ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1919, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. j NORMA TALMADGE IN "THE FOR-1 BIDDEN CITY." Norma Talmadge in the most sumfi-1 tuous and pretentious feature of her screen career, will be seen at Everybody's to-night and to-morrow, in the "Forbidden City." The story is invested with an Eastern setting, whicli is a marvel of reality. Slant-eyed, pig-tail-ed and clad in the rich silken costumes of a Chinese aristocrat, she makes a, striking and heart-stirring appeal to lovers of good art. The story is powerful, and concerns the age old situation that is brought about by the intermarriage of East and West. The supporting cast is remarkable for its even quality, Thomas Meighan as John Wordcn, the husband of San San, Roger Lytton as, the dignified Chinese Emperor, and Reid Hamilton as the handsome American lieutenant, sharing the honors. The romance of the daughter of San San comes to a happy ending, but grim tragedy is met in the first unfolding of this really great play. Another episode of "Wolves of Kultur" also shows with this ; programme. THE DIGGERS. ANOTHER PACKED HOUSE.

-The largest audience that has yet greeted The Diggers in their New Plymouth season packed the Empire Theatre last night to overflowing, and the various turns in a complete-change programme were received with unbounded enthusiasm. This combina-

tion of clever entertainers infuse a great deal of mirth and merriment into their performances, and this combined with the Teal -merit of each contributor goes to make up an evening's enjoyment that is irresistible. It also has the merit of being free from the hoary which are frequently inflicted on long suffering audiences by the aver-, age vaudeville entertainers. The quartette party, consisting of Messrs. Exton, Proctor, Perkins, and Simpson, gave a very good rendering of the popular "Dear Little Shamrock." Stan Lawson and the .troupe gave a lively "Good-Bye Khaki" song, and Tano Fama and Stan Lawson caused shrieks of laughter in a hypnotic seance burlesque- One of the very amusing items was the concluding one of the first half, in w,hicjt the wholo party appeared as a glee club and gave "The Presbyterian Cat." In the second part, Stan Lawson and Tano Fama gave a burlesque melodrama entitled "More Sinned Against Than Sinning," into which some subtle humor was worked. Mr. Cyril Scobell was deservedly encored for his reciting of "By The Tukon Trail," and he gave a splendid interpretation of "My Three Pals." The programme concluded with a breeze "Potted Revue," entitled "What Next?" in four acts, which was excruciatingly funny and sent' the audience away in a decidedly ."Oliver Twist" frame of mind. The Diggers make their .final appearance in New Plymouth tonight, and patrons would be well advised to be earlv.