ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1920, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

4 —' EVERYBODY'S. LcinisE maw ix "cbook <v DREAMS." The haunts of ci'ookdom arc realistically presented in the new World "lm drama, "Crook o' Dreams," featuring Louise Huff in tire role of a kidnapped girl reared amid vicious surloumlings. The girl's mother never despairs of recovering her daughter, but »er reason is threatened as the yearn pass and nothing is heard of' her. Meanwhile, one of her lawvers advertisements. offering a reward for news of the kidnapped catches Uie eye of a pickpocket who lives in the same haunt as the girl, and he persuades her to accompany him and be handed over as the lost one. The lawyer finds his story too thin, but to save the mother's reason he accepts the position for the time being. The girl is taken to her former home, is recognised by an old nurse, and the story ends with a romantic little interlude in which the lawyer and the girl are the principal and only participants. ''Crook o' Dreams'' shows tonight and to-morrow at Everybody's and the twelfth episode of "The Fighting Raider" also shows on this programmeTHE PEOPLE'S. LAST XIGIIT OF EVELYN XESBIT AXD THE YELLOW DOO CATCHER. Sunshine is scarce these days, but there certainly are two thousand rays in the big Sunshine comedy ''The Yellow Dog Catcher," concluding to-night at the People's. Patrons who saw it last night now know why the Prince enjoyed it so such. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, world famous after the ThawStandford White case, is featured in the big Fox dramatic masterpiece "The Woman Who Gave." Evelyn Nesbit is strikingly beautiful and is possessed of great ability as an actress- Her son, Russell Thaw and Truing Cummingsi play the principal male parts. The latest gazettes are also shown. MATINEE FRIDAY, 2.30 p.m. A special matinee on Friday afternoon commencing at 2.30, will present handsome Bert Lytell in his l>ig play "The Lion's Den," as well as gazettes, comedy, etc. The usual prices of admission will be charged.