HGIJSit A line six-reej picture, a Stuart Blackton production, is now' running at the People's. the famous novel of Sir Gilbert Parker's picturised, and the partj. of Jasmine Grerifell is ably played by" Violet Hemming. The story iH Bet first in England and later moves to Africa at the time of the outbreak of war. Wilfred Lucas plays trie part of Rudyard Byng, and the tast includes Conway Tearle,. Paul Douset and Florence Deshon. The latest Mack Sennett comedy "Ladies First," is also on the bill.