ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1920, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. j "THE HAYSEEdTaT THE MEL- [ BOURNE CUP." Another of the Hayseeds series makes its debut in New Plymouth at Everybody's to-night, this time, "The Hayseeds' Melbourne % Cup." The Stoney | Creek mob-Dad, Mum, Arnold, Jim ! Poppy, and Poppy's bloke-all go to' j Melbourne with the colt Dad has boiHit lat a sale for £lO. Their experiences in the big city make the best of the l series The production, is easily the .best Hayseeds picture yet, in caste, settings, direction and photography, and will rank with any of the American ieatures in its class. Humor abound? throughout, and the Cup scenes are a scream—incidentally the colt wins The fifth episode of "The Fighting Raider" is also showing on this programme. THE EMPIRE. A REMARKABLE PICTURE PRODUCTION. "THE WHITE HEATHER." London's famed Drurv I.ano never t ,n,l ned °" t ft " ! ' eiltel " attraction than Ike White Heather," the remarkable sensational melodrama that wa< =hown m picture form at the Empire last. night. Purely a melodrama. "The White Heather" was written by Ceil Kaleigh ami Henry Hamilton, and was first produced on the stage at the famous Drury Lane Theatre, provin" one of the greatest spectacular productions ever offered at that home of the drama's most stupendous spectacles. MilbW saw it in England, and the memory of the furore it created in New Zealand when it was staged bv Bland Halt will create an unusual amount of interest The screen production allows a creator field for spectacular scones than tlm play, and the producer has taken advantage of this fact and added effects which thrill and amaze. There arcscenes of Scottish landscapes; there are scenes in the London Stock Exchange: there are court-room scenes; there are street scenes by night in the slums of London; and as a climax there is a lively fight, where the hero and the villain, in the weird costumes of deep sea divers, fight to death on the bottom of the ocean. With wreckage at their feet, the fish all about them and the bubbles of escaping air from their helmets, make the scene one of the most startling and realistic achievements depicted in a long time. These scenes were actually taken on the ocean floor off San Pedro harbor bv means of a remarkable invention of the Williamson brothers. "The White Heather" continues its local season to-night and tomorrow at the Empire. Seats may be reserved at Collier's for either performance. THE PEOPLE'S. LAST NIGHT OF DOROTHY DALTON. The penalty of sham is drastically portrayed in "Extravagance," Dorothy Dalton'tj latest Paramount picture, concluding to-night, The author has taken for his characters the men and women of the seemingly-rich class—"seemingly," because they live beyond ..their incomes to make others think tlicv are ivhat they are not. Helen Douglas, played by Dorothy Dalton, is one of those women with an insatiate desire for clothes and jewels, who spends money faster than her husband: can earn it. The picture has a. heart throb for everyone, for it is life as life is. EMPIRE THEATRE. THE DANDIES OF 1920. The announcement that Mr. Edward Branscombe's "Dandies of 1020" are to commence a short season at the Empire Theatre on Saturday evening next will no doubt be hailed with pleasure by all lovers of clean, bright entertainment. For several years now the "Dandies" havo been visiting New Plymouth, on each visit offering entertainment on approved lines, but always with something new and novel. The personnel of each company, too, has invariably been altered from the previous visit. In "The Dandies of 1920" there are several new artists, together with a number of favorites specially retained from former tours. Notable among the new engagements are Mr. George Sharratt, character comedian and producer; Miss Annette Lang, soubrctte and specialty dancer; Miss Kosa Walton, pianistc and monologue entertainer; and Mr. Raymond Nicholson, tenor and light comedian. The Misses Madoline Knight and Christina Andrews, and Messrs Renn Millar and Kennedy Black complete the company, which, it is stated, compares more favorably with its predecessors. The box plan for the local season opens at Collier's this (Wednesday) morning, when seats may be reserved without extra fee.