ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1919, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S "MICKEY" A HUGE SUCCESS. The much-boomed Mack Senneit picture, "Mickey," opened up to record attendances at Everybody's on Saturday, and, much as the picture has been boomed, not half the good tilings it contains have been really touched. It has been correctly said that there is material enough in "Mickey" to supply half a dozen ordinary scenarios with incidents and situations. "Mickey" was talked of and looked for for two years prior to its release. The production cost over 300,000 dollars, and that the enterprise was justified has been evidenced by the almost freakish success of the film. "Mickey" is claimed to tower over somewhat similar Drury Lane dramas, such as "The Whip," "Sporting Life," "County Fair," etc.," and no one after seeing will dispute this claim. The play is out of the common, with the star part of Mickey specially written by Mack Sennett for Mabel Kormand. The action abounds with sensational thrills, which include a race between a railroad express and a motor car, a fight in a garret, Mickey riding for love and life in the Northern Cup, and her swimming stunts, clad only in the costume cf nature. The eight reels are faultlessly photographed on the screen with a degree of realism that it would be impossible to obtain on the speaking stage. "Mickey" is a worthy successor to the long list of Drury Lane dramas which have thrilled theatre-goers for four decades. It is clean and wholesome throughout, and should make an irresistible appeal to all classes of theatregoers. "Mickey" screens again this afternoon and to-night, and at two sessions to-morrow. Included on the evening programme there will be shown the seeond episode of "The Scarlet Runner.' THE PEOPLE'S.LAST NIGHT OF DOROTHY GISH. The popular little star, Dorothy Gisli, in her latest success, "The Hope Chest,' screens finally to-night at the People's. The latest Burton Holmes and comedy are also on the bill. SESSUE HAYAKAWA TO-MORROW. Seasue Hayakawa is back at the People's screen again, this time coming as the principal and most mysterious character ia a particularly pleasing Paramount Eastern study called "The City of Dim Faces." The tale concerns the child of a Chinese father and American mother, who has been kept in ignorance of his birth. The story winds along through love scenes and renunciations till at last comes a dramatic climax and a powerful conclusion. The second chapter of "The Fighting Trail," entitled "The Story of Ybarra," is also on the bill to-morrow.